Stephen Chew
@schewpsych.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology; I study cognition, teaching & learning; See http://samford.edu/how-to-study/ and https://youtube.com/chann;
🚨 Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2... “Platforms like TikTok must do more to stop the rise of dangerous fake medical advice …otherwise, it is the public who could be paying the price with their health and perhaps even their lives."
Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’
Research shows AI-generated physicians are gaining millions of views on TikTok by spreading dubious health advice
theguardian.com
"Your vehicle will start after 3 of 3 ads" "Journey will resume after ad break" www.autonocion.com/us/bmw-spide...
BMW pushed a movie advertisement onto the dashboards of its cars in more than 70 countries, appearing on the screen the moment the engine started, and what has owners angry is not the ad itself but th...
BMW beamed down a Spider-Man promotional banner into customers' vehicles, and drivers are outraged.
autonocion.com
My co-authored essay in Inside Higher Ed on toxic bosses, with bonus bingo card. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
16 Types of Toxic Bosses (opinion)
If you recognize your boss in one of these prototypes, you can do something about it.
insidehighered.com
I appreciate how this piece highlights the key issue: these "restructurings" are not about student learning. This failure of attention has been eroding for quite some time, if it ever was at the center. I'm grateful to @biblioracle.bsky.social for this framing. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Harvard Administrators Don’t Care About Student Learning
I know, news flash, right?
insidehighered.com
A Canadian man served 18 months in prison after being wrongfully convicted of offenses related to child pornography when investigators mixed up his username on the instant messaging app Kik, an appeals court in Nova Scotia found.
Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
An appeals court in Canada acquitted Brandon Klayme of child pornography-related charges. His Kik username had one less underscore than another account that was involved.
nyti.ms
Learning a new skill triggers both temporary cell swelling and lasting structural growth in the human brain
Learning a new skill triggers both temporary cell swelling and lasting structural growth in the human brain
When you learn a new skill, your brain undergoes physical changes. A new study using advanced MRI technology reveals that mastering a task triggers two distinct, unexpected cellular reactions that reshape our understanding of human neuroplasticity.
psypost.org
My latest essay for The Teaching Professor, "Why Grade Limits Won’t Solve Grade Inflation" Subscription required. www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/gradi...
Why Grade Limits Won’t Solve Grade Inflation – The Teaching Professor
As I write, the faculty at Harvard have just voted to limit the number of A grades they award in any undergraduate course to a maximum of 20 percent of class enrollment in an effort to combat grade in...
teachingprofessor.com
In my recent Intro Psych lectures on cognitive psychology, I didn’t have time to delve into its history. It’s a fascinating story. Instead, I referred students to my supplemental online lecture on its background and origin, which plays as a YouTube playlist. Check it out here. Feel free to share.
Steve Most (UNSW Sydney) -- The Story of Cognitive Psychology - YouTube
This is the first of 5 lectures on Memory & Cognition for PSYC1011 (PSYC 1B) at UNSW in 2020. Click "PLAY ALL" to view the lecture, which should proceed thro...
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Probably explains why we don't have Guide Cats for the visually impaired. www.sciencefocus.com/nature/cats-...
Experts tested whether cats would help humans in trouble. The results were brutal | BBC Science Focus Magazine
So selfish but so cute
sciencefocus.com
Senator Doug Jones is a prominent attorney and public servant who became the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama in 25 years. Jones narrates the history of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that took place in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. #WeAreAmerica250
How leaning too heavily on artificial intelligence fuels student burnout
How leaning too heavily on artificial intelligence fuels student burnout
College students overwhelmed by academic pressure often use artificial intelligence to lighten their mental load. A new study explores how relying too heavily on these digital tools can erode a student's self-confidence and fuel eventual burnout.
psypost.org
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible” The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded as junk science.
propublica.org
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was released on bail a day before Thanksgiving, after 27 spending years on death row. Mr. Duncan was released on a $150,000 bond, and his vacated conviction is still being reviewed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Read more about him: https://bit.ly/3KA3QAg
Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars
A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail
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Diagnoses of gambling disorder rose more than 60% since 2018 in states that have legalized sports betting, with the biggest increase among young men, according to a new study of electronic health records across the U.S.
Gambling disorder diagnoses spike in states that legalized sports betting, study shows
Researchers analyzed millions of electronic health records and found a major difference between states that greenlit sports gambling and those that didn’t.
nbcnews.to
My latest essay for The Teaching Professor: "What Faculty Want Incoming College Students to Know". Subscription required. www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/stude...
What Faculty Want Incoming College Students to Know – The Teaching Professor
I’ve been a college professor for over 40 years. As a cognitive psychologist, I’ve spent my career studying learning and memory and as a teacher, I’ve integrated my research knowledge with my practica...
teachingprofessor.com
A new Science study suggests variables linked to socioeconomic status—increased stress and reduced sleep—have strong relationships to brain structure and function in children. Brain differences observed are unrelated to genetic ancestry and may not be permanent. https://scim.ag/4opL5PF
![Brain-wide associations in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study revealed that socioeconomic status exhibited the strongest associations with brain organization. Socioeconomic status dominated population-level variation through arousal-related patterns linked to sleep and stress, specifically norepinephrine and stimulant effect maps. Socioeconomic status models demonstrated robust generalizability across different groups, highlighting its importance as the primary variable in childhood BWAS. [Figure created by Lucy Reading-Ikkanda]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vqgovau5gkirnk3ss5qwjdmz/bafkreibhfkiv4pkae6evm6brisvfaf72ck22edvpswi3pd3qnsc4enzopi)
Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do
Like humans, bumble bees can plan ahead when working through a problem, even pausing to consider the solution
science.org
NEW: This church teaches that once an abuser is forgiven, anyone who speaks about the wrongdoing can be accused of having an unforgiving heart. The burden of sin would shift from the person who committed the act to the person who won’t let the matter rest. W/ @startribune.com
In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.
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My latest essay for The Teaching Professor, "Teaching Is Much More Than Telling" Subscription required, teachingprofessor.com/topics/stude...
Teaching Is Much More Than Telling – The Teaching Professor
A senior colleague mentioned to me recently that he had spent the early part of his career overcoming the idea that “teaching is telling,” a common and pernicious misconception, especially among new t...
teachingprofessor.com
Risks and Harms of Conversational Artificial Intelligence (CAI) Chatbot Use Among US Youth - Hinduja - Journal of Adolescence - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Risks and Harms of Conversational Artificial Intelligence (CAI) Chatbot Use Among US Youth
Introduction Conversational AI (CAI) chatbots are widely used by adolescents for instruction, entertainment, companionship, and advice, but concerns persist that they may foster risky behaviors, spr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
🚩 Ivermectin mentioned? Major red flag! 🚩 Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Already Spreading www.wired.com/story/hantav... “One of the most striking shifts since the Covid pandemic is how rapidly misinformation narratives now organize themselves around emerging outbreaks.”
Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories Are Already Spreading Online
From claims of an Israeli false flag to efforts to sell ivermectin, influencers and grifters are using lessons learned from Covid-19 to push their baseless conspiracy theories.
wired.com
The challenge is that we need to move faster than academia is used to moving. I called this study out as bullshit a mere two weeks after Nature published it (receipts below); one year and 500 citations later, only then is it retracted.
Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 3mo agoRetractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
