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Cognitive psych is often traced back to the 1950s. Psychology is often traced to Wundt's lab in 1879. Textbooks speak of "proto-psychologists" like Fechner & Helmholtz in the 1800s... Westerners all. Have you heard about Ibn al-Haytham, whose work predated them by 100s of years? 1/4

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

😂 All of them are great, but this one made me actually laugh out loud: “Quantum physicists posit the existence of infinite universes, so it is entirely within reason that one or more such contained the timeline described by the president, and we look forward to seeing it.”

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.

submitted 37 days ago • 19 comments

Very excited to share this 2year postdoc job, working on a co-produced model for autistic adults' social care Project led by & draws on work of the National Autistic Taskforce (especially Yo Dunn) with supporting cast of David Orr, @kathyleadbitter.bsky.social + me www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI718/r...

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Santa, underrated climate hero: 1. Spreads anti-coal message to impressionable young hearts and minds 2. Flies on 100% carrot-powered sleigh 3. Works from home 364 days of the year

submitted 431 days ago • 20 comments

If universities want to retain female faculty they need to deal with the people who create hostile workplaces. That means actually dealing with sexual harassers, assholes, bullies, and every else who scores high on the dark triad. If not, you will lose your best people over and over again.

submitted 65 days ago • 19 comments

This short Qualtrics code chunk prevents open-ended survey questions from taking copy-pasted text. Huge in guarding against chatGPT/AI generated responses.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

today i learned, in an email from NICHD, that the NIH has a student loan repayment program (up to $50K of loan repayment annually) for post-PhD researchers having existing NIH funding is not required. applications due 21 November www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ne... www.lrp.nih.gov

submitted 126 days ago • 7 comments

academia is just making mental notes on how you don’t want to behave when you become a professor and then never becoming a professor

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

Whatever improvements ChatGPT o1-preview may have to offer, they've introduced a whole new layer of bullshit with the "status messages" that make up nonsensical tasks that it pretends to be doing. The movie below illustrates, using a stats question from a forthcoming book by Gary Smith at Pomona.

submitted 136 days ago • 30 comments

One of my hottest science takes is this. If we (ESPECIALLY we in social science who study these topics) took a genuine, serious audit of structural harms, things like racism and sexual harassment in science would far and away outstrip ANYTHING around fraud when it comes to damaging science progress.

submitted 144 days ago • 3 comments

Please cite PsychoPy in your papers if you use us 🙏 (actually, this goes for all software packages you use!) Most people do, but it is often easy to forget that software needs citing too! #academicsky #research #psychsky #neurosky

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

A few weeks ago we asked psyc researchers about their piloting practices. I am now pleased to announce that we have published a technical report of our findings! 🌟Can find the report here: osf.io/3qdy2/ #psychology #metascience #openscience #phdsky

submitted 143 days ago • 1 comment

I did a thing! And that thing was writing an 8-week course for the Open University on Open Research 😄 Written to be accessible to all levels and disciplines, and free for anyone to take. www.open.edu/openlearncre...

submitted 146 days ago • 2 comments

Every time someone corrects my vocabulary it just makes me think fewer of them.

submitted 148 days ago • 68 comments

Putting aside calls for more control and policing of science, what I struggle to get over is the assumption that people will default to fraud unless regulated. It's not just that policing won't work (as others have pointed out), it is that it is such a negative view of our colleagues

submitted 150 days ago • 6 comments

📣 Gorilla + Prolific have 5x $2,000 grant prizes to giveaway! 👉 Submit a 500 word research proposal + brief overview of how winning this grant would support your research, including one task that uses 🦍's Multiplayer tool. Apply now ⬇️ t.ly/vVlTm

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

for those looking to replicate that classic science twitter energy 🧪 go.bsky.app/FGTURr3

submitted 181 days ago • 26 comments

Me a soon-to-be-submitting PhD student when people ask about summer holidays www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqFO...

submitted 196 days ago • 0 comments

for developmental scientists who are education- and/or industry-adjacent, these two postdocs at Sesame Workshop seem really cool. 3-yr appointments, $75K salary, hybrid & NYC-based careers.jobscore.com/careers/sesa... careers.jobscore.com/careers/sesa... #psychscisky #neuroskyence #devsci

submitted 198 days ago • 2 comments

We are excited to announce that Priya Silverstein (@priyasilverstein.com) has been elected as the next President of SIPS with Yu-Fang Yang (@ufangyang.bsky.social) as Co-Chair. Priya and Yu-Fang begin their terms on Oct 1, 2024. We are certain that both will provide strong leadership going forward.

submitted 199 days ago • 3 comments

🚨We are still looking for participants for our survey on piloting practices in psychology! We want to make sure we get a good spread across sub-disciplines so please feel free to pass this on to your networks #psychology #metascience #openscience #phdsky

submitted 202 days ago • 0 comments

We have an open call for an early-career researcher (<10 yrs since PhD) to join the Center for Open Science's Board of Directors. This is a great opportunity to gain board experience with an amazing group of colleagues, and to help COS meet its mission. Apply! www.cos.io/call-for-ecr...

submitted 204 days ago • 1 comment

There is a proposal to consolidate and change the names of the NIH Centers. They are requesting feedback on the proposal. Note the changes in NIA and NICHD which would dramatically change these Institutes. They note changes are to restore trust in science. energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-...

submitted 206 days ago • 4 comments

if you are an NIH-funded investigator, or really just a person doing developmental science #psychscisky #neuroskyence in the states, you should be concerned about this proposal to eliminate the NICHD. take 5 minutes to write to [email protected] to voice your concern. Here's what I just sent

submitted 205 days ago • 1 comment

📊When teaching or giving a talk, do you like presenting plots step by step, revealing e.g. one group at a time? This is often useful for walking through complex results. I made a R package that makes it extremely easy to do this! ggreveal: Reveal a ggplot incrementally #rstats #dataviz #ggplot2

submitted 218 days ago • 33 comments

📣 We're teaming up with researchers to learn how psychology researchers approach the process of piloting and would love to have your input using the survey below! bit.ly/3ydSc7X 🎁 20 lucky participants will win $50 gift cards! Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3Wjv9AF

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submitted 221 days ago • 3 comments

Deadline Oct 1: Asst. prof. (tenure track), cognitive science (area open), Carleton College carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

submitted 225 days ago • 0 comments

👨‍🏫 Calling all teaching staff in higher education to complete a short survey! 💭We want to hear your thoughts about teaching research methodology in higher education. 💌 This will allow for sharing best practices & the design of educational interventions. lnkd.in/ejRSMWNh Thank you!

submitted 230 days ago • 0 comments

Mid-career in academia is tough. So I’m really pleased we’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social mid-career fellowships. These free you from commitments for a period of 6-12 months, to devote to the completion of a major piece of research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...

submitted 231 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re in Glasgow for #ICIS2024 make sure to come by the Crowne Plaza between 6-8pm for a ManyBabies Social and Awards Show (hereby dubbed the ManyBabiesies). First 50 folks get a free drink on us!

submitted 232 days ago • 0 comments

I'm hiring an open-source community manager! This is a two-year, full-time position. Please share with folks who might be interested ❤️

submitted 233 days ago • 0 comments

Our team is hoping to learn how psychology researchers approach the process of piloting. Please consider taking our survey about pilot studies: research.sc/participant/... 20 participants will receive $50 gift cards. Further information: pilotreportingtf.github.io

submitted 241 days ago • 1 comment

If you are a psychology researcher, please consider taking this survey about pilot studies: research.sc/participant/... Our team is hoping to learn how researchers approach the process of piloting. 20 randomly chosen participants will receive $50 gift cards! #PsychSciSky #MetaScience #OpenScience

submitted 241 days ago • 1 comment

Thinking about pros and cons of collecting data from kids online? Our meta-analysis is out today. Effects from online testing were slightly but not significantly smaller than matched in-lab effects: d = −.05 [−.17, .07]. By Aaron Chuey, Veronica Boyce, and Anjie Cao. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

submitted 244 days ago • 1 comment

just the level of unhinged I like to see from a department head email

submitted 252 days ago • 0 comments