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Jan 13
5 min

The dangers of being ‘the expert’

We need experts, perhaps now more than ever. Climate change, global pandemics, vegan sausage rolls… in fact, all the major challenges we ...

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Feb 20, 2020
4 min

No ‘core brain deficit’ underpinning learning difficulties

Is the developing brain linked to children's learning difficulties, and if so how? This is the question we asked in our latest paper: Tra...

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Feb 22, 2019
6 min

Alternatives to medication for children and young people with ADHD

See my full review at the Mental Elf blog: https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/adhd/alternatives-medication-adhd/ ADHD medic...

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Sep 4, 2018
4 min

Poster Perfection

This is the latest in the blog series co-authored by myself and the wonderful Sue Fletcher-Watson. After a brief hiatus we are back with ...

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Apr 10, 2018
8 min

Bringing home the bacon: how to budget a grant application

Sue Fletcher-Watson and I are continuing our blog series of advice to newly-fledged researchers by focusing on the challenges of costing ...

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Feb 28, 2018
3 min

Crushed by the ivory tower – a personal account of mental health in academia

The tone was set on my first day at university. After a tough year of sitting exams to get the grades required to be admitted to a compet...

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Feb 5, 2018
7 min

It’s a jungle out there: bagging a post-doc job

The incomparable Sue Fletcher-Watson and I continue our intermittent blog series on academic life today, this time focusing on the stress...

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Dec 15, 2017
6 min

Don’t rule the lab with an iron fist: tips for effective lab management

This is the latest in our semi-regular (trying to be regular) blog series, with the indomitable Sue Fletcher-Watson. The practical skills...

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Nov 17, 2017
3 min

Catching up with the Internet Era: Online data collection for researchers

In the world we humans spend a great deal of time connected to the internet, this is especially true for younger people – who are growing...

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Nov 6, 2017
4 min

Are early interventions effective?

Early years interventions can seem a particularly powerful way to forestall developmental difficulties. The wide-ranging evidence that ea...

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Oct 8, 2017
4 min

Neurofeedback for adults with ADHD

See my full review at the Mental Elf blog: https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/adhd/neurofeedback-for-adults-with-adhd/ Atte...

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Sep 7, 2017
7 min

The Dos and Don’ts of PhD supervision

Myself and Sue Fletcher-Watson (you know, the fabulously clever one…) have been putting our minds to a series of blog posts, attempting t...

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Jul 11, 2017
3 min

The weather and the brain – using new methods to understand developmental disorders

The latest article was written by our brilliant lab member Danyal Akarca. It describes some of his MPhil research which aims to explore t...

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Jul 5, 2017
2 min

Data-driven subtyping of behavioural problems associated with ADHD in children

Over 20% of children will experience some problems with learning during their schooling that can have a negative impact on their academic...

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Jun 21, 2017
6 min

Reviewer 2 is not your nemesis – how to revise and resubmit

This is a blog piece is written with Sue Fletcher-Watson, a colleague of supreme wisdom and tact, ideally qualified for this particular p...

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May 2, 2017
7 min

Think you’re your own harshest critic? Try peer review…

Our latest blog post is written by me with the wonderful Sue Fletcher-Watson, a colleague whose intellectual excellence is only exceeded ...

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Feb 22, 2017
5 min

Brain Training: Placebo effects, publication bias, small sample sizes… and what we do next?

Over the past decade the young field of cognitive training – sometimes referred to as ‘brain training’ – has expanded rapidly. In our lab...

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Feb 14, 2017
2 min

The connectome goes to school

Children learn an incredible amount whilst at school. Many fundamental skills that typical adults perform effortlessly like reading and m...

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Oct 11, 2016
1 min

Science Podcasts

Downloadable radio programmes, called podcasts, have been around since the first bricklike iPods in the early 2000s. Thanks to global sen...

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Sep 21, 2016
3 min

The developmental cognitive neuroscience of the Great British Bake-off – Part II

The days are getting shorter, leaves are starting to fall, and a new season of the Great British Bake Off is upon us. We watched as this ...

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