Prof Sophie Scott
the brain doesn’t care about your experiment. half of @neuromantics1, with @willeaves. RI Xmas Lecturer, Standup scientist, into voices, carpets, mustelids
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Police forces let rapists record their gender as female
Police forces are recording suspected and convicted rapists as female if they no longer wish to identify with their male birth sex. Six forces, including South Yorkshire and Thames Valley...
Stammering Awareness Day: Thriving With A Stammer
Join UCL Giving Voice and the London Stammering Support Group for a series of personal, inspirational & myth-busting talks about stammering
Pacer train passengers deserve fare cuts, say northern England leaders
Northern Rail urged to compensate people forced to use outdated ‘buses-on-rails’
Report: Jimi Hendrix, On Acid, Was Unbeatable At Risk
You may not associate Jimi Hendrix with board gaming, but as you’re about to find out, the former (and very brief) member of the 101st Airborne Division was a fiend for military strategy classic Risk.
Award-winning columnist Deborah Orr dies aged 57
Former Guardian Weekend editor remembered by friends and colleagues as ‘one of the cleverest, most unconventional, most fearless people’
Obituary: Megan Angelina Webbley, 1988-2019
Megan Angelina Webbley, 31, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 29. Specifically, she died of an overdose, finally losing her battle with addiction. She was...
Theory of Mind
You may not be a telepathic superhero, but you can read minds. Your ability to infer other people’s thoughts, desires, and beliefs — and understand that they...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets And one on theory of mind
32h
How Neuroscience Informs Behavioural Economics
What motivates people making economic decisions? You might assume people are rational decision-makers and that they always choose the option that earns them ...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets Another on neuroscience and behavioural economics
32h
Technology Makes Us Bigger
Every day, technology helps us wake up, get ready for the day, and remember everything on our to-do list. But is our constant reliance on technology hurting ...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets The finalists for the people’s choice award included all these videos, plus several more from my students: on the brain and technology
32h
Why do adolescents go to sleep late?
The typical teen goes to bed late at night and is slow to rise in the morning — some might choose to sleep until noon if they didn’t have school, work, or ot...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets And @estelacgf’s film addresses sleep in adolescence and won the people’s vote
32h
Seeing Culture in Our Brain
Our culture affects what we eat, what we wear, and what language we speak. However, where we grow up in the world may also affect certain aspects of how our ...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets Honourable mention went to Keer Dong, and her charming film about cultural effects on the brain
32h
Multitasking
Multitasking isn’t what you think. Rather than being about doing two things at the same time, multitasking involves switching rapidly between activities. A r...
Prof Sophie Scott
@GiuliaPiazza15 @estelacgf @UCL_ICN @SfNtweets Here’s the winning video, by @GiuliaPiazza15, who made a film based on Tim Shallice and Paul Burgess’s multiple errand task
32h
Swimming Kangaroo Rescued From Lake, Jumps Back In
A marine marsupial was chased down by police on a jetski, but it did not appreciate their rescue efforts, escaping and jumping right back in the drink.
What Works? on Apple Podcasts
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Prof Sophie Scott
#whatworks, the @UCLPALS podcast about life and work and science, is now available on iTunes. Episode one is with @antoniahamilton
55h
Going places in Dutch and mandarin Chinese: conceptualising the path of motion cross-linguistically
(2019). Going places in Dutch and mandarin Chinese: conceptualising the path of motion cross-linguistically. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. Ahead of Print.
Sky News Brexit-Free: New pop-up channel to launch today at 5pm
The pop-up channel will be on air from 5pm to 10pm on weekdays.
What Works?
Prof Sophie Scott, Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, discusses life and science and careers with her colleagues from the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at UCL, and beyond. The aim of the...
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Prof Sophie Scott
Very happy to announce the new @UCLPALS podcast, What Works, where I discuss life, science and how we navigate it all, and I’m delighted to say that the first episode stars my @UCL_ICN colleague, @antoniahamilton whatworks.transistor.fm - we’ll be on other platforms soon!
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Five women jailed over Notre-Dame car bomb plot
The 2016 incident is the first to involve a group of women trying to stage an Islamist attack in France.
Thriving With a Stammer: International Stammering
Join UCL Giving Voice and the London Stammering Support Group for a series of personal, inspirational & myth-busting talks about stammer
Diversity Has Become a Booming Business. So Where Are the Results?
People of color—who make up nearly 40% of the U.S. population—remain underrepresented in most influential fields