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Here's a quick summary of happenings at NIH: fabbs.org/news/2025/02... And at NSF: fabbs.org/news/2025/02... I hope these are helpful to those communicating about these with their lawmakers and friends. #FABBS

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You don’t say…

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And the Association for Psychological Science now also out with a statement to members (I have not found a public link): @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social

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James S. Murphy highlights the financial impact of NIH funding for each state: jamessmurphy.com/2025/02/09/t... And there's more: Each grant dollar is estimated to generate $2.46 in new economic activity: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/annual-econo... Let your elected officials know.

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Please share Dick Aslin's excellent blog on indirect costs: dickaslin.substack.com/p/are-we-pay...

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Short version: it's (currently) illegal for NIH to do what they did. A helpful deeper dive.

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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.

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This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.

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Here's our story from @davidmalakoff.bsky.social on the NIH indirect bombshell. Hang in there, everybody. www.science.org/content/arti...

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It's unlikely (and probably inadvisable) for college leaders will be part of the resistance. But they can provide wartime leadership for their campuses. My piece in @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.

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I’m proud to be affiliated with a department with a massive strength in Diversity Science, and am going to start placing words like diversity and equity in my emails/website to help produce some noise into the system that is trying to systematically erase them.

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The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving. osf.io Contact [email protected] if you need assistance

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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

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That bewildering OMB memo now being reported by the WaPost, much of it focusing on...how bewildered people in DC are as well. White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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I tried to write about what we’re going through. Hang in there, everyone. open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...

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Thoughtful speculation and reporting on the HHS disruptions by @ibogost.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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This should be of concern to anyone who is involved with public health or health research or benefits from those fields--which is to say, anyone. www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/h...

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BTW, if you run studies on Prolific, I strongly recommend that you spend some time on the Prolific subreddit to see what participants discuss, complain about, etc. www.reddit.com/r/ProlificAc/

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The Federation of Associations in the Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS) is hiring a program coordinator! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Thanks to @sthom003.bsky.social for this careful summary of the the new Senate report in anticipation of the upcoming NIH reauthorization. I'm looking forward to reading the full report.

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We use our memories to make predictions – but what happens when our memories are outdated and our predictions are wrong? @cnwahlheim.bsky.social & @jzacks.bsky.social review evidence for how memories can be differentiated or integrated in light of new evidence www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A thoughtful historical analysis of college admissions and the failings of the meritocracy by David Brooks in this month's Atlantic. His diagnosis is spot on; I'm less confident in his prescription. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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The journal Open Mind has a Bluesky account now! Follow it to get announcements about new papers.

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Thanks to Chris Woolston for this lovely report on some of the current work in the lab: source.washu.edu/2024/11/the-... #cogpsych #washu

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The American Psychological Association's Board of Scientific Affairs and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology released a well-researched and thought-provoking report on tenure and promotion for faculty of color. www.apa.org/pubs/reports... #psychscience

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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

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Congratulations to Jay McClelland, Geoff Hinton, and the late David Rumelhart on 2024 Golden Goose award! Their foundational work played a major role in enabling the deep network models that underlie current AI products and services. www.goldengooseaward.org/awardees www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NYR...

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The WashU Aging and Development Training program is recruiting a postdoc! psychaging.wustl.edu

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The FABBS Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility awards call for nominations is live! fabbs.org/about/idea-a...

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WOW, this quote from Haidt: “It is true that I am promoting a social change program…and I am doing this before the scientific community has reached full agreement.”

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Very excited to share a new paper from Angelique Delarazan in the lab, in collaboration with @jzacks.bsky.social: Narrative coherence bends the arrow of time when recalling naturalistic events osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Another great editorial from Holden Thorp: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....

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Super happy to see the amazing Chris Lucas officially listed as tenured here at WashU! source.wustl.edu/2024/04/boar...

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Our paper on how blocked training supports learning of multiple schemas, with Andre Beukers, @collinsilvy.bsky.social, Ross Kempner, Nick Franklin, and @gershbrain.bsky.social, is now out in Communications Psychology! rdcu.be/dEeaG #neuroskyence #psychscisky

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Postdoctoral fellowship in aging at Wash U! See psychaging.wustl.edu/postdoctoral... for info and jobs.wustl.edu to apply.

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Many thanks to @jzacks.bsky.social for the lovely endorsement for our upcoming book, A Multimodal Language Faculty! 🙏 visuallanguagelab.com/mlf

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A Leading Memory Researcher Explains How to Make Precious Moments Last www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #neuroscience

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Detailed and well-argued article by Semir Zeki appealing for the continued importance of single-case studies for #neuroskyence

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Check out the latest #PIBBS examining facets of the behavioral and brain sciences including healthy habits, diverse populations, visual impairment, perception, and more! Featuring articles with open access: journals.sagepub.com/toc/bbsa/10/2

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#academicSky #PsychSciSky #cogsci Open science at work

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2) Why do people think this? Are there comparative studies? I read about scientific misconduct and poor reproducibility in every field I know of. Behavioral science has been the leader in improving methods and standards for reproducibility. Does this self-examination lead to a reputational backlash?

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1) Read a thoughtful article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about Dan Ariely's situation. But it included a throwaway characterization of "the field of behavioral science, which has historically done a poor job of policing itself." www.chronicle.com/article/is-d...

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