@daryloconnor
Professor of Psychology, University of Leeds. Views are my own. Editor, Cogent Psychology. Associate Editor, Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine. Laboratory for Stress & Health Research https://sites.google.com/site/doconnorlab/
Early morning run to one of my favourite pieces of public art: Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate in Chicago. It’s always a delight, whatever the weather ;-).
Hoping the rain subsides just in time for the start of Society for Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine Annual Meeting later @connectsbsm.bsky.social
Jessie Buckley’s Desert Island Discs as fabulous as you can hope for :-) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The things you see in Cardiff city centre ;-)
It was lovely having the BBC visiting our lab today to film some of our work on interventions aimed at reducing cardiovascular & cortisol reactivity to stress.
Durham and the Wear looking lovely this afternoon
The second Registered Report published at Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine has landed :-) journals.lww.com/bsam/abstrac...
Outstanding record win by Ireland at Twickenham :-)
A lovely visit to Donegal Town earlier in the week to soak up some of the culture (as well as the rain ;-)).
Beautiful early morning run across the Peace Bridge in my hometown Derry :-)
First Irish coffee in quite some time. Derry didn’t disappoint :-).
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
Yesterday was spring-like, today is winter again. Nothing like some unexpected snow to cause a 3-4 hour delay!
"UKRN Publishes Findings from Pilot Projects on Automating Open Research Indicators".
This was a fantastic collaboration, working w excellent colleagues at University of Leeds (@nickshepp.bsky.social, @sallydalton.bsky.social) and partner universities. Read more below:
www.ukrn.org/2026/02/12/u...
Just saw my first snowdrops of the year. Spring is very nearly here :-)
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New in Cogent Psychology:
“The role of demand characteristics and life satisfaction on the subjective wellbeing effects of gratitude letter writing”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Asking for a friend: If I wanted to explore an idea for an edited book (target audience: students and [entry-level] researchers, interdisciplinary health and social sciences, methods focus), which publisher would you recommend? 🤓 #HealthPsych #BehSci #AcademicSky #Research
Congratulations to Daniel Ford on the publication of the final paper from his PhD thesis entitled "In-hospital psychological stress and post-hospital outcomes". journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10..... Here’s more on our Hospital Stress Questionnaire. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
What a lovely (but cold!) early morning run around beautiful Cambridge and even managed a brief visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum (what a Friday afternoon treat :-)).
'The answer cannot be nothing': The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease.
Fascinating piece, reminds me of Suzanne O’Sullivan’s excellent book “The Sleeping Beauties”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My pleasure - such a great book, jam-packed with nuggets of wisdom,
entertaining personal anecdotes and brilliant insights!
‘People can build their own personalised anti-overwhelm prescription...'
@daryloconnor.bsky.social hears from @claudiahammond.bsky.social about her new book @canongate.co.uk
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
A very lovely Christmas morning run: cold, fresh and peaceful :-)
Merry Christmas, everyone. Let’s also keep an eye out for those who may need a little extra kindness :-).
As promised, here's my Annual Christmas Quiz (including an embedded music intros round ;-)). The Quiz is for all ages, family and friends. Please share, forward it to others and hope you enjoy it.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
sites.google.com/site/doconno...
Good to see this small but important step towards repairing the enormous, self-inflicted damage caused by Brexit.
Morning views around Leeds #nofilter
Awful overnight news from Australia and the US.
Leeds Minster: a lovely venue for some Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and more :-)
Such a great @ukrepro.bsky.social meeting yesterday in Manchester. Hugely productive, focused, and what an outstanding example of collaborative working for the greater good! Sorry I cannot be there for day 2
Agreed. Great tune (and what a fine Butler track early post Suede)!