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In our new preprint led by my MSc student, Karla Hitchins, we test how providing the public with evidence summaries of the benefits and safety of psilocybin influences attitudes towards different psilocybin policies:

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Discover the #TISP Dataset now out in #ScientificData! The open access dataset includes responses from 71,922 people in 68 countries on their perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes. 🌍🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Great to see this finally published!

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Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

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I love these kind of discussions but everytime it happens it reminds me of 1) how little we understand psychological concepts and 2) how little we agree on which of the bad definitions is the best current one

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🔊 Published today, our new Cochrane review on the impact of calorie labelling on people’s selection and consumption of food (including non-alcoholic drinks) and alcohol: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... Short thread below 👇

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Any package recommendations for building good forest plots in r? I often see ones much nicer than metafor or ggplot can produce but no idea how

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Something magical just happened in excel

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Our new study led by @prof-andy.bsky.social has been published in @addictionjournal.bsky.social (£0) We investigated whether changes in alcohol-related attitudes were precursors to changes in drinking behaviour - hence this proxy outcome could be useful... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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If you missed our EHPS OS SIG webinar on Registered Reports featuring the incredible speaker Aoife O'Mahony, don't worry 💫 You can still watch the recording here to learn more about Registered Reports, their benefits, and see some examples: youtu.be/lREc5et4e9Q?...

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Published version out now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @katieedders.bsky.social @profblissett.bsky.social #behsci #psychscisky

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In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? The answer: learning curves.

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📢New job!!! We've got a new postdoc research position in our group, working with @hannahforde.bsky.social to develop a Nutrient and Environment Profiling Model to support UK healthy sustainable food policy. Click below for details. Please share widely! Don't make me log in to LinkedIn...

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GLP-1 agonists are showing promise for alcohol abuse disorder. This is good news, if it holds up in RCTs. Tx for all substance use disorders are badly needed, and the capacity of GLP-1 to modulate generalized craving response may predict benefit for other drugs. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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A large mega-study involving 4 population cohorts shows reliable mortality risk offset with increased leisure time physical activity. This benefit is present across the whole lifespan but increasing benefit evident with advancing age. #exercise jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years. Trust in news declined in just over half of countries. It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown. A thread:

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A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information. This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24 TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/

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"Nigel Farage’s group campaigning against the WHO is staffed by consultants who work with the nicotine products industry. Farage is the chair and a co-founder of Action on World Health, which campaigns to reform or replace the WHO" And nobody was at all surprised.

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Published version out now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @katieedders.bsky.social @profblissett.bsky.social #behsci #psychscisky

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I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ

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New publication out 🎉 with Natasha Clarke, @gjhollands.bsky.social, Rachel Pechey, and @lauramkoenig.bsky.social. In this EHPS policy summary we discuss ways to change environments to change health behaviours: www.ehps.net/wp-content/u...

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New publication out soon in Appetite 🎉 led by Katie Edwards and with @profblissett.bsky.social we find that Availability and Position interventions influence adolescent food selection: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Hi all! Seeing as academic twitter is gone I'm going to make an effort to post more on here. I'm a senior lecturer in Psychology at Aston Uni. I run an UKRI funded team (awarded ERC starter grant - but brexit) that investigates why the public support or oppose public health (and climate) policies /n

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🦋 New to BlueSky? 🧪 Interested in science? 👀 Wanna find posts by scientists in specific fields? 📃 Here’s a list of +220 science-related feeds and their associated hashtags. #AcademicSky #PhDSky

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In this Review, Schmid et al. present a toolbox of interventions informed by psychological science to tackle vaccine hesitancy that are complements or alternatives to vaccine mandates 🚨FREE🚨to access until Nov 19! go.nature.com/4fy3Mek #psychscisky #psychology

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New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions. Learn more about our blueprint for halving obesity: www.nesta.org.uk/feature/nest...

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Seeking potential reviewers. @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social and I, with 2 others, have penned a paper 'How to read a paper involving AI'. It's an addition to the popular HTRAP series in BMJ. We're looking to nominate reviewers. Can't be anyone who has ever collaborated with us. Pitch in if interested!🧪

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Great to be involved in this huge project! Well done to the study leads! Check it out:

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Fully funded PhD alert 🎉 Topic: Why do people support or oppose gov policies? Location: Birmingham, UK Funding: fully funded with stipend (UK student only) Deadline: 1st April Start date: July Apply here: bit.ly/3O7Uudx With me, @drcpennington.bsky.social and @profblissett.bsky.social

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Fully funded PhD alert 🎉 Topic: Why do people support or oppose gov policies? Location: Birmingham, UK Funding: fully funded with stipend (UK student only) Deadline: 1st April Start date: July Apply here: bit.ly/3O7Uudx With me, @drcpennington.bsky.social and @profblissett.bsky.social

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Finally! New policies for Psych Science in 2024 (part 1): Editorial 1: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/psychological_science/vazire-editorial Editorial 2 w/ @tomhardwicke.bsky.social : https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/psychological_science/hardwicke-editorial

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