Deadline extended!

Richard J. Binney@rjbinney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Reminder: we have a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge. Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

The first paper from the Cortex Special Issue on Conceptual Knowledge is out! 🧠 In this perspective piece, David Kemmerer and Guy Dove propose that what’s truly “default” about the Default Mode Network is its role in representing language-specific, culturally diverse concepts. 1/🧵

The Cortex special issue on Conceptual Knowledge, co-edited by Emiko Muraki (@emij.bsky.social), Richard Binney (@rjbinney.bsky.social), Penny Pexman (@pennypexman.bsky.social) and myself is still accepting submissions. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Deadline is in May. Apply now!

Richard J. Binney@rjbinney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Apply now for #visceralmind26 #functionalneuroanatomy #summerschool! The course will run 7th-11th September 2026. Visit our website for an example timetable, more info on content, and testimonies: www.bangor.ac.uk/visceralmind. @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Want to master neuroimaging? 🧠 Learn more about this leading postgraduate course in the @psychbangor.bsky.social Visit: www.bangor.ac.uk/courses/post...

#BNSAutumn25 is coming up fast! This is gonna be a cracker of a joint meeting with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie.

Apply now for #visceralmind26 #functionalneuroanatomy #summerschool! The course will run 7th-11th September 2026. Visit our website for an example timetable, more info on content, and testimonies: www.bangor.ac.uk/visceralmind. @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Last but not least is #5 of our BIU Research Highlights, 2024 Series. This one is from @rjbinney.bsky.social (@psychbangor.bsky.social) and colleagues. #socialcognition #semantics #neuroscience #research | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Have you seen our paper about how to pragmatically approach preregistration of neuropsychological research and other types of research involving hard-to-access populations? What you waiting for?

Brain Communications@braincomms.bsky.social · last yr.

What are potential barriers to preregistering neuropsychological research? This review maps out key issues and routes to achieving the key objectives of preregistration when studying rare or hard-to-access populations. Read at: buff.ly/0AmdbGd @britishneuropsych.bsky.social @rjbinney.bsky.social

Apply now for #visceralmind26 #functionalneuroanatomy #summerschool! The course will run 7th-11th September 2026. Visit our website for an example timetable, more info on content, and testimonies: www.bangor.ac.uk/visceralmind. @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

#4 of our BIU Research Highlights, 2024 Series. This one is from @dpcarey123.bsky.social (@psychbangor.bsky.social) and colleagues. #handedness #lateralization #perception #language #neuroscience #research | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Congratulations @dirinagiurgea.bsky.social for winning best poster prize at the meeting of the British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience 2025 for our imaging work on social concepts (pic is at AMLaP) 🏆 @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangorimagingunit.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

“Ultimately, contemporary AI is research misconduct”

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 10mo ago

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/

#3 of our BIU Research Highlights, 2024 Series. This one is from @pgmm03.bsky.social and colleagues. #neurotransmitters #MRS #neuroscience #research | @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Reminder: we have a call for papers for a new virtual special issue in Cortex on Concept Knowledge. Our opening editorial, plus further information and guidance for authors can be found here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

#2 of our BIU Research Highlights, 2024 Series. This one is from Paul Downing, Kami Koldewyn (@psychbangor.bsky.social) and colleagues. #socialneuroscience #research | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

#1 of our BIU Research Highlights, 2024 Series. This one is from @charlie-wiltshire.bsky.social (from @psychbangor.bsky.social ) and colleagues. #stammering #stuttering #research @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

It’s my last programme as meetings secretary. Thanks to all who submitted work or accepted invitations, and the exec (past & present) for support and encouragement the last 3 years. Extra thanks to Ajay Halai, my successor. He’s worked hard on this programme, and I wish him luck for future meetings.

The British Neuropsychological Society@britishneuropsych.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The full programme and abstracts for the #BNSAutumn25 meeting (26-27 Nov) are now available via our website : www.the-BNS.org. Day Two is a special joint meeting with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie! We can’t wait to meet up!

A favourite time of year 🧠

Bangor Imaging Unit@bangorimagingunit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

29 individuals from over 10 countries all over the world have arrived to take part in Visceral Mind, an immersive, 5-day residential summer school in functional neuroanatomy, which includes patient conferences, and dissection labs. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social 4 more info visit: lnkd.in/ebV-je73

EXTENDED ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Sept 3rd, 2025, Midnight We're delighted to confirm more invited speakers at #BNSAutumn25! This is gonna be a cracker of a joint meeting with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neuropsychologie.

Expertise and research activity at the Bangor Imaging Unit can be summarised under four broad themes (see below) You can learn more, and see profiles of investigators, by visiting our web pages: lnkd.in/egurwRC4 Over the next few weeks, our posts will showcase publications from the past year.

PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky

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Looking forward to next month! #visceralmind #anatomy #summerschool

Bangor Imaging Unit@bangorimagingunit.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This month at the BIU, our faculty are working hard on the final preparations for two major symposia/workshops that take place in early September. Our events attract international instructors, speakers, and we deliver once-in-lifetime experiences and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Whether interested in pursuing research, clinical/practioner, or technical roles, the degree courses supported by the BIU take you places! 🎓🚀 Check out the brief bio of two former MSc Neuroimaging and doctoral researchers below, and latest news on our webpages www.bangor.ac.uk/bangorimagingunit

New exciting paper from our own @charlie-wiltshire.bsky.social!

Imaging Neuroscience@imagingneurosci.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Charlotte E. E. Wiltshire, Kate E. Watkins, et al: An fMRI study of initiation and inhibition of manual and spoken responses in people who stutter doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

🚨 Congratulations to @dirinagiurgea.bsky.social for getting this lovely paper out! Reward processing is an essential aspect of human experience, yet its contribution to the representation of concepts has received little attention…until now! @psychbangor.bsky.social | @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Irina Giurgea@dirinagiurgea.bsky.social · last yr.

✨️Excited to share my first paper is out in Behavior Research Methods with @rjbinney.bsky.social and @pennypexman.bsky.social! We quantified the association of a word's meaning with reward, showing that it is a dimension relevant to semantic processing. 📄🔗Link: rdcu.be/eyqvn

The age at which children learn words depends on frequency of exposure, phonological complexity, and concreteness. In this new paper, we show that it also depends on the social relevance of the word, and that some abstract words may be learned earlier because they capture our social experiences.

Emiko J Muraki@emij.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨📄 New paper! Abstract words are hard to acquire: Does social relevance help? We tested if social experience helps children learn words—analyzing >4,000 words by socialness, valence, and concreteness. 👬 More social words were learned earlier 💭 Socialness particularly helped abstract words, but…

Last summer, the BIU was very fortunate to welcome two new excellent early career researchers into its ranks (see below). Check out our website and annual report for further information regarding our diverse team of principal investigators: www.bangor.ac.uk/bangorimagin...

Welcome new followers! If the BIU is new to you, you might be surprised to know we’ve been operating at the leading-edge of MRI research for almost 20 years! ⭐️ Please check out the below infographic for more history, and read the full annual report on our website. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Really delighted to see this nice work by Emiko Muraki published in HBM, and excited to get feedback from the community.

Emiko J Muraki@emij.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New paper out in Human Brain Mapping! 🚨 with @pennypexman.bsky.social and @rjbinney.bsky.social 🧠 We show that the anterior temporal lobe (ATL) semantic hub supports abstract verb processing—with distinct activity patterns for: • Emotional verbs • Mental verbs • Non-embodied verbs