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Dr Julia Shaw

@drjuliashaw.bsky.social
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Criminal Psychologist 🎙️ TV & Audio Presenter 📚 Author. Next book: GREEN CRIME, on the psychology of environmental crime, out now. drjuliashaw.com

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Dr Andy @sittingwrongsoong.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This LGBTQ+ History Month I plan on reading Outrageous by @paulari.bsky.social and re-reading Bi by @drjuliashaw.bsky.social As a Bi+ person born in the mid-80s Section 28 and a lack of visible representation have had a huge negative impact on my life. Learning our history is incredibly important.
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Conway Hall @conwayhall.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Tomorrow, we welcome criminal psychologist and bestselling author @drjuliashaw.bsky.social for Ethical Matters: Green Crime, a deep dive into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time. 📅 Sunday 25 January 🎟️ bit.ly/48PK4ZQ
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Catch me on 25 Jan speaking about environmental crime - how we can understand and tackle it - at Conway Hall. www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Green Crime - Conway Hall
Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, and corruption is rampant. Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time,...
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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
What motivates climate criminals? Learn more with this episode of The Climate Pod and get a copy of @drjuliashaw.bsky.social new #nonfiction book, Green Crime theclimatepod.libsyn.com/what-motivat...
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The Climate Pod: What Motivates Climate Criminals? (w/ Dr. Julia Shaw)
Become a paid subscriber to our newsletter/podcast, , to help support this show! It's fun. All the cool kids are doing it! -------------------- This week, we explore a fundamental question at th...
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Claire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Why did Volkswagen employees keep mum about the Dieselgate emissions scandal? That’s one of six crimes author @drjuliashaw.bsky.social dives into in her latest book, Green Crime: Inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them. #law #criminallaw www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Listen to @drjuliashaw.bsky.social on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social What on Earth discussing her new book, GREEN CRIME www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by @drjuliashaw.bsky.social is a fascinating book about the often ignored, and oft entirely dismissed, topic of bisexuality, including both the history of bisexuality, and science around it, as the name suggests. 7/
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality by Dr Julia Shaw
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Chris Cummins @christianccummins.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Podcast: Green Crime: a new book from criminal psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social both thrilling, informative & actually full of hope. To prevent the crimes that destroy the life-supporting systems of the planet, we must understand the mind-set of the criminals sound.orf.at/podcast/fm4/...
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FM4 Interview Podcast - FM4 Interview with Dr. Julia Shaw on Green Crime
This week a major UN conference called CITES is looking at how to protect vulnerable species. Dr. Julia Shaw, has some ideas. Julia is a criminal psychologist and has hosted true crime podcasts on th...
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Chris Cummins @christianccummins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It was fascinating talking to criminal psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social today about "Green Crime" - which explores the minds of the people destroying the planet, and then lays out how to stop them doing it! A perfect theme for #COP30 week 2. fm4.orf.at/player/20251... via @fm4.orf.at
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The biggest "Green Crimes"
Julia Shaw im Gespräch
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Chris Cummins @christianccummins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Since my "Defenders of the Environment" series I've been obsessed with the brave people fighting against ecological crimes. @drjuliashaw.bsky.social new book "#GreenCrime" explores why these crimes are so deadly, and how we can stop them from "stealing our future". www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jIp...
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Dr Julia Show on Green Crime (and how to prevent it)
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Chris Cummins @christianccummins.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Why should we treat the destruction of the ecosystem on the same level as murder? Here's @drjuliashaw.bsky.social #COP30
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
"Dr. Julia Shaw's new book, Green Crime, is a page-turning exposé" -Marc Bekoff www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
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Inside the Minds of People Who Knowingly Destroy the Planet
Criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw's new book, "Green Crime," is a page-turning exposé of why some people wantonly commit serious environmental crimes, and how to stop them.
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allium enjoyer @festiveandrestive.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
98. Bi by @drjuliashaw.bsky.social . This was recommended to me and I really enjoyed it. Concise but thoughtful, approachable but opens new areas for critical exploration. And, despite frank discussion of the erasure, harassment, and persecution of bi+ people, it's also very affirming.
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Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality
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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
A daring comedy debut about de-radicalisation, an investigation of manufacturing & an unsettling novella. Psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social engineer @HayaatunSillem & @harriettsg.bsky.social recommend #books they love. A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem
Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"That everyone can learn to read will ruin, in the long run, not only writing but thinking too" Just read this in Nietzsche's book Thus spoke Zarathustra, & it evoked the ai doomism we are hearing at the moment
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If you are interested in research on prisons or prisoners in the UK, there is an incredible & largely untapped dataset with 20 years of prisoner survey data that was recently released. It has over 100,000 prisoner questionnaire responses 🧪 hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/blog-br...
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Bringing closed worlds into the open – HM Inspectorate of Prisons
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Had a great chat with @lexfridman.bsky.social that went live last week! youtu.be/7OLVwZeMCfY?...
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Julia Shaw: Criminal Psychology of Murder, Serial Killers, Memory & Sex | Lex Fridman Podcast #483
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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss her latest read, examining some of the highest-profile environmental crimes and why they occur, in 'Green Crime: Inside the Minds of the People Destroying the Planet and How to Stop Them.' 🎙️Listen: @mongabay.com
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New book unearths environmental crime’s psychological roots
Psychologist and true crime presenter Julia Shaw joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss her latest read, examining some of the highest-profile environmental crimes and why they occur, in Green Crime: Ins...
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🕵️ Criminal psychologists are turning their gaze to a new kind of perpetrator: environmental offenders. From illegal logging to toxic dumping, these crimes are getting the forensic attention they deserve. ✍️ @drjuliashaw.bsky.social (@uclpals.bsky.social):
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Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders
By understanding why people commit crimes that damage the environment, we can better hold environmental criminals accountable.
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"By synthesising ... wider work from the social sciences, I have developed a psychological profile of environmental criminals" Read my new article on how we can use social science (and investigations) to help catch and understand green criminals! 🧪 theconversation.com/criminal-psy...
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Criminal psychologists are profiling a different kind of killer – environmental offenders
By understanding why people commit crimes that damage the environment, we can better hold environmental criminals accountable.
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
On the show today: Israeli reaction to the Gaza peace deal; A lost interview with John Lennon; @henrymckean.bsky.social on the price of milk; @drjuliashaw.bsky.social on green crime; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'The Iris Affair' 'The Last Frontier' & 'Victoria Beckham'; Farms in colour
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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
#Nonfiction Author of GREEN CRIME, @drjuliashaw.bsky.social's new mini-series with TEDxLondon Climate Curious Podcast tedxlondon.com/podcasts/wha...
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What is a green crime? With Dr. Julia Shaw - TEDxLondon
Criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw joins Climate Curious co-hosts Ben Hurst and Maryam Pasha to explain Green Crimes.
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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 09/10/2025
Happy Publication day! PHYSICS FOR CATS – @tomgauld.bsky.social NAMESAKE – @nswriting.bsky.social RAISING HARE – @chloedalton.bsky.social WITH LOVE, GRIEF & FURY – @salenagodden.bsky.social GREEN CRIME – @drjuliashaw.bsky.social
A stack of hardback & paperback books published today, floating against a grey background
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Whenever I see established journalists use alliteration I wonder: Was it YOUR articles that trained the ai? Or did the ai train you?
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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
12/11: @drjuliashaw.bsky.social will be in conversation with Jamie Woodward, discussing the motivations of those damaging our environment. Part psychology, part true crime - this is going to be a fascinating conversation! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-crim...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Happy Bi visibility day 💖 Sending love to anyone new to being open about their Bi identity, to those who have been out for ages, and to those unable to be openly Bi. You are all part of our beautiful community 💕
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Ein Gespräch mit GEO über die Psychologie von Umweltverbrechen An interview I did with GEO about the psychological science that can help us understand environmental crimes... and why I think it makes more interesting true crime than murder cases. 🧪 🌎 www.geo.de/natur/oekolo...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 09/09/2025
Deforestation is responsible for nearly 75% of dry season rainfall reduction in the Amazon rainforest since 1985, according to a study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/3I2xPzr ⚒️ 🧪
This is figure 4, which shows the relative contributions of climate change and deforestation to the Amazonian climate.
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Coming soon to a city near you! Green Crime book on tour - auf Deutsch 🇩🇪 - and in English 🇬🇧 ! Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
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Oliver Scheiber 🇪🇺 @oliverscheiber.eu · 28/08/2025
Viele Umweltverbrechen werden noch nicht ausreichend entdeckt und geahndet, sagt die Kriminalpsychologin Julia Shaw. Bestraft würden meist die Falschen. Lesenswertes Interview.
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Kriminalpsychologin: "Es muss sozial inakzeptabel werden, die Umwelt zu zerstören"
Viele Umweltverbrechen werden noch nicht ausreichend entdeckt und geahndet, sagt die Kriminalpsychologin Julia Shaw. Bestraft würden meist die Falschen
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
One of the wildest things I've seen in a while. "by simply rubbing a solution into a juvenile mouse’s scalp, researchers can make the skin transparent" Interesting for physical monitoring of brain development. 🧪
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Coming soon to a city near you! Green Crime book on tour - auf Deutsch 🇩🇪 - and in English 🇬🇧 ! Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
Green Crime book by Julia Shaw tour dates
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Blackwell's Bookshops in Oxford @blackwelloxford.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Book now to see @drjuliashaw.bsky.social discussing 'Green Crime' @canongate.co.uk on Thursday 2nd October @blackwellbooks.bsky.social Tickets available here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1481059983...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Fascinating finding.
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Chelsea Green Publishing @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🌐 Coming Nov. 4 🌐 Criminal psychologist, popular BBC presenter & podcaster Julia Shaw looks at six world-changing environmental crimes and takes readers inside the minds of the people responsible. 💡📚💙 Learn more about @drjuliashaw.bsky.social's new book: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812873...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"Julia Shaw brilliantly sets the pace for criminal acts that the world needs to know about. I found Green Crime deeply compelling. A true crime thriller that, for once, has global consequences” Dr Adam Rutherford UK pre-order SALE on, 25% off this week only! www.waterstones.com/book/green-c...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Oh no "individuals high in psychopathy and FoMO are consistently more likely to engage in online political activity" And "higher cognitive ability is uniformly associated with lower levels of online political participation" finds large new study 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 16/07/2025
Which neural circuits allow memory retrieval to influence behaviors? This study shows how #fear #memory activation initiates & sustains #FreezingBehavior in mice via the interplay of #norepinephrine & activation of different prefrontal #neuron subtypes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3TGqt7a
Top: Representative images showing the spatial localization of labeled dmPFC neurons with BFP (blue) or retrobeads (red), taken using 10 X (upper) or 40 X (lower) objectives. The majority of labelled neurons were located in layer II/III of dmPFC. Scale bars, 100 μm (10 X) and 25 μm (40 X). Bottom:  Summary on the neural circuit mediating the transition from memory retrieval to freezing behavior. Presentation of CS+ activates LA neurons and TeA neurons. The activated LA neurons activate dmPFC T-neurons, which in turn activate dmPFC S-neurons and LC neurons. S-neurons receive inputs from TeA and send their outputs to BLA, which projects to PAG to enable freezing behavior. Activated LC neurons release NE in the dmPFC via their projections.
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Philip Loring @philiploring.com · 03/07/2025
New paper! What we think we know, know we don’t know, and don’t know we don’t know, when it comes to working on environment and climate issues. 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Examining critical assumptions in global conservation practice
The ability of conservation practitioners to design and implement successful conservation projects and scale up positive outcomes depends in large part on their ability to make accurate assumptions a...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Illusion of time 🧪 "experiences that are repeated (&, consequently, better remembered) are counterintuitively remembered as having initially occurred further back in time." Interesting memory study that argues this may be one reason why our sense of time often deviates from reality
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An Illusion of Time Caused by Repeated Experience - Brynn E. Sherman, Sami R. Yousif, 2025
How do people remember when something occurred? One obvious possibility is that, in the absence of explicit cues, people remember on the basis of memory strengt...
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Michael C. Anderson @memorycontrol.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
How does the brain stop thoughts? Find out in my article in @natrevneuro.nature.com with Subbu Subbulakshmi & Maite Crespo-Garcia www.nature.com/articles/s41... that integrates 25 yrs of psychology and neuroscience on this vital function.@mrccbu.bsky.social sky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience
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Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The capacity to prevent unwanted thoughts is important for cognitive function and mental health. Anderson et al. describe insights into the neural mechanisms of the inhibitory control of thought that ...
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Finally read Fallen Idols by @alexvont.bsky.social and absolutely loved it. I know I'm late to the party, but I highly recommend it. I would love to do a talk together about research on false memories, and how history is written. I bet we would have lots to discuss!
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Pause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 23/06/2025
Fangen wir mal mit meiner Forschung zu falschen Erinnerungen an. Mein erstes Buch heißt Das trügerische Gedächtnis. Und hier findet ihr all meine wissenschaftlichen Papers (frei zugänglich): www.drjuliashaw.com/research
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Science — Dr Julia Shaw
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Starting tomorrow I will be posting for 1 week all about my research and writing on false memory, criminal psychology, and bisexuality over at @realscientists.de. It will be in German - so come follow along if you speak German! What questions would you like answered? AMA! 🧪
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
This is such a beautiful way of presenting data
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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
How do you tell if something is real or imaginary? 💭 Dr @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social‬ (@uclqsion.bsky.social‬) speaks to the New Scientist about how brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we can believe what we're seeing. buff.ly/k2Cs2OD
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We've figured out how our brains sort imagination from reality
Two brain regions seem to work together to determine whether we are seeing something real, or merely a product of our imaginations - and understanding them further may help treat visual hallucinations
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Want to know the difference between police interrogations & investigative interviews? Curious why police should not rely on body language, yet they often do? Want to know what makes ppl look guilty? Watch my new doc with The Times on the science of interrogations 🧪. youtu.be/fj0x8_jsepE?...
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Criminal Psychologist Reveals Secrets Of Police Interviews I Interrogators
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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
To make it easier to share teaching resources, I'd like to start by asking what your favorite cog psych videos are. Let me start: I love showing this visual agnosia video in class. Kevin is articulate about his recognition problems. What's your favorite? I'll compile your responses & share them.
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Visual Agnosia
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great collection of psych science 🧪 articles for pride month. 🏳️‍🌈
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