Who benefits from behavioral interventions? Ellen Peters great plenary on "Numeracy and the Motivational Mind" at the 2026 IAREP conference (Castellón) is online. @ellenpeters.bsky.social @uji.es #behavioralscience #economicpsychology #BehEcon #behaviouraleconomics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nya8...

Ellen Peters: Numeracy, Motivational Mind, and Who Benefits from Behavioral Interventions IAREP 2026

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Interested in learning more about how recent and proposed changes made to federal funding affects U.S. communities? Join SCIMap at the webinar below to understand the maps and tools provided by SCIMaP!

Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP)@scienceimpacts.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please join the SCIMaP team @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @malar0ne.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social and @elenaparkerson.bsky.social to learn more about our analyses and data. We will host a webinar on May 7 @ 12:00 pm EDT. Registration link below!

Think math isn't for you? Vicki Abeles' 30-day Count Me In Challenge helps adults rediscover math as creativity, play & empowerment—not anxiety. As a numeracy researcher, I love this. Nicely done & actually fun. [See link in comments] #numeracy

Cannot overstate the importance of this idea: Patients need appropriately selected comparisons in order to understand the meaning of their health data. Great work @ellenpeters.bsky.social !

JAMA@jama.com · 3mo ago

💡 JAMA Insights: Numeric risk comparisons anchored in patient context may improve shared decision-making and help patients interpret clinical choices. ja.ma/42qgUNS

Today, our #SCIMaP team released an impact analysis of the White House proposed FY 2027 NIH and NSF budgets. Bottom-line: if enacted, cuts to science and medical research would lead to $35B in economic losses and 150,000 lost jobs in communities all across the US. scienceimpacts.org 🧵

Without context or comparison , numbers can feel meaningless to patients. We offer 3 types of comparisons that might be helpful. 1. Compare with a plausible alternative option 2. Compare action with no action 3. Compare a patient's risk with that of others jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Using Numerical Comparisons to Help Patients Make Choices

This JAMA Insights explores how using numerical comparisons during patient-clinician encounters can help patients better understand their clinical situation and inform their decision-making.

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Ever wonder how Motel 6 and Motel 8 acquired their names? Was it numerology? A favorite number? They liked some similar name? Nope, they originally charged $6 in 1962 and $8.88 in 1974. #numeracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5lL...

The $6 Suite: A Hilarious Tale of Motel 6 and Super 8

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Around the world, people rate their personal vulnerability to climate change as lower than it is for other people, including their neighbors. Climate change risk for thee but not for me! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many thanks to cofounder @asinclair.bsky.social & the entire SCIMaP team (scienceimpacts.org) for collaborative work to confront federal cuts to science and medical research; together, our effort was recognized as a 2025 Public Health Hero in @thenation.com. a 🧵 www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Public Health Heroes of 2025

The Trump administration wants to destroy our health infrastructure. These warriors aren't letting that happen without a fight.

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Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is. So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.

A woman from the FDA’s Center for Devices & Radiological Health explains how her entire department was gutted That means there’s no staff to alert you if your pacemaker is recalled If an implantable device in your body is toxic or broken This could have catastrophic health impacts & cost lives

Super interesting test of single blind vs double blind review. @angiefagerlin.bsky.social

sjdm-tweets@sjdm-tweets.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Today's HotFresh recommended paper is: Pleskac, T. J., Kyung, E. J., Chapman, G. B., & Urminsky, O. (2025). Blinded versus Unblinded Review: A Field Study on the Equity of Peer-Review Processes. Management Science. doi.org/10.1287/mnsc...

Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide. Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org With more to come... a 🧵

How we communicate risk statistics can matter as much as what we communicate. I was lucky enough to share this conversation with @hal-hershfield.bsky.social and Mark Meredith, founder of Meredith Wealth Planning. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKHa... #numeracy #risk

The Behavioral Divide Episode 14: From Numbers to Meaning: Rethinking Risk Communication

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Best consideration deadline, Friday Oct 10: #SCIMaP (scienceimacts.org) seeks to hire a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist at U-Maryland to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

T. Joseph Mattingly estimates that the 2025 measles outbreak in Texas will cost $90M. Measles is expensive. It's also preventable. Vaccination increases productivity & reduces costs. Vaccination is healthy for people & the economy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Penny wise, pound foolish: The cost of reduced support for measles prevention

Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease previously declared eliminated in the United States, is reemerging with over 1400 cases reported in 2025. This …

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New job 🚨: Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research. Application review starts Oct 10: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...

NSF invests in science, technology, and education in all 50 states. Cutting it this much will cause substantial losses to communities around the US

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget. Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide. Report: osf.io/e8rnc a 🧵

“What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College. “Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say.” https://to.pbs.org/46AYg7U

Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...

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🚨 New in J of Risk Research 💡 Neg affect-risk perc correlated in 6 waves Yr1 COVID consistent w affect heuristic 💡 Affect preceded risk perc btw waves 💡But paths of risk perc to affect were stronger 💡Why? Waves were 2–22 wk apart and strength of affect-risk relation stronger w less time for thinking

It’s hard to make good decisions if you don’t understand numbers. This numeracy shapes the quality of our daily lives in ways we might not realize. Many thanks to the American Psychological Association's award-winning podcast: at.apa.org/qz2 #numeracy #math #numbers #decisionmaking #psychology

The White House FY26 budget proposal slashes NIH funding of medical research and will lead to economic and job losses in community nationwide. Our (updated) #SCIMaP analysis now includes state-level scorecards Go to scienceimpacts.org/fy26 Click on any state (or House District) to learn more.

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

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Longer posts soon on recent exec orders that threaten the vitality of America's research capacity, but wanted to step back and highlight the release of in-depth analyses that directly confront the economic impacts of administration decisions building on viz at scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

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📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team! Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8 osf.io/preprints/ps...

As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street. This is why we need public broadcasting.

Um, that's not science

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Makary: "We have a lot of data and it may not necessarily be the traditional 50 year randomized control trial follow up. It's data from families that say their kids have been acting with bad behavior ... and they eliminate the petroleum-based food dyes and the behavior improves. That is data."

We just went to Dishoom but didn't get to play. Now I want to go back!

koenfucius@koenfucius.bsky.social · last yr.

More than what you give people, it is how you package it. Dave Trott shows how important it is (a) to know your audience, and (b) how what you offer is framed: buff.ly/pfScrGh

Experiencing extreme weather events alone isn't enough to drive support for climate policies. People need to believe these events are actually linked to climate change. This is why effective climate communication is so important. Another valuable contribution from the TISP consortium! 👏

Viktoria Cologna@colognaviktoria.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎 Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great advice from @americanredcross.bsky.social about what to look for and what to do when temperatures and humidity get high. www.redcross.org/get-help/how... h/t @maibached.bsky.social

Heat Check

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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

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