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Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Researching the role of mental imagery in behaviour change. A bit keen on open science, using R and making shiny apps.

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wait till he finds out that immigrants brought christianity to these islands

10.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nathaniels Olds wearing spectacles

Nathaniels Olds wearing spectacles

Nathaniel Olds, 1837

08.11.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which one is more English?

06.11.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3339    πŸ” 1322    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 112

Yeah, but those are low priorities compared with Hertfordshire sorting out this positively scary road name in Royston.

31.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

you left out pod save america?

31.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

include attention / humanity check items and make payment contingent on response quality. had good and fast data with sample matching our quota specifications.

28.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you also need to add a prediction of how many seats reform would still have six months later, given their council fiascos

28.10.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so tired of 24 hour news about small boats. I simply don’t care how many migrants arrive in the UK any more. No matter how many, they’ll never be as big a threat to British values, our way of life, or indeed womenβ€˜s safety, as the bigots who make yelling about migrants their entire personality.

27.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6
tally of council by-election results and chart linked to in post

tally of council by-election results and chart linked to in post

as do @electionmaps.uk

24.10.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There have been many more council by-elections than that. @markpackuk.bsky.social has a good summary www.markpack.org.uk

24.10.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t believe they ban things that say β€˜Join the KKK’ so it must have been the pizza

20.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I hit it against a stone, that is not tool use, but if I hit it with a stone, that is tool use?

20.10.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

byline Jenny Gross!? Certainly is.

19.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you need a different graphic for this one β€˜So Close’ perhaps?

17.10.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Psychological interventions (different to psychiatric) are valuable in helping people with ME but that does not imply that ME is an imaginary disease, any more than depression or anxiety.

12.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Results: We used Excel…

12.10.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find the phrase β€˜just all in our head’ quite denigrating and dismissive of mental health issues which are very real and debilitating illnesses.

12.10.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

unfortunately for the LD only the top two would go through to the second round. Full ranked preference voting (STV) is essential.

11.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Right, lads. I've had a little think and the results are clear. It's only a goal before you score it. After that it's an achievement.

You kick the ball past the achievement preventer, over the line (the net is just for housekeeping) and then from now on we all shout "achievement!"

Language matters

11.10.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 AI Prompts for Academics making those hard jobs a little easier ...

Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...

05.10.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 14

@deevybee.bsky.social

03.10.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

How does Jenkyns define β€˜the British people’?

02.10.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed - similar slopes but the intercepts differ.

27.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

40 minutes of functional imagery training reduced anxiety and motivated students with high anxiety achieve their goals. Here's the evidence: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

18.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

at least it is non exclusive otherwise you’d have a bigger problem

17.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Dani Austin

Photo of Dani Austin

Yay! Daniela Austin has been awarded her PhD for her thesis on Engaging Student Nurses in Lifestyle Management: The Role of Technology-Based Interventions and Mobile Health Applications'. @plymouthpsychology.bsky.social

17.09.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Back our campaign today to balance the BBC πŸ‘‡www.libdems.org.uk/BBC

08.09.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

jd vance might have had a fling with them

04.09.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

or put them all together in the same class?

28.08.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The wonders of FPTP would make the fourth party the official opposition

28.08.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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