In 1956, 26-year-old Edgar Dijkstra invented a classic path-finding algorithm while out with his fiancée at a café in Amsterdam. It all happened in his head: “Without pencil and paper you are almost forced to avoid all avoidable complexities,” he said. quantamagazine.org/computer-scien…

Using computer-generated avatars during therapy can help people with psychosis hear voices less often, a multi-site trial by Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience has found. kcl.ac.uk/news/multi-sit…

"I was hearing 40 to 50 abusive voices a day. With the help of AVATAR therapy, that went down to 4 or 5." A novel therapy using digital avatars, trialed by King's IoPPN researchers, has shown to effectively reduce distressing voices in #psychosis kcl.ac.uk/news/multi-sit…

What is AVATAR digital therapy? Dr Thomas Ward and Professor Philippa Garety explain how does it works for reducing #psychosis and the results of the multi-site trial by King's College London researchers. Learn more about the therapy and research: kcl.ac.uk/news/multi-sit…

The Simpsons on PhD students - almost twenty years old & more cutting than ever

Join us for this unique event tailored specifically for IoPPN students. Discover the various career options available to you and uncover opportunities to acquire essential skills and experiences that will make your CV shine! Sign up via the link in our bio.

Are you a researcher, clinician, and involved in #psychosis research? Psy-ShareD team is hosting an online workshop (20 Nov, 1-5pm) on how to access their database, which combines intl pre-existing MRI T1 datasets with linked clinical and cognitive data. eventbrite.co.uk/e/psy-shared-w…

Two great podcast episodes on this tragic case. As if we didn't have enough things to worry about with what kids are up to these days!

Highly relevant to Geb's PhD work Ricardo Twumasi! And it always nice to listen to @Dee_Kay_Jay's dulcet tones...

A new shiny Rough Trade record shop in central London! We are getting there slowly, now let's somehow sort out the pit that Oxford Street has become...

Spending 9 hours reading 15 papers to write 1 footnote containing 40 words and 3 references

Creative Problem Solving

Monday

VLE notifications: A double-edged sword! While they can motivate students, they may also increase anxiety if overwhelming. 🎯🔗 mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/7… Prof Ellie Dommett Dr Rebecca Upsher @DrJulietFoster

👀 AHEAD OF PRINT 👀 #Language in the #brain isn’t limited to isolated regions—it’s a #dynamic #network of #cortical, #subcortical, and white matter #pathways. A new collection of studies mapping the #language #systems is coming out in Brain Structure & Function 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper out looking at how students experience university wide digital skills training with some interesting findings - not only were they upskilled but it added to their wider university experience. King's CTEL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London Jisc ALT - alt.ac.uk mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/1…

"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."

Yep