Sam Bell

40 Thoughts At 40 Well, holy shit, I’m 40! How do I feel, you ask? Great! Better than great. Fantastic even. Life’s a wild ride; I've had many many many utterly amazing experiences as well as some really truly…

Wake up excited. Follow your energy. There’s a brief window of clarity when you wake up before obligations & life take over. Pay close attention to the things that have you waking up excited; those are strong signals that’s where you should be focusing your energy on.

bradfrost.com/blog/post/40...

Around 90% of middle-aged and older autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK, new review finds 89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind. The review indicated that middle-aged and older autistic adults are facing h...

NEW #AUTISM RESEARCH (@gavrobstew.bsky.social + @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social): Nearly 90% of middle-aged and older #autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK; autistic adults are facing higher rates of mental and physical health conditions as they age

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...

Diversity makes our scholarship more creative, more robust, more compassionate.

And it does the same for our democracy.

That is why we must fight fiercely to defend it now.

The Project - Clem Burke Drumming Project Welcome to the Clem Burke Drumming Project.

clemburkedrummingproject.org

The effect of learning to drum on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents | PNAS This current study aimed to investigate the impact of drum training on behavior and brain function in autistic adolescents with no prior drumming e...

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

In the second year of my undergraduate degree I attended a brilliant and inspiring seminar connected to the Clem Burke Drumming Project at the University of Chichester. Links and research in the comments.

A friend of mine from Seattle is looking for a guitar and amp tech help for a festival in London called Outbreak Fest in June. If anyone is interested, please direct message me and I will put you in contact.

I am not sure about the finer details.

Many thanks 😀

#guitar #guitartech

Thank you! I saw that this morning, looks like the next one is the end of the month. I will check it out.

Hello Bluesky U.K. I live in Portsmouth which is easy to London and Brighton. Any suggestions on meetups or similar groups?

I am interested in Web Development, I use Django, Svelte, Python and I am interested in UX, and psychology.

#coding #python #UX #webdev #svelte #javascript

A poster for recruiting participants for an eye tracking study exploring stimming and autism.

📢 Seeking Participants!

🔹18+ & living in Southern England?
🔹 Those with or without an autism diagnosis/assessment history
🔹 Comfortable wearing eye-tracking glasses
Help us with important research!

Email address on poster.

#AutismResearch #EyeTrackingStudy #autism

A poster for recruiting participants for an eye tracking study exploring stimming and autism.

📢 Seeking Participants!

🔹18+ & living in Southern England?
🔹 Those with or without an autism diagnosis/assessment history
🔹 Comfortable wearing eye-tracking glasses
Help us with important research!

Email address on poster.

#AutismResearch #EyeTrackingStudy #autism

A participant recruitment poster for the effects of coaching development.

A participant recruitment poster for a study on the use of supervision.

A participant recruitment poster for the effects of coaching development.

A participant recruitment poster for the effects of cold water immersion on cognition

I'm studying for a BPS-accredited MSc in Coaching Psychology at the University of Chichester. Some of my peers need participants for research on parenting, cold water immersion, coaching, criminology & neuro-diversity.

Links in comments!

#PsychResearch #CoachingPsychology #coaching #psychology

So many people confuse LLMs (or genAI, in general) for models of human cognition, language, learning, etc., so I thought it may be useful to share once more my brief comment, titled "Psychological models and their distractors". (open access link: rdcu.be/cGQpY) 🧵 1/n

Political polarization and health - Nature Medicine Political polarization is an understudied determinant of health. This Review describes the types of political polarization and how they impact the health of populations and individuals, including pote...

Here is an interesting paper drawing links between political polarization and public health outcomes.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I used them for my undergrad IP project using the "clickables" video to make clickable words to measure time responses for metacognitive judgements 👍.

Being creative might not always be about groundbreaking and novel ideas—it may often be about spotting details others don’t, such as Newton viewing the significance of a falling apple. It may also be “leaky” attention and salient preferences.

psyche.co/ideas/a-key-...

Walk Through Fire Yannis & The Yaw, Tony Allen, Yannis · Song · 2024

Yannis & The Yaw – Walk Through Fire
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Well I walk through fire
I walk through flame
The city burns
While it says my name

It feels like war now
It feels like heat
The time has come
To claim the streets

open.spotify.com/track/1Mdmg7...

Digging Holes Icarus Himself · Song · 2010

Icarus Himself – Digging Holes
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My whole life I've been
Digging holes
For the ghosts that speak from my throat
Sometimes I say
Horrible things
Terrible things
and I know and I know

open.spotify.com/track/2AOia1...

Overlord Dirty Projectors · Song · 2020

Dirty Projectors – Overlord
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Oh, fear is old Please don't yell at the train, just get aboard Oh, we go forth Those who stay behind will be left on the shore Who could afford not to be a part of what we're pushing toward?

open.spotify.com/track/71ehrh...

Cycles Of The Seasons The Coral · Song · 2023

The Coral – Cycles of the Seasons
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Time moves like a ghost
Friends they come and go
Secrets of the spring
Disappear once again

Future makes the past
A child hides a laugh
Songs of summer sing
Words we wish we'd said

open.spotify.com/track/7gAkh5...

A poster advertising a psychology study

Study closes tomorrow 📡😃

Exploring metacognition and autistic traits.

All online, survey and experimental task (~30 mins).

Link: bellsamuel.github.io/metacognitio...

#Autism #metacognition #psychology #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #ASD #neurodivergent #anxiety #masking #AuDHD

A poster advertising a psychology study

Study closes tomorrow 📡😃

Exploring metacognition and autistic traits.

All online, survey and experimental task (~30 mins).

Link: bellsamuel.github.io/metacognitio...

#Autism #metacognition #psychology #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #ASD #neurodivergent #anxiety #masking #AuDHD

Oh My Lord Steve Mason · Song · 2013

Steve Mason – Oh My Lord

Don't know what to feel, my sister
My child walks, my sister
Why do I wonder our old dreams
Why do I mind the old sins?
A sight for sorrow, a mask you borrow
When you're in, you're out forever!

open.spotify.com/track/4SvNwP...

A poster advertising a psychology study into metacognition

Are you interested in taking part?

Exploring metacognition and autism?

All online, survey and experimental task (~30 mins).

Link:
bellsamuel.github.io/metacognitio...
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#autism #metacognition #psychology #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #ASD #neurodivergent #anxiety #masking #AuDHD

Dead To The World Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds · Song · 2023

Noel Gallagher – Dead To The World

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If love ain't enough
To make it alright
Leave me dead to the world
If love ain't enough
To make it alright
Leave me dead to the world

open.spotify.com/track/47Rzyd...

Simple Song The Shins · Song · 2012

The Shins – Simple Song

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I know that things can really get rough
when you go it alone
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough
to play like a stone
Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical
As this little hole

open.spotify.com/track/0S9sCE...