Silvia Paracchini
@silparacchini
Prof of Neurogenetics & Genomics @St Andrews and Bonn; interested in cognition, neurodevelopment, dyslexia and handedness. Co-Chair of the @sldnetwork.bsky.social. Made in Italy.
This is the solution laterality researchers came up with to shield the conference screen from sunlight. It did work (to some extent)
This new PNAS study suggests that arm dominance is more influenced by practice than being something innate www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Cast-iron spiral staircase in the Cuypers Library inside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Hiking weekend around Aberfeldy 🏴 Apart from the scenery, they got the most amazing coffee ☕ over there (even better than in Italy and I am quite specific about it).
Yesterday we said goodbye to Ines, who spent a month with us as part of her PhD. It was incredibly productive and lots of fun. Could there have been a more quintessentially St Andrews way to bid her farewell? ⛳
Our latest preprint investigating the association between motor skills and reading/language/math difficulties. We found that there is a link, but it seems to be mainly mediated by general IQ rather than being domain-specific osf.io/preprints/ps...
Unbelievable picture of the Moon and Milan skyline taken from Nebbiuno, on the other side of Lago Maggiore - 65 km away !!! - by Valerio Minato. It took him 5 years to get it. www.europesays.com/it/485593/
So exciting!!! #GirodItalia is passing through Unchio (= my dad's village) on 22nd May! I have cycled a few times myself the Fondotoce-Unchio section 🚴♀️😮💨
Beautiful Scottish colours on my way to the airport. Will be in Bonn for a research visit
Having hugely enjoyed The Genetic Lottery, I already know I won't be disappointed by the science, ideas and storytelling of @kph3k.bsky.social in her new book.
When daughter asked why I was carrying a book, I realised that I was the only one still going around with one of these
We cannot wait to host @kuludwig.bsky.social in St Andrews and hear all about this exciting study. Come along on Wednesday 11th March, 1pm, BMS building @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
And Nadia Comaneci appears 10 pages later (pag 57) of the same PDF 😮😮 #gymnastics
I honestly dont know what led me to this webpage, but I found a picture of myself and my rhythmic gymnastic team (Libertas Novara, possibly 1986) 😮https://www.vanovarava.it/vnv/altri_file/quandovolavanolefarfalle.pdf
One of the best things about 2025 was discovering audiobooks: here the 29 books/audiobooks that kept me company in the past year #GoodreadsYearinBooks #BlueSkyBooks
Cards aren’t usually my thing (and Crocs definitely aren’t), but I’m genuinely touched by this personalised card celebrating my new role as Deputy Director of Impact for my School
#PhD opportunity: Join us in St Andrews to study brain health and healthy aging with data driven approaches in collaboration with brainsciences.scot as part of the EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I am not saying that all should be as awesome as Edinburgh @edinburghairport.bsky.social 👇🏼But airports without water refill stations (e.g. Dusseldorf) should be illegal
31 years ago. Not sure how many times I watched/listen to it, but I am sure I will keep returning to this performance for a long time.
Wonderful to meet at #ScotHRIC25 some of our @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Health Data Science MSc students.