Research on cognitive offloading × AI is booming and getting lots of public attention. Unfortunately, some (or even many) of it raises serious credibility concerns. Like this paper, which others and I recently commented on via @pubpeer.com: pubpeer.com/publications...

Wir gehen am Donnerstag kollektiv als Arbeitsbereich zur Kundgebung in Graz. Wer kommt mit?

University of Graz@uni-graz.at · 3mo ago

📢 Angesichts der drohenden dramatischen Budgetkürzungen rufen die Österreichische Hochschüler:innenschaft und die Universitäten gemeinsam zu großen Kundgebungen auf: 🗓️ Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2026, um 14 Uhr 📍 Treffpunkt Wilhelm Fischer Allee (Stadtpark Graz) #UnisRetten #SparkursStoppen

🔬 We're looking for German-speaking PhDs and Postdocs of all fields for a study! Together with a master student, we have a project on well-being among early career researchers. As we want to reach at least 260 people across Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, we need your help. More info in 🇩🇪 ⬇️

Another day, another stupid Excel chart.

Austrian has gotten so expensive that airport prices start to seem absolutely normal to me. (written while sipping my €6 cappuccino in Frankfurt)

Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/

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It’s a certain level of hell to sit in a lecture hall and see a sea of chat gtp tabs open next to full youtube videos and movies/ tv shows playing while the prof lectures

Hello BlueSky peeps! Hilmar's cold opening contains not one BUT TWO articles that I want to advertise! My co-authors and I have summarized the work we have done, the progress we achieved, and the challenges we encoutered during the last seven or so years in several #OpenScience initiatives in Graz.

New paper out with the Feminist Wonderlab and this is an important one ❤️

Collabra: Psychology@collabrapsychology.bsky.social · last yr.

Incorporating feminist approaches in psychological science: why, what, and where. From @helenahartmann.com, @kohinoordarda.bsky.social, @v-meletaki.bsky.social, @nscorralfrias.bsky.social, @flavioazevedo.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1525/coll...

I'm currently at the wonderful @oegpjuwis.bsky.social #writingretreat, working on a grant proposal. Can we please arrange for all our academic events to have emotional support cats (and goats, dogs, and pigs)?

In non-science news: The nin concert in Vienna was amazing!

I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!

But a university is a community that thrives on differences. Our diverse perspectives are what make it possible for us to know the world, together.

Struggling to find time to write? 📚✍️ If you're a Postdoc or working on your PhD in Psychology, join us for this year's Summer School & Writing Retreat! osf.io/u97xy/

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Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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I asked DeepSeek to develop a scale to measure addiction to addiction scale development and of course it delivered.

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · last yr.

Boy do I have the right measurement instrument for you.

If you haven't registered for this event yet (happening in just 2 weeks!) it only takes a second: click on the link, then scroll down to the the large "REGISTER HERE" :) there will be plenty of time for questions, and you can even send them in ahead of time! #PsychSciSky

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)@improvingpsych.org · 2y ago

In celebration of SIPS's 10th annual meeting, please join us for a virtual warm-up event on December 18, 2024! Early reformers will discuss challenges and improvements in psychological science. Find out more and register: improvingpsych.org/sips-2025-pr...

#PsychSciSky, I'm super curious. Lots of us are using SEM (or other complex stats methods) on a regular basis. Did your psych degree give you the confidence to run and interpret them? Or did you get those skills elsewhere? And if so, where.

Peter@plf515.bsky.social · 2y ago

I would be VERY leery of any such things. SEM is tricky, built on lots of assumptions, and should probably only be done by experts. I was a stat consultant for 25 years and I wouldn't do it. I also don't know any friendly, low key books on doing surgery.

Psych peeps: do you know of any super low-key, intuitive (think Andy Field) intros to structural equation modeling (ideally including examples in R/JASP/Jamovi)? I'm looking for books/videos that ideally also showcase different use cases. #PsychSciSky #SEM #statistics

Optimist: "the cup is half full" Pessimist: "the cup is half empty" Social & personality psychologist: “We developed the one-item CUP optimism scale and plotted it against the Big Five, with 300 UG students participating for course credit. Our results are generalisable to all people, everywhere.”

Elizabeth Stokoe@lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Optimist: "the cup is half full" Pessimist: "the cup is half empty" Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-) #EMCA

This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2y ago

Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?

Math problem. I have three apples and am traveling towards you at 17mph. It's not really a problem, more of a warning. Apple time, bitches.

So @ourworldindata.org is making it easier to reuse our data through enhanced data downloads and a chart data API ourworldindata.org/easier-to-re...

We've made it much easier to reuse our data

An overview of our new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API.

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Geschlechtergerechte Sprache hilft dabei, Frauen ins Gedächtnis zu rufen! Wir sind so froh darüber, dass wir die Ergebnisse dieser Multi-lab Replikation mit euch teilen können und dass uns @de.in-mind.org dabei so toll unterstützt. 1/3

In-Mind: Psychologie für alle!@handle.invalid · 2y ago

Lieber Leser, denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern? Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt. Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen! de.in-mind.org/blog/...

Lieber Leser, denken wir die Frauen wirklich mit, wenn wir in unserer Sprache nicht gendern? Gabriela Hofer und Hilmar Brohmer erklären in ihrem Beitrag, dass uns die wissenschaftliche Beweislage das Gegenteil zeigt. Danke fürs Lesen, liebe Leser:innen! de.in-mind.org/blog/...

Once the publishers do this + move their journal accounts here, it’s officially game over for academic X. Editors, please encourage your journals to open accounts here. Nature is already here…

Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y ago

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Got to hold today's undergrad differential psych lecture at our department. Today's topic was The Self and I loved, how much I learned preparing for it and (even more) discussing it with the students.

Interested in sleep and memory research? 💤🧠 Then join the #ManyBeds project! 🛏️ A multi-lab, many-analysts, replication study led by @gordonfeld.bsky.social and me. We seek contributors for data collection and analysis. Sign up now! ✨ Learn more here: cimh-clinical-psychology.github.io/ManyBeds/

Just saw that @psyarxivbot.bsky.social shared our preprint on gender differences in (bias in) self-estimated spatial intelligence. Check it out if you want to know whether women under- and men overestimate their abilities.

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 2y ago

Women's humility and men's lack of hubris: Gender biases in self-estimated spatial intelligence: http://osf.io/fx8a7/

Absolutely in love with the views I get to enjoy on my way to Göttingen, where I'll work on a super exciting project with @larspenke.bsky.social and Larissa Wieczorek. Let's hope the train gods (looking at you, DB) remain in my favor for the next 8 hours.