Great to hear @emilyjacobs.bsky.social talking about her lab's amazing work on precision neuroimaging of women's brains radiolab.org/podcast/this...

This is Your Brain on Hormones - Transcript

We don’t have hormones, hormones have us.

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🚨New post🚨 Three brain myths that need to die nicholaraihani.substack.com/p/three-brai...

Three brain myths that need to die

Did you know that your blood passes through your kidneys roughly 300 times per day?

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Article about Tim Dalgleish, the new Dawson Chair of Young People's Mental Health @campsydept.bsky.social @mrccbu.bsky.social www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/iss...

Always on my mind

Coverage of mental health issues, particularly in the young, is on the rise – as is speculation that it’s being overdiagnosed. Now Tim Dalgleish, the inaugural Dawson Professor of Young People’s Menta...

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Jailing children does not make us safer – we need to get rid of this Dickensian delusion | Kirsty Brimelow

We have a Victorian attitude to child offenders. It is harmful to them – and, when they reoffend, damaging to everyone, says Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow

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For this Research Roundup, the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent highlights research that focuses on exploration during adolescence and the role of our natural environments in our development. developingadolescent.ucla.edu/resource/sum...

Summer 2026 Research Roundup - Center for the Developing Adolescent

In this Research Roundup, we highlight research published in 2026 that focuses on exploration during adolescence and the role of our natural environments in our development.

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Jailing children does not make us safer – we need to get rid of this Dickensian delusion | Kirsty Brimelow

Jailing children does not make us safer – we need to get rid of this Dickensian delusion | Kirsty Brimelow

We have a Victorian attitude to child offenders. It is harmful to them – and, when they reoffend, damaging to everyone, says Bar Council chair Kirsty Brimelow

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Everyone loves apprenticeships. So why can’t Britain create more of them?

With a million young people out of work, we need to revive the tradition of ‘learning on the job’

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Correction: 1536, the year Anne Boleyn was executed. But it’s only partly about that, it’s mostly about the plight of women throughout history

Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore@sjblakemore.bsky.social · 4w ago

This week I have seen Lily Allen perform her new album at the O2, and the play 1537 at the Ambassador’s Theatre. 500 years apart but similar themes. Both powerful - highly recommended. www.theambassadorstheatre.co.uk/shows/1536

This week I have seen Lily Allen perform her new album at the O2, and the play 1537 at the Ambassador’s Theatre. 500 years apart but similar themes. Both powerful - highly recommended. www.theambassadorstheatre.co.uk/shows/1536

1536 | Official Box Office | Ambassadors Theatre

Buy 1536 tickets at Ambassadors Theatre directly from the box office.

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Srsly

Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore@sjblakemore.bsky.social · last mo.

Bayeux Tapestry is the new glasto

Bayeux Tapestry is the new glasto

The age of criminal responsibility is 10 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is too young. In a new report by the Bar Council, we argue that the age should be raised to 14, in line with most other European countries observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 t...

The law in England and Wales is out of step with other countries and increases the chances that children will reoffend, expert panel finds

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The age of criminal responsibility is 10 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is too young. In a new report by the Bar Council, we argue that the age should be raised to 14, in line with most other European countries observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Age of criminal responsibility should be raised from 10 t...

The law in England and Wales is out of step with other countries and increases the chances that children will reoffend, expert panel finds

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Job alert! Fixed-term Assistant Teaching Professor in Psychology at Cambridge, UK @campsydept.bsky.social www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista... 1/2

It’s wild that politicians don’t seem to grasp the degree to which universities contribute to the economy- local, regional, national. The failure to intervene is a stain on this govt - a shocking dereliction of duty to every worker, every local business, every student, every area that is suffering

Stephen Shapiro@stephenshapiro.bsky.social · last mo.

UK to Universities: drop dead archive.is/PN5y7

Europe is currently experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. The US government is paying companies to stop plans for wind farms. Tech companies are building mountains of energy-sucking data centers. This is unsustainable, literally www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is what it’s like to read research statements in grad school applications these days. Gives applicants an easy way to stand out: write your own stuff!

SOCIAL MEDIA BANS! Last week, Professor Denis Mareschal, Dr Dusana Dorjee and I gave evidence to the Select Committee for Science, Innovation and Technology's Neuroscience and Digital Childhoods Inquiry. (Transcript/recordinG available on the UK Parliament website for anyone interested.) 1/4

BBC: “So what advice did David Hockney give to you?” BBC Guest: “Fuck everyone.”

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UK set to ban under-16s from social media, livestreaming, disappearing messages

Embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking for a clear policy win as he fights to stay in office.

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Our paper on food insecurity and mental health in children and adolescents, by Giacomo Bignardi Mina Fazel and OxWell Student Survey - published today in JCPP Advances See next post for summary acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Abstract submission now open for this excellent conference, which will be held in Brighton on 2-3 September www.sussex.ac.uk/collaborate/...

In case it's of interest to anyone, here's a regularly updated list of UK postdoctoral research fellowships - feel free to share/copy sites.google.com/site/blakemo...

Blakemore Lab - Postdoctoral Fellowships

Below is an overview of Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the United Kingdom, which was originally curated by Professor Rogier Kievit. These have a special focus on psychology, neuroscience, develo...

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University of Nottingham is in financial difficulty. The answer is not to cull its excellent courses and staff nottinghamchemistry.github.io/Open_Letter/...

“Social media is killing our children” - I investigated the criminality and violence being promoted to kids online. It was so shocking and every single police officer, parent, psychologist and doctor I spoke to supported a ban for under-16s observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

‘Social media is killing our children’: rise in violence ...

A consensus is growing among parents, police and campaigners that government must act now to rein in tech companies and restrict access to harmful online content that is destroying young lives

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🚨 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 🚨 1/ We invite proposals for posters and symposia for the New Directions in Social Media Research conference at St John’s College, University of Cambridge (7–8 Dec 2026). We especially welcome future-facing research on how the social world is changing in the digital age.

Yesterday @royalsociety.org published its Science for Society report. It stresses the importance of science in our lives and encourages more engagement between scientists and wider society royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Science for society | Royal Society

The Royal Society has published the Science for society report exploring the multiple connections between science and the public, and proposes recommendations for how these connections might be streng...

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The @royalsociety.org Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship has been transformative to so many people's early careers. It enabled me to become an independent researcher in a new field, supported public engagement and policy work and helped me balance caring responsibilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0KY...

The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship | The Royal Society

YouTube video by The Royal Society

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New paper by Gabriele Chierchia, Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer Marwa El Zein, Benedetto de Martino Collective Risk Taking in Adolescents and Young Adults: Adolescents Take More Risks When Deciding Collectively Than Alone onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Collective Risk Taking in Adolescents and Young Adults: Adolescents Take More Risks When Deciding Collectively Than Alone

Introduction Adolescents show a heightened propensity to take risks, relative to other age groups, especially in contexts involving peers. In the current study, we investigated whether peer contexts...

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