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Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age A new study suggests their physical transformation began much earlier than we previously thought.

Love the dog featured! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“I think office environments aren’t really conducive to physical activity”: a qualitative interview study with participants of a workplace physical activity programme - BMC Public Health Background There is a wealth of evidence surrounding the positive impacts of exercise on health and wellbeing, however, sedentary behaviour is still prevalent, particularly in the workplace. This has ...

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“I think office environments aren’t really conducive to physical activity”: a qualitative interview study with participants of a workplace physical activity programme. Our latest article!

Thank you for the nice words, @gozde786.bsky.social !

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#practicalhealthpsychology #healthpsychology #psychology

Grid cell distortion is associated with increased distance estimation error in polarized environments Duncan et al. demonstrate that distance estimation is impaired in polarized environments like trapezoids relative to regular rectangular environments. Grid cells recorded in the trapezoid environment ...

Grid cell distortion is associated with increased distance estimation error in polarized environments: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

A group of researchers standing outside a building. At first glance they look like different people because they have distinctive hairstyles and are wearing different clothes. But their faces are in fact identical and were generated by averaging many faces. This image illustrates how some people with face blindness (prosopagnosia) find it very difficult to tell faces apart despite seeing them clearly.

New paper out. We asked 29 people with developmental #prosopagnosia (face blindness) what it was like living with the condition and also analysed their objective scores on lab tests of face recognition dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

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Our latest article is on #socialprescribing and calls for better evidence and better systems for collaboration journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thank you Kerryn!

Challenging and thought-provoking new paper from @gozde786.bsky.social and colleagues.

How do we define and evaluate social prescribing, and what data do we need to generate high quality evidence?

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He hardly is when there is a fire and legs to sit on.

So July.. we need to have a conversation

osf.io/preprints/os... “I think office environments aren't really conducive to physical activity”: A qualitative interview study with participants of a workplace physical activity programme.

Ahh wow. I didn’t know what it meant. It’s such a lovely city that has a feel of a village. Hard to express but I think I love it here.

I think I love Pisa

YouTube video by Emily Roberts Downton Abbey - Maggie Smith and the Swivel Chair

youtu.be/i2bfYw1B_Ww?... I have discovered Downton Abbey. Watching it for Maggie Smith. Expect a lot of ‘another modern brainwave?’ from me.

Understanding and addressing factors affecting health outcomes: a study of lived experiences at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Understanding and addressing factors affecting health outcomes: a study of lived experiences at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD opportunity for qualitative work on health inequalities and factors affecting health outcomes at University of Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council
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That’s what I usually get.

It’s so far very thought provoking.

Afternoon activity

Happy Eid. #herseycokguzelolacak

The Observer view on gender data: failure to accurately record biological sex harms us all | Observer editorial A report lays bare the extent of real-world detriment caused by institutions that have caved in to activist pressures

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The Observer view on gender data: failure to accurately record biological sex harms us all | Observer editorial A report lays bare the extent of real-world detriment caused by institutions that have caved in to activist pressures

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant! I’m not even a massive fan of metal. I’m pretty sure the background city images are where I’m from in Istanbul 🤩

Prof Dr Lale Altan on X: "Biraz da güzel şeyler paylaşalım 😍" / X Biraz da güzel şeyler paylaşalım 😍

x.com/lalaltan/sta... @gpdargyropoulos.bsky.social

Every morning I check the news first before I can even properly open my eyes. Hoping that sanity prevailed. But no chance.

Madness is going on around the world and in Turkey. Trying to see the beauty around me and breath. #StirlingUni

Those eyes!!! 🤩🤩

Hope of spring 🤩

On this #InternationalWomensDay check out the team members coming from all over the world: Australia! Belgium! Canada! England! Germany! Greece Ireland! Scotland! Türkiye! I’m so proud of being a part and have the privilege of leading it! lnkd.in/detrYUm7 #healthpsychology

Thanks @ukaso.bsky.social for sharing our new findings from the GLoW trial! This will likely be of interest to many ASO members. Happy to provide further information and answer any questions in the comments or via direct message. 💬🗨️💡🙂

Caught the blue sky before it goes away!