PreparedMindsLab

This week for QMUL's #FestivalofEducation, the fantastic masters student Jane O’Sullivan presented a poster on #PositiveBalance using #PositivePsychology and #DigitalTechnologies to support adolescent wellbeing⭐ @QM_SBBS @QM_Psych

the #mentalHealthAwarenessWeek our @rosiedavis + #JIeyingHuang present #PositiveBalance a positive psychology programme to promote wellbeing in young dancers 🎥🎈🩰✨😀 🤗 youtube.com/watch?v=f5mG_r… Collab @ENBSchool + @RoyalBalletSch @eli_versace @ManuAngioi @QM_SBBS @QM_Psych

Alex and Robyn had an amazing day engaging the children of Wapping High School in the fascinating world of animal behaviour! @ASABeducation @WappingHigh #nationalscienceweek #animalbehaviour #outreach

we studied 🐢 for pitch-luminance associations, while searching for 🍓. After |||high🔉 OR _low🔉 ,🐢 could choose to search for 🍓behind a ⚪️ OR ⚫️ wall. After II|high🔉--->they choose to search for 🍓 behind ⚪️ After __🔉---> they choose to search for 🍓 behind ⚫️ 2/2

here you go: our new preprint on #crossmodal pitch-luminance association in tortoises 🐢 ! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… with @maria_loconsole #beatriceMalaman @GionataStancher @eli_versace - @QM_Psych @QM_SBBS @Museo_Rovereto 1/2

Today we delivered an engaging workshop on fruit fly behaviour at @QM_Psych @QM_SBBS , where undergraduate students ran their first independent experiment, choosing setting and variables… 🧵

prospective PhD students in #neuroscience and #computational techniques who love interdisciplinary research: it's your chance to apply to the #LIDO call lido-dtp.ac.uk/apply we would be happy to host you at @PreparedLab in London @QM_SBBS @QM_Psych 🗓️ 11 Dec!!! 🐣🪐

calling potential #PhD students from China to apply for a CSC funded studentship on the neurocognitive basis of gravity representations findaphd.com/phds/project/n… at @PreparedLab @eli_versace collab @GuifenChen and @BenucciLab . @QM_SBBS @QM_Psych #apply by 29 Jan 🐣🐭🪐 🇨🇳🇬🇧

Congratulations to @lauracrucianel1 for the publication of her first book!

Sono entusiasta di annunciare la pubblicazione del mio primo libro 📚 Perfetto per chi vuole esplorare il tatto, il nostro primo senso ed il più sottovalutato🫳🤌🤝Disponibile dal 12 novembre! @UtetLibri #Tatto #LetturaScientifica #Neuroscienze #Psicologia amzn.eu/d/0Tygn9Y

the brilliant @Rosie9275334660 and @ManuAngioi are at #IADMS #IADMS2024 ready to present our #PositiveBalance programme on #PositivePsychology on Saturday at 5-6 monitor D in the foyer! 🪩🪅 🎊 @QM_Psych @RoyalBalletSch @ENBSchool @PreparedLab 💫 #rimini

our @Antorr91 at Congresso AIP presenting "A computational Framework for Automated Detection and Feature Extraction of Chicks Vocalisations" ... related to her recent work at #VIHAR2024 with @emmanouilb @eli_versace @QM_SBBS @c4dm @PreparedLab 🐤

Faheemah Hussain @faheemah88 + Dr Ecem Ozkan @ecozka from @PreparedLab featured while presenting their poster at Summer Training Research Initiative to Support Diversity and Equality #STRIDE @QMUL @QM_SBBS -> moving frontiers in #cognition & #gravity ! seresearch.qmul.ac.uk/pce/stride/

in our new work "Robotics for poultry farming: Challenges and opportunities" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… we review the state of the art and ideas for the future development of #robotics for #poultry #farming @QM_SBBS @ARQ_QMUL #Ozenturk #Chen #Jamone #Versace

#sperimentarea forever 💚💙🐢🤗 cc @GionataStancher #Beatrice @maria_loconsole @eli_versace & the #tortoises 🐢💙

junior researchers at the forefront of Science at @PreparedLab! From the left: ✨#FaheemahHussain and💫#EcemOzkan @ecozka working as awardee and supervisor during a STRIDE programme at @QM_SBBS, setting the foundations to understand "Gravity in our Minds" well done@QMUL talents!

more news! Here we congratulate BSc Ishani Nanda for receiving the 2024 ASAB Undergraduate Recognition Award @asab_org for her studies on time perception in bumblebees! Congratulations IShani! From left: @eli_versace proud ASAB delegate, the 💫 Ishani Nanda and 🌟 @GwenBrekel

@Lauravfreeland led behavioural work, showing that multiple "adult features" enhance chicks' preferences @VeraVasas ' spectral measurements + analyses show colour differences in the skins of hen vs juvenile jungle fowls looking at bird skins at the fab @NHM_Tring

check the first publication on our new line of research: How do young animals discriminate between juvenile and adults, without relying on previous experience? link.springer.com/article/10.375… cc @QM_SBBS @Psychonomic_Soc @NHM_Tring 🧵

Check the new paper by our @matilda_gibbons , where we show the rubbing/protective behaviour in bumblebees.