Gemma Learmonth
Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling 🏴 www.gemmalearmonth.com
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthWe have released a subset of our simultaneous MEG and subthalamic LFP recordings from people with Parkinson’s with clinical metadata. The data cover rest and movement tasks, medication on and off states, and include MEG‑derived virtual electrodes for SMA and bilateral M1. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth'The University of York and Swansea University have became the seventh and eighth universities to confirm they will not take up a three-year deal with the world’s biggest academic publisher'. Sheffield, Lancaster, Surrey, Kent, Essex and Sussex have already opted out.
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThe Impact of Non-Neural Sources on Aperiodic EEG Activity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthFurther cuts to UK science initiatives will be announced in the next few months, UK Research and Innovation’s chief executive has warned, adding that there are “tough decisions” ahead for the funding agency www.timeshighereducation.com/news/more-to... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthNow available on the OSF as part of a growing collection of preregistration resources, the new EEG & ERP Methods template guides researchers through every stage of ERP study planning. In our Q&A, two of its creators share how the template can help researchers at all stages:
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthMRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates. Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthWe’re now on YouTube. Recorded seminars and events from the Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory, plus selected talks by our researchers and recommended recordings. www.youtube.com/channel/UCxZ...
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth🚨 New preprint! What if individual alpha peak frequency—often treated as a global marker of brain function and clinical phenotypes—actually reflects a mixture of independent alpha rhythms with distinct frequencies and neural origins? That’s what @davidpascucci.bsky.social and I suggest here. #EEG
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAnd so it begins... 3 UK universities (Essex, Sussex & Kent) have just gone public about walking away from their Elsevier Read & Publish deals, despite Jisc's recently announced agreement. Expect to see more of these over the coming months. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-m... #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThe Leverhulme DTP in Ecological Data Science is currently recruiting the next cohort of PhD candidates for enrolment in October 2026, with an application deadline of 6th March. Read about the programme and available projects here: ecological-data-science.github.io @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthInterpreting EEG requires understanding how the skull smears electrical fields as they propagate from the cortex. I made a browser-based simulator for my EEG class to visualize how dipole depth/orientation change the topomap. dbrang.github.io/EEG-Dipole-D... Github page: github.com/dbrang/EEG-D...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthWe're recruiting for several Lectureships in Psychology at the University of Reading - please pass on to anyone you think might be interested: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - we're a nice bunch to work with! #academicsky
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthMissing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthHello Bluesky! 👋 New here and looking to build my academic network. I’m a PhD student studying how lighting affects walking and balance in young and older adults, using mobile EEG and motion tracking. Looking forward to connecting with other researchers here!
- I wonder how long conferences will still be in existence. Less grant income and less (or no) department slush funds mean that it's practically impossible to attend, let alone fund a whole lab. It's a real shame.
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAcademics: take an Xmas break for your mental health #workLifeBalance … while you read our new papers today suckers.
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- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthRidiculous idea that will lead to an appalling narrowing of the kind of research that is recognised and rewarded in the UK 🤦
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years) This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications. Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
- **Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthI’ve mostly kept this space professional, but today I need to share something and ask for your help 🙏🏻 I’ve dedicated my entire career to neuroscience research in Russia. Through challenging times, my colleagues and I have done our best to continue the work we love and believe in...(1/4)
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAn accessible overview on why beta band activity is best seen as a diverse set of events and not an oscillation, along with cortico-subcortical network responsible for specific waveform shape. @hollyrayson.bsky.social @quentinmoreau.bsky.social Solène Gailhard @danclab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthUKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthWe're very excited to see the first recommendation by PCI Psych out now in Peer Community Journal! 🎉 Not only can you read the full article for free below, you can see the full peer review history and editorial decisions. It cost the authors $0. This is what scientific publishing should be.
- Now published in PCJ, 1st article in the new #psychology section: Exploring potential bidirectional causality between psychotic experiences and religiosity in a UK longitudinal cohort study (ALSPAC).https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.654/
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthFinally got the job ad—looking for 2 PhD students to start spring next year: www.gao-unit.com/join-us/ If comp neuro, ML, and AI4Neuro is your thing, or you just nerd out over brain recordings, apply! I'm at neurips. DM me here / on the conference app or email if you want to meet 🏖️🌮
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthI'm skeptical it's "metabolic" in terms of straight-up brain energy consumption: the visual system uses masses of energy but people don't get tired watching films like they do with cognitive control. Pessiglione has data on glutamate buildup, but it's early days pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35961314/
- Oh excellent, nursery fees have increased to £2,340 per month for our 2 kids. Would be nice if my salary went up too.
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth„CNRS began this process by unsubscribing from Elsevier's Scopus and is continuing today by cutting access to Clarivate Analytics' bibliometric database. This will help the org save €1.4 mill annually in subscription fees, redirected towards promoting open science & development of open databases.“
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAffective Atmospheres 18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology. Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK... More info placememory.net/affective-at... Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
- Good luck to everyone starting their Christmas shopping this weekend 🫡
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthSynesthetes claim sensory experiences, such as seeing color when reading or hearing a (black) number. But how genuine are these reports and sensations? We introduce a rather direct measure of synesthetic perception: Synesthetes’ pupils respond to evoked color as if it was real color #vision! 👁️🎨🧪
- I'm so proud that we are launching our ReproducibiliTea journal club next week at the University of Stirling @stir.ac.uk, and even happier to see @hamzehn.bsky.social leading the effort.
- Please give a warm welcome to a new ReproducibiliTea journal club: ✨ The University of Stirling, Scotland, UK ✨ Organised by: Hamzeh Norouzi @hamzehn.bsky.social & Gemma Learmonth @gemmalearmonth.bsky.social
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthWe have a new revision on our preprint "Practice what you preach: Designing student assignments that advance open and reproducible science"! We had some of the nicest (but still critical) peer-review comments I've ever received, so that was refreshing. osf.io/preprints/os...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthInterested in a PhD in EEG/fMRI of spatial/social cognition? Check out our project for the EastBio competition: fully-funded 4-year PhD, with Patric Bach and Rama Chakravarthi at @abdnpsych.bsky.social, and @moritzwurm.bsky.social at CIMeC, Italy. tinyurl.com/ypcb4m2c Deadline: 15/12/2025
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThere are 3 Oxford-based post doc positions for this Wellcome Trust project that will be advertised soon! If you have experinece in neurostimulation (tms/tus) and/or modelling of cogneuro data in humans do contact one of us (me, @mkflugge.bsky.social @lilweb.bsky.social, Jacinta OShea) to discuss!
- Repetitive negative thoughts will be investigated using a range of cutting-edge brain science techniques as part of a new study led by the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and funded by Wellcome @wellcometrust.bsky.social 👇 tinyurl.com/364es88k
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthHeart rate variability (HRV) is one of the widely used physiological measures in psychophysiological research. But with over 100 indices to choose from, how do we know which ones to use? In our latest paper, we take a data-driven approach to help answer this. doi.org/10.1111/psyp... 1/
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthOpinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing. Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social). www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThe logic of 'rising stars' programs is that science needs to retain top talent. But if anything, I've seen more brilliant minds leave science due to the culture of individualist careerism that these awards contribute to, and are a symptom of.
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThe Drain of Scientific Publishing details very clearly how for-profit publishers making >30% profit margins have corrupted any solution the research community has attempted. Let's cut ourselves free. Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: bit.ly/StrainQSS Oligopoly: bit.ly/OligSciPub 12/12
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthHow many preregistered studies end up in the file drawer? 🗂️ Join us to find out from Eline Ensinck at the next ReproducibiliTea! 📅Nov 25, 3pm GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/are-prereg... @tabeasch.bsky.social @reproducibilitea.org @uclopenscience.bsky.social @ukrepro.bsky.social @lakens.bsky.social
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthInvestigating the Influence of Anti-Seizure Medications on Aperiodic EEG Activity biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthI love this view of James Miller's 1897 Caledonian Mansions standing high above the River Kelvin on the West End of Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #caledonianmansions #glasgowstyle #scotsbaronial #architecturephotography
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthCome and work with us in the School of Psychology, University of Leeds! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... We're hiring 2 Lecturers (Grade 8)- closes 9th Nov. Our department is genuinely great - really welcoming, and lots of new staff over the past couple of years so there's loads of enthusiasm!
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth**Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthThat merely being “under review” by a Nature family journal is offered as a quality proxy for a paper is a tragic illustration of the extent to which academia is addicted to brands and outsources evaluation
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAre you a journal editor in Psychology? There's a lot you can do to help support PCI Psych! PCI Psychology is a journal-independent peer review platform where journal editors like you evaluate and recommend preprints, that can then be published in PCI-friendly partner journals. 1/🧵 #PsychSciSky
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth6th International Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) Conference 📅 August 25–28, 2026 🚀 Registration & Abstract Submission Now Open! 🔗 Register now: 👉 lnkd.in/dYgS5ndk 🧠 Submit your contribution: 👉 lnkd.in/dR6y5y4b
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthUK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester! Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/ Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthAfter submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthOpen assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
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congruent with www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ? Nick examined intra-individual reliability of tDCS on seq learning also using a big sample size and a bayesian approach. A huge labour of love from Nick, as he flew from Adelaide (where he lives) to Brisbane (where the lab is) to test. - Reposted by Gemma LearmonthJoin us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth2025: “I’ve got this innovative idea to study pupil responses as a measure of brain stimulation” Meanwhile in 1875:
- Reposted by Gemma Learmonth📜🎉 I'm happy to share that my review of clinical research investigating aperiodic neural activity is now published! It examines 177 reports of aperiodic activity in clinical disorders summarizing findings, discussion topics, & making some recommendations! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Gemma LearmonthMake an effect size prediction! @jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52) Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.
