Daniel Yon

Psychologist and neuroscientist. Studying how we perceive, act and decide | Reader (Associate Professor) @bbkpsychology

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

When Bayesian brain theories talk about 'precision', what precisely do they mean? In @CurrentBiology @cdfrith & I explain how precision has shaped thinking about perception, learning, metacognition & social interaction. But some key puzzles remain unsolved https://t.co/lYV6SvSilq

[Birkbeck, Faculty of Science @BirkbeckScience]

🧠 Is your brain tricking you?

Birkbeck Science Week kicks off 9 June with @danieljamesyon on how your brain invents reality.

📅 9 June | 🕕 6–9PM | 📍Malet St
🎟️ Talks, lab tours, drinks

One of several fascinating event coming up!
Book now → https://t.co/f6HUtlFg32

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@BijouConcierge @bbkpsychology @BBCRadio4 @BirkbeckScience Hi Annie. Hardback first, but there will be a paperback published after!

As to your questions, I’m not sure what the data shows on that. But I wouldn’t be surprised if living through Covid together could have made us more kind, rather than less.

[Birkbeck School of Psychological Sciences @bbkpsychology]

Check out Dr @danieljamesyon on @BBCRadio4 discussing the cognitive impact of covid on our brains & his new book 'A Trick of the Mind' https://t.co/oOAguZaqVt @BirkbeckScience

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@maheensidd91 Thanks Maheen!

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Up bright & early at the BBC this morning to record Radio 4´s Start the Week!

You can hear me talking about my new book ‘A Trick Of The Mind’, and discussing the imprint that uncertain times can leave on our minds and brains 🧠

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@panxueni Thanks Sylvia!

If you mean the book - there will be an audio version published alongside (you can even preorder it now!)

If you mean the radio episode - you can listen at that link!

[Birkbeck, University of London @BirkbeckUoL]

How do our brains deal with uncertain times? Listen to Birkbeck’s Dr Daniel Yon on @BBCRadio4’s Start the Week, talking about his new book ‘A Trick of the Mind’ and the imprint that the COVID-19 Pandemic has left on our minds and brains: https://t.co/TXYPLkiR5g

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Broadcast live at 9pm, or on catch up thereafter! Tune in!
https://t.co/8YkK91HCFI

[Birkbeck, University of London @BirkbeckUoL]

Congratulations to Dr Daniel Yon from @bbkpsychology, whose forthcoming book, 'A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality', has been highlighted by @penguinrandom as a highly anticipated title release in 2025 🥳 Read more: https://t.co/PKlidjdIo7

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@Jo_DC Thanks Jo!

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Excited to say that in 2026 I'll be a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. I'll be trying to combine psychology, neuroscience, economics and anthropology to understand the cultural evolution of confidence.

https://t.co/N7n5yFPrxb

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@greg_j_davis Thanks Greg!

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

@drchekkers Ha, thanks Adam!

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!

We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-year project, investigating how we learn from other people about the uncertainty in our own minds 🧠 💭

Any Qs feel free to email 📧

Deadline 25th Nov

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Final call for this postdoc job in my lab @bbkpsychology!

We’re looking for a cognitive neuroscientist to join a four-year project, investigating how we learn from other people about the uncertainty in our own minds 🧠 💭

Any Qs feel free to email 📧

Deadline 25th Nov

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣

We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.

https://t.co/dU3D1VbTOY

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

Great piece in The Guardian by @lyndseywinship on the neuroscience of dance - ft. the inimitable @guidorgs https://t.co/WbbzAXjngT

[Birkbeck, University of London @BirkbeckUoL]

Join us on 14 November for the first talk in the Critical AI 2024 Seminar Series: "Can ChatGPT Think?" with Dr. Alex Grzankowski 💻🧠

Dr. Grzankowski examines whether contemporary AI systems such as ChatGPT are thinking and reasoning or are mere mimics: https://t.co/y4wDr7mOfn

[Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon]

📣🧠📣 I’m hiring !! 📣🧠📣

We’re looking for a postdoc to join The Uncertainty Lab @bbkpsychology. You’ll lead fMRI work on a new project funded by @LeverhulmeTrust - studying how communication with others alters private metacognition of our own minds.

https://t.co/dU3D1VbTOY

[Dimitris Bolis @dimitrisbolis]

This sounds like a great opportunity on the important topic of discovering a genuinely social self.

[Helen Olawole-Scott @OlawoleHelen]

The Uncertainty Lab is hiring! We're a friendly bunch, promise 😊 brimming with ideas and in need of a postdoc to help realise them 🧠❔🧠 Happy to chat if you're curious