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Eleanor Palser

@eleanorpalser.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor | Dyspraxic | Welsh | We study the mental health needs of neurodivergent people

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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We are still recruiting #Autistic adults to participate in our interview study on #interoception. Take the eligibility screener here: paloaltou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share with your networks! #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We’re excited to share that my wonderful student Jo (pictured) and I are recruiting autistic kids and teens for a summer yoga study. See the flyer for details and complete the eligibility screener here: paloaltou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #autism #yoga
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We are still recruiting #Autistic adults to participate in our interview study on #interoception. Take the eligibility screener here: paloaltou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share with your networks! #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Help my student Ariana reach her sample size goals by spending ~15 answering some questions about your awareness of time, mental health, and interoception! paloaltou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 22/01/2026
Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
Median time under review (time intervened from submission to acceptance) of articles indexed in PubMed with a female first author (n = 2,562,262), a male first author (n = 3,405,821), a female corresponding author (n = 975,010), a male corresponding author (n = 1,946,469), a female first author and a female corresponding author (n = 757,878), a male first author and a male corresponding author (n = 1,357,835), all-female authors (n = 650,280), and all-male authors (n = 2,146,799)
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Cathy Manning @cmanning.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Any postdocs outside the UK interested in applying for a Marie Curie fellowship with me (sensory processing, decision making, vision), get in touch! Our school of psychology @unibirmingham.bsky.social is offering costs towards a campus visit to give a talk, develop a proposal and attend training!
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It took several late night/early morning meetings, but I’m very happy to see this perspective piece on #Autistic #interoception published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Interoception in Autism, Pitfalls, and Promise: A Participatory Research Perspective - Eleanor R. Palser, Wenn B. Lawson, Emma Goodall, Elizabeth Pellicano, 2026
Bodily autonomy is essential to Autistic well-being. Interoception supports bodily autonomy through guiding behavior in support of homeostasis. Promoting adapti...
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
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What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
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PsychDoc @drrebeccadouglas.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Eliminating requirements for a doctorate, residency, licencing exams,thousands of hours of clinical training, and dropping to a two year unaccredited program. Would we be ok if this happened to physicians? #PsychSky #ClinicalPsychology #Psychology @cmadocs.bsky.social @canadianpsychology.bsky.social
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We’ve had a great response to our study - thank you! There are just a few spots left. If you’re an Autistic woman or Autistic and gender diverse, we would especially like to hear from you!
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📣Participate! 📣 We are recruiting #Autistic adults for our experiences of #interoception study. See the flyer for more info or click the link to complete the 5-min eligibility screener paloaltou.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I’m looking for #adjunct instructors for graduate clinical child psychology courses at PAU. For accreditation, you would need to teach in person in Palo Alto. It’s a great way to built teaching experience with a very engaged cohort. Reach out with questions!
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Celebrating completing a (single spaced) 25 page response to reviewers by… reviewing a manuscript.
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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
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AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If any of my students would rather learn from a LLM than me, they are welcome to. I suspect few would pick that option, though.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I have long complained about the absence of ‘interoception’ from Microsoft Word’s internal dictionary, but today I would also -shockingly- like to highlight the absence of ‘orgasm’. New paper (with many unrecognized words) coming soon.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
There is a long and misguiding history of blaming mothers for autism. Unfortunately these accounts still hold appeal for many despite the science.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Didn’t realize this paper was out: we use dyslexia as a model to demonstrate that the left prefrontal cortex is involved in regulating positive emotion in children, too, as well as adults link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Role of left lateral prefrontal cortex in positive emotion regulation: Insights from dyslexia - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
Emotion regulation emerges during childhood and engages prefrontal brain systems. While most developmental studies focus on the neural underpinnings of negative emotion regulation, less is known about...
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Is the emotion #awe the vehicle through which high heart rate variability leads to #creativity? It certainly is in dyslexia! Sharing our latest. Got papers coming out like a British bus schedule at the minute. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Awe proneness links RSA and trait creativity in dyslexia
The parasympathetic nervous system promotes positive emotions, such as awe, that foster creativity. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia, a parasympat…
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Congratulations to @belindayzhang.bsky.social on her first first-author publication! Also my first senior-author and our first qualitative foray! #dyslexia #neurodiversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A Sunny Disposition and a Big Heart: Thematic Analysis of Parent‐Reported Socio‐Emotional Strengths in Dyslexia
Children with dyslexia have persistent and well-characterised reading difficulties but may also have less well-known socio-emotional abilities. Socio-emotional abilities in dyslexia could be leverage...
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 24/08/2025
"People agreed strongly that research can play a powerful role in shaping good Autistic lives [but] big changes were needed [e.g.,] researchers should stop thinking about autism narrowly and in a negative way, where Autistic people are seen as the problem." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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‘We have so much to offer’: Community members’ perspectives on autism research - Tori Haar, Charlotte Brownlow, Gabrielle Hall, Melanie Heyworth, Wenn Lawson, Rebecca Poulsen, Tamara Reinisch, Elizabe...
Autism research is on the cusp of significant change. There are mounting calls from Autistic self-advocates, researchers, and other scientists for a paradigm sh...
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Congratulations to @awallmanjones.bsky.social on her new paper, showing how dynamic changes in facial expression intensity are tied to real-world communication benefits, and are elevated in dyslexia #neurodiversity link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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Elevated Facial Behavior Variability During Emotions Contributes to Better Functional Communication in Dyslexia
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Relevant for AI-supported psychotherapy
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thrilled with our new lab logo, designed by members of the #autism community who are involved with our research 🧠 🌼 🌺
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“People with learning disabilities are the last forgotten minority, the ones who have been ignored, mocked and persecuted by the rest of us…the time has come to challenge this dark history of prejudice” - @stephenunwin.bsky.social Looking forward to reading!
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 21/05/2025
In a study of Gen Z's personal goals, "to be safe" ranked as the top priority, outweighing traditional teenage desires like popularity and fun. A developmental psychologist explains what this says about growing up in an era of constant crisis:
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Gen Z seeks safety above all else as the generation grows up amid constant crisis and existential threat
Recent generations may have taken safety for granted, but today’s youth are growing up in an era of compounded crises – and being safe is their priority.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Shocked to hear a keynote speaker asked to disclose their formal diagnoses on stage. Not an acceptable use of question time IMO #INSAR2025
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Accommodations that I love at #INSAR2025 as a non-autistic dyspraxic with sensory sensitivity: flap applause, quiet poster viewing time, alternating poster presenting times to reduce crowding 👐🏼
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Happy to be back at #INSAR2025 after a few years’ hiatus! I’ll be presenting data in tomorrow’s lunchtime poster session on Autistic kids and teens’ heart rate and heart rate variability responses to auditory startle
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 08/04/2025
"Adjusting for inflation, tenure-track faculty are now paid 10.2 % less than before Covid... While 'median pay increases for most higher education employees in 2024–25 remained strong, they have dropped...” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... #edsky #highered
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Most Higher Ed Workers Still Paid Less Than Before Pandemic
Although raises for most higher education employees last academic year beat inflation, most are still effectively earning less than they were in 2019–20, according to new salary survey data released M...
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Benjamin Pastorelli @benjaminpastorelli.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Stereotypically male professions are also perceived as being the most prestigious. This has an impact on children's career plans. #psychscisky #socialpsych Based on Jaoul-Grammare, 2024.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Starting my Monday with the not unusual: “Oh I thought you were a student! You look so young.” Why this is not the compliment you think it is:
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Thomas Andrillon @thomasandrillon.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Today is International Women's Day. The first of which was organised by the Socialist Party of America in 1909. In today's USA, 'women' and 'female' are words to be avoided by gov officials. Man is not, except if it refers to homosexuals. The fight for equal rights is more important than ever!
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
If you have a 6-12 year old at home, please ask them what toys they would want in a waiting room (and let me know the answer!). Neurodiverse childrens’ perspectives particularly welcome. #labstartup
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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Announcing a new version of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Toolkit for Journal Editors! Among many other updates, the second edition includes an integrated checklist of 45 actions editors can take to advance #EDI in their journals. bit.ly/42l9wVr #psychology
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Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Was teaching all day. Did I miss anything?
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Anyone (esp. grad students or postdocs) interested in reviewing a structural MRI study on emotion regulation in kids with dyslexia? 🙏🏼 15 declines and counting…
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I have hit that point in the first term as an assistant professor of feeling utterly overwhelmed. How do you all do this?!
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
How do fellow academics who also write in the popular media list this on their academic CV?
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
Anyone on the academic job market has to speak at length about their contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, but what are unis doing to make the job market inclusive? Thanks to everyone who shared their stories for this piece.
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Why Sparks of Change is publishing stories from neurodivergent researchers elifesciences.org/inside-elife...
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Being Neurodivergent in Academia: Why Sparks of Change is publishing stories from neurodivergent res...
What to expect from our new series of articles.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
If you’ve been impacted by the high upfront costs associated with the academic job market I’d like to hear from you. I’m investigating the issue in an upcoming Times Higher Ed piece. Anon, if preferred: Eleanor.Palser@ucsf.edu
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Yes, but neural activity ≠ behavior or experience. Multi-modal investigations of emotion in autistic people are needed, and I will keep saying this until the work is funded 😅
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 28/12/2023
Just had to google the plural of ‘corpus’. Living the academic dream.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Attending campus visits for faculty positions can leave postdocs 1000s of $s out of pocket, which can take months to be reimbursed. This is an undiscussed barrier in academia which must impact diversity. I’d be interested in hearing people’s experiences and thoughts.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
My job is now 90% saying variations on “rubbish in, rubbish out” to graduate students.
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Eleanor Palser @eleanorpalser.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
This week it’s a 1am interview
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