Holly D Brown

Importance of screening for contrast sensitivity, falls, and mobility limitations in older adults with maculopathy Falls are a major and growing concern as they are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide1 and the mortality rate of falls in individuals over 65 is increasing.2 Falls among ...

It's #FallsPrevention awareness week, and I'm excited to share our latest publication on raising fall risk awarenes among clinicians and patients with maculopathies www.ajo.com/article/S000...
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Certainly lives up to her middle name - Tough 💪🏻

I both love and hate football. I'm a wreck 🤣

We used resting state fMRI to explore functional connectivity in visual cortex, in people with & without central visual field loss. We found selective deficits in the central loss group, with reduced connectivity between regions with central eccentricity biases - central V1 & face selective regions.

And here is the published version: tinyurl.com/593j5468
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Huge thanks to co-authors for continued support with this project. Particularly proud of this one as the study terminated in the pandemic & the year that followed was a tricky one on a personal level. Got there in the end 🙌

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Nothing quite beats the joy of opening a manuscript acceptance email. Even more exciting when you realise it is the last of the empirical studies from your PhD thesis to be published! 4 years post-viva and 3 jobs later, it is done! 🙂

I have many fond memories of my time at YNiC and met incredible people along the way - a lot who are friends for life. Excited to see how YNiC evolves and hopefully will be back for the 30th anniversary 🤪

I had my first MRI scan at YNiC as an UG student in 2011, completed my first MRI project for my UG project in 2013, did the MSc cognitive neuroscience 2013-14, and then worked in YNIC as an RA, PhD student & technician before finally leaving in 2021. Now, I'm an external collaborator 😄

A collage of photos of the lecture theatre during different talks at the YNIC birthday event.

Such a brilliant and wholesome day celebrating the 20th year of YNiC yesterday! A day filled with great science and great people. Really lovely catching up with familiar faces and sharing stories of our time at YNiC. @yorkpsychology.bsky.social

Sounds like an excellent day! I'm curious - do you have the same coffee order each time, or do you mix it up? 🤔

I’m looking for a postdoc and RA for an ERC-funded project “SLEEPAWAY: Forgetting unwanted memories in sleep”. You’ll use MEG/EEG and fMRI to understand how the sleeping brain remembers and forgets. PLEASE REPOST 😊

Postdoc: tinyurl.com/vr5thp7s
RA: tinyurl.com/ycyzkatc

Definition of sod's law: Return to netball after months off with a calf injury -felt great, super happy, just fitness to work on. Then in the last quarter... land horribly, roll ankle & feel all kinds of crunching & pain. A&E didn't even see me tonight so back in the AM to try & get an xray! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Just delivered my last lecture of the semester - where has the time gone?! Really enjoyed leading & teaching on the themes in neuroscience and neuropsychology module for our fab masters students - a great module to begin with since joining Leeds! 😄🧠

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2 images of the Merseyside waterfront. The top image is a grand building, likely the town hall. The bottom image is a view of the water itself.

Made it to Liverpool and excited for the AVA Spring meeting tomorrow! Retreated to the waterfront earlier to avoid the pre-match chaos (big game at Anfield today). Beautiful day for a stroll around the dock!

A selfie of Holly standing in front of the projector screen, which displays the title slide of the taster lecture: vision in health and disease

I delivered the psychology taster lecture for the applicant visit day @universityofleeds.bsky.social today. Had fantastic questions from applicants & family members - really enjoyed the sessions. Getting the audience to find their blind spot is always a winner 😊 simple but effective demo!

New published Registered Report! People are talking a lot about 'psychological literacy' in psychology education, but how do psychology educators actually define this term? Is there agreement? & how is it integrated into practice? with @richharrisleeds.bsky.social ✨📝 psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging Are you looking for an exciting PostDoc position working in brain imaging and cognition? Do you have a PhD or near to completion using imaging methods? Are you interested in how strategies can improve...

A one-year post doc opportunity on an ESRC-funded project at the University of Leeds. Details ->

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Get in touch if you'd like to know more!

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First lecture in the new job - done!
Were there technical issues? Yes.
Was I talking too fast due to a combination of being excited to talk about neuroanatomy and "first lecture in the new job" nerves? Also yes.
Was it a nice and engaged group? Yes 😊

A photo of a letter, badge and certificate from the blood and transplant team acknowledging 10 blood donations

Woohoo! A non-academic achievement to celebrate. I just do it for a club biscuit, but I do enjoy receiving a certificate and a pin badge 😁🙌 blood donations have saved my Mum and my brother's lives so I'd be silly not to give back (especially given I am a rare type!)

PhD Studentship: Using Individual Differences to Investigate the Socially Relevant Components of Time Perception at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership Explore a PhD Studentship: Using Individual Differences to Investigate the Socially Relevant Components of Time Perception on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

🔔🗣️NEW #PhD opportunity in #Psychology and #Neuroscience with Prof Neil Roach (Nottingham) and me (Leicester):

This ESRC-funded project aims to use individual differences to study the socially relevant components of time perception.

Application deadline: 24 February

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Did I blink and miss most of November? Time seems to be flying at the moment, & doesn't seem possible to have been at the University of Leeds for 6wks already! Really enjoying getting to know everyone, & excited for what's to come! Thank you to everyone who is helping me navigate the new role 😊

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Cognitive Ageing and Brain Imaging

Post doc position available with us at Leeds on our ESRC-funded project on working memory and cognitive ageing, using behavioural measures, eye-tracking, and fNIRS!

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

I have a couple of days like that next week, and I can't bloody wait! (But, it also feels too good to be true 😅)

So, what's next? In just under a month, I'll be starting a lectureship at the University of Leeds. I'm excited for a new challenge and look forward to meeting my new colleagues very soon. 😊

I have gained so much in the 3yrs working at Hudds - friends for life, huge amounts of experience for a first faculty position, & confidence. The latter is again thanks to some incredible people who always believed in & encouraged me when imposter syndrome emerged... 🧵

I have many people to thank, for their support & encouragement during this time; my friends, family, netball teammates & also my amazing colleagues & collaborators. I have been so lucky to work with kind, generous & all-round excellent people... 🧵

For those who don't follow me on other platforms, I wanted to share that I will be leaving the University of Huddersfield in 3wks. Most folks know the challenges we faced this year with the university restructuring & redundancies; this made me start to explore my options...🧵

Super excited for ECVP - my first international conference since 2019! Looking forward to presenting a new project in collaboration with @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @ccn-hudd.bsky.social @skeriresearch.bsky.social 😀 🧠📊 and catching up with familiar faces!

Urban green space access, social cohesion, and mental health outcomes before and during Covid-19 Physical activity offers significant mental health and social wellbeing benefits but social distancing and quarantine requirements during the pandemic…

More unpacking of the role of urban green space during the pandemic across different user groups!

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