Anthony McGregor
@Anth_McGregor
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Experimental psychologist & behavioural neuroscientist: spatial learning & animal cognition. Tweeting science, politics & football. Views my own. Might swear.
Joined October 2011
A fantastic opportunity to work with Matt on some great applied research. Apply soon!.
Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and some fantastic colleagues @AstonUniversity @AstonPsychology . . Deadline to apply is 15th June . #PhDJobs #PhDChat #AcademicJobs.
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Link to our new papers in Matt’s thread below. We show hippocampal activation in a sequential navigation task that can’t be mapped, and that people can shortcut without distal cues to help them map the environment, unless sections are trained separately. Then you need distal cues.
We have two new papers out - both inspired by the literature on parallel memory systems.
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RT @MattGBuckley: Our work was funded by @ESRC and @BritishAcademy_. A big thank you to my awesome collaborators, including @Anth_McGregor….
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RT @MattGBuckley: 2. The role of distal landmarks and individual differences in acquiring spatial representations that support flexible and….
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RT @MattGBuckley: 1. The well‐worn route revisited: Striatal and hippocampal system contributions to familiar route navigation. https://t.….
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RT @MattGBuckley: We have two new papers out - both inspired by the literature on parallel memory systems.
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This work was funded by @ESRC and was mostly the work of the excellent @MattGBuckley and the twitter-less Dina Lew, along with other brilliant collaborators.
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The results fit better with a learning-based perspective of hippocampal function, as opposed to a map-based perspective, with hippocampal-caudate systems required for model-based learning but not for model-free learning.
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Our first neuroimaging paper is out! We show, contrary to some theories of spatial learning, that the hippocampus and caudate are active when people navigate a route without the opportunity to map their environment.
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Classic research has shown a division in the neuroanatomical structures that support flexible (e.g., short-cutting) and habitual (e.g., familiar route following) navigational behavior, with hippoca...
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RT @JulieH_Psyc: For those sharing my displeasure about @profrhill’s blog implying that teaching-focused academics just need to be more org….
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RT @L_Psychol: Fascinating piece by @DrKatyBurgess on the psychology of learning- we should help students to learn by giving them opportuni….
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RT @epstein_lab: The Epstein Lab @Penn is looking for new postdocs!!! NIH funded project to investigate spatial and nonspatial cognitive ma….
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I was very very drunk when I wrote this last night. It’s only because of the retweet notifications that I even knew I’d written it. However, I spoke the truth - Matt is great and you really should work with him. A great opportunity.
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Fantastic opportunity to work with Matt Buckley, who is a great researcher, on all sorts of interesting navigation problems.
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New: Remarkable interview with Tory MP @GullisJonathan @PatrickChristys on @GBNEWS last night in which he told how he has bullet proof cling film across the windows of his home, & a panic button in his bedroom. And, to anyone planning to threaten him at home, he says this:
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RT @durham_uni: Master the science of behaviour change with this brand-new programme from our Department of Psychology @DurhamPsych!. Trans….
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I’ve fallen into a bit of a Big Train rabbit hole. This George Martin sketch is brilliant. Kevin Eldon is amazing.
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No cheating. Your last saved celeb photo is your therapist. Who is it?
No cheating. Your last saved celeb photo is your therapist. Who is it?
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