A letter from Professor Sally Wheeler #RestInPower #JasonArday #Birkbeck

And we found a reliable ‘multisensory centre with modality-selective periphery’: visual imagery posteriorly, auditory ventrally, and tactile anterior-dorsally — all encircling a central multisensory hub. This was seen in normalised and native surfaces, indivisual and group results.

At long last, I’m excited to share our latest preprint on the cortical topography of mental imagery! Building on the tethering hypothesis of brain evolution, we examined the spatial layout of imagery-driven neural activities to know how visual, auditory, tactile & multisensory imagery is organised.

Professor Anina Rich was presenting her work on decoding the temporal profiles of synaesthetic versus real colours - how can we use MEG to assess different theories of synaesthesia? #synaesthesia @mqpsy.bsky.social #synesthesia

Professor Jamie Ward was presenting his work on #musicality and #synaesthesia 🎶🎵 🎶🎵 #IASAS2036 #Amsterdam #science

People with music-colour synaesthesia often see colours and shapes when they listen to music 🎶 #synaesthesia #synesthesia

Synaesthesia is not a disability, not a disorder, not abnormal. Adults, parents, teachers often dismiss their kids' synaesthetic experiences or believe they might be just "making up stories" or "seeking attention." We need to raise awareness & support kids with this unique condition. #synaesthesia

This is probably the most visually pleasing & aesthetically satisfying conference I've been to! 😃 #synaesthesia #IASAS2026 #Amsterdam #synesthesia

n this project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk, we'll explore the cognitive and neural basis of the fascinating experiences of #synaesthesia! If you suspect you may have synaesthesia and want to get involved, visit surveymars.com/q/3O5k0Ax5H 🌈🧠🌞

In this project, generously funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk, we'll explore the cognitive and neural basis of the fascinating experiences of #synaesthesia! If you suspect you may have synaesthesia and want to get involved, visit surveymars.com/q/3O5k0Ax5H 🌈🧠🌞

How does synaesthesia shape the way we perceive and think? How does it happen in the brain? We're excited to launch our new project, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk . Learn more & get involved in our research - visit our website: birkbeck-synaesthesia.weebly.com

We found angular gyrus function can be best understood through a continuum from perception-guided to memory-guided cognition. As processing gradually becomes more perceptually decoupled and reliant on memory, the contribution of angualr gyrus increases! - more details in our paper (part 3 of 3) 😀

Our new preprint is now on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202... There’s been a long-standing conflict about the role of angular gyrus in semantic processing: Why is it more active for concrete than abstract semantics? Does it play any role in abstract concepts despite its less activation?(part 1 of 3)

Had a lovely afternoon with my Surrey colleagues, chatting and exchanging farewell gifts. Bye, Surrey - I’ll miss many wonderful people I’ve met here. Thanks to Alan W, Carolina FS, Marie M, Ally G, Di F, Juha S, Melissa M, Angela M, Fabio F, & Yetta W 😃

I wrote this Cortex commentary in response to a recent fMRI study on the angular gyrus's role in segmenting continuous info (e.g., speech, music, film), reviewing key findings & discussing how human connectome research can illuminate neural event segmentation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Recently I had the opportunity to give a talk, & this was my final slide. I want to give a big shoutout to some incredible people. Without them I wouldn't be the scientist I am today. Huge thanks to my amazing friends @fbranzi84.bsky.social, @robmok.bsky.social, & Erdem Pculcu for all their support!