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Dr Sam Roberts

@samroberts7.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology @LJMU Director of Networks and Wellbeing Lab: wellbeing.owlstown.net Research interests in social bonds in primates and humans. profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/12295-sam-rober…

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Dr Sam Roberts @samroberts7.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
How much and what type of touch do infants receive at night-time? Using videos of mother-infant pairs, we showed that infants who spent more time in their mother's bed received more static touch, but not more stroking touch. @ingridboedker.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ingrid Boedker @ingridboedker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Now open access in J. Nonverbal Behav. Using continuous coding, we quantified the amount & type of touch that infants received during night-time observations in a sleep laboratory. We discuss how static touch received during bed-sharing is "affective" doi.org/10.1007/s109... @effortlab.bsky.social
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wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Be sure to check out, "Intentional communication reduces social stress by increasing the predictability of conspecifics’ behaviour," co-authored by WG grant recipient Anna I. Roberts! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Intentional communication reduces social stress by increasing the predictability of conspecifics’ behaviour | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Intentional communication reduces social stress by increasing the predictability of conspecifics’ behaviour - Volume 48
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Dr Sam Roberts @samroberts7.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy to be interviewed by @matthfield.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... If loneliness is caused by a lack of genuine social connection, it seems unlikely use of AI chatbots could reduce loneliness. AI simulates social connection, but cannot replace it. @RCBB_LJMU @LJMUPsychology
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Mark Zuckerberg made us lonelier. Now he wants us to be friends with AI
Social media leaving you feeling more isolated? The Facebook founder thinks chatbots can help
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Dr Sam Roberts @samroberts7.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Many thanks to all organisers of #EHBEA2025 for putting on such an inclusive and welcoming conference! @ehbea.bsky.social @ehbea2025.bsky.social
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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Great first plenary @ehbea2025.bsky.social by @prof-r-hill.bsky.social, who reflected on how the STRANGE framework, devised by @mikemwebster.bsky.social and Christian Rutz, relates to primate fieldwork (e.g. the impact of tolerance of human observers on social network datasets).
Slide on a projector with Russell Hill speaking in front of it.
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EHBEA 2026 @ehbea2026.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
✨️The EHBEA 2025 Starter Pack is Here! ✨️ - Follow #EHBEA2025 conference presenters & attendees! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 - Attending EHBEA?? Comment bellow or send us a message to be added! #CoolEvoScience #HumanBehaviour #SharingResearch @ehbea.bsky.social go.bsky.app/83e84Ca
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Dr Sam Roberts @samroberts7.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Very much looking forward to presenting this paper on the Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep (VNIS) Scale at #EHBEA2025 this week in sunny (?) Newcastle! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ingridboedker.bsky.social @incaringtina.bsky.social
Abstract of the paper: Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep Scale
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Dr Sam Roberts @samroberts7.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
We now recruiting pregnant mothers-to-be in their third trimester, between the ages of 18 and 45 and who live in the UK, for an online longitudinal study. For more details, see : nighttimecaregiving.study/longitudinal/
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Longitudinal Study | Liverpool Night-time Caregiving Study
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New to BlueSky? Interested in Psychology? Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology. #Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
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