@berengeredigard
Postdoc ๐ง researcher at Edinburgh Uni Med School CCBS (with a cool side job ๐ฅ๐ฌ) | Aphantasia / Hyperphantasia / Autism / Bilingualism | Science Communication | faceblind girl w a confusing 1st name & unbelievable middle name ๐งโโ๏ธ ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ from ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐ธ | ๐
Our #Aphantasia / #Hyperphantasia research in The New Yorker @newyorker.com!
Thank you so much to Larissa for coming to Scotland to interview us, and for writing such a lovely piece about #Phantasia.
> www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
You've read it and recognised yourself? Get it touch w us!
๐ฃ New #Phantasia research website โจ
Our Eye's Mind research team has a brand new website, after our move from Exeter to Edinburgh Uni
On the menu:
- Our past/current #aphantasia & #hyperphantasia research
- Our #Outreach / #SciCom work
& more!
> medicine-vet-medicine.ed.ac.uk/eyes-mind
#MindsEye
A picture showing the amount of people (tens of thousands) who got deprived of education, disabled, lost parents and injured children
Statistics of the Gaza Genocide showing majority of deaths are attributed to women, girls and children
Two years into Israelโs genocide in Gaza, the worldโs complicity is clear. Western governments, corporations, and media have shielded and sustained a colonial project built on occupation, racial capitalism, and dehumanizationโprofiting from and normalizing the erasure of the Palestinian people
To the free people of the world,
Today, Monday, October 6th, 2025, we are writing from within Ktziโot prison, located deep in the Negev Desert of occupied Palestine.
ยซ Chers complices du gรฉnocide ร Gaza ยป
Boxing Day #50
Nยฐ spรฉcial adressรฉ ร MM. et Mmes Aram, Bergรฉ, Elkrief, Encel, Enthoven, Ferrari, Fourest, Gorce, Joffrin, Khan, Lefebvre, Lรฉvy, Naulleau, Onfray, Quatremer, Sarkozy, Sfar, Val, Valls, Woessner, Yadan...
Via @blast-info.fr
tinyurl.com/4nza6ez4
Both posters are available on OSF:
- Aphantasia & autism (ongoing study): osf.io/6b9uh
- Gender, masking & mental health (dissertation research): osf.io/7hcf9
Feedback & collab on this research very welcome!
โชThank you to #AECongress2025 for the chance to present our (w @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social) work on the #Autism & #Bilingualism Hub autism-bilingualism.com
TY to all who came to chat after the talk,
& those who came by our #gender/ #masking/ #mentalhealth poster!
(spot the subtle ๐๐ต๐ธ support)
Photo of me standing beside my research poster
I am having the best time at #AECongress2025 !
TY @autismeurope.bsky.social for organising such a fascinating programme! TY to all those who came to see my #autism / #aphantasia / #hyperphantasia / #MentalImagery poster today, see you tomo for a #bilingualism talk + a #gender / #masking poster!
To be clear what happened here.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
#BREAKING ๐จ Four journalists, including Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri, are among 20 dead in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser hospital
The second strike was captured live on television as rescue crews were seen in the building attempting evacuate the injured
Civil defense rescue teams were hit by an Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast on Al-Ghad TV. ๐จ๐ข
It was the second strike on Nasser Hospital, killing journalist and Reuters photographer Hossam Al-Masry, along with others.
This is not war. This is dehumanization. ๐ค
#HumanRights
FRINGE SHOW INCOMING โจ
Do you like the brain ๐ง ?
Are you in Edinburgh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ for #Fringe2025?
Do you want to witness my Fringe debut?
Come and learn about your mind's inner world on the 7th (& 18th) August. It will be fun (hopefully)
> tickets for the 7th: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
#EdFringe
Photo of crew on board boat, with text "Handala crew before intercetion: 'If Israel attacks us, we will immediately go on hunger strike."
Call your governments now and hold them to account. Demand an end their complicity in Israelโs war crimes and #genocide in #Gaza & an immediate release of all โHandalaโ crew members.
@rumboagaza.bsky.social @freegazaaustralia.bsky.social @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social
Israeli forces illegally boarded โHandalaโ in international waters, abducting 21 unarmed civilians.
Demand your government end its complicity in Israeli war crimes, ensure the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid, and call for the immediate release of all crew members.
JUST IN: French President Emmanuel Macron has said France will recognize a Palestinian state in an announcement to the United Nations General Assembly in September. cnn.it/4lLUmzm
Free preprint now available at osf.io/preprints/os... !
๐จNew #bilingualism study led by my wonderful (former) student Robina Rubin!
The 1ST study w a large grp of neurotypical bilinguals sharing their #bilingual experience:
โAs many languages you know, as many times you are a human beingโ
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#LangSky #PsychSciSky #PsySky
which is OBVIOUS to many!
But in the current โจsocio-political climateโจ EVERYWHERE, clearly some still don't get it.
It's great to have actual โจevidenceโจ to show deniers (not that it always works, but one must remain optimistic)
Language is political.
TLDR:
1) 49 UK-based neurotypical early bilinguals shared what it was like to be bilingual.
2) We looked at their social experiences bc #multiculturalism is fab but #xenophobia & social #stigma suck
3) They talked abt how bilingualism = connection w others & less prejudice towards others
๐จNew #bilingualism study led by my wonderful (former) student Robina Rubin!
The 1ST study w a large grp of neurotypical bilinguals sharing their #bilingual experience:
โAs many languages you know, as many times you are a human beingโ
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#LangSky #PsychSciSky #PsySky
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Rima Hassan is a French citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
X : @FranceDiplo_EN & @francediplo & @jnbarot
...2/
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Yanis Mhamdi is a French citizen.
Pressure the French foreign ministries and help us keep Yanis safe!
Email:
alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
...2/
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Sergio Toribio is a Spanish citizen.
Pressure the Spanish foreign ministries and help us keep Sergio safe!
E: consular@maec.es
...2/
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Pascal Raymond Maurieras is a French citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Pascal safe!
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Baptiste Andre is a French citizen.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Baptiste safe.
E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
...2/
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Reva Viard is a citizen of France.
Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Reva safe!
Email:
alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
...2/
Si le fait dโarraisonner un navire, le saisir, emprisonner ses passager dรฉtruire la cargaison ne vous choque pas, le yacht de Bernard Arnauld vient de quitter Gรจnes cap a lโOuest le long de la cรดte Niรงoise.
#FreedomFlotilla #Madleen
#freedomflotilla #madleen #gaza #palestine #greta
THIS SUNDAY 1st JUNE
I'm doing a #webinar with #Neurodiversity Belgium Neurodiversity.be to talk abt #autism + #bilingualism & answer questions!
-bc โจyes, #autistic people can be #bilingual โจ
Join us from anywhere at 5pm CEST/4pm BST/11am EDT/8am PDT
Register at neurodiversity.be/events/autis...
Iโm happy to see INSAR was okay with a prerecording!
But yes, Iโm quite disappointed that so few people are speaking out / taking a stand against the govโs attacks on autistic people / autism research / research in general / ALL the other groups targeted. We donโt do our research in a vacuum.
