Jon Simons

It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social

Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r

YouTube video by Cambridge University Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.

Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...

Can reading a book make you a better person? Research from our lab investigates if reading non-fiction books can make us more prosocial and less polarized.

Can reading a book make you a better person?

Reading books is declining. But people who read weekly book excerpts & podcasts instead of meditating had the greatest reductions in aggression and growth in compassionate love, positive attitudes & altruism
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-readin...

Invitation to a potential replication project. rolfzwaan.substack.com/p/memory-mis...

A review just in time for our 59th Wedding Anniversary on 1st September
Scenes from a Marriage: How We Found Our Way from Experimental Psychology to Social Neuroscience | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

THIS

Very sad to hear this news. The Creative Mind one of the books that inspired me to study cognition and the brain. Lucky to meet Maggie a couple of times years later, emphasised value of conversations across disciplines. Didn’t understand everything, but learned a lot!

Remember this... Memory is strange: sometimes crystal clear on people and places we came across years ago, often much more cloudy on things that happened just last week.

The Cambridge Alumni Magazine wanted to find out what a few MemLab researchers are up to. Read about Martha McGill, Will Duckett and Julia Maybury and their fascinating research in this article from the latest issue.

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Could Cambridge be your next career move?

Hear what attracted three international academics to come to Cambridge, and explore 150+ vacancies on our new look website at cam.ac.uk/jobs

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Happy birthday Brenda Milner! 🧠🎉
Today is her 107th birthday, she's a legend, a superhero.

Putting women’s health in the spotlight Cambridge researchers are working to undo a longstanding male bias in health research, to help drive more effective healthcare for all.

I'm proud that @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social is leading the way in advancing our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of women's biology, which is essential to improving lifelong health and supporting intergenerational health outcomes

So very sorry to hear this news. Simon was a regular contributor to our Subjective Experience of Remembering workshops, and was always so warm and supportive and full of interesting things to say. I'm very sorry to think that our paths won't cross again. Sincere condolences to all who knew him.

I am recruiting a postgraduate research assistant to work in the Cambridge Memory Lab, administering cognitive tasks and helping with lab administration. Would suit someone who's just finished their degree and wants to gain research experience before further study. Please apply!

8th June 2020
The summer of 2020 saw the stunning installation of King’s College’s Back Lawn of a wildflower meadow. The conversion of the previously manicured lawn, dating back to 1722, has boosted biodiversity as well as being a glorious sight.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'.

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

What does it mean to relive an experience through remembering? Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum)

Episodic remembering comes with a complex phenomenology. How can we account for it? Which methodology is best suited to study it? Today, Francesca Righetti (Ruhr University Bochum) shares some very interesting ideas about these questions.
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For anyone in the memory field, an incredible summary and tribute to Endel Tulving from Gus Craik. Read it for the writing alone.

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Difficult to get independent figures, but a London Economics report (for #UniversitiesUK) summarised economic impact of universities in the UK as:

768,000 jobs
£71bn gross value added
£116bn general economic output

@houseoflords.parliament.uk summary:
lordslibrary.parliament.uk/higher-educa...

The list of candidates for the position of Chancellor of the University of Cambridge has now been finalised. Candidate statements are available on the website. The person elected will be the University's formal and ceremonial head, a key role. Voting will take place in July. Please vote if eligible!

The Cambridge view on memory By tying together more than a century of memory research at Cambridge, the Memory Lab gives us tangible ways to improve, preserve and understand our memory.

We all stand on the shoulders of giants, and I'm very aware of how fortunate I am to follow in the footsteps of so many @cambridgeuni.bsky.social researchers who made fundamental contributions to our understanding of memory

1/2 Just like social groups, human memory is organized in interconnected patterns. Activating one memory can trigger related ones, similar to how information spreads through a community. Could social sharing shape how memories are formed?

#PsychSciSky

Senior Research Associate (RA2312) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2312) vacancy in University of East Anglia. School of Psychology Faculty of Social Sciences Senior Research Associate Ref: RA...

Please share; My lab at @psychologyuea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social is recruiting a post-doc for a cognitive neuroscience memory project. It is a 3-year post, with a proposed start date of 8th September. Application deadline is 15th of June.

vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/15...

How to Address Misinformation Without Censorship Too often, we excuse misinformation as a matter of opinion or free speech. And the consequences are dire.

Decades of research suggest that authoritarian leaders and their admirers consistently share one thing in common: they twist the truth!

Our OP-ED in @time.com today about how to fight harmful misinformation! And the need to speak out against it. More speech, not less! 💪

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This is, like all of @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's work, simply wonderul.

Or to put it another way, overseas students now subsidise the cost of teaching each UK undergraduate by an average of £2,500 each. Take them away and you've got an absolutely existential crisis for universities.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Listened to the first two episodes of @catherineloveday.bsky.social's new podcast while rowing this morning. It's insightful, warm, moving and informative, with practical tips to help families of people with memory loss. If you're in this situation, or might one day be, it's well worth a listen.

It’s here...The light is rising. The birds are too.

Wherever you are... take a moment. Pause. Listen.

You’re part of the dawn chorus.

Record it. Share it. What do you hear? Let’s fill this thread with birdsong. 🍃🎵

#InternationalDawnChorusDay

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Doing a fun study on people's guesses – like how many litres of air do people breathe in a day? No googling! Just your first guess!
There's 6 topics ~20 questions each.
You’ll get to see the answers at the end!
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We'd love a big sample – feel free to share!

Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests Maintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers find

This is the kind of science I can get behind