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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 29/09/2026

This is really great!! Lots of concepts covered, but also written clearly

Christopher Madan @engra.me · 29/09/2026

Thanks for thinking of me! I'm doing EEG more than before now :)

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Institute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1/ Can AI help researchers check whether published social science results actually reproduce? In our new PNAS paper, we tested this directly in the AI Replication Games: 288 researchers, 103 teams, and real replication packages from quantitative social science.

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The teaching term starts earlier over there... but I plan to visit the UK and attend some meetings. Maybe some EPS ones.

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That said, I will be around at Canadian conferences much more now, and particularly look forward to catching up with friends in Edmonton.

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Over the years, my perspective and career priorities have shifted, and this move feels like a better fit for the next stage of my life and work. I will still visit the UK and Europe for collaborations and conferences, but I obviously won’t be around as much.

Nottingham has been a major part of my life and career. It has given me valuable opportunities to develop as a researcher, teacher, colleague, and mentor. I’ve learned a great deal here, worked with excellent colleagues and students, made some amazing friends, and done a lot of work I’m proud of.

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 24/02/2026

After nearly a decade at the University of Nottingham, I’ll be moving on this summer. As of July, I’ll be returning to Canada to take up a position at MacEwan University in Edmonton.

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Can you share the syllabus or any other teaching material? I've been planning a "Psychology of Roleplay" seminar course and there's probably some overlap

Christopher Madan @engra.me · 09/01/2026

There are a few good books and guides, my (biased) suggestion is the text I wrote for this very purpose engra.me/books/matlab/

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Madan Lab | An Introduction to MATLAB for Behavioral Researchers

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Stephan Krohn @skrohn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thrilled to share our paper on the formation of brain shape in human newborns, just out @natneuro.nature.com: tinyurl.com/2ty4ef43 Using #fractal analysis of #MRI data from the developing Human Connectome Project (lnkd.in/dxeHbJX6), we show that brain shape closely captures infant age and genetics ⬇️

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 29/12/2025

There definitely are many people using it with time-series data, I know there's a literature with EEG brain activity. For brain structure, so much of the literature is 'size' (volume/thickness/area), but glosses over what shape the volume is.

Christopher Madan @engra.me · 29/12/2025

About 10 years ago I came across 'fractal dimensionality' as a measure of brain structure. Studying it's utility with healthy aging, clinical populations, and across species has led to 19 papers since then. The most recent paper is now online at Nature Neuroscience! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 12/12/2025

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Image of Shax from Star Trek Lower Decks with the words "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice"

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 12/12/2025

Both welcome and congratulations!!

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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"Replication rates are higher than experts predicted and p-hacking is much less common than we expected!" replications.clearerthinking.org/three-surpri...

Three Surprises From Attempting To Replicate Recent Studies in Top Psychology Journals
Amanda Metskas
December 4, 2025
How has the replication rate of psychology studies changed in recent years?

Are we still experiencing a “replication crisis,” where only 40-60% of results replicate when the study is conducted again?

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 12/11/2025

I've had this issue too, though a few years ago. Coauthored preprints were fine, but all single author ones were privated and had to individually be made public again.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Congratulations to @engra.me on receiving the @bacn.co.uk Early Career Award. Great talk! #BACN25

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · 11/09/2025

#BACN25 started off with the Early Career Award talk by Christopher Madan (@engra.me).

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 11/09/2025

Watch #BACN25 today and tomorrow for the latest in UK cognitive neuroscience! Follow @bacn.co.uk for even more after the conference.

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Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

And we’re off! Jamie Ward opening @bacn.co.uk #BACN2025 in Edinburgh with prize talk by @engra.me detailing his work and service to the scientific community

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 10/09/2025

I'm really looking forward to giving the opening talk for #BACN25! "Memory², Methods, and Mentorship: Four facets of my research journey thus far" Not too long left to wait!

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Vitória Piai @vipiai.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Really happy to see this finally published. Hard work together with colleagues @engra.me and @jolienfrancken.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 04/08/2025

I'm glad you enjoyed it!!

Christopher Madan @engra.me · 01/08/2025

"I am satisfied with these changes. Very nice job!" What more could you hope for in a review!

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 21/06/2025

It'll be great to catch up!!

Christopher Madan @engra.me · 20/06/2025

I'd love to meet with some people during the conference! Feel free to message me if you'll be there.

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · 16/06/2025

It's not too late to submit your abstract. Join us in Edinburgh in September!

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Four large Dutch universities, including Leiden University where I work, have decided to throw international psychology bachelor programs under the bus in an effort to appease the rightwing government. Here's my blog why this is a terrible idea. eiko-fried.com/cutting-inte...

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Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried

Two days ago, four Dutch universities announced discontinuing their English-speaking psychology bachelor programs (1, 2). I will briefly explain (1) how this decision came to be, (2) why this is such ...

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · 07/04/2025

Counting down--join us in Edinburgh!

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 07/04/2025

It will be great to see you there, and hear about your current projects!

Well, keep in touch and I might be able to help with that! :)

Yes, after one talk I gave a few years ago, Valerie Reyna came up and we chatted for quite a bit :). That was a few years before that study with the trial-unique outcomes.

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Ah, I now see the second part of your question. Even more reason to see how that funding changes with age. An on-going study is varying the number of trials to see where memories shift from episodic to gist. I should do a follow-up of that and vary age. :)

Thanks for asking here! I appreciate that I didn't leave much time for questions. All participants in the work I presented were young adults. Most studies were with undergrads, some were online samples. I've done some work on aging and extending these tasks to older adults is a future plan.

British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · 04/02/2025

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Save the date!! #BACN2025 11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh www.bacn.co.uk/conferences Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.

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Christopher Madan @engra.me · 22/01/2025

Did you just happen to decide to share this today? :) (also, more post-PhD career development resources to come!) bsky.app/profile/engr...