Congratulations to Sophie, Lydia, Connor and Bianca who have been awarded a U21 Researcher Resilience grant. This grant will fund work to bring together researchers and autistic individuals from around the world to form the U21 Autism Research Network. The Network will discuss issues around diversity and inclusion in autism research. Looking forward to seeing what happens with this exciting project!
News
Research on facial expressions challenges the way we think about autism – jargon-free explainer and video published in ‘The Conversation’
Well done to Connor for writing a neat, jargon-free, summary of his recent review paper and making a video to explain his findings
Read our summary, published in The Conversation, here: https://theconversation.com/research-on-facial-expressions-challenges-the-way-we-think-about-autism-134053
Well done to Connor for publishing his first paper: “Facial Expression Production and Recognition in Autism”
Keating, C. T., & Cook, J. L., (2020). Facial Expression Production and Recognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Shifting Landscape. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Epub ahead of print. pdf
The importance of assessing alexithymia in psychological research
Congratulations to Lydia on the publication of her first article ‘The importance of assessing alexithymia in psychological research’ out now in PsyPAG Quarterly:
http://www.psypag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PsyPag-111-WEB.pdf (page 29)
Funded PhD position out now
MRC-funded PhD on social cognition, body movement & interoception in autism and Parkinson’s Disease. Deadline is midday Friday 15 February 2019. Find out more here:
Rosy’s new paper
Well done Rosy on the publication of a great new paper in Autism Research:
Edey, R., Cook, J., Brewer, R., Bird, G., & Press, C. (in press) Adults with autism spectrum disorder are sensitive to the kinematic features defining natural human motion. Autism Research.
Read it here:
App. developer job. Full-time / part-time. Salary £29,799 to £38,832.
I’m looking for a full-stack and mobile application developer to work with my team to develop a battery of computerised tests which index cognitive ability and
manual dexterity. Ideally I’m looking for someone to start asap. and work full-time for 9 months. However, there is a lot of flexibility, so this job can be taken on a part-time basis. The starting salary is normally in the range of £29,799 to £38,832 depending on skills and experience. There is also the possibility of sub-contracting this job to a team/company so if you, or your team, are interested let me know.
Please get in touch if you’d like more details! My email is j.l.cook@bham.ac.uk.
Clinical Research Fellow Position – apply now! (deadline 4/10)
(Very) flexible Clinical Research Fellow Position helping us to run psychopharmacology experiments @UoB_SoP Great if you’re a medic interested in psychology. LOTS of flexibility re. hours/length of contract. Deadline 4/10: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BMK153/clinical-research-fellow … @GaleaLab @EatingBehaviour
New paper in JEP:General
Congratulations to Monja on her new paper which investigates the role of catecholamines in the avoidance of cognitive control. Click here for the preprint.
Froböse, M.I., Swart, J.C., Cook, J.L., Geurts, D.E.M., den Ouden, H.E.M., Cools, R. (in press). Catecholaminergic modulation of the avoidance of cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
New paper out now
Eddy, C. & Cook, J.L. (in press) Emotions in action: The relationship between motor function and social cognition across multiple clinical populations. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. link pdf preprint
