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Katie Gray

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Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Reading. Interested in face processing, emotional expressions, and visual perception. EPS committee member.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/09/2026
A new theme issue brings together novel insights from psychology, neuroscience, biology, and philosophy about how emotional expressions arise in the brain and body, how they develop and evolve, and how they support daily functioning of human and non-human animals. Read: buff.ly/gRqkxIu
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Michelle Greene @mgreenephd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨New paper alert! 🚨 The visual system tunes itself to the statistics of its input. How do individual experiences differently tune vision? In this work, @bjbalas.bsky.social and I examined how one individual difference—height—changes the visual diet and how this affects perception. 1/
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Kathy Rastle @kathyrastle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am looking to commission some training for our doctoral network on data sharing options now that OSF has stepped out of this space. If you or someone you know in the UK might be interested, please get in touch!
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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 13/07/2026
Our new five-year strategy demonstrates how we will deliver our mission to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth.  Professor Sir Ian Chapman introduces the strategy in the video below.  Find out more: www.ukri.org/news/ukri-to...
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Our new five-year strategy
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Real pleasure to be at #EPSEssex and the symposium celebrating 80 years of the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social - alongside Bob Logie, Anna Franklin, @bhisma.bsky.social, @angeladebruin.bsky.social and Sophie Scott. Thank you @asifamajid.bsky.social!
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Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📢 We’re hiring! If you’re enthusiastic about computation, MRI analysis, multimodal methods, and you like supporting human neuroscience research, join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2s4fsx9n for details. Pls share. #neuroskyence #neurojobs #ECR
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Computational Technical Expert at University of Reading
Recruiting now: Computational Technical Expert on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Today’s Education Select Committee report on higher education is the best report on HE to come from Govt/Parliament in ages. It takes a rounded view of the whole system, moving away from the more atomistic or narrow accounts we’ve seen 🧵 committees.parliament.uk/committee/20...
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“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK Parliament
Today MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re...
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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📢 #ReadEmo26 is on! Join us on 23–24 June at @uniofreading.bsky.social “From Receptors to Perceptions: The Multiple Approaches to Understanding Pain” For details, registration, and abstract submission visit: sites.google.com/site/reading... #ReadEmo2026 #PainResearch #ECR
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Reading Emotions
This symposium brings together pain researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds and experience to promote extensive knowledge exchange, networking opportunities, and the potential for developi...
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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We have a Prof role advertised at UoR. I’m very happy to informally chat with anyone interested, just get in touch.
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Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📣 Job alert: We are recruiting a Prof in Neuroscience with MRI expertise to join us at @unirdg-cinn.bsky.social and @unirdg-psych.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/2kdjph8v for details. Contact me for info/chat. Please spread the word #neuroskyence #neurojobs
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Professor of Neuroscience at University of Reading
Apply for the Professor of Neuroscience role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The next EPS Meeting will be at the University of Essex from 1st – 3rd July 2026. This meeting will include the 33rd EPS Prize lecture and the 15th Frith Prize Talk. Portals for this meeting will open on Monday 13th April 2026 at 10am (UK time) and for at least 24 hours. eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Essex. 1st – 3rd July 2026. This meeting will include the 33rd EPS Prize lecture by Melissa Colloff (and accompanying symposium organised by Markus Bindemann). This meeti…
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Bhisma Chakrabarti @bhisma.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A special one! Proud to be a part of this journey.
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Experimental Psychology Society, we invite proposals for a special anniversary symposium reflecting on the current state of experimental psychology and its future trajectory. Please see below for information on how to submit a proposal! eps.ac.uk/eps-80th-ann...
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EPS 80th Anniversary Symposium – Call for Proposals
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Experimental Psychology Society, we invite proposals for a special anniversary symposium that reflects on the current state of experimental psychology and its fu…
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Dr Rachel McCloy @fidgitpig.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We're recruiting for several Lectureships in Psychology at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone you think might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - we're a nice bunch to work with! #academicsky
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Lectureship in Psychology:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 27th February 2026
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Ian Phillips @ianbphillips.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Great new initiative from the editors of Perception: Philosophy Corner. A forum for "accessible reflections on the conceptual foundations of sensory/perception science where empirical insight meets philosophical inquiry". journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Introducing Philosophy Corner - Tim S. Meese, Pascal Mamassian, Isabelle Mareschal, Frans A.J. Verstraten, 2025
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and helped organise #EPSLondon 2026! EPS meetings are coming up fast in 2026, with the next to be held at Newcastle University between Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April. Portals open on Monday 12th January, 10am UK time! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: Newcastle University. Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026. This meeting will include the 24th EPS Mid-Career Prize lecture by Elizabeth Jefferies (and accompanying sympo…
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University of Reading @uniofreading.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Welcome to the University of Reading's Centenary year. Over the next 12 months we'll be celebrating 100 years of UoR by connecting our community, our actions and our impact through a series of events, shared stories and much, much more. Visit rdg.ac/3MXzd8S to find out more.
Green background with white text 'Creating possibilities for tomorrow' above a decorative pattern and a URL reading.ac.uk/centenary.
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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 31/12/2025
This #OpenAccess study from 'Affective Science' shows that dyad arrangement affects perceived emotional valence intensity, with face-to-face bodies seen as more emotionally intense than back-to-back ones. bit.ly/3KSeKSc @drkatiegray.bsky.social #AffectSci #SocPsyc #VisionScience #AcademicSky
Affective Science
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University of Reading @uniofreading.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Please join us in congratulating Professor Anna Horwood from UoR School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences who has been appointed MBE in the New Year's Honours List for services to Orthoptics and Research in Visual Development. Read the full article now: rdg.ac/4pXkOI5
Professor Anna Horwood wearing a red top and silver necklace, standing outdoors with blurred greenery in the background.
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Bhisma Chakrabarti @bhisma.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Our latest preprint on the STREAM project to measure neurodevelopment using a digital platform in ~4000 kids in low resource settings www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessment through non-specialists: Validation of the STREAM digital platform in India and Malawi
Background: Children in low-resource settings often lack access to culturally appropriate and feasible neurodevelopmental assessments. Existing tools are costly, require specialist training, and were ...
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Renzo Lanfranco @renzolanfranco.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Happy to share our new and groundbreaking study on the relationship between conscious awareness and the sense of bodily self! With @brainself.bsky.social at @ki.se and out today in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Conscious awareness, sensory integration, and evidence accumulation in bodily self-perception | PNAS
Conscious awareness refers to the subjective experience of perceiving, thinking, and feeling and the ability to report these experiences. These per...
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nickhedger.bsky.social @nickhedger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New article out today in @nature.com
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Tomas Knapen @tknapen.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.
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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In a new paper (with @kayritchie.bsky.social, Eilidh Noyes, Carl Bunce and Josh Davis) we investigated AI-face detection in super-recognisers and typical-ability participants, both with and without a short training procedure. See the link below for the results! doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Training human super-recognizers’ detection and discrimination of AI-generated faces | Royal Society Open Science
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) can create realistic synthetic faces, which have the potential to be used for nefarious purposes. The synthetic faces produced by GANs are difficult to detect an...
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Hedwig Eisenbarth @hedwigeisenbarth.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
So excited about a Special Issue we are co-editing in @therealspr.bsky.social 's journal Psychophysiology on Physiological and Neurophysiological Synchronisation between individuals – Methodological Approaches and Evaluations. Please spread the word & submit by 28 February 2026 tinyurl.com/ywjjxkbt
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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
<em>Psychophysiology</em> is a human neuroscience journal covering research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
TL:DR we'd like universities to collaborate and specialise, so they can contribute to economic growth rather than go bust
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The next EPS scientific meeting will be held at University College London, between 7th – 9th January 2026. The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University College London. 7th – 9th January 2026. This meeting will include the 54th EPS Bartlett Prize Lecture by Matthew Botvinick (with an accompanying symposium organised by Patri…
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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for @qjep.bsky.social, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal. The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years. eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...
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An Open Call for the next Editor-in-Chief of QJEP.
We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal.  The current Editor-in-Chief is Professor An…
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Annika Inampudi @annikainampudi.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Seeing is believing, especially for your immune system. A new study shows that watching visibly sick people approach you in VR can trigger immune responses the same way a vaccine does @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Looking at a sick person in VR can rev up our bodies’ immune systems
New study provides “remarkable” glimpse into how the brain predicts potential infections
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Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We are calling on the UK Government to not introduce a levy on higher education provider income from international students, reduce visa costs to attract global talent, and to review higher education funding to create a sustainable model www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/58...
• Discontinue the idea of introducing a levy on higher education provider income from international students.
• Reduce visa costs to ensure they are at least as competitive in cost as other leading science nations, and preferably have a target to become the mos competitive in the G7.
• Provide immediate clarity that the current time length for Indefinite Leave to Remain is kept in place for current and future Global Talent visa holders and their dependents.
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Dan Brierley @drdanbrierley.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
What's better than lab BBQ? Double BBQ with @drkatiegray.bsky.social lab too! #whenworldscollide
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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Excited to see our new paper is now published - on emotion perception in dyads: rdcu.be/etta6. With the wonderful Mahsa Barzy and Rich Cook, and funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Dyad Arrangement Affects Perceived Valence Intensity
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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Thank you to all you participated in this year's edition of Reading Emotions #ReadEmo25. @wiebkegandhi.bsky.social and @richharrison.bsky.social will be chairing #ReadEmo26 on pain! Watch this space, and see you next year! sites.google.com/site/reading...
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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The Leverhulme Trust supports blue skies research across an impressive range of topics, and I’m very lucky that our project is one of them!
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more! For full information, please visit: eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
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Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’
Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government
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Dr Jud Lowes @judlowes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
A group of researchers standing outside a building. At first glance they look like different people because they have distinctive hairstyles and are wearing different clothes. But their faces are in fact identical and were generated by averaging many faces. This image illustrates how some people with face blindness (prosopagnosia) find it very difficult to tell faces apart despite seeing them clearly.
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UoR School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences @unirdg-psych.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Our £2,000 Centenary Bursary + £2,000 fee reduction help one eligible student from an under-represented group join a Psychology Master’s at the University of Reading. Let’s break barriers together! bit.ly/4jrx8NP #Psychology #AcademicSky #masters #furtherEducation #furtherStudy #UoR #bursary
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SPCLS Centenary Bursary
Find out more about the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences centenary bursary.
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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
How does the scientist in your skull invent the world you live in? 🧠 As part of Birkbeck's Science Week, on Mon 9th June I'll be talking about my upcoming book "A Trick of The Mind", w/ @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social's @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social More below! 👇 www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Fang Liu @fangliu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We are delighted to share that our work on emotion recognition in #autism, published in Autism Research, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023. First author is the wonderful @florenceynleung.bsky.social. #TopViewedArticle @erc.europa.eu #EUfunded
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Emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder across age groups: A cross‐sectional investigation of various visual and auditory communicative domains
Autistic individuals often have difficulties with recognizing emotions, but it is unclear whether this is the case for different age cohorts and across different stimulus domains. We examined recogni...
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Nadja Althaus @nadjaalthaus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our new paper is just out in Behavior Research Methods! tinyurl.com/54jutzvd - with Louise Ewing, @ekfarran.bsky.social, Michael Papasavva, Ines Mares & @marielsmith8.bsky.social . We present data from 607 children aged 5-12 completing the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children... 1/3
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Exploring the development of face recognition across childhood via logistic mixed-effects modelling of the standardised Cambridge Face Memory Test - Behavior Research Methods
Individual differences in face identity recognition abilities are present across the lifespan but require developmentally differentiated methods of assessment. Here, we examine the empirical validity ...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Could you do with £10k for some humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small grants. These are assessed using partial randomisation - after applications meet our quality threshold awards are allocated at random, reducing bias www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
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Lizzie Bradford @lizziebradford.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Very excited for the next @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting taking place in Dundee this July! UK abstract portals open *today* (7th April), 10am 😄
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎 For all the up to date information, please check our website. eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …
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Dr James Dunn @jamesdunn.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🚨 UNSW Face Lab is hiring 3-year post-doc 🚨 Please repost and contact David White for informal enquiries external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
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Katie Gray @drkatiegray.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Looking for a new job? Come join us at UoR! 4 posts in psychology, including a Chair in Neuroscience. Happy to chat about Reading, the University, and the School- just get in touch!
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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …
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Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Register now for the 14th annual Reading Emotions on 26-27 June with a stellar interdisciplinary line-up of speakers to discuss “Facial expressions of emotion”. Submit abstracts for short talks and apply for travel grants sites.google.com/site/reading.... We look forward to seeing you at #ReadEmo25
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