Dr Nicoletta P. Lekka @nicolettalekka.bsky.social · 25/09/2025So proud of the Mental Health Advisory Group’s work on “Trauma-Informed Awareness: What is it and how do you practically apply it”, today at the IADMS - International Association for Dance Medicine & Science 35th annual conference in Las Vegas! 🇺🇸 210
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaCentre for Brain and Behaviour, QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Congrats to @rosiedavis.bsky.social & the Positive Balance project team, chosen from 100+ applicants for the Linda & William Hamilton Dance Wellness Symposium! Rosie will receive a travel grant to attend the 35th #IADMS Annual Conference in Las Vegas next week #DancerWellbeing #PositivePsychology 154
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 16/06/2025New Replication Project in sport and exercise science shares it results: Out of 25 replication studies performed, 56% yielded significant results, but only 7 (28%) revealed a similar effect size. Several problems related to the quality of are discussed. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comEstimating the Replicability of Sports and Exercise Science Research - Sports MedicineBackground The replicability of sports and exercise research has not been assessed previously despite concerns about scientific practices within the field. Aim This study aims to provide an initial es... 16527
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Looking forward to sharing the next chapter of our #safedanceresearch on 'Safeguarding and abuse prevention policies of UK Dance Organisations' at #ICSSR2025 with Erin Sanchez, @georgiabird.bsky.social , @mkolitsida.bsky.social , @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social , @maryquinton.bsky.social 066
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaSara Houston @sarahouston.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Such a blast today dancing and researching with the dancers from Scottish Ballet’s Elevate programme for people with M.S. and Dr Bethany Whiteside from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 051
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaBAPAM @ukbapam.bsky.social · 05/02/2025🫠Performance Anxiety🫠 The BAPAM CPD for performing arts medicine clinicians this month is on Performance Anxiety. This topic is often really popular so get your ticket early! 🕐 7pm - 9pm 📆 26th February 2025 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bapam-cpd-.... 021
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025"Any attempt to encourage people to treat AI systems with respect should be understood as an attempt to make people defer to corporate interests." Julien Crockett interviews Ted Chiang about the dangers of AI. lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...lareviewofbooks.orgLife Is More Than an Engineering Problem | Los Angeles Review of BooksJulien Crockett speaks with Ted Chiang about the search for a perfect language, the state of AI, and the future direction of technology. 0176
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 29/01/2025Two time-use researchers explain how to be mindful about where you spend your precious minutes.theconversation.comHow to get control of your timeTwo time-use researchers explain how to be mindful about where you spend your precious minutes. 1145
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaU.S. Figure Skating @usfigureskating.bsky.social · 31/01/2025 011424
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaCNN @cnn.com · 30/01/2025A married pair of skating champions, two young skaters and their mothers were among those killed in the midair collision over the Potomac River, the Skating Club of Boston said Thursday. US Figure Skating has not yet confirmed the total number of skaters killed.cnn.itFigure skaters killed in plane crash include world champions and young athletes in a tragic case of déjà vu | CNNOnce again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash. 37526105
Dr Nicoletta P. Lekka @nicolettalekka.bsky.social · 03/01/2025“This multinational editorial aims to create awareness of the role of exercise medicine in psychiatric disease and advance the integration of sports psychiatry into the care of athletes by sports medicine professionals globally.” bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...bjsm.bmj.comThe evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activityLong before the term ‘sports psychiatry’ was first introduced nearly 40 years ago,1 2 clinicians and academics recognised the critical role of mental and brain health in sports. For example, Jokl and ... 130
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaLaurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund @lmtischfund.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The Role of the Arts in Healthcare: Transforming Lives, Creating Community thelmtif.org/news/arts-in...thelmtif.orgThe Role of the Arts in Healthcare: Transforming Lives, Creating Community - Illumination FundIllumination Fund Releases Report on its Arts in Health initiative: The Role of the Arts in Healthcare: Transforming Lives, Creating Community 021
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaLauren Herckis @laurenherckis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Reading this fabulous paper on reporting qual research results by Braun and Clarke @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social and recommend you do too (it's also open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comReporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approachEvaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus ... 19022
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaRNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 14/12/2024As these quotes from blind and partially sighted people show, the representation on Strictly this year, with the casting of Chris McCausland and Tasha Ghouri, has left an immeasurable positive impact. It highlights the importance of diversity and has sparked so many positive conversations. 1144
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaRNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 14/12/2024If you’ve loved watching Chris on this series of Strictly and you’d like to learn more about what it’s like to live with sight loss, visit rnib.in/BeforeYouAskrnib.in#BeforeYouAskIf you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you 12114
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaRNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 14/12/2024This is so needed to raise awareness of and dispel myths about living with a disability. We hope to see more of it. 183
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaJoe Ketterling @jketterling.bsky.social · 13/12/2024“Just as it would be incorrect to claim that 10 to 12 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy result in full remission of depression, it is equally misguided to suggest that exercise alone can resolve deeply complex mental health issues.“ #exercise #mentalhealth doi.org/10.1123/jpah... 041
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaNicholas Fabiano, MD @ntfabiano.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Just 3 to 4 minutes of vigorous physical activity per day is associated with decreased cancer risk. 🧵1/10 24920
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaAstronomy pictures @astronomers.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Meteor Shower and Orion in Mongolia 🇲🇳 121142791154
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaThe SPRINT Project @thesprintproject.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Hi everyone, we are The SPRINT project! Our mission is to use sport psychology to enhance well-being and performance in various contexts. Stay tuned for research insights, stories that inspire action, tools and resources! Join us on our journey ⭐ www.sprintproject.orgsprintproject.orgThe Sprint Project | Community-based sport psychology research | Birmingham, West Midlands, UKThe Sprint Project is a team of applied psychology researchers at the University of Birmingham helping to define and intervene in community-based issues to improve well-being and performance. 0125
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 07/12/2024As more #dancepsychology folks join #bluesky, I have been adding to the starter pack. DM or reply if you would also like to be added! 011
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 30/11/2024📢 NEW PAPER & BLOG POST ALERT ⤵️ We're excited to share the latest insights from the SPRINT project, highlighting strengths-based mental skills training interventions for disadvantaged youth. www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/... @maryquinton.bsky.social @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social Dr Sally Reynard 1148
Dr Nicoletta P. Lekka @nicolettalekka.bsky.social · 30/11/2024#IADMS2024 #throwback 🧵 Dance Medicine & Science - Infographics Finalists - Mental Fatigue in Dance - Sleep Hygiene for Dancers - Strength Training for Dancers iadms.org/#mainnav-1473 1/ 150
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaStuart Biddle @stuartjhbiddle.bsky.social · 29/11/2024ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... New paper on physical activity and mental health - mediators and moderators.ijbnpa.biomedcentral.comPhysical activity and mental health: a systematic review and best-evidence synthesis of mediation and moderation studies - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical ActivityBackground While evidence consistently demonstrates that physical activity is beneficial to mental health, it remains relatively unknown how physical activity benefits mental health, and which factors... 1196
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaCath @cathjames.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I know dancers are always saying that dancing can support positive impacts on health and wellbeing, social connections and confidence but here’s some actual research that shows that dance is the best way of supporting positive outcomes for depression. See: www.bmj.com/content/384/...bmj.comEffect of exercise for depression: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trialsObjective To identify the optimal dose and modality of exercise for treating major depressive disorder, compared with psychotherapy, antidepressants, and control conditions. Design Systematic review ... 041
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaNicholas Fabiano, MD @ntfabiano.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Our paper was just published in Sports Psychiatry. 🧵1/13 3327
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaBluesky @bsky.app · 27/11/2024Brief update on our ongoing efforts to allow users to specify consent (or not) for AI training: 🧵 758300923630
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaSara Houston @sarahouston.bsky.social · 26/11/2024This’ll be good. Online European Dance Development Network event on 29th November led by my longtime collaborator Monica Gillette www.ednetwork.eu/activities/d...ednetwork.euHow Can We Move?EDN's online event of the year. 073
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Hello #dancepsychology folks! I am adding new contacts to the starter pack so please keep checking it out as more people join #bluesky go.bsky.app/2GJUn6v 1115
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaGill Docherty @gilldocherty.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Great read from @amelianewton.bsky.social 113
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaBen Jane @benjane.bsky.social · 18/11/2024So I've had a go at a Starter Pack thing to see if @nanettemutrie.bsky.social and I can find more #physicalactivity friends who have made the jump across. Additional tags welcomed and will add go.bsky.app/DsHNWPf 52214
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaAlessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Exercise Therapy Starter Pack! What you’ll gain by joining: Evidence-based insights on exercise for chronic disease management. Practical strategies to improve patient outcomes. A community of professionals committed to bridging science and practice. go.bsky.app/ThPXSu2 096
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Free workshop for UK-based dance teachers but only limited spaces left. Get in touch with @mkolitsida.bsky.social for more details. 042
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaProf Jenn Cumming @jenncumming.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I have created a starter pack to follow people researching, practicing, or sharing dance psychology. Please let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/2GJUn6v 41910
Dr Nicoletta P. Lekka @nicolettalekka.bsky.social · 23/11/2024 SEPSIG17 🏊♀️ Sport & Exercise Psychiatry RCPsych Online Conference Save the date 🚨 Wednesday 19 March 2025 www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/spec... 041
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaDr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 15/11/2024#PsychSky - a global community of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, people w lived experience, policy folks & anyone else interested in the brain - is growing! Follow starter packs I & II below. Just say if you want to be added 🧠 go.bsky.app/C36fgiD go.bsky.app/3UH1pKc 20725982
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaAB @apbapbapb.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Starter pack for Mental Health and Physical Activity Research - please take a look, share or ask to join! go.bsky.app/tSiurc 133315
Reposted by Dr Nicoletta P. LekkaDr Grace Tidmarsh @gracetidmarsh.bsky.social · 14/11/2024I have created a sport and exercise psychology starter pack to help as more of us from this field move over from other platforms. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the starter pack 🧠 go.bsky.app/Su4tmmW #SportPsychology #ExercisePsychology #SportandExercise #AcademicSky 193611