Psychologist and neuroscientist. Studying how we perceive, act and decide | Reader (Associate Professor) @bbkpsychology
London, UK
Joined January 2009
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When Bayesian brain theories talk about 'precision', what precisely do they mean? In @CurrentBiology @cdfrith & I explain how precision has shaped thinking about perception, learning, metacognition & social interaction. But some key puzzles remain unsolved cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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🧠 Is your brain tricking you?
Birkbeck Science Week kicks off 9 June with @danieljamesyon on how your brain invents reality.
📅 9 June | 🕕 6–9PM | 📍Malet St
🎟️ Talks, lab tours, drinks
One of several fascinating event coming up!
Book now → bit.ly/3QbBLin
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Check out Dr @danieljamesyon on @BBCRadio4 discussing the cognitive impact of covid on our brains & his new book 'A Trick of the Mind' bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291z… @BirkbeckScience
How do our brains deal with uncertain times? Listen to Birkbeck’s Dr Daniel Yon on @BBCRadio4’s Start the Week, talking about his new book ‘A Trick of the Mind’ and the imprint that the COVID-19 Pandemic has left on our minds and brains: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291z…
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How do our brains deal with uncertain times? Listen to Birkbeck’s Dr Daniel Yon on @BBCRadio4’s Start the Week, talking about his new book ‘A Trick of the Mind’ and the imprint that the COVID-19 Pandemic has left on our minds and brains: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291z…
Up bright & early at the BBC this morning to record Radio 4´s Start the Week!
You can hear me talking about my new book ‘A Trick Of The Mind’, and discussing the imprint that uncertain times can leave on our minds and brains 🧠
Broadcast live at 9pm, or on catch up thereafter! Tune in!
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00291z…
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Congratulations to Dr Daniel Yon from @bbkpsychology, whose forthcoming book, 'A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality', has been highlighted by @penguinrandom as a highly anticipated title release in 2025 🥳 Read more: ow.ly/XiB450UQmNL
Excited to say that in 2026 I'll be a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. I'll be trying to combine psychology, neuroscience, economics and anthropology to understand the cultural evolution of confidence.
asc.ox.ac.uk/news/visiting-f…
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Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!
We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-year project, investigating how we learn from other people about the uncertainty in our own minds 🧠 💭
Any Qs feel free to email 📧
Deadline 25th Nov
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!
We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-year project, investigating how we learn from other people about the uncertainty in our own minds 🧠 💭
Any Qs feel free to email 📧
Deadline 25th Nov
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
Great piece in The Guardian by @lyndseywinship on the neuroscience of dance - ft. the inimitable @guidorgs theguardian.com/stage/2024/n…
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Join us on 14 November for the first talk in the Critical AI 2024 Seminar Series: "Can ChatGPT Think?" with Dr. Alex Grzankowski 💻🧠
Dr. Grzankowski examines whether contemporary AI systems such as ChatGPT are thinking and reasoning or are mere mimics: ow.ly/XhEs50TTcOK
ALT Can ChatGPT Think? Partn1 of the Critical AI 2024 Seminar Series. 14 November 2024, 18:00-19:30, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Sq, Book your free ticket online
Daniel Yon retweeted
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
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The Uncertainty Lab is hiring! We're a friendly bunch, promise 😊 brimming with ideas and in need of a postdoc to help realise them 🧠❔🧠 Happy to chat if you're curious
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
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Postdoc position at The Uncertainty Lab working w/ a wonderful team incl. @danieljamesyon @CeliaHeyes @PhilCorlett1 & Chris Frith. Appl. deadline 25th Nov. Read more here👇👇 @BirkbeckUoL @BirkbeckScience
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
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Highly recommend working with Daniel, he's a fantastic scientist as well as a deeply supportive and lovely person! 👇👇
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣
We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.
cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/postd…
You’ll join the lab at Birkbeck and a collaborative project team - incl. @CeliaHeyes, @PhilCorlett1 and Chris Frith.
The post is for two years in the first instance, with the possibility of extension.
Any Qs please get in touch! (via email 📧)
Deadline: 25th Nov
Really looking forward to seeing @mazormatan speak at this afternoon’s @bbkpsychology seminar. Details below 👇
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At @bbkpsychology we’re recruiting a new permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor)!
We’re particularly interested in researchers with an emerging record in cognitive neuroscience and/or computational approaches to cognition 🧠 💭
Deadline: 2nd Dec
Link: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/internal/vaca…
