Prof Neil Martin
@thatneilmartin.bsky.social
I suppose I'd best get on and fill this in. Psychologist, Prof, writer, former head of department and university research integrity advisor. Research and consultancy: smell/taste; food; horror; comedy; the brain. Email: [email protected]
Good Kisses From Russia
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Good Kisses From Russia
"Nature Human Behaviour"
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Nature Human Behaviour"
I gave two talks on smell, taste and horror today for @alessandrapino.bsky.social 's excellent US Study Abroad Group students (who were also great). I have attached a menu so you can see what you were missing out on.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I gave two talks on smell, taste and horror today for @alessandrapino.bsky.social 's excellent US Study Abroad Group students (who were also great). I have attached a menu so you can see what you were missing out on.
If you're looking for Gibb's marbles they're currently rolling somewhere near New Oxford st.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you're looking for Gibb's marbles they're currently rolling somewhere near New Oxford st.
Unlikely to be restored by using words like "cultural drift" and "unsettled shared principles"
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Unlikely to be restored by using words like "cultural drift" and "unsettled shared principles"
Top Tip no 1. I can't endorse this highly enough. What mad man or woman thinks it is reasonable to READ a lecture?
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Top Tip no 1. I can't endorse this highly enough. What mad man or woman thinks it is reasonable to READ a lecture?
Top Tip No 6. Be a swan. Just don't break anyone's arm. Unless they have "an observation"
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Top Tip No 6. Be a swan. Just don't break anyone's arm. Unless they have "an observation"
Top Tip No 10. You should be limp and exhausted after a lecture. I've followed this tip perpetually.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Top Tip No 10. You should be limp and exhausted after a lecture. I've followed this tip perpetually.
Top Tip no 21. A lecture is made or marred in the first 10 minutes. Don't wear a monocle, don't dither, don't bore, don't croon.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Top Tip no 21. A lecture is made or marred in the first 10 minutes. Don't wear a monocle, don't dither, don't bore, don't croon.
Top Tip no 7. Never rehearse. I'm not sure about this tip. Although I like to idea of dividing the lecture into portions of about 10 minutes.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Top Tip no 7. Never rehearse. I'm not sure about this tip. Although I like to idea of dividing the lecture into portions of about 10 minutes.
Top Tip no 11. How many points to include? One. One point.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Top Tip no 11. How many points to include? One. One point.
Top Tip no 3. Move, yes, but it's not break-dancing. Control yourself.
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Top Tip no 3. Move, yes, but it's not break-dancing. Control yourself.
Top Tip No 17. NO BREAKS.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Top Tip No 17. NO BREAKS.
Top Tip no 12. NEVER ANGLE FOR CLAPS (jaunty or otherwise).
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Top Tip no 12. NEVER ANGLE FOR CLAPS (jaunty or otherwise).
Just finished reading Faraday and Bragg's Top Tips for lecturing.
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just finished reading Faraday and Bragg's Top Tips for lecturing.
Right you are.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Right you are.
Calendar reminds me that a year ago today @accordingtojond.bsky.social gave his splendid talk on the BBC's Ghost Stories For Christmas from London's glamorous Highgate Cemetery ...
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Calendar reminds me that a year ago today @accordingtojond.bsky.social gave his splendid talk on the BBC's Ghost Stories For Christmas from London's glamorous Highgate Cemetery ...
The sneakiest of previews...
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The sneakiest of previews...
Well, I don't know which Grok you're using but Elmo is not funnier than Jimmy Crankie, Ted Rogers or Bilal Zafar but is, however, funnier than pancreatic cancer
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Well, I don't know which Grok you're using but Elmo is not funnier than Jimmy Crankie, Ted Rogers or Bilal Zafar but is, however, funnier than pancreatic cancer
Re: the COVID inquiry, for the last edition of Psychology, I interviewed @susanmichie.bsky.social about her role on SPI-B
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Re: the COVID inquiry, for the last edition of Psychology, I interviewed @susanmichie.bsky.social about her role on SPI-B
Go @zafarcakes.bsky.social ! One for the poster.
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Go @zafarcakes.bsky.social ! One for the poster.
Still, he's funnier than pancreatic cancer.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Still, he's funnier than pancreatic cancer.
Ted Rogers, "and it's embarrassingly one-sided". Go Ted.
"dusty-handed"??
"dusty-handed"??
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ted Rogers, "and it's embarrassingly one-sided". Go Ted.
"dusty-handed"??
"dusty-handed"??