Ain’t no comedy night like a @UCLBrainScience comedy night, because a @UCLBrainScience comedy night will offer you some social anxiety, some giant frogs, and a Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-theatre…
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New paper: @elahi_hossain, @AnnaCox_ , @privacybehavior, and Yvonne Rogers. 2024. Adaptive, Sociable and Ready for Anything: Undergraduate Students Are Resilient When Faced with Technological Change. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CSCW1, Article 198 doi.org/10.1145/3653689
Many congratulations to Prof Leslie Gutman @UCLBehaveChange@UCLPALS who has been appointed Vice Dean for #EDI within @UCLBrainScience from September. Huge thanks to Prof @AnnaCox_@UCLPALS for her outstanding work in leading the Faculty EDI team to date 👏👏👏
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🎮Going to play a game on a digital device (console, smartphone, laptop, PC) after work in the coming days? 🕹️Sign up for our study on using games to unwind from work to earn the chance to win a £50 voucher for Amazon or a gaming store of your choice sites.google.com/view/stress…
Casual gaming can boost mental health by decompressing from stress, but overuse can also lead to isolation, anxiety, and depression. We’ve teamed up with streamer Anthony Flick to gain an authentic perspective on how gaming has impacted his mental health.
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✨Meet the recipients of the 2024 ACM SIGCHI Awards! These individuals were selected for their lifetime achievements in research and practice as well as societal impact and outstanding dissertations. Please join us in congratulating them! 👏 bit.ly/43bPn2s@sigchi#HCI
✨Meet the recipients of the 2024 ACM SIGCHI Awards! These individuals were selected for their lifetime achievements in research and practice as well as societal impact and outstanding dissertations. Please join us in congratulating them! 👏 bit.ly/43bPn2s@sigchi#HCI
Paper: Five questions on improving diversity, equity and inclusion in UK bioscience research or “How can UK bioscience be changed so that those from marginalised groups can thrive?”
👏 @AnnaCox_ and @SaraEMole
Looking forward to reading carefully
Exciting visit from Jon Mella and @AnnaCox_ from @uclic, as well as @DrPDickinson from @Games_Lincoln. Jon gave a great talk on how games help post-work recovery. And then we spent the afternoon planning future grants.
Grant looking ready to submit in that second picture. 🤣
We've opened the "late submissions" track for our #chi2024#CogPI workshop. So if you are deciding now to go to CHI in Hawai'i, and wanted to join in, you still can!
The workshop is interested in wearables & how people will track their cognitive activity. brain-data-uon.gitlab.io/eve…
Reflections from #chiwork2023
TL;DR: perfect blend of insightful talks, inclusive remote participation, and a touch of German excellence.
Longer version: medium.com/socialdynamics/re…
📍#chiwork2024@martacecchinato and I are excited to welcome you all in Newcastle, UK next year 🧵