David A. Ellis
@davidaellis.bsky.social
Professor of Behavioural Science at the University of Bath, UK. Interests = people + technology. Part of the 65% who don’t own an air fryer. http://www.davidaellis.co.uk
When patients repeatedly miss medical appointments, health systems often penalise them or drop them from care A new study in @BMCMedicine advocates for a "missingness lens": shifting from punitive rules to trauma-informed, proactive support for vulnerable patients link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is a great marketing ploy. Authors post these across social media and provide free PR to the publisher. Many of those same authors (rightly) shout about the systemic issues surrounding academic publishing. I find that pretty funny.
One week left to apply… Feel free to drop an email for more details, whether to the project lead (Kate Button), me, or other team members (@denolmo.bsky.social, @davidaellis.bsky.social, Marjan Bakker) #postdoc #AcademicJobs #metasci
John Towse@jntowse.bsky.social · 5mo agoCome work with us! Postdoctoral researcher position in metascience on the UKRI-Funded PRIME project (Bath U), evaluating & implementing results‑blind peer review & translating evidence into policy & practice. FT/PT flexibility possible Advert: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.... #metasci
Why is caste-based abuse still happening on social media? 🎧👇 Hear more from Dr Pardeep Attri https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/bath-school-of-management/episodes/9--Why-is-caste-based-abuse-still-happening-on-social-media--With-Dr-Pardeep-Attri-e3h5ohc/a-acifgka
9. Why is caste-based abuse still happening on social media? With Dr Pardeep Attri by The Research4Good Podcast
Despite social media platforms’ policies, ‘lower-caste’ Dalit individuals face online abuse and harassment severe enough that they often withdraw from these spaces entirely. Why and how is this happen...
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The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them...I might stick with my classic vacuum for a bit longer...https://www.theverge.com/tech/879088/dji-romo-hack-vulnerability-remote-control-camera-access-mqtt
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them
DJI may have fixed it now.
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📣 New preprint! We brought together experts from academia, major video game studios, NGOs, funding bodies, and civil society groups to ask: what should be prioritised when it comes to the future of video games? 🧵
PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 6mo agoBuilding collaborative digital behavioural science: A cross-sector agenda from video games research: https://osf.io/w3pyn
Prose often beats evidence. That's why narrative CVs help the wrong people and why social media bans appear like a 'good idea'. davidalexanderellis.blogspot.com/2026/02/is-n...
Is the narrative CV dead already?
A blog by David A Ellis. Topics covered include psychology, statistics and computer science.
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Should really start recording my colleagues angry rants during lab meetings. It could fill several issues of said journal.
Paul Nightingale@paulnightingale.bsky.social · 6mo agoId like to run a special issue of a social science journal on "Calling Bullshit" where people can just go on a full on rant (anonymously if they like) and rip well established ideas to shreds. Zero requirements to be balanced or polite or have any respect for pompous senior professors.
A paper on social responsibility has been retracted from Human Relations for not receiving ethical approval. The authors disagree with the decision. You genuinely couldn't make this up. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Retraction Notice: “Understanding social responsibility and relational pressures in nonprofit organisations”, 2026
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Great paper:)
Veli-Matti Karhulahti@mkarhulahti.bsky.social · 6mo agoFirst post of the year, new paper out today: we present possibly the biggest case of systematic Measurement Schmeasurement in tech use. It seems that most studies on gaming (videogame) addiction/disorder haven't measured gaming after all. This research took years, so long 🧵 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
"I'm really not interested in the candidate's letters to Aunty Dora." On publication vortexes, the illusion of control, and the mentorship gap in academic publishing. davidalexanderellis.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
The Publication Vortex
A blog by David A Ellis. Topics covered include psychology, statistics and computer science.
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Was on BBC R4 Today talking about digital skepticism in Gen Alpha. Interesting findings, but worth remembering that each generation will create new digital spaces that work for them, not their parents. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2hr 55 min)
Today - 06/01/2026 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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My time as Editor of AMPPS is coming to an end-- here are some parting thoughts. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... .
Taking Stock of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science at the End of the Beginning - David A. Sbarra, 2025
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The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time. scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
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I've been fortunate enough to once again drink coffee while chatting to colleagues about their research! You can catch them all on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/6aSeSkE...
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University of Bath School of Management@uniofbathsom.bsky.social · 9mo agoWhy do people believe in conspiracy theories? Listen to the latest episode of the Research4Good podcast with Dr Tim Hill to find out 🎙️🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1bAm... @davidaellis.bsky.social
Had missed this absolutely brilliant paper. They take a widely used social media addiction scale & replace 'social media' with 'friends'. The resulting scale has great psychometric properties & 69% of people have friend addictions. link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Development of an Offline-Friend Addiction Questionnaire (O-FAQ): Are most people really social addicts? - Behavior Research Methods
A growing number of self-report measures aim to define interactions with social media in a pathological behavior framework, often using terminology focused on identifying those who are ‘addicted’ to engaging with others online. Specifically, measures of ‘social media addiction’ focus on motivations for online social information seeking, which could relate to motivations for offline social information seeking. However, it could be the case that these same measures could reveal a pattern of friend addiction in general. This study develops the Offline-Friend Addiction Questionnaire (O-FAQ) by re-wording items from highly cited pathological social media use scales to reflect “spending time with friends”. Our methodology for validation follows the current literature precedent in the development of social media ‘addiction’ scales. The O-FAQ had a three-factor solution in an exploratory sample of N = 807 and these factors were stable in a 4-week retest (r = .72 to .86) and was validated against personality traits, and risk-taking behavior, in conceptually plausible directions. Using the same polythetic classification techniques as pathological social media use studies, we were able to classify 69% of our sample as addicted to spending time with their friends. The discussion of our satirical research is a critical reflection on the role of measurement and human sociality in social media research. We question the extent to which connecting with others can be considered an ‘addiction’ and discuss issues concerning the validation of new ‘addiction’ measures without relevant medical constructs. Readers should approach our measure with a level of skepticism that should be afforded to current social media addiction measures.
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Our paper "A fragmented field" has just been accepted at AMPPS. We find it's not just you, psychology is really getting more confusing (construct and measure fragmentation is rising). We updated the preprint with the (substantial) revision, please check it out. osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quoted in this @HuffPost piece on why disconnection discourse misses the point. www.huffingtonpost.fr/tech-futurs/...
La « digital detox », nouveau symbole hypocrite de la réussite
La détox numérique promet de vous rendre votre liberté et d’améliorer votre santé mentale en vous forçant à stopper le scroll infini. Est-ce trop beau pour être vrai ?
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PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Supervisory Team: Dr Katherine Button, Professor David Ellis, University of Bath, Dr Becky Mars, University of Bristol.
GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Supervisory Team: Dr Katherine Button, Professor David Ellis, University of Bath, Dr Becky Mars, University of Bristol.
GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: Can young people’s cognitive style explain associations between social media use and mental health? at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Shape the Future of Digital Health Education - join the groundbreaking EPSRC-funded LEAP Hub at the @uniofbath.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... .
KD12987 Research Associate/Research Fellow in Digital Health - Jobs at Bath
Research Associate/Research Fellow in Digital Health - Fixed Term Contract
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'Optimeet: A computational tool to enhance participant attendance in group research' In this paper we discuss the challenges of conducting group based research and provide a practical, web-based tool that can enhance the scheduling and recruitment of groups for experimental research.
An interesting paper that reminds us that psychometric standards in psychology are often not up to the task. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025
Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...
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The term 'Chartered Psychologist' is now legally protected, which will finally put a stop to the rampant epidemic of people pretending to be chartered psychologists at dinner parties.
BPS publishes new guidance on the accurate use of professional titles | BPS
The guidance seeks to support members to present their qualifications and expertise correctly and with confidence.
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We are at the British Science Festival @britsciassoc.bsky.social today in Liverpool (Kazimier Garden - Kaz Garden). Come and say hello if you are about - mega busy tho! britishsciencefestival.org/event/tech-v... with @lukaszpiwek.bsky.social
Another day, another 'Data available on request' request meets the same fate as my childhood letters to the Tooth Fairy. Honestly, it should just read 'Data available on request (terms and conditions apply: must sacrifice first-born child, solve world hunger, and correctly guess my favorite colour).
Apple Rumored to Be Developing First Foldable Flip Phone, Set for 2026 Release news.ssbcrack.com/apple-rumore... My thoughts = flip phones provide a bit of nostalgia, but that doesn't guarantee success.
Apple Rumored to Be Developing First Foldable Flip Phone, Set for 2026 Release - SSBCrack News
Back in 2005, the clamshell flip phone epitomized high-tech sophistication, allowing users to end calls with a swift snap. Fast forward to today, two decades
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Now published, the #DECIDEFramework in #AMPPS. Here we provide a suite of resources to support researchers with ethical considerations in digital behavioural research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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