Addiction has become the default framework for interpreting problematic social media use. It shapes how it is measured, discussed, regulated, and what support young people are offered. But does it match the experiences of young people who report feeling addicted to social media? 🧵(1/7)

🚨 New preprint Excited to share new work led by Raluca Rilla, showing how cheap, open agents threaten online data collection and how open-text analysis beyond conventional traps can help mitigate this threat. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2609.31054 With @Anne-Marie Nussberger and @ruimata.bsky.social .

Do you study disinformation? Now there is a peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to understanding it. journals.sagepub.com/home/DIN

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New "Research Handbook on the Replication Crisis" Edited by David Trafimow with 17 chapters covering issues such as results-blind publishing, preregistration, theory development, and statistical inference. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

🎶 New paper in Communication Research! Ever listened to a song and suddenly you’re back at that summer, that road trip, that concert with friends? We examined biographic resonance, when music connects with our memories. 📄 The paper: doi.org/10.1177/0093... 💛 Open Access: osf.io/preprints/ps...

New paper! Despite qualitative researchers claiming that generalizability is not a goal, their published work does indeed contain generalizable claims. We document this and provide recommendations for how all researchers can better calibrate their generalizability claims. doi.org/10.1177/2515...

What do we miss when the science of judgment & decision-making mostly begins in adulthood? A new Psych Inquiry target article by Santhanagopalan, @bskybymidge.bsky.social , Risen & Kinzler argues that childhood should be central (vs. supplemental) to JDM. doi.org/10.1080/1047...

Reference limits can exacerbate biased citation behavior! In my current commentary article on the work of @kaileylawson.bsky.social, @brettmurpsych.bsky.social, et al. (2025), I provide empirical support for this thesis. Now published #OA @collabrapsychology.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1525/coll...

Psychology needs better theories. Sure. But how do we build such theories? And what actually makes a good theory? Together with Alexander Wendt, I have edited a collected volume, "Theory and Model Building in Psychology," which tries to answer some of these questions. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

I’m hiring a PhD student to work with me on metascience in psychology at @zpid.bsky.social! The position is very open - could cover a wide range of topics/themes 🤸🏻‍♀️✨ If you have questions, please reach out! Applications are open until October 1st. leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/en/job/fyjwt...

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Become part of the open science movement The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID) in Trier (Germany) is an internationally recognized research-based psychology service center located in...

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Do you think about doing a PhD? Are you interested in understanding how individuals use digital technologies to cope with the prospect of their own mortality? Then let’s get morbid together. www.mcm.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Ich freue mich riesig, ab 2027 das DFG-geförderte Projekt #digitalfterlife (gemeinsam mit @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social) zur Nutzung von digitaler Technologie und KI im Trauerfall zu leiten. 🕯️🤖 Dafür ist nun an der TU Chemnitz eine Promotionsstelle (75%, 3 Jahre) zu besetzen! (1/3)

Are you interested in motivated reasoning? Do you want to try some unconventional submission formats? Then this might be for you … Together with @marlephie.bsky.social, Aileen Oeberst, & @kwinter.bsky.social, I will be editing a special issue of @socpsyjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yc2jyadx

Call for Papers: “Motivated Reasoning Revisited: New Perspectives on a Well-Established Phenomenon”: A Special Issue of Social Psychology: Social Psychology: Vol 0, No 0

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Thomas Spiteri@tespiteri.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Delighted to see this book out. Timely & important contributions to ongoing debates on theory, models, cumulative knowledge, replication & concepts in psychology. Am enjoying – slowly–working my way through these diverse & thoughtful chapters..! Ed: @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social & Alexander Wendt

Psychological Science is running a special issue on "Advancing Psychological Science using Large Language Models", co-edited by me and @ruben.the100.ci. Check out the calls for submissions below! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

After a break, The HPS Podcast is back for Season 6! 🎙️ In our first episode, I'm joined by Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, for a conversation about trust in science, transparent peer review, COVID-19's legacy, & the inequities that continue to shape who gets published.

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Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min

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Media shape our memories - but how? Our editorial launches the special collection Memory and Media in the Twenty-First Century, exploring how literature, film, social media, digital archives, and other media influence personal and collective memory. Read it here: doi.org/10.1007/s436...

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EXCELLENT: The Netherlands new OA policy seems to be well thought through obc.copim.pub/when-scaling... Policy explicitly recommends redirection & reallocation of funds from existing ‘big deal’ budgets towards community-driven alternatives, incl university-led diamond OA & Netherlands Uni Presses

When 'scaling small' becomes national policy

The Netherlands' new open access strategy echoes the principles the Open Book Collective was built on - 'scaling small' and community-led publishing

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Do people watch the news they do not trust? We tried to bring nuance to this question in a new paper (w Frank Mangold, Michaela Maier). Like others before us, we argue that “media distrust” comes in two flavors: skepticism and cynicism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Just published: “What is critical metascience and why is it important” doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...

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Marlene Altenmüller@marlephie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can you summarize current issues on motivated reasoning in 5min? Well, @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social can! Great overview at #EASP2026! 👏

✨The art of being wrong ✨ My friend & former colleague Lisa Hartke and my former PhD supervisor Christopher Cohrs have published a systematic review on promoting intellectual humility 🌱 Here's what I like about the publication ⬇️

This is both very funny and barely distinguishable from rationalizations I’ve heard people offer absolutely in earnest.

Dr Michele V@micheleveldsman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“I have done all of the things that one is supposed to do to earn a tenure-track position. And I have done approximately 85% of them by typing prompts into a large language model and then moderately editing the output.” 🤣🤣🤣 brilliant 👌🏽 open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...

🧵 New paper out in JPSP: Morality Cut Both Ways. Can reading facts make you moralize an issue — or lose a moral conviction? We ran 6 studies, 4,464 participants. The results were surprising. 👇 #MoralPsychology #Attitudes. @icedteas.bsky.social 1/8

@marlephie.bsky.social and I are searching for a postdoc in SciComm research. Feel free to contact us before applying!

Marlene Altenmüller@marlephie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 3 YEAR POSTDOC in #SciComm research at @zpid.bsky.social! @kaisassenberg.bsky.social and me are searching for a postdoc with background in psychology or communication science. Own research ideas are welcome! Focus should be on societies' preparation for future pandemics. Please share!

So excited that this joint project got funded - already looking forward to getting started! 🎉

Jan-Philipp Stein@jpstein.de · 4mo ago

Time to get morbid... but also a bit hopeful? 🕯️😇 I'm beyond thrilled that the DFG has decided to fund the 3-year project "#digitalafterlife"—in which @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social and I will scrutinize the use of existing and emerging digital technologies (#genAI) to cope with mortality and grief 🙌

Time to get morbid... but also a bit hopeful? 🕯️😇 I'm beyond thrilled that the DFG has decided to fund the 3-year project "#digitalafterlife"—in which @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social and I will scrutinize the use of existing and emerging digital technologies (#genAI) to cope with mortality and grief 🙌

Paying peer reviewers works. Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social: • 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews • ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript • no reduction in editor-assessed review quality • similar acceptance rates www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨THREATENED BY SCIENCE🚨People often reject science at odds with their prior beliefs. In three studies, we now show that much of this can be explained by feelings of threat and we test how affirmations in #SciComm might help alleviate such threats. Now out in Public Understanding of Science! 🧵1/4

Thrilled this is out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵 Do we have 2 kinds of beliefs? Some beliefs seem insensitive to evidence and rarely guide behavior, etc. To explain this, several theories divide belief into 2 types. I argue the explanation isn't in the *mind* but in the *world*

In the Mind or in the World? Types of Beliefs and the Locality of Evidence

People’s beliefs appear to be divisible into two distinct types. Some beliefs refer directly to the observable world, readily guide behavior, and are easily revised when challenged. Others, includi...

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