Ellen O'Donoghue

Me too! 😊 Excited to see what we find -- thanks so much to @marinabazhydai.bsky.social, @pci-regreports.bsky.social, and the reviewers for their thoughtful handing of the process.

22.09.2025 08:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Please repost!
We're looking for a PhD student to join us on a project exploring how ADHD is linked to greater curiosity.
The PhD student will be based across Cardiff University and the University of Bath working with @ggoclowska.bsky.social , Kate Langley, and me as part of a collaborative team.

04.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

For all who didn't make it to the Cheltenham Science Festival this year, here is the recent BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind episode on the Psychology of Curiosity.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

18.06.2025 16:40 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Study poster

Interested in a study to help us understand coping strategies in autism, ADHD, Learning Disability, Social Anxiety, Depression, and Tic Disorder? 🧵 👇

For more information about this study: www.azrieli-anc.com/coping-study...

20.05.2025 16:24 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 8

Please repost! Our deadline is fast approaching for a 20-month postdoc position leading an fMRI project on the neurodevelopment of metacognition and curiosity. Join a great lab with fantastic collaborators! 🙂

02.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 13    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 1

If you're looking for a postdoc, come join us at Cardiff!! I can vouch for the research team :)

11.04.2025 10:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The curious interpretation of novel object recognition tests Novel object recognition tasks are commonly used to assess memory in rodents. These tests rely on an innate preference for exploring objects that are new or have been moved or changed. However, this p...

Interesting commentary in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, arguing that we need to be careful not to always assume that rodents prefer novelty:

www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

🧠📈 🧪

08.04.2025 15:51 — 👍 44    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 2

Virtual reality research explores curiosity and spatial memory Virtual reality research reveals that curiosity is key in spatial memory and mental map formation.

This is a great (and accessible) summary of our latest @commspsychol.bsky.social paper, which examines the link between curiosity, spatial exploration, and memory within virtual environments.

www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

Paper link 👉🏻: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

08.04.2025 09:07 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

OSF

"The relationships between curiosity and wellbeing: a systematic review" Alisa Priemysheva thoroughly reviewed the literature to synthesise our current knowledge of how different types of curiosity might affect wellbeing.
osf.io/preprints/ps...

13.01.2025 12:03 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We had a smooth preregistration experience through
@pci-regreports.bsky.social & would definitely recommend the platform. Really appreciated the reviewers' comments & the transparency across all stages of the process.

07.02.2025 14:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Curiosity shapes spatial exploration and cognitive map formation in humans - Communications Psychology Across two studies using desktop VR, curiosity determined how much humans explored and how well the hand-drawn spatial maps they acquired corresponded to the rooms

This project is a direct follow-up to @danlucen.bsky.social, Eva Teichert, @cjhodgetts.bsky.social, and @mjgruber.bsky.social's recent paper, which found that curiosity facilitates exploration within & memory for virtual environments:

07.02.2025 14:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Investigating influences of curiosity and active exploration on ...

Now that it's preregistered, super excited to get started on this project! Using a yoked design, @danlucen.bsky.social, @mjgruber.bsky.social and I will ask whether the benefits of curiosity are direct, or dependent on the ability to actively engage in curiosity-guided exploration.

07.02.2025 14:19 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0