Bhisma Chakrabarti @bhisma.bsky.social
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Professor of Neuroscience & Mental Health @UniofReading. Research Director @Autism_UoR. Working on autism, social cognition, & scalable neuroscience.
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Joined December 2010
It's finally here! Looking forward to two days of immersion in facial expressions research from around the world at Reading Emotions 2025 #ReadEmo25.
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Reading Emotions* is a research interest group, bringing together affective neuroscientists and researchers in psychopathology at the University of Reading, and our collaborators in the UK and...
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There are a few misconceptions about autism and empathy in the public discourse. It was great to be part of this @bbcworldservice podcast in trying to dispel some of these notions - alongwith colleagues across the world.
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Why society must rethink the damaging stereotypes about autistic people and low empathy.
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A job bonanza for #psychology and #neuroscience academics- to join our thriving department @UniRdg_Psych ! We are looking to recruit one Professor and up to 3 Assistant Professors in Psychology/Neuroscience - please spread the word!.
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RT @CansuOgulmus: Just published! 🎉Thrilled to share my #PhD research on how watching others take on challenges can spark a desire to push….
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RT @ludoserratrice: Job advert!. Two new lectureships (assistant professorships) in #psychology (developmental, social, or forensic) at @U….
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The PhD is a special and unique journey, and there's so much more to each PhD story than what's written in theses and papers. Thrilled to be part of these journeys and to celebrate their culmination with @simonbrett1294 and @CansuOgulmus
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RT @Christakou: July will be a momentous month in the UK. There's a general election, and not one, but TWO posts in our core team. - Rememb….
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RT @yacadeuro: Tomorrow, 12-13 pm CET, we'll have the next mental health webinar of @yacadeuro dedicated to the effect of mentoring on #aca….
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Friday 28th of June, 12.00-13.00 pm CET on Zoom In academia, the prevalence of mental health symptoms is a growing concern. There is a notable incidence of mental health issues, such as depression,...
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Thrilled and proud to celebrate the #MRCMillenniumMedal award to the one and only @sbaroncohen!
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Are you interested in #autism and #sleep? Come work with @TeresaTavassoli and myself at @Autism_UoR on an exciting collaboration project with the NHS. Apply by July 15th.
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Time for the annual #emotion science meeting in the UK! Delighted to announce that Reading Emotions 2024 is now open for registrations (link in post below). Our theme this year is Resilience, and the meeting is chaired by the inimitable @ProfNDerakshan. #ReadEmo24 @UniRdg_Psych.
Register NOW for #ReadEmo24 free ONLINE event (link below👇👇) to hear how scientists and practitioners are bringing step change research on resilience to the forefront of everyday life using AI, neuroscience, clinical science and oncology @UniRdg_CINN @CarienvanReekum @bhismadev
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So happy to see this important work in print after a brilliiant effort by the @CAASDproject team. Predictive processing in language and music in autistic &non-autistic individuals in Mandarin (tonal) and English(non-tonal) speaking samples.
Predictive processing of music and language in autism is largely dependent on individual differences in musical, linguistic, and cognitive abilities. Co-authored by the wonderful @jiahoongong #EUFunded @ERC_Research
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Dan at @UniRdg_Psych a few years ago, when he spent a week with us interacting with mere mortals. I can't recall having a bigger fanboy moment. Rest well, Dan.
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The second paper from the brilliant team of Bobby Jertberg, @SanderBegeer @dutcharc & Erik van den Burg showing that age - and not #autism- is a significant predictor of multisensory integration of speech stimuli in a large sample (N=869)
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Autistic adults were as susceptible to the McGurk/MacDonald illusion (a form of multisensory integration) as non-autistic ones. The effect occurred more with age for both groups. They showed similar...
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RT @adilgkhan: 2 postdoc positions in my lab @ King's College London @dev_neuro. Please apply if you'd like to understand neural circuits o….
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RT @Autism_UoR: We are launching our Supermarket E-guide on 23rd April! We are inviting those working in #retail to learn about how to make….
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Academic job alert, please RT. We are looking for a new colleague in developmental psychology to join us on a permanent position (US equivalent: Tenure-track Assistant Prof). Apply by 21st April. #jobs #psychology.
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Delighted to share the first publication with the stellar team of @SanderBegeer, @dutcharc, & Erik Van der Burg - led by the brilliant Bobby Jertberg. We found that perception of synchrony was not essential for multisensory integration in a McGurk task.
www.nature.com
Scientific Reports - Perception of temporal synchrony not a prerequisite for multisensory integration
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Celebrating the culmination of an epic doctoral journey across two continents and a pandemic - with the star student @simonbrett1294, examiners @eva_loth & @CManningPhD and co-supervisor @liz_pellicano. @UniRdg_PhD. We are on point with the background messaging.
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Interesting and important new paper on social touch perception in autistic adults.
Excited to share our new article in @journalautism featuring an investigation of social touch experiences in autistic and non-autistic adults:.
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