Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaRhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We're hiring! 2 postdocs + 3 PhD students to join InfantNeuroAI at Trinity College Dublin: awake infant fMRI & OPM-MEG, plus computational models of how infants learn. Aims: understand infant visual cognition, infant neuroimaging methods, more energy-efficient learning 🧵 www.cusacklab.org/vacancies 16652
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaStephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 06/08/2026😔“In 2005, about 7.5% of the UK’s front gardens were paved; by 2025 that had risen to 55%” “… changing paved gardens back to grass could reduce night-time temperatures by as much as 0.5C, and adding trees would double the benefit”theguardian.comWeatherwatch: Paving over front gardens is leading to hotter nightsChanging paved areas to grass and planting trees can reduce urban heat island effect by as much as 1C, study shows 23276140
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBirmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Prof Andy Bremner and our PhD researchers, Jieyi Liu and Rachel Martlew presented their recent work on infant development at ICIS2026 @infantstudies.bsky.social Thanks to the organisers, presenters, and attendees for a great week in Panama City 🌎✈️ 022
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaQuentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/20261/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found: 12502183
Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Hi #CogSci2026 folks! Anyone into #compositionality #geometry and/or babies' minds? Karthika, an amazing PhD student from the lab is presenting some cool preliminary results. We use geometry as a case study for compositionality and program induction in babies. Do stop by her (virtual) flash talk! 1125
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaDom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 03/07/2026How do animals cooperate when they aren't even the same species? Our recent review paper dug deep into the literature... 1/ Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... 14226
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Myself and colleagues from across Higher Ed have gathered under the auspices of @isrfoundation.bsky.social to think about new models for Higher Education... We'll be adding pieces as we go, and we've already published quite a few. We can't go on like this, and we shouldn't. isrf.org/projects/rec...isrf.orgReconstructing the British University 13311
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Two pieces from me this week you may have missed: (1) why no-one cares about Britain's university crisis. The only answer you get is 'yeah but apprenticeships' - not realising just how critical unis are to their provision. But what can one even say any more. 🤷♂️ www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...arguably.ukThe quiet collapse of British universitiesOne of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away 03316
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Don't ask me anything about #dinosaurs.🦖🦕 I hardly know anything about them. But this one never ceases to amaze me: a clutch of Oviraptor, 80 million (!) years old! The eggs were laid pair-wise and covered with sand. On display at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 1231072
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaMartin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I'm proud to say we are releasing LAION-fMRI, a densely sampled 7T fMRI dataset of natural images, with very broad stimulus sampling for testing countless hypotheses and for deeply exploring brain representations. The dataset is now available at laion-fmri.hebartlab.com What does LAION-fMRI offer? 🧵laion-fmri.hebartlab.comLAION-fMRI - a 7T fMRI dataset of human visionLAION-fMRI (LfMRI / LAION MRI dataset): 5 subjects, 25,052 launch-release natural images, 165 acquired 7T fMRI sessions with single-trial GLMsingle betas, retinotopy, localizers, and diffusion. 312857
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaAndrew Beale @drbatmo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a lookscience.orgA cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switchEarly mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain... 76825
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaMilestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab @milestoneslab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026🦊🧠 Hello Bluesky! We are the Milestones of Neurocognitive Development Lab, a joint research group at @mpicbs.bsky.social and the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN). Led by Prof. Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann, we explore the neural and cognitive milestones of the developing mind! 172
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaGasper Begus @begus.bsky.social · 26/03/2026A baby whale is born with 10 female whales and one male helping. During the most beautiful event that happens in life—birth—whales were very chatty. We found vowels during the birth event as well. @projectceti.bsky.social The paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 23015
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaMax Elliott @maxwellelliott.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Are you interested in detecting brain changes in individuals with higher precision over shorter intervals? Check out our new paper in Nature Communications. With Randy Buckner, @jingnandu.bsky.social, and others. Link - doi.org/10.1038/s414... 25528
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaNicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪 40552633
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaAmy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Study of 8M biomed & life science articles finds those led by women spent 7 to 15 days longer in review than those led by men. Over a career, women's papers could spend 350 to 750 additional days in review. Delays could slow promotion, esp to full professor. www.the-scientist.com/women-s-rese...the-scientist.comPeer Review Timelines Show Gender Gap, Large Study ReportsA study of millions of life science papers revealed that manuscripts with women in key authorship roles spent longer between submission and acceptance. 12117
Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026As if there were not enough bad news around: 000
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBrynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We can use past experience to make predictions about the future. How do predictions affect our memory for the present? My own work (tinyurl.com/42kyukch) suggests that predictions compete with memory. But other recent work (tinyurl.com/2ekd4wr6) found the opposite--cooperation! What's going on here?tinyurl.comPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 14511
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaChristina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I love this metaphor for having AI take over key tasks like writing summaries, doing literature reviews, etc... Yes, please have your LLM buddy lift weights for you. You are now a gym nut 061
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Climate denialism, empowered by nihilists and know-nothings, undermining science & destroying the evidence that they previously just rejected. Meanwhile, out here in WA, roads are sliding into rivers (an unprecedented weather event) b/c it’s too damn warm to be raining this hard for this long. 218982
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/12/2025“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.comeuronews.comCycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprintIf everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint. 471342488
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaFriends of Bonobos @friendsofbonobos.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Thanks to you, Ekolo ya Bonobo Reserve’s 2024 mammal diversity study is complete. The team identified 28 additional mammal species, and the camera traps captured a thriving ecosystem! Learn more about your impact: savebonobos.org/2024 #YourImpact #EkoloYaBonobo #WildlifeConservation 032
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaTim Egan @timegan1995.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Comparing this with @a38cycleway.bsky.social shows how much more cycling infra investment is needed in Birmingham. Circa 4 times more people are cycling in Manchester. Andy Burnham with Chris Boardman & Sarah Storey have been ambitious and are delivering, same needed here. @brumgreens.bsky.social 1102
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaMinnie’s mum @minniesmum.bsky.social · 01/12/2025It’s a great podcast (Bold Politics)… reassuringly Zack Polanski is a rare host who knows how to listen deeply and if he disagrees he does it intelligently and respectfully. Very well worth a listen even if you’re not a Greens voter 18724
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaDr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I had the joy of getting to meet some baby blue-winged parrots today 💚💙 1145476
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaMatthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Super pleased with this one, led by the amazing PhD student and foraging expert @emmavscholey.bsky.social! 0247
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/11/2025It’s not just about what you remove (cars, noise, dirty air). It’s about what you add (people walking, a lot of bike parking, trees, outdoor dining, and room for kids to play safely). Amsterdam: 1986 and today. Streets for people. HT @hackneycyclist.bsky.social for the great before-and-after 4363110
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Public transport in Birmingham is lamentable, cycling is too dangerous for many by design, and our streets have been surrendered to speeding cars and gridlocked traffic. The saddest thing is that, as other cities have shown, it's not that difficult or expensive to fix this. 042
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaNathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 01/11/2025We continue to live in a city created by the Victorians and Edwardians. Yet, we've chosen to prioritize only one type of Victorian and Edwardian transport technology, the automobile. Today, I'm talking at the @thevicsoc.bsky.social on why this came to be, and how the cycling city can exist again. 0133
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaManyBirds Project @themanybirds.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.” Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @themanybirds.bsky.socialjournals.plos.orgA large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobiaNeophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ... 26538
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaRichard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Great BBC coverage of our 'dinosaur highway' excavation, featuring @kirstymedgar.bsky.social @djemurdock.bsky.social & @peterfalkingham.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ficn...youtube.comOne of the world’s longest dinosaur trackways uncovered in UK | BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 082
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk 21822217
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11ucl.ac.ukUK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisationSeven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling. 22727449
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaElham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 06/10/2025🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... 111081
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBetter Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 04/10/2025Brilliant effort from the Circle the City riders last night. 🌧💨 It was chucking it down and blowing a gale, but that didn’t stop them pedalling on. 💪 #CircleTheCity #KeepPedalling #TogetherWeRide #RainOrShine 0216
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaArkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 03/10/2025📢 New (economics) preprint 📢 (with Jiaxin Yu) Excited to share our study on the cooperation in the infinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemma, where we use payoff manipulations and all kinds of methods to disentangle strategies, beliefs, and preferences: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 0122
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaBoris Bernhardt @borismontreal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025🚨 New paper in Nature Methods: HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG) Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 48537
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaThe Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 30/09/2025We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26. 183
Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Looking for a postdoc or RA position? Look no more! Consider applying (by Thu 2 Oct) to work with the wonderful Andy Bremner & team. Great impactful project, supportive & friendly lab with top-notch amenities. Join us in Birmingham ✨ 012
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaEric Mandelbaum @ericman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025It was so great! Really lucky to have been able to listen and learn from Barbara, Liuba, & Benedek. Some of the most insightful research happening today, from just the absolutely nicest, coolest people. 171
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaVauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I hope those reporting on Alpha read this thread (or better yet, the article). bsky.app/profile/vauh...nytimes.comA.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education 132
Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Heading for my last day of the ESPP in Warsaw. Amazing to see philosophers and psychologists in one room. It was a privilege to talk about how symbols and compositionality emerge in babies alongside @ljubapi.bsky.social and @benedek.bsky.social 💕 to @ericman.bsky.social for organizing the symposium! 0100
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaAkira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · 31/05/2025If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other! 89833
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaDr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Gorgeously fuzzy regent parrot bub 🤩 1255452
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaJunyi Chu @junyi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️! We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺 🔗 minds-making.github.io June – July 2024, free & open to the public (all career stages, all disciplines) 25721
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 02/06/2025The quality of evidence in psychology publications has improved substantially over the last two decades, across all subareas. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 07517
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsA new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides 510754
Reposted by Barbara PomiechowskaAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻 ❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet. Discovered in a peat bog near Slupsk in Poland. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin. #Archaeology 452114458