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Tim Smith

@timjsmith.bsky.social

Science Geek, Dad and Professor of Cognitive Data Science at Creative Computing Institute, University of the Arts London. Posts on Film Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Technology, AI. Views are own.

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Really happy to see Claire Essex’s brilliant work on the immediate cognitive effects of kid’s TV published after a long journey during her PhD. Watch this space for her continued work on this in our @ukri.org funded #animatingminds project πŸ§ πŸŽžοΈπŸ‘Ά

17.03.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great opportunity to join our Animating Minds team and help us study the intersection of #animation, #devsci, #neuroimaging, #AI and #filmtheory

24.02.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Children’s Media and the Neurodivergent Mind at Queen Mary University of London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Children’s Media and the Neurodivergent Mind at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

Fully funded PhD at Queen Mary University of London β€˜Children’s Media and the Neurodivergent Mind’. More details and how to apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

13.02.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Supporting digital media literacy development in early years | Parent Zone

It was fantastic to contribute to the Early years Digital Media Literacy Review by @theparentszone with support from Nuffield Foundation
Find out more about the project and the recommendations for policy, practice and research:
parentzone.org.uk/article/supp...

04.02.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still time to apply for our 3 research positions on the new Animating Minds project.

Deadline this Friday (24th January).

#AI, #ML, #DevSci, #screentime, #animation, #Cogsci

22.01.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Straight Story - Look up at the sky, Rosie
YouTube video by amasterofnothing1 The Straight Story - Look up at the sky, Rosie

David Lynch challenged everything I thought I knew about cinema. The juxtaposition of beauty/horror, mundane/surreal, profound/silly is an increasingly brilliant representation of life as I get older. β€œThe sky is sure full of stars tonight.” πŸ“½οΈπŸ’” youtu.be/aCzAetSFRC8?...

16.01.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Assistant at University Of The Arts London Discover Research Assistant jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Part-time Research Assistant on the Animating Minds project based at the Creative Computing Institute, UAL. Deadline 24th January.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ428/r...

10.01.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University Of The Arts London Searching for an academic job? Explore this Post-Doctoral Research Fellow opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Part-time Developmental Science/Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow the Animating Minds project based at the Creative Computing Institute, UAL. Deadline 24th January.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ455/p...

10.01.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at University Of The Arts London Searching for an academic job? Explore this Post-Doctoral Research Fellow opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

Part-time Machine Learning Research Fellow on the Animating Minds project based at the Creative Computing Institute, UAL. Deadline 24th January.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ467/p...

10.01.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3 Research positions available in our UKRI Animating Minds πŸ“ΊπŸ§ πŸ€–πŸ§’project. See links in the thread. We're bring together #children's_media , #DevSci, #CogNeuro #Animation, #creative_computing and #machine_learning experts to develop tools to predict the neurocognitive impact of video clips on children

10.01.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Neurocognitive Research Specialist Technician at University of the Arts London - Creative Computing Institute An opportunity for an academic position as a Neurocognitive Research Specialist Technician is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

We are hiring a specialist research technician to run our new Nerve Lab, a unique facility combining the latest #neuroimaging/ #psychological #research_methods with #immersive #audiovisual #generativeAI technology. Apply by 3rd Feb or DM questions. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI173/n...

09.01.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is a direct link to the open-access article as part of the new Handbook of Children & Screens link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

15.12.2024 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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XR (#VR/AR/immersive tech) hold great promise for studying naturalistic #childdevelopment but what are the potential risks? In our new open-access article we review the latest #XR developmental research and a roadmap for future studies.

lnkd.in/e4Jum7_r

#childdevelopment #VR #XR #screentime

15.12.2024 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Do you research 🎬+🧠/πŸ€”/πŸ€–?

Come present your work at the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2025 Conference in beautiful Edmonton, Canada (June 4-7)🌍✨.

Abstract deadline: Dec 13, 2024. πŸ“†πŸ–‹οΈ

tinyurl.com/u5nhabfc

#SCSMI2025

10.12.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep 53: Toys at bedtime? Plus a squeakquel, and device contracts

I’m so happy that my first post on Bluesky is about coverage of our toddler bedtime screentime RCT on the wonderful Outside the Screen podcast. outsidethescreen.substack.com/p/toys-at-be.... Open access paper here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

07.12.2024 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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