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Eric Leshikar

@leshikar.bsky.social

Associate Prof of Psychology. I study how you remember (episodic memory), but am also interested in other areas of science (astronomy, geology, astrophysics, paleobiology, ecology, meteorology, etc) and other things too (architecture, birds, transit, etc).

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@cira-csu.bsky.social · 8mo ago

From high-impact weather events to stratus clouds dancing over the open ocean, this year was filled with impressive satellite imagery. We look back on the most compelling satellite views of 2025. 1) Mesovortices slosh within Hurricane Melissa’s ferocious eye (October 8).

Ken Paller@paller.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New Speculative Article — I'm happy Andrew Budson invited me to write an article with him. We wondered what happens in our minds when we're sleeping? --> Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness

Insights into the mysteries of dreaming and waking conscious experience can be gained by considering fundamental concepts in memory research. To support this assertion, we first provide an overview...

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Daniel Gilbert@danielgilbert.bsky.social · last yr.

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com

Cover of the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition 2025
Anil Seth@anilseth.bsky.social · last yr.

What can give meaning to life? I remember responding to James Bailey's invitation to write on this about a year ago, & I'm honoured to be included in his collection @guardian (& my mother is still with us 🙏🏽) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more

I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on Earth

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Prof Sam Illingworth@samillingworth.com · last yr.

🌿🧠 Can Our Environment Protect Against Dementia? A new study finds that air pollution & busy roads increase dementia risk, while green/blue spaces & walkable streets support cognitive health. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SciComm #Dementia #PublicHealth 🧪

Objectively measured environmental features and their association with cognition and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Dementia affects millions of people worldwide. Since effective treatments are still lacking, it is important to identify factors that may help prevent…

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Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · last yr.

Alone but not Lonely! New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone." Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Abstract Loneliness is a widespread issue routinely targeted by the media and public health campaigns. We propose that these efforts, though well-intentioned, may exacerbate this problem by negatively influencing a potential driver of loneliness: people’s beliefs about being alone. Supporting this thesis, we show that contemporary U.S. news articles are 10 times more likely to describe being alone as harmful than beneficial (Study 1, N = 144 articles) and that exposure to such articles causally impacts people’s beliefs about being alone (Study 2, N = 456). Further, a 2-week experience-sampling study (Study 3, N = 161) demonstrates that people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone. Finally, multi-national studies demonstrate the generalizability of these results across nine countries spanning six continents (Studies 4 and 5, N = 2930). Together, these findings reveal the critical role of beliefs about being alone in shaping loneliness.
Nick Stewart@nstewwx.bsky.social · 2y ago

The May 2024 #SolarFlare sequence remains the most impressive series of events in Solar Cycle 25. Over the course of four days (May 8-11): -8 X Class flares -13 flares of M5+ G5 conditions on Earth first since 2003. IMF peaked at Bt +73 with the Bz down to -50. Very geoeffective! #SpaceWeather

Nick Desnoyer@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Leaf infiltration is a widely used technique in plant science for delivering Agrobacterium or chemicals directly to plant cells 🍃🧬 For those who do it regularly, there’s a satisfaction in watching the liquid flow seamlessly through the leaf's airspaces—when done well..

Lisa Fazio@lkfazio.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fascinating paper from Roddy Roediger on the fuzzy boundary btwn cognitive and social psychology. As someone who now finds herself living on that boundary it was cool to realize that my undergraduate research mentor lived there too. 1/ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Reflections on intersections between cognitive and social psychology: A personal exploration

I appreciate the opportunity offered by the editor to reflect on the relationship between cognitive and social psychology. This topic has interested me my entire professional life, because I was admi...

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies@palomarskies.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔭 Tomorrow Earth is at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its orbit. This makes the Sun look slightly larger than it does in July, when it is at its farthest point (known as aphelion). Here's a comparison showing this with images I took of the Sun in 2024.

Mariam Aly@mariamaly.bsky.social · 2y ago

I love when personal histories and anecdotes are interspersed with scientific discussions – so it was a delight to read these pieces by Lynn Nadel and Daniel Schacter. Nadel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Schacter: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Some Memories of Stalking the Seahorse

Early influences that led to the development of the cognitive map theory of hippocampal function, and the multiple trace theory, are discussed. Some details are provided, many are left out.

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Andrea Luck@andrealuck.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey space folks! If you’re into breathtaking space images, here’s a list of Bluesky accounts run by talented space image processors. They share original content, no need for dodgy content aggregators on Bluesky. Let’s support and share the original sources, shall we? ;) 🔭 go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf

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Mark Thornton@markthornton.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've started working on a (very incomplete!) starter pack for social interaction researchers! If you're working in this space, please asked to be added (or suggest others)! Meant to be inclusive of many disciplines, methods, interaction types, and types of interacting agents: go.bsky.app/44VAEhU

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