Laura Manderson
@manderson_laura
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PhD researcher, University of Strathclyde. Cognitive ageing and speech production
Joined October 2020
Itโs a great honour to have contributed to @DrMichaelMosleyโs Wonders of the Human Body. I got to join in this wonderful dance class and discuss keeping active physically, mentally and socially into older age ๐ง ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ป @StrathAgeing @UOSPsychology
In the last episode of one of his final TV projects, much-loved and admired Dr. Michael Mosley delves into blood clots, the brain, and how our bodies battle disease. ๐บ Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body, Thursday 8pm
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Really enjoyed visiting @UoNHearSci in Glasgow this afternoon, along with @AnjaKuschmann and @manderson_laura - Laura gave a fab talk, too! ๐๐
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Really enjoyed the HaSS mini-conference today. So nice to see it develop since the inaugural meeting last year @HaSSGradSchool
Our third presentation from @manderson_laura focussed on investigating the relationships between cognition, speech production and ageing
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Todays the day! The second annual #hassminiconf. Very much looking forward to hearing about all the exciting research going on! @StrathHaSSPGR
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Well done @manderson_laura on a great opening talk at the @ScotCogAgeing meeting!! @UoDPsychology ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ @UOSPsychology @AnjaKuschmann @anjalowit (the slide was not quite as wacky a colour in real life!!)
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@cfawnsritchie Our first speaker is @manderson_laura, who is discussing her research on speech production in healthy older adults and its relationship with health and cognitive functioning.
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The Memory & Ageing Lab is on its way to @UoDPsychology for the @ScotCogAgeing network meeting! ๐๐ผ @manderson_laura @RebeccaHart00 @SeamasFarrell & Gerard Campbell - looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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Our annual #HaSSPGRConference is back this year (2-7 May)! We look forward to more #learning and useful #research with fellow #StrathPGRs from @StrathHaSS ! Register by the 24th of April. Details will be sent by email. #StrathLife #PhD #conference #Scotland @UniStrathclyde
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#ArchieHind only published one novel, #TheDearGreenPlace, which won multiple awards in the 1960s. It is considered a key work in #ScottishLiterature. After being assumed lost, the manuscript & other materials have been donated to Strathclyde University. ๐ https://t.co/V9f8WiAMvf
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Great Xmas lab night out!
Great wee lab group night out to mini golf โณ๏ธ and curry ๐ house @manderson_laura @RebeccaHart00 @SeamasFarrell. We missed you @KellyWolfePsych but delighted @david__spalding could join ๐ฅฐ๐๐คถ๐ป
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"No One Knows What Attention Is." Actually, this paper argues that what we call attention is really just target selection for motor control. I think they are right and there are implications for understanding speech production & dysfunction.
link.springer.com
Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics - In this article, we challenge the usefulness of โattentionโ as a unitary construct and/or neural system. We point out that the concept has...
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Great meeting discussing all things cognitive ageing ๐ง
Todayโs @ScotCogAgeing network meeting is about to kick off! Huge thanks to @AlanJohnGow and @HWPsych for hosting! ๐๐ผ attending with @manderson_laura @RebeccaHart00 @SeamasFarrell #ScotCogAgeing
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Nice break from data collection ๐
Lovely Friday lab group meeting with the best PhD researchers @manderson_laura @RebeccaHart00 and @SeamasFarrell โ๏ธ ๐ฃ๏ธ #cognition #ageing #workingmemory #sleep #speech ๐
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The Scottish Older Peopleโs Assembly is taking place today at Strathclydeโs technology and innovation centre @UniStrathclyde
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Welcoming two fab PhD researchers to my Memory & Ageing Lab! @RebeccaHart00๐will work on visual #workingmemory & #ageing (with @marioparrarodri). Seamas Farrell๐will work on #sleep & #brain #health (with @_LeanneFleming & @alzscot). Welcome to @UOSPsychology! @StrathAgeing
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Great presentation by @RebeccaHart00 on semantic strategies and visual working memory @BPSScot postgraduate conference @UniStrathclyde ๐๐๐
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Yes! Full details of the Alan Sharp season 'From Greenock to Hollywood' are now live on the Glasgow Film Theatre website... The first time these have been screened in Glasgow in almost 50 years, folks! https://t.co/QwJXoZR4e8
@ScottishPEN @scotlit @glasgowfilm
glasgowfilm.org
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Put your thinking skills to the test! We are now recruiting healthy older adults for an in-person study at Strathclyde Uni. Come and try our memory and concentration games - details attached, please RT. @LNichollsStrath @AnjaKuschmann @ScotCogAgeing @StrathAgeing
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Nice interview about the book in from The Greenock Telegraph today, courtesy of Erin Maguire. Thanks, Erin! (Will upload full thing when I get the paper copies.) https://t.co/V2RtjAk711
greenocktelegraph.co.uk
An author hopes his latest book can help put the work of Greenock's Alan Sharp back in the spotlight.
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"Alan Sharp was Scotland's greatest screenwriter and one of its most important transnational writers" Exciting to see this much needed book on Alan Sharp by @Mandraxian, in the series I edit for @PeterLangGroup @PeterLangOxford
https://t.co/fOa6hMBrSc
https://t.co/UQpea0Kd0d
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