Prof Nichola Raihani

Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum The autism spectrum has widened to the point of collapse, affecting how teachers should support autistic pupils in the classroom, researcher Uta Frith tells Helen Amass

One of the world’s leading authorities on autism - very important read: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Excited to share our latest work in @nature.com showing shared neural substrates for parenting and prosocial helping behavior. Full text available here: rdcu.be/e6PnY

Email me. Let’s make this happen. 💯.

I loved how the bird pics actually spoke to the text on the slides. Elite.

Consider yourself invited! Would love to have you guys here for a visit 😊

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

Individual differences in motives for costly punishment - Communications Psychology Using behavioural economic games, this study finds that people vary in their motives for punishment. Punishment motives are predicted by personality, social preferences, political and religious views,...

This study finds that people vary in their motives for punishment. Punishment motives are predicted by personality, social preferences, political and religious views, and self-reported strategies.
@scottclaessens.bsky.social @nicholaraihani.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

Slashing all Marsden grants to social science and humanities another Judith Collins legacy www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Logo of Behavioural Public Policy (BPP) featuring an abstract brain-like diagram made of interconnected icons representing various elements such as a clock, person, lightbulb, and gears on a dark blue background.

#OpenAccess from @bppjournal.bsky.social -

Negative anecdotes reduce policy support: evidence from three experimental studies on communicating policy (in)effectiveness - https://cup.org/4jDoXyD

- A.Rodger, G.A.Sanna, @vanessachg.bsky.social, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social & D.Lagnado

#FirstView

It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain Dr Samuel Mehr says the Government values science, but their ‘idiotic’ approach to funding it will cost them their best and brightest.

I appear to have spoken to a reporter who took seriously the gravity of NZ's science crisis

does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91. Gift link: nyti.ms/48FOuUn

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

The first draft is DONE.

I wonder how things would be if the mining bosses and government officials had to raise *their* kids in these lead-poisoned environments.

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show Documents tabled in NSW parliament show state agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

This is a complete dereliction of responsibility from all involved. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Seven Decades An anthropologist uncovers new evidence for the evolutionary origins of human longevity—and explains why growing old is an opportunity, not a burden

At @ishe-society.bsky.social, we are looking for someone to review @mgurven.bsky.social new book, "Seven decades" for Human Ethology. It looks terribly interesting! DM/email for details (and to get a hard copy 😊)

@princetonupress.bsky.social

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Harvard Sues Ex-HBS Professor Gino for Defamation, Accusing Her of Falsifying Evidence

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

So excited - Domination is number 3 in the Sunday Times bestseller list!
And it seems I can’t get away from medieval cities and monasteries on a rainy Sunday afternoon!

Massive congrats Alice! Can’t wait to read it.

WTF - this is so random

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨

Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.

Please share widely!

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

📖 Our letter of reply to 'pseudosocial' cognition is now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Led by the talented @srazavi.bsky.social + written with @vaughanbell.bsky.social, Peter Dayan, @nicholaraihani.bsky.social, Michael Moutoussis

#NeuroPsychSky

Pseudo-approaches lead to pseudo-explanations: reply to Corlett et al.

Our response to Corlett & co on what they call 'pseudo-social' paranoia is now online in TICS. We hope this clarifies some persistent misunderstandings of our work and approach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lecturer in Social Psychology - Faculty of Science Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the largest and most highly ranke...

University of Auckland is hiring a lecturer in social psychology. smrtr.io/tfSY-

Please share with your networks.

Lecturer in Social Psychology - Faculty of Science Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the largest and most highly ranke...

University of Auckland is hiring a lecturer in social psychology. smrtr.io/tfSY-

Please share with your networks.

🧠 What?! A meeting just on disgust?! Yes!!
📍 @iast.fr, France | 🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025
💥 Keynotes by Paul Rozin @upenn.edu, @cr-amo.bsky.social, Philip Powell @sheffielduni.bsky.social & Cindy Kam
🌍 From Psychology to Politics, Biology & beyond
🎓 Abstract submissions until Aug 31: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

So true. We’ve all heard from ‘that’ guy. (And yes, weirdly, it is always a guy)

Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain This is a public lecture hosted by Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore .

An exciting event for Aucklanders in November; pls share

Talk: Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain 👩‍🎓 Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
📍University of Auckland
📆 Tues 11/11/25| 1815
Free but ticketed.
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/inventing-...

@sjblakemore.bsky.social