Neil Mennie, DPhil

'Brain scars': The hidden forms of sexism that harm women's health Subtle sexism that pervades everyday life often gets shrugged off. But research shows it can still have lasting psychological effects – including "thinning" parts of the brain.

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RIP Dr Jane Goodall.

No more scribbles: Indian court tells doctors to fix their handwriting A legible medical prescription can make a difference between life and death, the court says.

Yay! The last, and most interesting, data on my handwriting study has arrived in my inbox. It’s handwritten of course. Time to write it up. #gaze #attention #BCI #saccade #memory #AI www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imagine, feel pain or pleasure, dread, love and more. But where precisely does this reside in the brain? That is a question that has long confounded scientists and clinicians. A new study is offering fresh insight.

Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain - www.reuters.com/science/scie...

Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy - An exclusive story from the Nature News team

This NIH move threatens thousands of collaborative projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more
🧪 #AcademicSky #MedSky
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Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.

Researchers in the US are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers, finds an analysis of Nature’s jobs-board data. #Academicsky 🧪

Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before Contested discovery achieved by experiment firing laser pulses into eyes, stimulating retina cells

Eye eye. #AcademicSky #eye #vision #chromaticity www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

It’s not a job. It’s a vocation.

Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests

#AcademicSky #Psychology www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow myopia progression Spending a lot of time outdoors may be the best way to prevent myopia, or delay its progression, but this isn't always practical. Now, research suggests that bringing the outside in may be a valid wor...

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How Parenthood May Help Keep Your Brain Young Researchers find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes

I really need to revisit my failed grant proposals from pre-covid times on dyadic performance. #AcademicSky www.labmanager.com/how-parentho...

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.
W2 tenure-track position for 6 years plus 1 additional for parental leave.
Deadline: April 8th 2025

#academicsky #sciencejobs #medsky 🧪🧠🧬🌱🪰
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Even the algorithms can recognise it -> Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

AASA 2025: Centring Animals Across The Disciplines | Australasian Animal Studies Association

We're thrilled to announce our CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2025 AASA Conference: "Centring Animals Across the Disciplines"!
📆 5th Nov. - 7th. Nov. at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
⏰ Proposals due 20 June 2025
#animalstudies #academia
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Bonobos can tell when they know something you don't Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem to share this skill with humans

www.newscientist.com/article/2466...

Air pollution reduces people’s ability to focus on everyday tasks, study finds Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition

Wait, impaired perception or something else? #academicbluesky Its clearing here in Bangkok now, but still reduced visibility. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

China’s Tiangong experiments generate oxygen, rocket fuel in exploration advance Shenzhou-19 astronauts simulate natural photosynthesis, bringing long-haul crewed missions a step closer to reality.

China’s Tiangong experiments generate oxygen, rocket fuel in exploration advance
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How the brain's little blue dot regulates your sleep The locus coeruleus is emerging as a major new area of research interest, with many important functions such as regulating our attention and sleep.

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How one brain circuit encodes memories of both places and events A computational model developed by MIT researchers explains how place cells in the hippocampus can be recruited to form any kind of episodic memory, even when there’s no spatial component.

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Do you have a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging & are looking for a post-doc?

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Do you want to live in Norwich (UK) - gorgeous city close to the beach? You can surf, meet seals, do wonderful walks, eat gelato & enjoy gorgeous sunsets!

If you use BOLD based fMRI in your research, take a moment to wish Seiji Ogawa a happy 91st birthday on Sunday, Jan 19th. His research launched thousands of careers and provided an invaluable to look inside our brains.

Are we a racist society? The majority of us say no – but science begs to differ Although greater awareness of prejudice would suggest we are less bigoted than ever, empirical evidence indicates not

Are we a racist society? The majority of us say no – but science begs to differ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Are we a racist society? The majority of us say no – but science begs to differ. A largely ignored problem in #Academia

Disability in ecology and evolution In this TrendsTalk series ‘Disability in ecology and evolution’ in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled or having a chronic condition an...

I guess I hadn't posted this yet and didn't even know it had come out-- I was interviewed for (and co-wrote w/Daniel Rabosky) a Trends in Ecology & Evolution "TrendsTalk" article on "Disability in ecology and evolution" -- www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... #DisabledInSTEM #academicchatter #academia

RIP Eileen Kowler. Always encouraging, always supportive. It meant a lot.

Moving to #Bangkok presents new, welcome challenges. One is another novel #language. I don't know if they are laughing at me, or just trying to be friendly, but the locals are communicating using previously unencountered sounds. Have you observed this? #mimicry #corvid #Banthatthong #smart

The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI Researchers studying sperm whale communication say they've uncovered sophisticated structures similar to those found in human language.

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Australia news live: Victoria to switch to ‘renewable’ gas; Albanese signs $140m infrastructure treaty with Nauru Follow live

Well, if you've been a sessional academic at Uni Melbourne at some time in the past, it looks like they owe you some money. A lot of other unis should be nervous #academicsky

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Reviewing manuscripts - always comes at the busiest periods. Why is that?