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Jon Simons

@jonsimons.bsky.social
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, and Head of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge. Husband, father of two boys and one dog, half-pint rower and ex-cricketer www.memlab.psychol.cam.ac.uk

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 8h
Cambridge University is hiring a Professor who combines behavioural science & sustainability research (eg psychology, social neuroscience, behavioural economics, consumer behaviour, political science, policy studies, and environmental social sciences). www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...
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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability
The Board of Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (combining be...
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Cambridge Diary @cambridgediary.bsky.social · 13h
This is my favourite Cambridge story: Four and a half years into World War II, a German Dornier Do 217 M-1 bomber made a perfect wheels-up landing in allotments in central Cambridge. The aircraft was fully laden with 860 bombs and a full tank of fuel ...
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s early days and I’m terrified that I’m about to capsize most of the time, but a reminder that you’re never too old to learn something new
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The School of Biological Sciences at @cam.ac.uk is seeking a new Director for our Microscopy Bioscience Platform, which brings researchers together through open access to advanced imaging expertise and technology. Please share! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/directo...
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Director of the School of the Biological Sciences Microscopy Bioscience Platform (Associate Research Professor (G10)/Research Professor (G11))
We are seeking a new Director for the Microscopy Bioscience Platform (https://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/microscopy-platform), based within the School of the Biological Sciences city centre campus. This strate...
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Delighted to see the great Daniel Schacter among those recognised with an APS Mentor Award. I have been so grateful for Dan's mentorship during my career, and try my best to model his example with my own mentees www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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APS Recognizes 11 Psychological Scientists With 2027 Lifetime Achievement Awards
The 2027 recipients have advanced research in sleep disorders, cross-cultural comparisons of parenting, emotional regulation, and many other topics.
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The advert for the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability is now out. A fantastic opportunity for someone with expertise in social psychology, behavioural science, etc, to help address the greatest threat of our age. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...
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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability
The Board of Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (combining be...
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The advert for the newly-endowed Hatton Professorship of Sustainability is now out! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...
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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability
The Board of Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (combining be...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 07/08/2026
In a recent PNAS Profile, we explore Morris Moscovitch’s influential work on how the brain stores and retrieves memories. His research reshaped our understanding of the hippocampus and revealed its role in memory. Read more: ow.ly/mMrQ50ZxFZ1
Profile of Morris Moscovitch, University of Toronto, Rotman Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences Member.
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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Burnham is the first PM who went to Cambridge since Stanley Baldwin. Were it not for 38 days of Kwasi Kwarteng, Healey would be the first Chancellor who went to Cambridge since Ken Clarke.
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excited about new @cam.ac.uk Professorship that will soon be advertised for a behavioural change expert to address challenges affecting biodiversity, conservation and sustainability
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Cambridge seeks behaviour change expert to tackle climate crisis as first Hatton Professor of Sustainability
Trinity College and University of Cambridge launch global hunt for new professor of sustainability who can help help effect change in choices and actions taken by the public.
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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Brenda Milner is a hero and 108!! She did a lot more than discover the hippocampus is linked to declarative memory, but that work is the most famous.
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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 20/07/2026
I wonder if all these rapid changes of Prime Minister have led to an increase in diagnoses of dementia
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The arts, humanities, and social sciences are essential to understanding our history, culture, and shared humanity, yet their value is increasingly being overlooked at a time when society needs them most. It baffles me.
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John Towse @jntowse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Invitation to sign open letter: "The University of Exeter has proposed to make redundant a significant proportion of staff who are members of the Cognition Group in the Department of Psychology... We are writing to urge you to immediately withdraw this proposal..." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter in Support of the Cognition Group, University of Exeter
To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...
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School of Biological Sciences @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Shaping the future of Biological Sciences at Cambridge How do you design research environments for the next 30–50 years? Our Future Estate Programme is rethinking how science, sustainability and people come together. Find out more: www.bio.cam.ac.uk/future-estat...
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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines
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Ella Williamson @ellawilliamson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We’re running a short dog owner survey 🐶 examining dog social cognition & trainability - which could be used in future by assistance dog charities to help selection for breeding 🦮 £50 Amazon voucher if completed again in 1 week (eligibility UK residents only) york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Poster advertising ICOM 26th-30th July 2027 with 8 keynote speakers
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Very excited to have this officially published: A neural state space for episodic memories A brief thread... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪 @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
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A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 A legendary broadcaster, natural historian and Clare College alumnus whose voice has inspired generations worldwide for decades. Thank you for a century of curiosity, wonder and unwavering dedication to life on earth.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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John Duncan @john-duncan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Last year my book The Animal and the Thinker came out. Basic idea – how the operating principles of instinct and reason together answer big human questions. Right and wrong. Culture wars. Family and work. The meaning of life. That sort of thing. Now as an add-on I’m starting a blog…
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Welcome the great @john-duncan.bsky.social to Bluesky. A neuroscientist renowned for his work on the brain's "multiple-demand" system, which supports complex thinking, problem-solving, and intelligent behaviour. His research has shaped how we understand cognitive control and human intelligence.
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Dr Rachael Elward @rachaelelward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This review is more a practitioner guidebook than an academic paper. Focused specifically towards educational psychologists, SENCOs, teachers and parents, we hope this review can facilitate evidence-based interventions for children with episodic memory impairments caused by early hippocampal injury.
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Evidence-based interventions to support children with developmental amnesia in education
Developmental amnesia (DA) is a memory disorder that emerges in early childhood following an injury to the hippocampus (a brain region associated with memory). The core deficit is in episodic memor...
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Prof Catherine Loveday @catherineloveday.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
How well do you remember lockdown and how do you feel about it now? Please take part in our short survey, which takes about 10-15 mins. It’s so much harder to get participants these days so please do take part if you can and do ask friends or family to do it too: research.sc/participant/...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I needed that.
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Racing in the spring sunshine very much how it should be done
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 19/03/2026
“The week’s contrasts, of scarlet robes and quantum computing, are not a contradiction. They are a symbol of how Britain’s leading universities, with their rich histories, can lead the world into the future, if we continue to back them.”
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 26/02/2026
Great to see the Conservatives wanting to reform student loans. Would like to see an account for Osborne replacing maintenance grants with loans in 2015. This has left poorer students with bigger debts vs richer ones for a whole decade, compounding inequality between rich and poor. It’s scandalous.
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New MemLab publication led by Will Duckett finds that only trial-by-trial measures reveal links between subjectively experienced vividness and objective memory accuracy in younger and older adults, and people with aphantasia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Poignantly illustrated with an image that evokes a thousand cuts...
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🌟 Congratulations to @rakoenmaertens.bsky.social, who was awarded The Brenda Milner Best Paper Prize by a PhD or MPhil Student in the Cambridge Department of Psychology
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School of Biological Sciences @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
📣 Four exceptional researchers in the School of Biological Sciences have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants! Congratulations to all ERC awardees! @camzoology.bsky.social @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social
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adam osth @adamosth.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
New paper in Psych Review on a model of false recognition in Deese-Roediger-McDermott DRM task. Not just recognition responses, but also associated RTs! And not just the semantic task, but also the structural task - where words overlap in orthography/phonology! A thread!
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
As someone who regularly stands on this station platform, I can tell you it looks a lot less idyllic now
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Kasia Mojescik @kasiamojescik.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We are recruiting volunteers for in-person studies run by the Memory Lab at the University of Cambridge. If you are interested, please complete this form: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... If you have any questions, please email memlab@psychol.cam.ac.uk
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Wordle 1,603 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blimey!
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
So lucky to work in this beautiful place
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Kasia Mojescik @kasiamojescik.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The podcast is now available on Spotify! You can still take part in our survey here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Survey of vivid memories
What does it mean to experience your memories vividly? This survey explores how people differ in the vividness of their memories within the general population.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Image of the Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of rock to the other side of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos.
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Adrian M. Owen, OBE, FRS @comadork.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
One in four comatose (behaviourally non-responsive) patients in the ICU following a serious brain injury show us they are aware using fNIRS - published today. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
You'd get to work a lot with me as I'm research director!
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Sam Gilbert @samgilbert.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New preprint! What happens in the brain when people offload memories into external reminders? Using fMRI decoding, we found that the corresponding neural trace fades until it becomes statistically absent. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵...
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 24/10/2025
Do you have a memory so vivid you can relive it? @campsydept.bsky.social and @durham.ac.uk are exploring how vivid human memories work across our lives – and how ideas about them have evolved over time. Your experiences could help us understand memory better. Take our survey: bit.ly/3J1FQ8y
Person in a pink sweater smiling with eyes closed, with text reading 'Do you have a memory so vivid you can relive it?'
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Charles Fernyhough @cfernyhough.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Released today! My new album, North, has been nearly three years in the making. Listen for free on Bandcamp, or buy a copy to download and help me with the mastering costs. #PopUpKings #nordicjazz #ambient #postrock #instrumental popupkings.bandcamp.com/album/north
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North, by Pop-Up Kings
9 track album
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The brilliant @kasiamojescik.bsky.social and Martha McGill join @claudiahammond.bsky.social and @catherineloveday.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind this morning to launch our new public survey of vivid memories. You can take part here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Are there multiple subtypes of autism, and how vivid are your memories?
A new study suggests that autism’s genetic profile differs with age at diagnosis.
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 07/10/2025
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: bit.ly/4mM8o3r
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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 01/10/2025
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
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Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future
YouTube video by Cambridge University
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