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Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Anyone who is interested in finding out more about ADHD, how it is diagnosed and how it is treated can read our new blog 'ADHD: Your Questions Answered'.
Read more below ⬇️
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Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams newscientist.com/article/258…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Thanks Pam for an interesting conversation about how a primary school in Cambridge is thinking deeply about how to create a neuroaffirmative culture to truly promote inclusion for all kids who are neurodivergent. The goal must be to create happy children who grow up into happy adults, fulfilling their potential and flourishing in society, and schools have a key role to play in this open.spotify.com/episode/28z…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
A new study highlights how chronic boredom in ADHD acts as a biological signal, urging us to redesign our schools and workplaces for better engagement: adhdevidence.org/blog/the-ne…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
In a collaborative study with Volker Thoma @volkergeist and team at the University of East London @UEL_News we are looking for volunteers to take part in an exciting (literally) brain stimulation study in London! For further information go here: tinyurl.com/286k6mrk
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
The World Happiness Report 2026 is out today! This year's focus/theme: the effect of social media on well-being.
See the whole issue here:
worldhappiness.report/
And see my essay (w Zach Rausch) here; we lay out SEVEN lines of evidence of harm:
worldhappiness.report/ed/202…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
This #ChildrensMentalsHealthWeek, the College has identified that there are currently 550,610 children and young people on waiting lists for mental health treatment in England, and are concerned this delay could potentially fuel a dangerous reliance on AI chatbots.
rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Interested in purusing your PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience with #essexpsychology?
We are currently recruiting a PhD candidate to join our exciting project that explores how distressing experiences are shaped by eye movements and sleep.
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Important new article documents harm to mental health from TikTok, Insta, and Youtube.
Snapchat seems slightly positive here, but the harms of Snap are not about depression, but about sextortion, drug sales, cyberbullying.... see here:
afterbabel.com/p/industrial-…
Does social media harm everyone?
No. But it harms *most* adolescents, according to a new study.
And not all platforms have harmful effects.
A new analysis of 44,211 daily diaries from 479 adolescents over 100 days finds that the majority of adolescents (60%) experienced small, but consistently negative effects of social media, suggesting that social media use is a notable contributor to mental health issues.
However, a minority (13.6%) of adolescents experienced simultaneously harms and benefits across different dimensions of their mental health.
Exploratory analyses revealed negative impacts of TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram use and positive or null effects of Snapchat and WhatsAp. This means that social media doesn't have to be harmful. link.springer.com/article/10…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
The advert for collaborative, SENSS funded PhD-studentships is now live, including one project @ResearchEssex about sleep and eye movements with me as a co-supervisor. PLEASE SHARE this for people interested in doing a funded PhD in the UK: senss.ac.uk/collaborative-st…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
The more time students spend on screens, the less they learn.
Ed tech does not belong in schools (until it is thoroughly tested & proven to help).
Excerpt from Jared Cooney Horvath's excellent new book, The Digital Delusion, in @TheFP
thefp.com/p/we-gave-students…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
The next steps in our funded research on eye movements in fatigue involve some fancy AI and supercomputing!
essex.ac.uk/news/2025/11/24/…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
How insulting to be asked to wait years - 16 years - for an assessment of autism on the NHS. And how irresponsible to leave someone unsupported in this way bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c743…
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
There is more and more evidence that putting computers and tablets on students' desks (1:1 devices) was a terrible mistake. I agree with @AdamMGrant that "it's time to remove laptops [and tablets] from classrooms."
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Should sixteen-year-olds be given the vote? It’s a cautious yes from me
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
Here's a short thread about our paper in @TrendsCognSci
cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…... 1/4
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
New paper: Across 3 experiments, we found that people react more positively to a happy (vs angry) voice - no surprise here. But more interestingly, highly empathic people were especially drawn to happy voices. doi.org/10.1037/emo0001549
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
In addition to identifying pools in your neighborhood, use Google Maps to spot ponds, streams, etc. Missing children with #autism will typically head straight to the closest water, such as ponds.
#WorldAutismMonth #SearchWaterFirst
Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open for applications from postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Learn more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fund…
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Astrid Priscilla Martinez-Cedillo retweeted
There's a lot of evidence of the harms of smacking children.
There's also evidence that children and young people learn more from rewards than from punishment, including this computational study by @StePalminteri
journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
It is beyond me why England still has not changed the law on this. There is no defensible reason to smack or hurt a child
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q4…
