Head of Psychology, Edinburgh Uni, Professor of Cog Neuropsychology interested in frontal functions in healthy & pathological aging & brain lesions. Views own.

Joined February 2015
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📢 Don’t miss the Social Cognition, Affect & Communication SIG Webinar on April 10th, 6PM EST! Fiona Kumfor (Australia), Yuan Cao (Hong Kong), Martin Matre (Norway), & Michelle Kelly (Australia) are discussing emerging methods in assessing social cognition buff.ly/1H6ulDC
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INS award nominations are open for the 7th Pacific Rim Conference #INS2025inBrisbane! Nominating is extremely easy ⭐ and there are awards for people at different stages of their career including a new post-doctoral award! More at buff.ly/VWudXut 🚨 Deadline is April 10!
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Sarah E. MacPherson retweeted
📢 Open call for applications! Are you a #neuropsych trainee interested in a leadership position? The @ins_slc have FOUR open positions and applications are due June 30th! ⬇️ Application details below! Happy to answer any questions! @INSneuro
The INS SLC is recruiting for Mid-Year, Member-At-Large, and Global representatives! Apply by June 30th, at 11:59 pm EST. Check out the positions and requirements here: tinyurl.com/yc6kw262 #INS #neuropsychology #studentopportunity
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🌏 #INS2025inBrisbane | 7th Pacific Rim Conference 🌏 📅 July 2-5, 2025 | 📍 Brisbane, Australia Registration Open! In-person & virtual options available. INS members get a discount. Book accommodations on the conference site! buff.ly/XbfSGxd
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Today @jamiegreeneUK has a #FMQs on university funding. The current situation is unsustainable, as the news from Dundee shows. If we want to maintain university tuition free at the point of use we need to move to a graduate payment. Read our briefing here: reformscotland.com/publicati…
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If the dreadful news from Dundee University isn’t a wake-up call on the unsustainability of Scotland’s higher education funding system, then we need to ask ourselves what will be? Tuition 'free at the point of use' can be maintained, but only if we act now reformscotland.com/publicati…
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Neuropsych mentors still needed for the 12-month 1:1 Global Mentoring Program! There is still a need across all levels of experience from post-doc, early career, mid-career, and late-career! ⬇️ Link in the post below
📢 Call for mentors to join the @INSneuro One-to-One Mentoring Program Mentors needed at various career stages including postdoctoral fellows, early career, and late career. Mentors DO NOT need to be active INS members to join! Mentor sign-up link: qualtricsxmpm9bsrtvp.qualtri…
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🥳CONGRATULATIONS to the @INSneuro student/trainee awardees! We cannot wait to hear all about your amazing research at #INS2025inNOLA! Join us in celebrating our trainee members at the INS Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 12th at 5:30pm before the Welcoming Reception!
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🚨 Preprint Alert! 🚨 We're delighted to share the paper "Practical Routes to Preregistration" authored by the BNS Open Science Group and colleagues. It is the product of community discussion, a survey, and a BNS symposium and provides resources and tips. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/p2…
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One week until #BNSAutumn24! 🥂🧠🎉. You can join us in London or online, for one or both days (one low price). Inc, talks from Cathy Price, Brenda Rapp, Chris Frith, Peter Hagoort, and many more! See the Day1 programme below & visit the-BNS.org to register by 25/11.
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Here it is! 🎉 🚨 The full, spectacular programme for Day One of #BNSAutumn24 🧠 . Packed with the latest developments in #neuropsychology and #neuroscience, all for just £15. Visit the-BNS.org for abstracts, info on poster presentations, and to register.
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The BNS is delighted to launch our new Registered-Reports start-up grant. One award is available per year (max £1,000). The call for applications is now open and the winner is announced at the Spring 2025 meeting. Visit our website for further details: the-bns.org/grants#StartupGr…
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Abstract acceptance notices have just gone out and, my goodness, we’re excited to share the final programme! Thanks to your submissions, it’s gone from sensational to off the scale! 🧠🧠🧠🌟🌟🌟
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Come see my poster today at the Healthy Ageing Showcase @HeriotWattUni! This is a project @KellyWolfePsych, @semacpherson and I have been working on validating an online task measuring collaborative learning in older adults (built using @GorillaPsyc). #HealthyAgeingHWU
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This is going to be a fantastic lecture - sign up online or even better, join us in person!
Just over 5 weeks to go until the 2024 Salvesen Lecture! Co-hosted by @MindroomInform, Assoc Prof Lotta @BorgSkoglund will talk about misdiagnosis of ADHD in girls + women. Sign up for in-person event eventbrite.co.uk/e/salvesen-… or online eventbrite.co.uk/x/salvesen-…...
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Don't miss a special webinar happening next Monday 9/30: "Let’s Travel Around the World: Lessons Learned from Global Neuropsychologists" with Dr. Farzin Irani! See flyer for details 🌎
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Don't forget! Our webinar is coming up in less than a week! September 30th at 11AM.
Hello neuropsych folks! The INS SLC will be hosting a webinar led by Dr. Farzin Irani entitled "Let's Travel Around the World: Lessons Learned from Global Neuropsychologists" on September 30th at 11AM EST where we will learn about neuropsychology around the world! 🌎 🌍🌏
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Hello neuropsych folks! The INS SLC will be hosting a webinar led by Dr. Farzin Irani entitled "Let's Travel Around the World: Lessons Learned from Global Neuropsychologists" on September 30th at 11AM EST where we will learn about neuropsychology around the world! 🌎 🌍🌏
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Sarah E. MacPherson retweeted
A hug buzz at the SACNA conference yesterday as people prepared to learn from Dr Veeramuthu from Malaysia about brain anatomy ⁦@vicveera⁩ and Theo Lazarus and Vicky Alexander from South Africa about mild traumatic brain injury and concussion.
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