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thomhills.bsky.social
Behavioral network science, cognitive search/ecology/control, language, and cultural evolution, data science, complex systems, R, art, teaching. Direct Behavioural and Data Science MSc at University of Warwick, UK, Prof Psychology
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Excited to see an inside peek in @thomhills.bsky.social's new network science book!! Just added this to my cart! #netsci

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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

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A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Agreed. Scientists need not be so thoughtful they cannot act. Most scientists have chosen a life of service to truth and the curiosity it requires,...above authority "Resistance need not be overt"--it cannot be for everyone--but it should be woven into our deeds.

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The Psychology Department (@warwickpsych.bsky.social) at the University of Warwick is seeking new talent! If you're interested in pursuing a PhD focused on the topics of language and gesture, I encourage you to get in touch with me and apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/f...

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A cheerful little watercolor and ink I made from a picture of Salt Lake City a friend sent me. I miss them both.

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ICYMI: A comprehensive textbook on data analysis for business, applied economics, and public policy students that uses case studies with real-world data. gabors-data-analysis.com/getting-star... Datasets Code #Rstats #python #stata. Slides. Courses. #EconSky #econsky_data #data #econometrics

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The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity (@tsfnc.bsky.social) has a starter pack of folks doing creativity research. We're trying to build the creativity research community here. Please follow and let us know if you'd like to be added.

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Here's a network lesson on #creativity @yoedkenett.bsky.social and I came up: How to be more creative? Get noisy! Try lots of things. It's the old exploration-exploitation trade-off, and good practice when you don't know what to do. DM for a copy of the paper. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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Just got my hands on this wonderful book - looking forward to getting stuck in to it!

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The value of shamanism on this festive holiday--a long form article for those looking for a positive diversion from minimal contrast information: aeon.co/essays/why-d...

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This multi part series of Art from code, from Danielle Navarro is a work of love and genius. Many thanks.

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Glorious day. The Behavioral Network Science: Language, Mind, and Society is now available. Thanks for waiting and thanks to all you network scientists (and other scientists) who made the project a joy to work on. TOC and code at thomasthills.github.io/BehavioralNe....

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📕 The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist by Michele Coscia is amazing! 👉Available as a free electronic PDF: networkatlas.eu #Networkscience #Datavisualization #ArtificialIntelligence

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New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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Starter pack for researchers studying the control of cognitive processes e.g., attentional control, inhibition, task switching, working memory, error adaptation etc go.bsky.app/12KTqED

submitted 106 days ago • 27 comments

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

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Me getting a new idea. I start off feeling like the worm. Then, later, I feel like the fish. btw, Eunice aphroditois are beautiful things. See comments on Rachel's post.

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I continue to think dreams are an unopened gift to mind science. Here a case where lucidity of consciousness is graded. There is contrast and control. And lovely questions about who can dream, rats? future llms?, and about what (can you dream you're snow?). Bravo. A science of magical realism.

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Huge welcome to all those new to Bluesky! Looking for who to follow? Let me introduce you to this terrific celebration of space, bugs, brains, societies, and so much more. go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN

submitted 115 days ago • 5 comments

Sharing my first Computational Social Science starter pack! Will grow with time, feel free to nominate and self nominate! go.bsky.app/CYmRvcK

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