(1/2) Still recruiting participants, *Now open to adults (18+) NOT living in the UK!* This study is looking at how we make sense of probabilities. In an online task, you will see a series of general knowledge questions, and will be asked to rate them based on different criteria.
Marta Mangiarulo
@martam.bsky.social
Psychology, Scicomm, and JDM research. marta-mm.github.io
(1/2) Hello all, I am looking for participants for a study looking at how we make sense of probabilities. In an online task, you will see a series of general knowledge questions, and you will be asked to rate them based on different criteria.
New paper out! In a qualitative research project, we explored how community members make sense of classical music ensemble participation as a catalyst for holistic life skills development in children and young people. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Harmony Beyond the Notes: Community Members' Perspectives on the Impact of Classical Music Ensembles on Children and Young People's Life Skills
This paper explores community members' perspectives on the developmental value of classical music ensemble participation for children and young people based in the North-West of England. Drawing on 1...
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Dozens of staff stood up and displayed these signs at the beginning of today’s address by the VC to demonstrate their lack of confidence in him and his ability to impose such devastating staff cuts across the university.
One week to go for the national demonstration called by UCU (@ucu.org.uk) against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November. All welcome!
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November. All welcome!
Super proud of Kristen, her teach-out was definitely one of the highlights of these first two weeks of industrial action.
Why we strike: Bargaining as an expression of human cooperation | BPS
Dr Kristen Syme considers labour action, and draws parallels with family conflict…
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This is how it feels in my head when it's the weekend, elvanse has just kicked in while I'm having coffee at the local cafe, and The Smiths are playing and I'm so happy I could cry
A great turnout to our amazing rally today, with emotional speeches and incredible support from students, staff, and trade unions.
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October. Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able. More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
To help our members prepare for the industrial action, we have updated our strike FAQs. Check them out here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/strike-quest...
STRIKE QUESTIONS | University of Leicester UCU
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Done! Catch me at the poster session to discuss my disso students project (or my talk!)
I really never learn. Every time I'm at a conference I think to myself "I'll do some work in the evening when I'm back to the b&b", every time I am too tired to do anything but go on netflix or do sudokus
very funny that the world's most high profile epic-science-rocket-to-mars guy lost the actual scientists
Buried at the base of this @arstechnica.com article is the study itself. Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
New paper out! A monumental systematic review and meta-analysis lead by the amazing Ghassani Swaryandini. Open access link: rdcu.be/eCtnM
Systematic review and meta-analysis of educational approaches to reduce cognitive biases among students
Nature Human Behaviour - This systematic review and meta-analysis of 53 randomized controlled trials finds that educational interventions can help students reduce cognitive biases, with a small but...
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In this new paper, Swaryandini et al. present a systematic review and meta-analysis of 53 randomized controlled trials and find that educational interventions can reduce cognitive biases among students. https://www.nature.c... #CognitiveBias #Education
After a (quick) search, today I found out there is little to no research on ADHD in academia/academics. Or maybe there is, and I don't know how to use databases? :/
One month to SPUDM2025! Find the programme here: spudm2025.imtlucca.it/program
Program
Here you can find a preliminary PROGRAM AT GLANCE. The program will be updated constantly. This program's version is updated at the 25/July/2025. The conference will start at 3.00 PM on Sunday Augus...
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