Profile avatar
heatherurry.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsUniversity (psychology) | open inclusive affective scientist | R enthusiast | she/her | say Urry: http://bit.ly/SayUrry | Black Lives Matter
949 posts 2,422 followers 708 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter

Motivation and Emotion is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief! 4-year term starting Jan 2025. Looking for someone with vision, experience in motivation/emotion research, and editorial chops. Deadline: Aug 1. Ready to shape the field? Details: [email protected]

Science story about termination of terminations... www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy to share the publication of the Attentional Control Data Collection (ACDC⚑) at Behavior Research Methods. We have collected 64 data sets on congruency effects in an SQLite database. The database will hopefully grow soon, but working with open data is actually pretty complicated. rdcu.be/ethPM

10 years ago today, we dropped a thing that people still ask me about regularly. The question "What's Really Warming the World?" still has the same answer. With Blacki Migliozzi, in conversation with NASA GISS geniuses @climateofgavin.bsky.social and @drkatemarvel.bsky.social πŸŽπŸ”—

The idea that self-censoring is a new form of oppression forced on white men rather than a normal part of having a prefrontal cortex and existing in society is some of the biggest bullshit in the centrist/right wing coalition gender grift

The ESM Item Repository needs your help! We're applying for funding πŸ’°and we need people to tell us how they have used the Repository in their work. If you are willing to be contacted βœ‰οΈ by the Repository team to tell us more about this, please reply to this post and please share! #OpenScience

Just heard my spouse use "solution" as a verb on a call with co-workers. πŸ€” Should I keep him?

πŸŽ‰ After 2 years of work, our #OpenScience guide for researchers in developing countries is LIVE! Check out our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We map the opportunities 🌟 + barriers 🧱 facing Global South researchers. *(1/4)*

In a TiCS paper, @chujunlin.bsky.social & I propose a high-dimensional model of social impressions. Existing models focus on 2–4 latent dimensions (e.g. trustworthy/warm), but they often fall apart across different contexts, cultures, & perceivers. We need a paradigm shift. shorturl.at/7GD1n (1/8)

As #SPSP2026 submission season begins, please consider me for your symposia! My students & I have recent work on: - Parents' estimates of their children's prejudices - Development of homophobia in childhood - Gender essentialism & domestic work disparities - Structural explanations & stereotypes πŸ‘‹!

What he said! πŸ‘‡ Help spread the word. We're looking for the next Director of our Behavioral Health Clinic, a core member of our clinical faculty who will help lead/organize clinical training at the Univ of Arizona.

Interested in open science, research transparency, or teaching replication in psychology? Join us for CREPCon 2025, a free virtual conference hosted by CREP! #OpenScience #Psychology #Replications #SoTL #UndergradResearch #MetaScience #TeachingPsych #CREPCon2025

Schedule is up now, and you have acouple more days left to register for this amazing event. Looking forward to seeing a number of you on our campus in a fortnight! πŸ₯³

My conference roadshow is running workshops on creating open educational materials. In preparation, I've recorded a walkthrough of creating your own online book using Quarto and Github pages. The walkthrough is available on Youtube: youtu.be/Hbixs7ACvvw?...

Joint Cognitive Models Reveal Sources of Robust Individual Differences in Conflict Processing: https://osf.io/5axpj

PCI Psychology is here!! πŸŽ‰πŸ₯³ After over a year of hard work by so many people, we are thrilled to announce that we are open for submissions! Join us in making publishing more efficient, equitable, and open: psych.peercommunityin.org #PsychSciSky #scipub

ooo, cool-- I may be late to the party but I just discovered a 2024 meta-analysis by Yeo and Ong β€ͺ(@desmond-ong.bsky.social‬) that quantifies links between appraisals and emotions. Even cooler... [1/3]

In which I explain why (and not everyone has to agree): statsepi.substack.com/p/out-of-bal...

We now have Ukrainian and Hungarian translations of the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), thanks to Avhustyn Terpeliuk, Marton Varga, & Marton Kovacs. If you know either language, please check it out and let us know of any issues! contributorshipcollaboration.github.io/projects/tra...

Now officially out with nice formatting and all πŸ₯³ "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

*slowly slides PBJ under seat*

Friends, I have news. It is very good news. You'll just have to read it, I'm afraid. jamesclaims.substack.com/p/introducin...

Don't assume, plot datacolada.org/126

www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!

Join us for the exciting workshops during #SIPS2025 in Budapest on June 25-27! Check out the full schedule (buff.ly/oe9xbHp) or the abbreviated list below πŸ‘‡ And don't forget to register! buff.ly/WUIXiqK

How age 55 is going so far.

πŸ†• Introducing check_group_variation() in the {performance} #Rstats package! πŸŽ‰ This function makes it easy to checks if variables vary within or between levels of grouping variables. Perfect for understanding and designing mixed models πŸš€ easystats.github.io/performance/... #stats #easystats

I feel grateful and fortunate to have international students in my lab, as well as numerous international collaborators and colleagues. You all make my science better. It pains me to think of the anxiety this causes all of you. I hope that universities come together and fight for what is right.

Join us for a zoom talk by Renee Thompson on "The everyday #emotional experiences of individuals with #depressive psychopathology" 5 June - 2:30pm CEST @tudresden.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social @trr393.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @kanskelab.bsky.social tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...