Prepared Minds Lab

Here’s a short introduction from our research assistant, Hamza Arifo, at our Sky Garden outing. @ha1705.bsky.social

At HAIR (Healthcare Applications of Interactive Robotics) workshop hair-robotics.github.io/workshop2025... @elisabettaversace.bsky.social has presented our work on #remoteTouch See here all speakers of this inspiring event organised by #IldarFarkhatdinov and #JoshuaBrown

Prepared Minds Lab at the launch of the Centre for Brain and Behaviour at QMUL @queenmarycbb.bsky.social #Neuroscience #Psychology

Take a look into the positive balance project run by our researchers @rosiedavis.bsky.social and @jieyinghuang.bsky.social! This research places focus on teaching individuals how to identify character strengths and positive emotions - a step towards establishing better mental health environments.

A productive training session led by Michaela Egertova! Here Hamza, Robyn, and Dr. Versace work together to image a stained chick cerebellum, building essential skills in brightfield microscopy. @ha1705.bsky.social @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #brightfieldmicroscopy

YouTube video by PreparedMindsLab Tactile location of objects under the sand in humans and robots

... and this is how @zhengqichen.bsky.social explains the study in a short video youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...

YouTube video by PreparedMindsLab Tactile location of objects under the sand in humans and robots

... and this is how @zhengqichen.bsky.social explains the study in a short video youtu.be/6hpuLojesyQ?...
Original paper here ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...

Our work on time processing in bees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com
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@qmulse.bsky.social
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social
... and videoclip explanation youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?...

Here: a bee trained to discriminate between long and short duration by @alexdqm.bsky.social @ishaninanda.bsky.social
#AnitaOng for "Duration discrimination in the bumblebee..."
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cc @larschittka.bsky.social sky.social

1/n We have discovered that bees can keep track of time duration!
Bees can discriminate long 🟡🟡 vs short🟡 flashes, a bit like the "dash" and "dot" of the Morse code.
Check our new paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... and videoclip youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk?... @preparedmindslab.bsky.social

Humans have remote touch ‘seventh sense’ like sandpipers, research shows 🔥 Explore this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Overview of the experiment setup for tactile detection in granular media. (a) Human experiment setup, showing a participant finger raking through a sand-filled box with an LED strip guiding the trajectory and buried cube at fixed locations. (b) Robotic experiment setup, featuring a UR5 arm with a tactile sensor and a buried cube in sand.

Humans have remote touch ‘seventh sense’ like sandpipers, research shows

🔥 Explore this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Overview of the experiment setup for tactile detection in granular media. (a) Human experiment setup, showing a participant finger…

Humans have remote touch 'seventh sense' like sandpipers, research shows A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have.

Humans can detect objects buried in sand before direct contact, demonstrating a form of remote touch similar to that seen in certain shorebirds and expanding the known range of tactile perception. doi.org/g99kpf

Humans possess a "Seventh Sense" remote touch like sandpipers - theFreesheet Research has revealed that humans possess a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a capability previously documented

Humans possess a “Seventh Sense” remote touch like sandpipers
thefreesheet.com/2025/11/08/h...

Remote Touch A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sen

A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have. 

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Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - Neuroscience News A new study shows that humans possess a form of “remote touch,” allowing them to detect hidden objects in sand before making direct contact.

Our new study on remote touch .....✋
Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch... @zhengqichen.bsky.social @lauracrucianelli.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social #LorenzoJamone ✋
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our inventor @antorrisi.bsky.social with poster on #VocalEcho: Closed-loop system for vocal interactions #BioDCASE at 12:21 CET (11.21 UK time) 🐥 🔀 🤖🎈
Streaming dcase.community/workshop2025...
@c4dm.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @preparedmindslab.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social

Gli insetti provano dolore? - Il Post È una possibilità sempre più indagata dalla ricerca e che potrebbe cambiare in modo fondamentale il nostro rapporto con loro

in Italian: Do insects feel pain? www.ilpost.it/2025/10/13/i... it covers also @preparedmindslab.bsky.social work in collaboration with @larschittka.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... , www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

@zhengqichen.bsky.social @ha1705.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @sa-na01.bsky.social @juechen.bsky.social @antorrisi.bsky.social

An inspiring presentation at the official launch of the Centre for Brain and Behaviour at QMUL!

Zhengqi demonstrating his object detection activity!

Research on display: Prepared Minds Lab exploring what makes minds smart and resilient.

Prepared Mind Lab was proud to attend the official launch of the Centre for Brain and Behaviour (CBB) at QMUL.

A brilliant step forward for collaborative brain and behaviour
research, we're excited for what's next.
#PreparedMindLabs #Neuroscience #WellbeingInnovation
@queenmarycbb.bsky.social

What a bird neuroscience meeting today! Uwe Mayer gave a fab talk , @robynroachneuro.bsky.social @elisabettaversace.bsky.social @antorrisi.bsky.social and @juechen.bsky.social delighted to have him and Andrea Gaede at @preparedmindslab.bsky.social

Such a pleasure to present the current #PositiveBalance work developed in collaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other key collaborators at QMUL, English National Ballet School and Royal Ballet School for the Linda Hamilton Symposium at #IADMS2025 in Las Vegas. #DancerWellbeing

Don't miss our @rosiedavis.bsky.social Presenting #PositiveBalance at the Hamilton Symposium #IADMS2025
#Dance #Wellbeing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mG...

Congrats to @rosiedavis.bsky.social & the Positive Balance project team, chosen from 100+ applicants for the Linda & William Hamilton Dance Wellness Symposium! Rosie will receive a travel grant to attend the 35th #IADMS Annual Conference in Las Vegas next week #DancerWellbeing #PositivePsychology

yes, we have new crispy evidence of crossmodal matching in tortoises just off the press!

"Crossmodal Pitch−Luminance Association in Tortoises"
How do you like our visual abstract?

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nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

cc @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

#ICDL2025
Don't miss Zhengqi Chen @zhengqichen.bsky.social on 16 Sept at 11:45 "Exploring Tactile Perception for Object Localization in Granular Media: A Human and Robotic Study"
@ieee-icdl.bsky.social

Come and see me and my poster ‘Positive Balance: a psychoeducational programme for adolescent wellbeing based on positive psychology’ at the #IEPA15 on Wednesday at 1pm. You can find me at poster board 114. #PositivePsychology #EarlyIntervention

well done Rosie @rosiedavis.bsky.social !!! very proud to see you making new connections and showcasing the science done in colaboration with @jieyinghuang.bsky.social and other collaborators!

Don't miss @rosiedavis.bsky.social
Positive Balance: a short psychoeducational programme for adolescent wellbeing based on positive psychology
#ECDP2025 #posterSession2 14:30-15:30
European Conference on Developmental Psychology

brilliant experimental day for all the @preparedmindslab.bsky.social team today, and in particular for @antorrisi.bsky.social , @juechen.bsky.social and #chick_12 , who found new feedback systems very engaging! stay tuned for more details...