A new article from @theguardian.com focuses on NSCA member @candiceodgers.bsky.social's research on adolescent mental health & digital technology, discusses the new U.K. social media ban, and dives into the big issues driving changes in adolescent well-being: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health?

Psychologist Candice Odgers has studied adolescent mental health for 25 years. She fears the current debate around smartphones obscures some of the biggest issues facing teenagers – from the impact of...

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Scary stories about teens sell. The data tells a different story. After decades studying adolescent mental health, here's what I found: This isn't an anxious generation. It's a resilient one. Let's start treating them that way. go.ted.com/candiceodgers

What we're getting wrong about teens and tech

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

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Huge thanks to Professor Jennifer Lau for her mentorship,, @alice-gregory.bsky.social whose expertise has been a great inspiration to me,, Dr Afia Ali and DEER team and @acamh.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity.

ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health@acamh.bsky.social · 3w ago

#Sleep isn’t just a side issue in child #mentalhealth. In this #MindtheKids episode, @claragfaria.bsky.social speaks with Alina Marinca about new findings showing how specific sleep problems relate to emotional difficulties & behavioural difficulties in middle childhood. https://bit.ly/3SPdy5G

Celebrating the launch of the Sleep Health Coalition, bringing research, clinical care, public health, and advocacy together to push sleep to the forefront of UK national health policy. @beatrizrvenancio.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social @alice-gregory.bsky.social @thesleepcharity.bsky.social

New infographic from our Snoozify project with RHUL & University of York, key sleep trends at a glance. @beckcrowley.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social @alice-gregory.bsky.social

We’re hiring - Research Assistant for our Leverhulme‑funded project on adolescent sleep, learning, and memory. Ideal for candidates with strong quantitative skills and an interest in sleep research. @jakketamminen.bsky.social @alice-gregory.bsky.social jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Research Assistant

Full-Time, Fixed-Term until 31 October 2026.Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position at the Department of Psychology on the Leverhulme Trust funded project: “How does poor sleep in a...

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Children across the UK are sleeping on floors and sofas due to bed poverty; join Derrick Evans MBE in demanding every child has a safe place to sleep. Add your name to the petition and help end this crisis today. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social www.change.org/p/address-ch...

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Address child bed poverty. No child should ever have to sleep on the floor.

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Great news that the University of Arizona group has received a $3.8M NIH grant to explore how late‑night wakefulness affects cognition, emotion, and suicide risk through the Mind After Midnight framework. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social news.arizona.edu/news/new-38m...

New $3.8M NIH grant funds research on 'mind after midnight' as a suicide risk factor

Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry are studying the effects of being awake between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on decision-making.

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Pupils could be put at risk if the new legislation banning phones in schools fails to fully take into account the fact that some need their devices for medical purposes, warns @alice-gregory.bsky.social

Smartphone bans must not ignore students’ medical needs

A phone is a vital medical accessory for some, and this must be considered in phone ban legislation, writes Alice Gregory

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Link to paper here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...

In this hot-out-of-the-press paper @beckcrowley.bsky.social reports new insights into how newly learned words are retrieved from memory over time. A must read for anyone interested in how we learn (and forget!) new words. @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

Sharing our director’s new paper on how smartphone restrictions affect children who rely on them for medical care, a reminder of why our lab is working to build understanding of sleep and type 1 diabetes. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

When a smartphone‐free childhood is not a choice: Recognising smartphones as essential medical devices

Recently there have been initiatives to ban or reduce the use of smartphones in children and young people. While exemptions are typically made for tho…

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Decisions about #smartphones and young people are happening now. Don’t forget smartphones can be #medical #devices @parthaskar.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @rhulpsychology.bsky.social @sleep-rhul.bsky.social

When a smartphone‐free childhood is not a choice: Recognising smartphones as essential medical devices

Recently there have been initiatives to ban or reduce the use of smartphones in children and young people. While exemptions are typically made for tho…

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New study maps a U‑shaped link between sleep duration and biological ageing with 6.4–7.8 hours emerging as the sweet spot for longevity. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life - Nature

A cross-organ, multi-omics U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and biological ageing clocks highlights the potential of sleep optimization to promote healthy ageing, lower disease risk and ex...

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Huge congratulations to members of our sleep lab @beckcrowley.bsky.social and @jakketamminen.bsky.social on the publication of their brilliant new article showing how new words bind together in memory from the start. @alice-gregory.bsky.social psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals

The advice puts babies at risk of serious harm, even death, medical professionals have told the BBC.

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Talked to RTÉ Drivetime on the perennial issue of clock changes and daylight savings time. @mupsychology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Should we scrap daylight savings to cut costs?

Prof Andrew Coogan from the Department of Psychology at Maynooth and Sean Kelly, Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South

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Huge thanks to Vicki from The Sleep Charity for speaking to our lab yesterday. Incredible work with real impact and a powerful reminder that research matters most when it stays rooted in the real challenges families face. @thesleepcharity.bsky.social @alice-gregory.bsky.social thesleepcharity.org.uk

Home - The Sleep Charity

Supporting people across all ages to improve sleep, and provides sleep training to professionals in the health, social and corporate sectors.

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Celebrating new work from our friend Alina @alinamarinca.bsky.social and our director Alice @alice-gregory.bsky.social showing sleep anxiety as a central link across childhood emotional and behavioural symptoms. @jakketamminen.bsky.social acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Sleep disturbances are widely considered to be a transdiagnostic feature of common behavioural and emotional difficulties in childhood, yet most studies treat sleep as a single construct....

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Time to turn off your sleep tracker? psyche.co/notes-to-sel...

New paper!!! 🎉 I am very happy to share our paper published in JCPP Advances! 🎉 Our findings suggest that targeting specific sleep problems, such as bedtime anxiety, may improve interventions for children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Sleep disturbances are widely considered to be a transdiagnostic feature of common behavioural and emotional difficulties in childhood, yet most studies treat sleep as a single construct....

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Huge congratulations to @alinamarinca.bsky.social on behalf of us all at @sleep-rhul.bsky.social We’re delighted for you!

Alina Marinca@alinamarinca.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎉 I am delighted to share that I have just been selected for the New Investigator Poster Award for IPSA 2026 Florence 🎉 Many Thanks to IPSA, Prof Jennifer Lau, @alice-gregory.bsky.social, LISS DTP, @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social, @qmulresilience.bsky.social lnkd.in/evQv9Jsq #Sleep

We spring forward this weekend, but changing the clocks is increasingly controversial - why? #circadian #dst #springforward #chronobiology #clockchange #SciComm🧪

From trackers to gummies and CCTV, society has been gripped by #sleep hysteria | Alice Gregory www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @rhulpsychology.bsky.social

From trackers to gummies and CCTV, society has been gripped by sleep hysteria | Alice Gregory

We’re obsessing about sleep like never before. But much of the messaging is exaggerated, distorted and unhelpful, asks Royal Holloway Sleep Laboratory co-director Alice Gregory

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Wonderful testament to the ongoing commitment of the TEDS twins that we have received funding for a further 5 years.

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience@kingsioppn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Twins Early Development Study (led by @thaliaeley.bsky.social, largest and one of the longest-running (over 30 years!) longitudinal twin study in the UK, receives £5 million from the Medical Research Council www.kcl.ac.uk/news/twins-e...

Strong review connecting neuromodulators, sleep disruption, and Alzheimer’s pathology—plus some excellent figures. @alice-gregory.bsky.social @jakketamminen.bsky.social alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Wake‐promoting neuromodulators in Alzheimer's disease: Implications for sleep and brain clearance

Neuromodulatory subcortical systems (NSS) regulate arousal, cognition, and sleep–wake transitions through widespread influence on cortical and subcortical networks. Increasing evidence links dysfunct....

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Enjoying attending the UK #Insomnia Network Inaugural Event in #Oxford @oxsleepmed.bsky.social Hoping to forge new collaborations with @sleep-rhul.bsky.social

We know that #chronotype has been associated with #mental-health - so we looked to see whether it was part of the P-Factor. Congrats to @juanjmv.bsky.social JuanJo Madrid Valero for winning Best Paper 2025 (Institute Catedra del Sueno) academic.oup.com/sleep/articl... @sleep-rhul.bsky.social

🤩It’s #WorldSleepDay –a great day to share a new publication from a project involving members of our ECSM team, including lead author Dr Katrina Tse. 💤They introduce a comprehensive sleep questionnaire to the UK Biobank, with 185,000+ participants providing data🧵1/2 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41796014/

Sleep and circadian health in the UK Biobank: Report on the 2023 sleep questionnaire enhancement - PubMed

Poor sleep quality and operationally defined sleep disorders are common in the UK Biobank cohort. Sleep questionnaire data can now be integrated with a range of biomedical information to advance understanding of sleep. Statement of significance A comprehensive sleep questionnaire was introduced to t …

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