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Developmental Science - Durham Psychology
@durhamdevsci.bsky.social
Developmental Science Research Group at Durham University's Department of Psychology.
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Super happy end to the conference as my and @zannaclay.bsky.social 's student Georgia Tuohy wins best talk! And @amandinevisine.bsky.social who works with @sheinalew.bsky.social wins best poster (pic to follow).

@durhamdevsci.bsky.social on a roll! 😆

@durhampsych.bsky.social
#ehbea #ehbea2025
April 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The journey continues....with new research from our group ongoing - and with new developments for Triple-A, such as a focus on PE specifically, and with a whole-school in-person version of the training! Watch this space……
April 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Once again, thank you to all the wonderful children, young people, parents and teachers who took part in the underpinning research, and to our amazing team of autistic people, parents, teachers and academics who co-designed the training tool. @21andsensory.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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It’s been such an interesting and worthwhile journey so far - with over 8000 users and considerable evidence of positive impact on understanding and practice. Here we share our new pre-print on the development of Triple-A, including analysis of its use and impact so far: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
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April 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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It has been just over 3 years since we (@debbieriby.bsky.social & I) launched Triple-A (www.tripledurham.co.uk) - a training tool for educators for supporting autistic and neurodivergent pupils with attention, sensory arousal and anxiety.
April 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Pleased to contribute to this
We asked academics and university staff around the world to share personal strategies for maintaining #wellbeing and balance in a sector in which #stress and #overwork are commonplace. Hear what they had to say in our latest podcast: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/podca... #academicsky #edusky
THE podcast: how to look after yourself in higher education
Personal insights from a range of higher education voices on how they preserve their own well-being
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April 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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New paper!

V excited to have published my first #cognitive #DevelopmentalPsychology project. 😁

We demonstrated body weight after effects in 7-10yos, 11-12yos, 14-15yos, and adults. Data suggest that just like with faces, visual representations of bodies mature relatively young.
Body size aftereffects are adult-like from 7 years onward
There is considerable evidence that adults’ perception of body weight in others can be manipulated via visual exposure to multiple bodies at one or an…
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March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The 7-10yo data were collected at @durhamdevsci.bsky.social 's Junior Scientist community event. You'd think a big noisy hall, competing with cool VR studies, would be tough for good data collection but I've never seen an effect quite this clean!

#PsychSciSky
March 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Great to see work from our team lead by the fantastic @fassiluisa.bsky.social being written up for a general audience by The Mental Elf! Worth a read if you are interested in the evidence base on social media and clinical anxiety/depression in young people ⬇️
January 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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So, I got another piece of good news yesterday too... 😊
We're over the moon to announce this year's EHBEA Services to the Community Award goes to @drboothroyd.bsky.social!!! Many thanks also go to her nominators @sheinalew.bsky.social and @brucerawlings.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Exciting times! After years of doing research with children and publishing it in topic-specialist outlets, I have finally got my first paper led by me unto a developmental journal!

Big thanks to @durhamdevsci.bsky.social !
January 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Some big smiles despite the cold as current and previous lab members and Psycholgy Spanish conversation clubbers graduate with their PhDs/MRes.

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@ninedtp.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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A lovely roundup of all the wonderful things going on in the @durhamdevsci.bsky.social group at Durham :) Here's to an awesome 2025! 🥳
It's the most incredible time of the year: our inaugural roundup of Durham Dev Sci exciting stuff from 2024.

No.1 is @mimhanley.bsky.social winning her BPS Impact & Engagement Award!

Mary won for her work on autism & Williams Syndrome, inc. Triple A which supports neurodiversity in schools 1/n
National award for psychologist’s dedication, research impact and engagement - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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It's the most incredible time of the year: our inaugural roundup of Durham Dev Sci exciting stuff from 2024.

No.1 is @mimhanley.bsky.social winning her BPS Impact & Engagement Award!

Mary won for her work on autism & Williams Syndrome, inc. Triple A which supports neurodiversity in schools 1/n
National award for psychologist’s dedication, research impact and engagement - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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What amazing colleagues I have in @durhampsych.bsky.social and in the @durhamdevsci.bsky.social group in particular. It's been one hell of a year.

#DevelopmentalPsychology
#Interdisciplinarity
#ParticipatoryAction
#ActuallyAutistic research
It's the most incredible time of the year: our inaugural roundup of Durham Dev Sci exciting stuff from 2024.

No.1 is @mimhanley.bsky.social winning her BPS Impact & Engagement Award!

Mary won for her work on autism & Williams Syndrome, inc. Triple A which supports neurodiversity in schools 1/n
National award for psychologist’s dedication, research impact and engagement - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Check out our critical neurodiversity studies conference call for abstracts and save the date! ndhumanities.com/2024/12/17/c...
Call for Abstracts: Critical Neurodiversity Studies, 24–26 June 2025, Durham, UK – ND Hums
ndhumanities.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
It's the most incredible time of the year: our inaugural roundup of Durham Dev Sci exciting stuff from 2024.

No.1 is @mimhanley.bsky.social winning her BPS Impact & Engagement Award!

Mary won for her work on autism & Williams Syndrome, inc. Triple A which supports neurodiversity in schools 1/n
National award for psychologist’s dedication, research impact and engagement - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM