Matt Roser
@mattroser.bsky.social
Cognitive neuropsychologist at the University of Plymouth and the Brain Research and Imaging Centre @bricplymouth.bsky.social https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/psychology/brain-research-and-imaging-centre
Formerly @MattNeuropsych at that other site.
Formerly @MattNeuropsych at that other site.
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We should be encouraging foreign students to come here and spend their money in our university towns and cities, not penalising them for doing it.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We should be encouraging foreign students to come here and spend their money in our university towns and cities, not penalising them for doing it.
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People should know that foreign student fees cross-subsidise inadequate home student funding very heavily. There are no free lunches in British Higher Ed.
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
People should know that foreign student fees cross-subsidise inadequate home student funding very heavily. There are no free lunches in British Higher Ed.
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45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.
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The other striking point was the speech lingered on Europe's role, with heavy emphasis on the importance of European support
For all the talk of Europe being sidelined, it's to us that Kyiv is looking
For all the talk of Europe being sidelined, it's to us that Kyiv is looking
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The other striking point was the speech lingered on Europe's role, with heavy emphasis on the importance of European support
For all the talk of Europe being sidelined, it's to us that Kyiv is looking
For all the talk of Europe being sidelined, it's to us that Kyiv is looking
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Look, I've flipped the classroom, closed feedback loops, innovated assessment methods, done breakout sessions, faciliated peer-learning seminars; but sometimes, just standing up and talking at students for 2 hours about a subject passionately works just fine!
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Look, I've flipped the classroom, closed feedback loops, innovated assessment methods, done breakout sessions, faciliated peer-learning seminars; but sometimes, just standing up and talking at students for 2 hours about a subject passionately works just fine!
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This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
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It would be helpful for journalists to ask Nigel Farage what steps he has taken to find out whether other Reform politicians have accepted money from foreign powers.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It would be helpful for journalists to ask Nigel Farage what steps he has taken to find out whether other Reform politicians have accepted money from foreign powers.
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My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.
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public service posting
Turn off the Smart Features which is the tricksy phrase Google use to mean AI horseshit.
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
public service posting
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The debate on evidence accumulation in decisions continues, well done to @laurencf.bsky.social and @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social for this inspiring preprint validating our earlier work on neural correlates of evidence accumulation in value-based decisions.
Interested in how we make preference-driven decisions, and how this is implemented in the brain?
We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Tracing the neural trajectories of evidence accumulation and motor preparation processes during voluntary decisions
Voluntary decisions have previously been described by where they arise in the brain and how actions corresponding to one's choice are prepared. However, the processes by which these internally guided ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The debate on evidence accumulation in decisions continues, well done to @laurencf.bsky.social and @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social for this inspiring preprint validating our earlier work on neural correlates of evidence accumulation in value-based decisions.
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Meanwhile, universities are in financial trouble, with domestic tuition fees not rising enough to pay for growing costs, and government bearing down on international students - an important source of export revenues for many smaller cities.
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Meanwhile, universities are in financial trouble, with domestic tuition fees not rising enough to pay for growing costs, and government bearing down on international students - an important source of export revenues for many smaller cities.
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New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
Getting Britain out of the hole
A plan for the UK economy
getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New essay out today by me and @acjsissons.bsky.social - ‘Getting Britain out of the hole: a plan for the economy’. You can read the whole thing here getting-out-of-the-hole.uk
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
A chart mega-thread follows 🧵
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The Labour government has released to the media more details of its asylum reforms - to be released on Monday.
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under asylum reforms
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce major reforms to the asylum system on Monday.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Labour government has released to the media more details of its asylum reforms - to be released on Monday.
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Their premise: UK attracts asylum seekers because it is too generous + reducing pull factors will change that.
There is a lot of overspinning from this govt
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Salami slicing your way to fiscal headroom introduces more tax complexity, likely means poorly targeted measures increasing deadweight costs, raises uncertainty (where might they look to tax next?), and reduces flexibility going forward (pulling all but the obvious levers sends a signal in itself).
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Salami slicing your way to fiscal headroom introduces more tax complexity, likely means poorly targeted measures increasing deadweight costs, raises uncertainty (where might they look to tax next?), and reduces flexibility going forward (pulling all but the obvious levers sends a signal in itself).
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The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The great thing about delaying hard decisions is that you never have to make them and it all turns out fine in the end (Ed - pls check).
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Right call by the BBC, to apologise but not pay a penny of the British public’s money to President Trump.
BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim
‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episode
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Right call by the BBC, to apologise but not pay a penny of the British public’s money to President Trump.
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New thing! The @carefultrouble.bsky.social Careful Consequence Check is now live and free to use. Based on research with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this practical tool will help you answer the question "is my AI product creepy and weird" www.careful.industries/consequences
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New thing! The @carefultrouble.bsky.social Careful Consequence Check is now live and free to use. Based on research with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this practical tool will help you answer the question "is my AI product creepy and weird" www.careful.industries/consequences
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Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Asylum policy in Denmark
Politicians in the UK have expressed interest in Denmark's approach to granting asylum and the integration of refugees.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Taking lessons from Denmark is as much about "vibes"rhetoric as policy details.
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Much UK political briefing and media reporting is simplistic with claims that don't stand up re what happened in Denmark, and esp its transferability
See Commons briefing
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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I would go further - why not have very small rises in fuel duty every month, or even better, say that fuel duty rises by 0.1p every X days? @resolutionfoundation.org
The value of Fuel Duty is now at historic lows, having fallen by 23p per litre (or a third) in real terms over the past decade.
It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.
Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.
It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.
Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I would go further - why not have very small rises in fuel duty every month, or even better, say that fuel duty rises by 0.1p every X days? @resolutionfoundation.org
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Me at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday, calling for a fairer, more economically efficient property tax, to replace stamp duty and council tax. Thanks to @fairershare.bsky.social for funding the research, and giving me academic freedom to write it. x.com/i/status/198...
Fairer Share on X: "Great to see @timleunig in the Treasury Committee calling for Stamp Duty & Council Tax to be scrapped and replaced with a simple, fair property tax. This could reduce bills for millions while being revenue neutral. Thank you Tim for your work and support of @FairerShare🏡🙌 https://t.co/hNYMRUJH6q" / X
Great to see @timleunig in the Treasury Committee calling for Stamp Duty & Council Tax to be scrapped and replaced with a simple, fair property tax. This could reduce bills for millions while being revenue neutral. Thank you Tim for your work and support of @FairerShare🏡🙌 https://t.co/hNYMRUJH6q
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November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Me at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday, calling for a fairer, more economically efficient property tax, to replace stamp duty and council tax. Thanks to @fairershare.bsky.social for funding the research, and giving me academic freedom to write it. x.com/i/status/198...
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A recent report of a brain injury during a clinical trial using transcranial ultrasound (TUS) has prompted the case reviewers Kim Butts Pauly and @efouragnan.bsky.social to make their concerns public. If you are interested in TUS read their letter here: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog shorturl.at/SUmix
Brain Injury During Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Substance Use Disorder
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A recent report of a brain injury during a clinical trial using transcranial ultrasound (TUS) has prompted the case reviewers Kim Butts Pauly and @efouragnan.bsky.social to make their concerns public. If you are interested in TUS read their letter here: www.elsa-fouragnan.com/blog shorturl.at/SUmix
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📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference, at the University of Plymouth 🌊 on 23rd - 24th June 2026 🎉!
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Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Autobiographical Processing and Psychopathology Conference 2026. Special interest meeting. University of...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 Submissions are now open for the 2026 Autobiographical Processing & Psychopathology Conference, at the University of Plymouth 🌊 on 23rd - 24th June 2026 🎉!
📌Visit the #APP2026 website for more details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/aut...
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📌Visit the #APP2026 website for more details: www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/aut...
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Kent County Council is getting underway.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Kent County Council is getting underway.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.
But we’re in.
