Rhiannon Corcoran

Our big brains may have evolved because of placental sex hormones

Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have fuelled the evolution of our large brains.

Look at these lovely little herring gull chicks that call one of the quads in @livuninews.bsky.social Eleanor Rathbone Building home. Enjoy watching them grow daily and putting up with squally weather today 💕

Moments in nature... the sky dance of the Marsh Harrier 🍃

📹 @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social

Country diary: Capercaillies need peace to survive, let’s give it to them | Amanda Thomson Cairngorms national park: They’re in there somewhere, performing their morning breeding displays this time of year. But some things are better left unseen

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Haha..I’m lined up to chat about this on Radio Four’s Today programme tomorrow morning. Last time I got up early for a R4 slot I was sacked off by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation. I’m now wondering what momentous event will happen overnight tonight 😂

Virginia Giuffre’s treatment in the media highlights the great consequences of accusing high profile men of abuse When powerful men are accused, the coverage largely revolves around those powerful men and the monetary or career consequences for them.

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Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) has teamed up with local charities to provide training sessions on autism and other neurodivergent conditions to its staff.  The training workshops h

Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...

Country diary: A fishing reel, digital noise … the grasshopper warbler is a bird for every age | Richard Smyth Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: Denied the chance of seeing this elusive bird for centuries, we’ve had to make do with analysing its extraordinary call

A lovely short piece of writing featuring grey partridge, heron and grasshopper warbler. Red listed or not, we get them all at Garston Coastal Reserve
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Peregrine falcon eggs smashed in St Albans Cathedral live stream - BBC News Police are investigating after reports that a man was seen walking across the nest.

Awful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I fell asleep at school" YouTube video by TRUUD Research

If you have a few minutes to spare, please give this powerful film from Truud a watch.

Many children don’t have access to the kind of spaces they would love to play in.

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#RaisingTheNation #PlayCommission

The resident heron in Princes Park is quite a character and seems to quite enjoy a quick photo shoot

The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach

New paper out: The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes – an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach, with Aregawi Gebremariam, @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @rhiannoncor.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social 👇
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Absolutely fantastic sightings of barnie at Garston Coastal Reserve this evening @birderjack.bsky.social
Too absorbed watching her quarter even to take phone pictures. We’re so blessed having this space with its amazing biodiversity on our doorstep 😊💕

A friendly little robin at Brockholes today

Important paper by Essex colleagues uses inflammatory markers to show how ‘harsh’ or disorderly neighbourhoods impact health & wellbeing using Understanding Society data #SDOH @groundswellcon.bsky.social @prosocialplace.bsky.social
@roberta-piroddi.bsky.social
human-ethology.org/article/1336...

Yup, tick. Me too

So familiar. I remember having to wear two wrist watches when I was a younger as my old one still worked and I felt sorry for it 🥺
In my adult life I’ve been called a gross over-extenuator.
Is this some kind of ‘pathological’ empathising?

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Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?

The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...

@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.

Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
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Good quality evidence that investment in welfare advice /income maximisation improves mental health outcomes AND reduces costs to the state. The planned #disability benefits reform does the opposite of this: more harm, more costs (1/2)

The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach

The impact of Citizen's Advice on Prescription on mental health. Showing it reduced mental health related service use and was likely cost saving to the NHS. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @felly500.bsky.social @profbuchan.bsky.social with @roberta-piroddi.bsky.social @kdaras.bsky.social

Country diary: Everybody’s come out for the barn owl | Claire Stares Langstone, Hampshire: Four years after hearing about a local pair nesting nearby, I dash out to see if I can finally get a sighting

It makes my day whenever I’m lucky enough to catch a glimpse of our local barnies at Garston Coastal Reserve www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes– an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach

Such an important research paper this. Grateful to all my colleagues who got this work over the line and proud to have been involved. This is essential reading for all with an interest in mental health and its treatment www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.

On the over-medicalisation of distress theconversation.com/are-mental-h...

Enough with unicorns and dinosaurs – show children the magic of real, living animals instead | Isabel Losada Put up pictures of lemurs, penguins and wolves, and introduce tomorrow’s environmentalists to the amazing nature in our world, says author Isabel Losada

Sensible advice alert below. I tried to bring my kids up as naturalists. Started by building a big collection of animal figures from Early Learning Centre but never bought many dinos and certainly no unicorns!

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A barn owl in flight. Green bushes behind

Flying into #FeatheredFriday with ‘Bramble’ a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls
📷 🦉 Jun ‘24 🪶
#Raptors #Owls #Birds #Nature #Breathe #GetOutside

Help ensure that nature is at the heart of the Government's planning reforms I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?

I’ve emailed my MP. Will you? action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...

Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing Citizens Advice on Prescription (CAP), a Liverpool (UK)-based service, provides welfare advice and link worker social prescription support to people experiencing and at risk of experiencing financial ...

Social Return on Investment (SROI) Evaluation of Citizens Advice on Prescription: A Whole-Systems Approach to Mitigating Poverty and Improving Wellbeing . www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

So proud to have been involved in this research exploring the benefits of welfare advice on prescription for the many struggling these days with their mental health and wellbeing www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22...

Made the list of #northinnovationwomen of NHSA. Surprised+happy to be with so many friends from @livunihipr.bsky.social, @livuni-iph.bsky.social and @livunichil.bsky.social 2025 theme was health inequalities work - list of Uni colleagues
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