Body Eyes And Movement - University of Manchester lab led by Ellen Poliakoff & Emma Gowen researching perception, action, autism & Parkinson's. Tweets by Ellen.

Joined September 2014
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Launching our Thinking Cap workshop to engage Primary pupils with #BrainAwarenessWeek🧠mental health⚕ hats🎩 & creativity. Created with @Hatworksmuseum @Interferenceart. Curriculum-connected quizzes activities to run in class tinyurl.com/yxyj4s9c #BSW21 #PrimarySTEMchat

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Here's a free ebook on 'What Parkinson's Feels Like'. It's a collaboration with Parkinson's Europe & many people from around globe including: @plantsbloke @DaveClarkTV @RichelleFlan @SoaniaMathur @Florenc44206536 @Giffordtweet and many others parkinsonseurope.org/2024/11…
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We hope this chapter will inspire further research on automatic #imitation in clinical and neurodiverse populations
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@BEAM_Manchester and @AutismAtMCR review investigations of automatic imitation in clinical populations. IFor many of the conditions reviewed, there are relatively small numbers of published studies that often include relatively small participant numbers. link.springer.com/chapter/10…
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Another great SCAPPS conference in the books! I had the pleasure of presenting some of our work with @BEAM_Manchester @yingbaiby @DrTimWelsh and April Karlinsky on motor imagery in autistic adults. Looking forward to next year in PEI! @_SCAPPS
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We've just welcomed our eye tracker camera back after being part of this exhibition @sim_manchester
Very excited to see our eye tracker exhibited as part of Science & Industry Museum’s @sim_manchester new exhibition ‘Turn It Up: The Power of Music’ #music #psychology
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I’m so proud of this important piece of collaborative work. As research and community involvement become ever more sophisticated and intertwined it can be hard to work out when formal ethics review is appropriate. Importantly, we argue that ethics review can undermine the…
🔥 Just out! 👋How do you determine what counts as public engagement and research for ethics review? What guidelines can help do public engagement ethically? 👉Check out our paper describing our work around ethics and PPI in @BioMedCentral: researchinvolvement.biomedce…
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Congratulations to @HayleyShep122 on a successful PhD viva 👏
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🚨👀The abstract portal is now OPEN for the 🌟BNS Autumn meeting 2024! 🌟Please submit your abstracts for talks or posters by 27th August. The Autumn Meeting will take place at 33 Queen Sq, London on Wed 27th and Thurs 28th Nov. 🧠 ➡️the-bns.org/abstract-submiss…
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new preprint: how can we understand how social interaction works in real world contexts like a group of kids in a classroom in normal lessons? Most studies video the lesson (but privacy!) or give questionnaires which interrupt the lesson. We want to do better so we use these
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Congratulations to @CamillaWoodrow who graduated yesterday 👏
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Congratulations to the winners and highly commended in the Inclusivity category of  @FBMH_UoM Outstanding Contribution to PPIE Awards! 🎉🌟 Winners: @sshoopworrall Parkinson’s from inside out @BEAM_Manchester Highly commended: Gene app @AlanDav25216796 @_RAPID_RT Team
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What is the true range of mental imagery (MI)? @sampendu Interesting! MI could vary in mode. Projectors perceive MI as superimposed onto their visual experience, associators do not “see” MI but can have a clear visual representation of the imagined face. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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I PASSED my PhD Viva! 🎉 Thanks for my superb supervisors and examiners for making my PhD journey end on such a lovely note! Stepping into my next stage now. @BEAM_Manchester
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What an honour to be part of this #escom12 @escom_12 panel on our music & Parkinson’s work! Thank you wonderful fellow panellists @DawniDrums @fionalstuart and Ellen @BEAM_Manchester, and thanks to everyone who came along in person from York & remote from La Plata and elsewhere!
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How can we make new music with & for people with Parkinson’s (PwP)? Today we kicked off an exciting voyage of discovery!🛶💡 We welcomed PwP to @rncmlive,shared our @BEAM_Manchester @DawniDrums @willyoungexeter research & planned new music for PwP with staff & student composers
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***Permanent post in my Dept!*** I’d love to have a new colleague working on body, multi sensory, development, motor, or VR. Please share. tinyurl.com/mrytewky

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Come and work with Autism@Manchester
📢 New job alert 👉Autism@Manchester coproduction officer/Research Associate 👉 Working on a 1 year project on autistic Health Inequalities. 👉We are hoping to recruit an autistic person or someone with lived experience. Feel free to DM me to discuss jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/Jo…
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Enjoyable exploration of #HelloBrain @TheCrick
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George Arthur talking about his third year project on groove and motor imagery - a collaboration with @___Michelle____ @_RIOgroup_
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