Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment - Part 4
This is the latest article of our blog series authored by researchers of the 4D lab, Duncan Astle and Sue Fletcher-Watson. The purpose of...
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- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment - Part 3
Welcome back! This is a blog series on transdiagnostic research approaches to better understand childhood learning difficulties. The last...
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- Dec 8, 2021
- 7 min
Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment - Part 2
The 4D lab is continuing its blog series on transdiagnostic research approaches to better understand neurodivergent children. These...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 6 min
Embracing complexity in neurodevelopment - Part 1
This blog is the first of a series. We are embarking on a new project and we want to take you on the journey with us. The purpose of our...
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- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
Simulating neurodiversity in the brain using simple computational models
Since the advent of modern neuroscience, neuroscientists have been interested in how our nervous systems – at all levels of analysis –...
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- Jan 13, 2021
- 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:...
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- Feb 22, 2019
- 6 min
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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/...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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