Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

A brutally backward move for minors, whose brains and minds are still developing and who have a greater capacity for change than adults abc11.com/post/new-north… New law in North Carolina 'Raise the Age' will move some teen crime cases to adult court | abc11.com

Very pleased to welcome new postdoc Dr Lucia Hernandez Pena to our lab! Lucia will be working on our new longitudinal study on microstructure brain development and its relation to cognition and mental health in adolescence (with a large team of collabs at Cardiff and Donders)

Deadline for this funded PhD to work with me and @DuncanAstle is soon! 26 July. The student must be a woman (because the studentship is based at Newnham College Cambridge) and eligible for UK home fees.

An exciting new clinical psychologist position in Oxford to provide our new Feeling Safer guided online programme for the treatment of persecutory delusions (starting October). nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Oxfords…

Can relate. In a conversation about how their inter-railing budget was going, my son said it’s okay because of the 50% reduction they got on the Airbnb in Prague ‘because of the bedbugs’

This was fun! Podcast out soon Thanks @suicideresearch and @MQmentalhealth

🚨 Funded PhD @CambridgeUni! Work with top minds — @DuncanAstle & @sjblakemore on the impact of #developmental differences on #education!🧠📚 A month to apply ⏰ For details see👇 🔗drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvgoU… Newnham-based 👩‍🎓💅 @mrccbu #psycology #cambridge #opportunity

The 13th Annual Flux Congress will be held at The Dublin Royal Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland on 04 - 06 September 2025, with pre-conference workshops beginning on 03 September 2025. Submission Deadline is 11 July 2025. flux.societyconference.com/v2/

We want to transform early intervention for youth mental health. Our new funding award will help achieve this. Across two phases, it aims to accelerate the development and roll out of effective psychological and social interventions. 🧵[1/4]

Fantastic BACN conference in beautiful Edinburgh 11-12 Sept- check out the excellent schedule of talks

Amazing job for someone: Newnham College, Cambridge Principal saxbam.com/appointment/ne…

The Oxford comma should henceforth be known as the Chat-GPT comma

What do we know about autism? Prof Francesca Happé (@HappeLab) joins @BBC The Autism Curve podcast to explore its history and myths. Listen here: ow.ly/Ynnm50W8Vkq @KingsIoPPN @MaudsleyNHS @maudsleycharity

PhD studentship at Cambridge! Closing date for applications: 26/07/25 You need to be a woman and eligible for UK home fees. And interested in doing a PhD in developmental cognitive neuroscience and education, based in Cambridge, UK (not hybrid/remote)

Wow… 500,000 more children to receive #FreeSchoolMeals now that’s more like it!! Great step @GOVUK @Keir_Starmer

Late breaking abstract deadline extended for BACN. Come join for Cognitive Neuroscience in Edinburgh in September. Cheap student rates & a great lineup

I'm planning to write an editorial in @Brain1878 entitled "If patients only knew". It's about obstacles that slow down or prevent people from participating in clinical studies and the pace of initiating #ClinicalTrials. If you have experience or comments please message me and RT

I am alarmed by the proposed cuts to U.S. funding for basic research, and the impact this would have for U.S. competitiveness in AI and other areas. Funding research that is openly shared benefits the whole world, but the nation it benefits most is the one where the research is…

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvgoU…