Daniel Yon
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Psychologist and neuroscientist. Studying how we perceive, act and decide | Reader (Associate Professor) @bbkpsychology
London, UK
Joined January 2009
When Bayesian brain theories talk about 'precision', what precisely do they mean? In @CurrentBiology @cdfrith & I explain how precision has shaped thinking about perception, learning, metacognition & social interaction. But some key puzzles remain unsolved
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RT @BirkbeckScience: 🧠Is your brain tricking you?. Birkbeck Science Week kicks off 9 June with @danieljamesyon on how your brain invents r….
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RT @bbkpsychology: Check out Dr @danieljamesyon on @BBCRadio4 discussing the cognitive impact of covid on our brains & his new book 'A Tric….
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RT @BirkbeckUoL: How do our brains deal with uncertain times? Listen to Birkbeck’s Dr Daniel Yon on @BBCRadio4’s Start the Week, talking ab….
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Broadcast live at 9pm, or on catch up thereafter! Tune in!.
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Up bright & early at the BBC this morning to record Radio 4´s Start the Week!. You can hear me talking about my new book ‘A Trick Of The Mind’, and discussing the imprint that uncertain times can leave on our minds and brains ðŸ§
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RT @BirkbeckUoL: Congratulations to Dr Daniel Yon from @bbkpsychology, whose forthcoming book, 'A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents….
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Excited to say that in 2026 I'll be a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. I'll be trying to combine psychology, neuroscience, economics and anthropology to understand the cultural evolution of confidence.
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RT @danieljamesyon: Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!. We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-….
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Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!. We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-year project, investigating how we learn from other people about the uncertainty in our own minds 🧠💠. Any Qs feel free to email 📧. Deadline 25th Nov.
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣. We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
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Great piece in The Guardian by @lyndseywinship on the neuroscience of dance - ft. the inimitable @guidorgs
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RT @BirkbeckUoL: Join us on 14 November for the first talk in the Critical AI 2024 Seminar Series: "Can ChatGPT Think?" with Dr. Alex Grzan….
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RT @danieljamesyon: 📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣. We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work o….
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RT @OlawoleHelen: The Uncertainty Lab is hiring! We're a friendly bunch, promise 😊 brimming with ideas and in need of a postdoc to help rea….
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RT @bbkpsychology: Postdoc position at The Uncertainty Lab working w/ a wonderful team incl. @danieljamesyon @CeliaHeyes @PhilCorlett1 & Ch….
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RT @rhizoqualia: Highly recommend working with Daniel, he's a fantastic scientist as well as a deeply supportive and lovely person! 👇👇.
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You’ll join the lab at Birkbeck and a collaborative project team - incl. @CeliaHeyes, @PhilCorlett1 and Chris Frith. The post is for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of extension. Any Qs please get in touch! (via email 📧). Deadline: 25th Nov.
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📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣. We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
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Really looking forward to seeing @mazormatan speak at this afternoon’s @bbkpsychology seminar. Details below 👇.
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RT @danieljamesyon: At @bbkpsychology we’re recruiting a new permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor)!. We’re particularly interested in re….
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