{"id":36,"date":"2022-05-24T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:12:50","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uncertainty Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.0018484288354896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/06\/LabFrontBack.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world is an uncertain place. <strong>The Uncertainty Lab<\/strong> at Birkbeck, University of London studies how our brains deal with this uncertainty &#8211; building models of ourselves and the world arounds us to guide perception, action and belief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The lab is directed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danieljamesyon\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Daniel Yon<\/a> &#8211; and on this website you can find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/people\/\">about us<\/a>, our <a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/research\/\">research<\/a>, and how you can get in touch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image aligncenter uagb-block-de67d812 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/451515\/a-trick-of-the-mind-by-yon-daniel\/9781529900064\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/bookcover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-203\" width=\"189\" height=\"293\" title=\"bookcover\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/daniel-yon\/a-trick-of-the-mind\/9781538725221\/?lens=grand-central-publishing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/us-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6658887592376507;width:187px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/us-cover.jpg 540w, https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/us-cover-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 85vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is an uncertain place. The Uncertainty Lab at Birkbeck, University of London studies how our brains deal with this uncertainty &#8211; building models of ourselves and the world arounds us to guide perception, action and belief. The lab is directed by Dr Daniel Yon &#8211; and on this website you can find out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Uncertainty Lab&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/psyc.bbk.ac.uk\/uncertainty\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The world is an uncertain place. 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