i finally posted on my blog the most significant essay i have ever written. it presents a new theory of personality disorders that redirects our attention from behaviors to the structural inequalities of power that magnify, exacerbate, and alienate woundedness. open.substack.com/pub/tenderly...

The Politics of Vulnerability

How wounds categorized by personality disorders reveal power

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New interactive blog! "Why Adjusted Regression Coefficients Are Less Descriptive Than They Look" rpsychologist.com/descriptive-...

I’m presenting a poster at the 10th Suicide and Self-Harm Early & Mid Career Researchers Forum today! You can find my poster and the supplementary material here: jayceekennett.github.io/ECMRF_2026_P...

It’s the other way around : brains are made of cells so brains learn the same way as cells learn 😎 www.frontiersin.org/journals/int... Fantastic work ! Way to go !

Frontiers | The brain is not mental! coupling neuronal and immune cellular processing in human organisms

Significant efforts have been made in the past decades to understand how mental and cognitive processes are underpinned by neural mechanisms in the brain. Th...

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Deepa Rajan, PhD@deeparajan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How can a single cell learn without a brain? We explore this in my paper with @wallaceucsf.bsky.social! We discovered that single cells may learn using molecules similar to those that animal brains use to learn, like CaMKII. Cells can also propagate memory states to their progeny!

I wanted to share some of the new features in my German revision game! It's now possible to create/load/save profiles and the UI has had an upgrade. Here is a multiple choice vocabulary exercise:

🥳 New from us, a systematic review of equity impacts of active travel interventions. Link (£0): 👉 doi.org/10.1136/jech... To inform national policy, we were commissioned to review the evidence for impacts on disadvantaged population groups in the UK. Short 🧵 on findings below 👇 1/4

Version 2.0 is out! Updates include a new mode to practice word order in sentences, options to view grammar rules while playing, and a quick start guide if you’re new to CLI applications. If you play, let me know what you think! github.com/jayceekennet...

GitHub - jayceekennett/german_revision: A CLI game to practice German vocabulary and grammar.

A CLI game to practice German vocabulary and grammar. - jayceekennett/german_revision

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Guidance for the Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) has been updated! With many thanks to all the feedback we've received and all the contributions from authors Please see OSF for the latest draft: osf.io/fwaud/overview

📢 I’m recruiting! Funded DPhil Studentship | University of Oxford | Psychiatry Mental Health Complexity & Service Inequalities in Adolescent Chronic Pain Apply by: 12:00noon (UK time), Fri 10 April 2026 Further details: shorturl.at/HpZZY @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @willemkuyken.bsky.social

Is cognitive bias modification (CBM) effective for social anxiety? We conducted a living systematic review and meta-analysis, now available open access! doi.org/10.12688/wel...

Couldn't agree more! Transparency about our #positionality is key to research integrity. Historically, claims of objectivity, particularly in quantitative research, have too often obscured the researcher’s role in legitimising particular perspectives. wonkhe.com/blogs/positi... #IOEIDL

Positionality statements are relevant for all research

Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for reflexivity and positionality statements as important in all kinds of research Madeleine Pownall and Sebastian Cordoba make the case for refle...

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❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of generative AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated. This Version 9 contains 923 fully-coded articles, of which 34 are new 👉 eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

🆕 Registration is now open for the 10th Anniversary Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers’ Forum, 11-12 June, Glasgow 2026. Also we’re still accepting abstracts (closing date: Fri 27 March) We look toward to welcoming you to Glasgow in June. suicideresearch.info/10th-suicide...

Agh, sorry, Quantifying large language model usage in scientific papers www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantifying large language model usage in scientific papers - Nature Human Behaviour

Liang et al. estimate the prevalence of text modified by large language models in recent scientific papers and preprints, finding widespread use (up to 17.5% of papers in computer science).

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New paper from our team: Can ML identify which adolescents benefit most from school-based mindfulness? In 8,376 students (MYRIAD trial), models detected statistically significant but clinically negligible differential effects (d ≈ .07–.08). Precision prevention is hard...

JAMA Psychiatry@jamapsychiatry.com · 6mo ago

Machine learning analyses in the MYRIAD trial found only clinically trivial personalization of school-based mindfulness for adolescent #Depression prevention, underscoring limited differential benefit in universal programs. ja.ma/3OkeH2P

In this first paper from my Wellcome Early Career Award 'The Rain Within the Rainbow' I reflect on what LGBTQ+ suicide prevention is, and what this might tell us about what all suicide prevention could be! doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Haben Sie Interesse daran, Psychologie auf Deutsch zu lernen? My website provides free articles on different areas of psychology in German. Current articles include: -An introduction to research designs -Phenomenology in psychology (Continued ->)

From ‘your year with ChatGPT’. This is very me…

NEW: A report from Oxford's @bonavero.bsky.social identifies, examines, and addresses the counter-arguments for ten key reasons for the UK to remain in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Find out more ⬇️ #HumanRightsDay

I've made a CLI game in python for learning German and it's available on GitHub! an interactive way to practice German vocabulary and grammar. You can select to practice adjectives, adverbs, nouns, verbs, pluralising nouns, using correct articles, and conjugating verbs. github.com/jayceekennet...

GitHub - jayceekennett/german_revision: A CLI game to practice German vocabulary and grammar.

A CLI game to practice German vocabulary and grammar. - jayceekennett/german_revision

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My newest German post is live! “Phänomenologie in der Psychologie” where I give an introduction to phenomenology and its role in psychology today. www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/phano...

Phänomenologie in der Psychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

Die Phänomenologie ist eine philosophische Denkrichtung, die sich mit der systematischen Untersuchung und Beschreibung subjektiver Erfahrungen und Bewusstseinszustände befasst. Sie wurde Anfang des 20...

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I built a modular tarot reading engine in Python! It uses clean architecture (domain/service/adapters), supports any deck or spread via CSV, and allows reproducible “seeded” readings. github.com/jayceekennet...

GitHub - jayceekennett/tarot_reader

Contribute to jayceekennett/tarot_reader development by creating an account on GitHub.

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I wanted to share the first paper from my PhD, a qualitative meta-synthesis of how individuals understand their own self-harm, an often overlooked factor when it comes to policy and healthcare provision bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Den Unterschied zwischen beiden zu verstehen, kann zunächst kompliziert sein! Ich habe einen deutschsprachigen Artikel geschrieben, der die wichtigsten Typen sowie ihre Stärken und Schwächen erklärt:

Jaycee Kennett@jayceekennett.bsky.social · last yr.

Understanding the difference between be complicated at first. I’ve written a German-language article explaining the key types and their strengths and weaknesses: www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/einfh...

Understanding the difference between be complicated at first. I’ve written a German-language article explaining the key types and their strengths and weaknesses: www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/einfh...

Eine Einführung in Forschungsdesigns in der Psychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

In der Psychologie nutzen Forscher je nach Fragestellung und Zielsetzung unterschiedliche Studientypen. Die drei Haupttypen sind experimentelle, deskriptive und Korrelationsstudien. Dieser Artikel gib...

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Looking even more forward to discussing the contributions in this panel as earlier this week this excellent paper by Jana Uher was published which refers to the work of multiple presenters: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #SPRKrakow2025 #MixedMethods #QualitativeMethods #PhilSky #Psychometrics

Frontiers | Statistics is not measurement: The inbuilt semantics of psychometric scales and language-based models obscures crucial epistemic differences

This article provides a comprehensive critique of psychology's overreliance on statistical modelling at the expense of epistemologically grounded measurement...

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Jan R. Boehnke@jrboehnke.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to discussing the contributions in this #MixedMethods panel. To me the QuantQual distinction is a distraction, limiting our view on using multiple data types w multiple analysis methods. Very glad to support researchers chipping away at this! #SPRKrakow2025 #PsychotherapyResearch

Our brilliant JRF Dr Emma Soneson @emmasoneson.bsky.social was on the BBC last night discussing the mental health of Oxfordshire's children and young people: "When people think about Oxfordshire they think of this magnificent university town and forget about a lot of the inequalities."

Children's mental health 'worse in deprived Oxfordshire areas'

The director of public health presented an overview of the mental health of children to councillors.

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My German-language website is live again, where I post accessible summaries of key topics in psychology. The newest post: Ein Überblick die Gestaltpsychologie. Please let me know if there are any key topics in psychology you would like me to cover! www.psychologie-leicht-gemacht.com/themen/gesta...

Gestaltpsychologie — Psychologie leicht gemacht

Ein Überblick über ein Schlüsselparadigma der Psychologie des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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I’m excited to share that my minor revisions for my thesis have been accepted and my PhD is finally complete! My thesis is titled “Paving the way for new conceptualisations of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): a mixed methods sequential exploration”

📰New paper from @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #suicidecultures PhD researcher (and now postdoctoral researcher with @d-liveability.bsky.social) Emily Yue. The paper considers statistics about ethnicity as 'tricky tools' in suicide prevention work 👇 catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...