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Nicola Savill

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SL in Psychology based at York St John University. Cognitive neuroscience of language processing. Tries to make sense from nonsense (from experiments in verbal STM and reading).

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Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer... Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...

HUGE multi-lab study (including ours!) looking at whether musicians have better short-term memory than non-musicians across different domains (musical, verbal, and visuospatial memory). Congratulations to all 110 collaborators worldwide!
#musicpsych #psychscisky #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1177/2515...

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Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Psychology at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Come to YSJ! A 12-month Maternity Cover role is advertised.
β€œCandidates will primarily be required to teach Qualitative methods. It would also be an advantage if the candidate were able to teach health psychology from a qualitative perspective.” www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPF766/l...

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Belatedly trying to get my bearings with bluesky. Hoping to find a friendly and helpful academic bubble :)

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