The Centre for Human Brain Health
@thechbh.bsky.social
We are a research facility at the University of Birmingham with the mission to understand what makes a brain healthy, how to maintain health & how to prevent and reverse damage. www.birmingham.ac.uk/chbh
The Centre for Human Brain Health (@thechbh.bsky.social ) is hosting it's annual *Neuroscience Flavoured Hackathon* on the 28– 29th May 2026. Two days of collaborative hacking, talks & creative problem-solving across neuroscience, data science & open research, and/or bring your own projects.
Our new paper “An assessment of autistic and parkinsonian movement profiles to inform selective classification algorithms” is now published in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: rdcu.be/e2ItP with Jen Cook @dagmarfraser.bsky.social @galeaj.bsky.social @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social 🧵1/n
An assessment of autistic and parkinsonian movement profiles to inform selective classification algorithms
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In this position you will work with TMS and neuroimaging (next-gen OPM sensors developed here at @thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social) to understand the effects of the menstrual cycle on the excitability of the brain. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Menstrual-cycle driven fluctuations in cortical excitability: A basis for temporally-targeted rTMS in depression at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Menstrual-cycle driven fluctuations in cortical excitability: A basis for temporally-targeted rTMS in depression at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Hey, @thechbh.bsky.social: Isn't official 'Rising Star of Neuroscience' @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social scheduled to give a talk at our institute next month? What's that? She IS? 😮😮😮😮
a little girl is standing in front of a mirror with her fist in the air and a woman behind her .
ALT: a little girl is standing in front of a mirror with her fist in the air and a woman behind her .
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Nadine Dijkstra@nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · 10mo agoThanks so much @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this Rising Stars of Neuroscience award! 🤩 And a big thank you to @smfleming.bsky.social for the nomination!!
We still have some places available for our thalamus workshop in January, including slots for attendee short talks (just submit a thalamus-related abstract). uobevents.eventsair.com/emerging-tec... @thechbh.bsky.social
Homepage - Emerging Techniques and Technologies to Understand the Thalamus
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No travel (very green!). No cost! Just signup✨ 👉 Register now: www.matlabexpo.com #MATLAB #MATLABambassador
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Finally, we found that people who believe climate change is man-made and support policies to protect the planet had higher pro-environmental motivation specifically. People lower in trait apathy and who rated the task as less effortful were more likely to help both causes.
Read more about the story behind the project here - communities.springernature.com/posts/boosti... Thanks to all the co-authors across @sdnl.bsky.social, @msnlab.bsky.social, @thechbh.bsky.social, @uob-sop.bsky.social, @scanunit.bsky.social & others
Boosting climate motivation with psychological interventions
Actions that protect the environment are crucial but often require effort, which people avoid. In a large international collaboration, we identified psychological interventions that can effectively bo...
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Day 2 starts with a keynote from Susan Healy on learning from mistakes!
Nearly ready to go! Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025!
Today we welcome attendees of The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging conference to @uob-sop.bsky.social and @unibirmingham.bsky.social ! Two days of inspiring talks exploring how the brain, body, and environment shape foraging behaviour. #MechForage2025 uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis...
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Does dopamine modulate the willingness to help? New Psychology Today post, "How Dopamine Affects Our Motivation to Help Others", written by me, with special thanks to @drjocutler.bsky.social and @thepsychologist.bsky.social www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...
How Dopamine Affects Our Motivation to Help Others
New research shows patients with Parkinson's disease were more willing to help others after taking their dopamine-boosting medication.
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Great to see this out! Exciting work led by @shawnrhoadsphd.com on how we learn when actions affect ourselves and others 🧠 w/ @aa-marsh.bsky.social, @k-oconnell.com, Kathryn Berluti, & Lin Gan plus @thepsychologist.bsky.social & me @sdnl.bsky.social, @thechbh.bsky.social, @uob-sop.bsky.social
Shawn Rhoads@shawnrhoadsphd.com · 10mo ago📢 Thrilled to share our paper is out now in @natcomms.nature.com Shared computations underlie how we acquire actions that are mutually beneficial, instrumentally harmful (benefits self at the expense of others), altruistic (benefit others at the expense of self), or mutually costly 🧵 rdcu.be/eL8mZ
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨 Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook (and me!) MIBTP-funded PhD - more details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... @thechbh.bsky.social Get in touch if interested, and please share!
Looking for a PhD? Interested in cognitive computational neuroscience, motivation and decision-making? See our project listed in the BBSRC MIBTP competition for funding for a 4-year PhD in the @msnlab.bsky.social in the @thechbh.bsky.social. Deadline 27/11. More info: tinyurl.com/5d5vz8m7
The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The computational and neural dynamics of human motivation and cognitive control at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Final few days to register for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging Conference! 3rd - 5th November 2025, Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanis... #MechanisticForaging #ForagingScience #ComputationalNeuroscience #CognitiveNeuroscience #BehaviouralScience
Decoding performance (MVPA) better for OPM-MEG than SQUID-MEG 😎. The improved spatial specificity of OPM-MEG due to the reduced brain-sensor distance is key. And more sensors (beyond 40) don't improve decoding. Preprint from our recent @thechbh.bsky.social study: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Decoding with multivariate pattern analysis is superior for optically pumped magnetometer-based magnetoencephalography compared to superconducting quantum interference device-based systems
Background: Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) has become an increasingly important method for decoding distributed brain activity from neural electrophysiological recordings by leveraging both temp...
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Are you interested in the thalamus, or are you still waiting to discover that you are (these are the only two options)? It is a great pleasure to announce our workshop on the 12-13th January 2026. uobevents.eventsair.com/emerging-tec... @thechbh.bsky.social #neuroscience
Homepage - Emerging Techniques and Technologies to Understand the Thalamus
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Ever wondered about the variety and depth of neuroscience research at the University of Birmingham (if not, why not?)? Seek no further: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/pro... @thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social @imh-uob.bsky.social
Birmingham Neuroscience - University of Birmingham
Driving innovation in brain and mental health research to transform care and improve lives through pioneering interdisciplinary science.
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The Sleep Network is up and running at the University of Birmingham, looking forward to talking to more people about sleep and circadian rhythms
Ever wonder how you read so fast? Your brain gets a head start—processing the next word before your eyes move. Our MEG + eye tracking study out in Nature Communications study from @thechbh.bsky.social reveals orthographic & semantic previews predicting reading speed www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fast hierarchical processing of orthographic and semantic parafoveal information during natural reading - Nature Communications
Combining MEG, eye-tracking, and representational similarity analysis, this study shows that readers rapidly and sequentially extract orthographic and semantic information from upcoming words before fixation, supporting efficient reading.
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First speakers Professor Sean Cain from Flinders University and our very own Dr Isabel Morales-Munoz! @thechbh.bsky.social @uob-sop.bsky.social
🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨 Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!
Thank you so much to everyone who came and to our sponsors @carneyinstitute.bsky.social, Brown CoPsy, Brown Neuro, @unibirmingham.bsky.social, UoB College of Life & Environmental Sciences & @thechbh.bsky.social
Join us for a CHBH Seminar with @danieljamesyon.bsky.social on 'Learning about uncertainty from ourselves and others' Thur 9 Oct 1–2pm LT6 Strathcona/Zoom Hosted by Prof Jennifer Cook Event info/registration: bit.ly/4gWAPdO #CognitiveNeuroscience#Metacognition#Learning #Uncertainty #SocialCognition
We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26.
