Michal Frackowiak, PhD

@mfrackowiak.bsky.social

PhD Psychology. Currently post doc and teaching associate @ University of Fribourg/Freiburg, Switzerland. 🌈 Research on media use and sleep, co-present phone use, advanced statistical analysis, multimethodological approach to digital behaviours.

How are sleep, diet and mental health linked? Can nostalgia help us cope with crises? These are the kinds of questions being explored by 219 researchers, who are receiving career-boosting support from the SNSF through Postdoc.Mobility fellowships. @seherkosar.bsky.social ➡️ Read more: sohub.io/fimi

A career boost for researchers

As part of the Postdoc.Mobility scheme, the SNSF is supporting a total of 219 projects with 26.7 million Swiss francs.

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Today is Technopanic publication day! I have many things to say about it (and I will in the next weeks) but for now: the Kindle edition costs as much as a coffee (or two espresso in Italy…), so no excuse not to grab a copy and judge for yourself. -->

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With misinformation on the rise, critical thinking is more important than ever. We asked higher education professionals to share their ideas on better incorporating critical thinking strategies in the classroom. Meet the finalists from Sage's first-ever Critical Thinking Challenge.

Critical Thinking Challenge
A contest spotlighting creative, practical approaches to strengthening critical thinking in higher education
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Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%

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Visited the charity shop and found the exact book I wanted. Now having a coffee next door in a small cafe and a little read. Waiter sees me and brings me a 'gift'; a pretty bookmark to keep. Simple kindnesses, simple joys.

"Applicants must have Swiss citizenship or a Swiss permanent settlement permit, or be married to or in a registered partnership with a Swiss citizen." 🤔

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)@snsf.ch · 4mo ago

❗📣 The SNSF is reforming its career #funding. The final calls for Ambizione and Postdoc.Mobility will take place in 2026 and 2027. The eligibility criteria have been adapted to focus on the schemes’ key target groups. ➡️ www.snf.ch/en/kaczpDec5c…

Fellow academics: how long do you wait before contacting the Editorial Team about the manuscript that has been 'with Editor' for... a while? I've heard some random figures from colleagues (e.g., reach out if nothing happens after three months), but was wondering if you had any reasons why.

When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...

New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications

A recent study in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that a single smartphone pop-up derails mental focus for seven seconds. Researchers found that fragmented digital habits cause more cogn...

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