Paper plug: Our new factor analytical study on what makes good vs. bad play according to children, is making the rounds internationally. www.frontiersin.org/news/2026/03...

‘Sometimes an adult should shut up and go away’: scientists reveal the qualities that kids need in play

For better play, give children space to choose and accessible games, scientists say

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Is involved parenting, along with easy access to sedentary entertainment, dialing down kids’ opportunities for self-directed play? is the end of boredom near? I’m brainstorming methods to study this through patenting psychology. Hit me with ideas. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2023/08...

Insert any "xxx-addiction" rating scale for marginal phenomena or controversial everyday practices...

Eiko Fried@eikofried.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hamilton 1960 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Jeg arbejder på et nyt bogprojekt med masser af skæg bærplukket poppsykologi. Faktisk blev det afbrudt af min bog om skærme. Men med research fra kapitlet "Derfor er folk er så dumme til familiefester" har jeg nu skrevet om 11 tåbelige julegavebommerter på videnskab.dk videnskab.dk/kultur-samfu...

Her er de 11 værste gaver, du kan give

Gavegivning er svært. Heldigvis har forskningen en lang række tips til, hvordan du undgår at give årets værste julegave.

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Forsker (@lieberoth.bsky.social) opfordrer forældre til at sænke skuldrene og droppe bekymringer om skærmtid Digitaliseringsforsker har undersøgt, hvad forskningen egentlig siger om børn og unges brug af skærme. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Good friends were able to snap a photo of my new (and first real longform) book Den Store Skærmkamp at this year's national books convention. In English the title would be "The Great Screen Battle - a dad and scientist's view on making peace with our kids, ourselves, and all those cursed screens"

And so came the day, where #Meta tried to address EU decisions on data privacy and social media, by offering a paid premium service. I'm no lawyer, but I can't help thinking that this is kinda like bringing two lunch meats to market. One way above the legal limit of additives, heavy metals,... /1/2

Hvis du arbejder med skole I Danmark, og brænder for at give digitale børn bedre voksne, åbner vi nu for en ny pulje "Kig ind"-skoler til NOBE-projektets tidlige grundforskning. Vi skal samle en masse viden og historier fra 3-4. + 7-8- klasse, som bliver omsat til læremidler. projekter.au.dk/nobe

Super excited by this new preprint from my team! Bayesian + strong theory + social media 😍 osf.io/preprints/ps...

New paper confirms that if you p-hack like crazy false positives inflate a lot. If you p-hack within constraints they inflate a little. I say: If you learn about sequential analysis, your false positives do not inflate, you are more efficient, and a better scientist: lakens.github.io/statistical_...

Pamela Reinagel@neurotheory.bsky.social · 3y ago

Pleased to announce that my paper is out on the consequences of collecting more data to shore up a non-significant result (N-hacking). TLDR: although it's not correct practice, it's not always deleterious.   (illustration by Kendra Shedenhelm) doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Lige nu deler @lieberoth.bsky.social fornuft og forskning i #P1 med budskabet om at skærmdebatten i børnehaver er en pseudo-diskussion Men Mathias Tesfari vil hellere sparke en åben dør ind og score billige point på Gurli Gris

My current #scicomm #writing project is a light book about #stupidity. I distinguish between situational stupid (gaffs, inattention, stress...), lack of perspective (domain knowl., cultural sensibility, crystallised) & people w lower IQ/cognitive abilities. Hit me with fun #psychology + #science 😃

Some researchers fear hitting the "control for sociodemographic status"-button because it's more than likely to decimate any correlations between factors like #screentime and development, wellbeing, risk of various diseases. Either that, or cinema... checks notes.... protects against diabetes...?

Tom Lawton@lawtontri.bsky.social · 3y ago

We really will do anything to avoid admitting that it's almost all about deprivation... #HealthInequalities

I briefly went back to #twitter to make a little noise about my new book (in Danish) only to find a ghost town. A post that easily garnered 271 reactions on Linkedin vs gave 16 likes on X. 🫥 So... I am told that this is where we hang out to talk #psychology #technology and #scicimm now?