LJMU PGRs have until 7th April to register interest in presenting at the 2026 PGR Festival on 19th May. Open to all MPhil, PhD & Prof Docs from all stages. There are a variety of presentation formats to choose from.
See: www.ljmu.ac.uk/the-doctoral...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Assuming the research question is not interested in mothers or fathers (in some way), I would also report it in a +ve 'direction'.
I understand that the +ve framing makes it easier to absorb the message (although Psychology is not my area)
www.jstor.org/stable/1685855
www.jstor.org/stable/40216...
The 'In press' version of the article can be found
👉https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121671
🎁An infographic of the paper🙂
🙏Drs Jess Pepper, Bo Yao, Jason Braithwaite & Helen Nuttall ( @lancasteruni.bsky.social ) for involving me with the project.
Here's to more!
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We found:
✅ Same behaviour, different brain strategies
✅ Younger adults show alpha changes; older adults didn't
❗️What is the implication?
Understanding how attention & multisensory integration change with age 🟰 ✅interventions, linking physical + cognitive training.
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And the final one:
🧠 Ageing brains process attention & sensory info differently - without changing performance.
📜We compared younger & #olderadults & explored how #attention & multisensory integration (combining sights & sounds) change with age, & how these changes relate to balance.
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🙏 Liam Houlton (City College Plymouth & Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Drs Jeremy Moody and Joseph Esformes (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
for involving me in this interesting work
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social #StrengthTraining #FORCE #Power #Research #Science #Training #TrainingSession
🗝️Message
Redistributing rest helps maintain performance when time is limited - but longer rest needed for ⬆️explosiveness.
📄 The accepted version is here👉 tinyurl.com/4haxms2b
Liam's previous work can be found:
👉https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39016263/
👉https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/5/3/69
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And we continue with this one:
▶️Can manipulating rest improve #jump #performance ?
We redistributed rest in complex-contrast training sets (heavy squats + jumps).
🔹 Jump performance ↔️
🔹 Time spent on the ground⬆️
🔹 Explosive force production ↔️
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The study is now available as a preprint:
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
🙏 Lydia Kainourgiou, Dr Stavroula Ntomali, Mary Karydaki & Dr Eleni Dimakopoulou (from National & Kapodistrian University of Athens & from Alzheimer Athens ) for involving me.
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✅Significant ⬆️in splits & bridges flexibility, & shoulder mobility
✅Significant ⬆️in scores of key figures (Ariana, Rio)
❗️Why does this matter?
Adding Pilates twice a week could improve sport-specific performance for young female artistic swimmers, ⬆️ medal chances.
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Let's start with this one:
▶️Can Pilates boost sport-specific #performance in artistic #swimming ?
We explored whether an 8-week #pilates programme could
⬆️ #flexibility
⬆️sport-specific performance
in young #female artistic swimmers.
The results?
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Check out this #CASES resource, featuring Dr Tim Donovan @ljmuofficial.bsky.social , on the use & issues of #AI tools in #Sport & #exercise #Science .
'Staying informed.. is essential for maximising the benefits to academics'
🔗 www.cases.org.uk/spage-resour...
#Research #teaching #ethics 🧪🦴🏃♂️⚽
Happy New Year to all! All the best for 2026.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
More details on each paper will follow in the new year.
For now, it’s time to wind down & celebrate the festive season.
Wishing everyone a restful break and a great 2026! 🎄🥳 🥂
#research #PhD #Science #ScienceWorkingLife #NewYear 🧪🏃♂️🦴💪
▶️'Acute effect of intra-contrast rest redistribution within complex-contrast training set strategies on vertical jump propulsive force' ➡️ J Strength & Cond Res
▶️'Age-Related Changes in the Attentional Modulation of Multisensory Integration in Relation to Balance Maintenance' ➡️ NeuroImage
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Working in #academia can be tough - not sure anyone working in it would doubt that.
But every now & then, good things do happen… & sometimes they resemble the proverbial buses! 🚌🚌
2️⃣papers from #PhD students' studies were accepted in close succession 🙂.
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Illustration showing the EU flag and the United Kingdom flag painted side by side. Text reads: “The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+.” An EU flag appears in the bottom right corner.
The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+ 🇪🇺🇬🇧
We have concluded negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027, making further steps in our renewed EU-UK Strategic Partnership.
More ↓
link.europa.eu/vf3vJk
Doug Altman was an internationally renowned statistician who served as The BMJ’s chief statistical adviser.
Read about life and work that made this statistician a "citation millionaire"
#BMJChristmas
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have switched to Bluesky
I hope this trend will continue and that the academic community here on @bsky.app will keep growing. Since joining, I’ve found an abundance of inspiring research projects, articles, and scholars.
#AcademicBluesky #AcademicSky #Research #Bluesky
academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
📢 The new #Sport & #Exercise Scientist Winter issue is out!📰
Chartered Association of Sport & Exercise Science
members 👉 members.cases.org.uk/page-member_...
Including my reviews of #JASP & #jamovi - 2 excellent #openSource #statistics tools for our analyses!
🔗http://jasp-stats.org
🔗 jamovi.org
EU publishes Horizon Europe 2026 2027 work programmes with 14 billion euros in funding. Health MSCA ERC EIC and more relevant for dementia researchers.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/2026...
🖥️ How is #AI transforming #education across #Europe?
Euronews looks at how secondary teachers use AI for lesson preparation, delivery & feedback.
Read more 👉 www.euronews.com/next/2025/12...
🌍 Global perspective via OECD 👉 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
🚀 We’re Hiring @ljmuofficial.bsky.social ! 🚀
✅ Lecturer in Applied #Football #Science
✅ Lecturer in Sport & #exercise #Science (x2)
✅ #Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Apply now 👉 jobs.ljmu.ac.uk
The School 👉ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/faculties/school-of-sport-and-exercise-sciences
#sport #research 🧪🦴
Huge thanks to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social for supporting this initiative!
Kris, Sammie & Alex - take a bow! Excellent organisation, brilliant initiative, inspiring day🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏
🧪🦴🏃♂️
#STEAM #ScienceOutreach #InclusionInSTEM #Liverpool
It was brilliant delivering a brief talk at Research Roasters STEAM Conference @ljmuofficial.bsky.social
An incredible day, connecting 72 students with early-career researchers across science, art, law & more.
Hands-on workshops, inspiring stories & a shared mission: making STEAM accessible.
In case you missed it, information re the revamped CASES (www.cases.org.uk) conference 👇🏻
And now available online at Biomechanics @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
👉https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/5/3/69
Cardiff Metropolitan University
@ljmuofficial.bsky.social
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@ljmuofficial.bsky.social 🧪 💪🏻🚶
#biomechanics #gait #research #PhD
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