Cognitive neurologist, author and jogger, researching disorders of memory in epilepsy and the science of visual imagery #aphantasia

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined July 2015
Great to see @ZemanLab in such excellent company among the top Hot New Releases for Science books. Out from @BloomsburyBooks on 16 January, The Shape of Things Unseen is full of the latest discoveries and insights into the imagination...
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'London will have 7,500 critical care beds by the end of next week – 27 times more than the 275 it had before the epidemic began in January.' From the @guardian today. If correct, absolutely staggering, and an amazing achievement
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🎨 Thank you to all of our attendees and guest speakers at the first international #Aphantasiaconf! We've had an amazing time learning more about #Aphantasia - the term for having no visual imagery! The Extreme Imagination exhibit is still open @RAMMuseum until 02 June!
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Some lovely speeches from Susan Aldworth, @ZemanLab and Crawford Winlove about the Extreme Imagination exhibit and #Aphantasia research! All in @RAMMuseum for the #aphantasiaconf private viewing.
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#Aphantasia exhibit has launched @RAMMuseum ! A term coined by our own @ZemanLab ! Come and celebrate artists with no visual imagery and those with a vivid mind's eye!
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Looking forward to this new exhibition on ‘Extreme Imagination’ in Glasgow: sites.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/…
Accelerated long-term forgetting testing might be useful in presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease trials. thelancet.com/journals/laneu…
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The 10th @KingsIoPPN Summer School for medical students wanting to find out more about psychiatry is now open for applications. It's a fabulous week! #ChoosePsychiatry @MaudsleyNHS
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Sending huge congratulations to Dr Rohit Shankar (@haritsa1), clinical lead for the #SUDEP & Seizure Safety Checklist, for being awarded an MBE in this years' #NewYearsHonours List! #LearningDisabilities #Epilepsy sudep.org/article/dr-rohit-s…
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Eagerly awaiting the #THEawards tonight - #Aphantasia research, to which our lab has contributed a little, shortlisted for award. Good luck @ZemanLab !! @HWPsych @ExeterMed
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I love my rejection slips. They tell me I try.
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The Imperial Psychedelic Research Group: imperial.ac.uk/department-of…
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Can't wait to see this new film on Dr. Jane Goodall #OliverSacks called her a hero for the planet, and adored her! ht.ly/atKb30g02ek
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..& fascinating talks on Aphantasia (neurology of visual imagery) by @ZemanLab and Smart technology in epilepsy by @haritsa1
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Congrats to @Sharon_in_TIME research fellow on @dunhillmedical grant @ZemanLab on Young Investigator Award for Best Clinical Paper at #WCN17
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Congrats @ZemanLab - #Aphantasia, or lack of a mind's eye, research shortlisted for @timeshighered award! medicine.exeter.ac.uk/news/a…
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Adam Zeman @ZemanLab discussing Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) on Radio 4's All in the Mind bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rq74…
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If you research forgetting or memory, don't forget to come along to the forums.psy.ed.ac.uk/forgetti… this June in Edinburgh! #EPSforgetting
Autobiographical Memory and Structural Brain Changes in Chronic Phase TBI By @cesopenko and me sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Some of our aphantasia research featured in the New Scientist @ZemanLab @newscientist xitter.cf/newscientist/status/72…
Some rare minds work exclusively in concepts, not images ow.ly/4n4FE9
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