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Mikaela Spruill

@spruill.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Psychology| Arizona State University | 1913 | Examining how individual judgments & decisions sustain systemic racial inequity | she/hers mikaelaspruill.com

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M.J. Crockett@mjcrockett.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/

AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…

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Mikaela Spruill@spruill.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Critical Perspectives in Psychology Preconference is back again for year two!! If your research breaks boundaries in mainstream social psych or you are applying exciting methods to your experimental research, our submissions are open! #SPSP2026

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects the "moment-of-threat rule," which required courts to examine only the exact moment in which a police officer alleged that their safety had been threatened in determining whether they acted reasonably. Kagan's opinion makes clear that this idea is clearly absurd.

Most notable here, the “totality of the circumstances” inquiry has no time limit. While the situation at the precise time of the shooting will often matter most, earlier facts and circumstances may bear on how a reasonable officer would have understood and responded to later ones. Prior events may show why a reasonable officer would perceive otherwise ambiguous conduct as threatening, or instead as innocuous. Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U. S. 765, well illustrates this point. There, an officer’s use of deadly force was justified “at the moment” partly because of what had transpired in the preceding period. Id., at 777. The moment-of-threat rule applied below prevents that sort of attention to context, and thus conflicts with this Court’s instruction to analyze the totality of the circumstances. By limiting their view to the two seconds before the shooting, the lower courts could not take into account anything preceding that final moment. So, for example, they could not consider the reasons for the stop or the earlier interactions between the suspect and officer. And because of that limit, they could not address whether the final two seconds of the encounter would look different if set within a longer timeframe. A rule like that, which precludes consideration of prior events in assessing a police shooting, is not reconcilable with the fact-dependent and context-sensitive approach this Court has prescribed. A court deciding a use-of-force case cannot review the totality of the circumstances if it has put on chronological blinders. The Court does not address a separate question about whether or how an officer’s own “creation of a dangerous situation” factors into the reasonableness analysis. The courts below never confronted that issue, and it was not the basis of the petition for certiorari. Pp. 4–9. 91 F. 4th 393, vacated and remanded. KAGAN, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. KAVANAUGH, J., filed a con
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · last yr.

Supreme Court decision: Barnes v. Felix. A claim that a law enforcement officer used excessive force during a stop or arrest is analyzed under the 4A, which requires that the force deployed be objectively reasonable from a reasonable officer's perspective. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last yr.

The Supreme Court’s emergency ruling blocked the Trump administration from removing supposed Venezuelan gang members without any legal process, @qjurecic.bsky.social writes. But it “also narrowed the path by which those detainees can contest their removal”:

What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?

The justices exhibit a disturbing willingness to ignore the human costs of Trump’s actions, preferring instead to remain within the more comfortable zone of high-minded legal theory.

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Mikaela Spruill@spruill.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you all so much for having me!! It was a joy to share more about my research in psychology and law. If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode!

Minds Matter Podcast@mindsmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

New ep! What comes to mind when you hear the term “objectively reasonable”? @spruill.bsky.social shares her research on how legal standards in criminal justice aren't as neutral as they may seem and how lived experience influence jurors' priors links in 🧵 @monash-m3cs.bsky.social

J. Nathan Matias@natematias.bsky.social · last yr.

Scholarship is an expression of deep hope in the future — by writing things down, we hope that future generations can make some use of what we do. Writing today about the science of AI policy, I am citing a 1950s book on the role of scientists in labor unions. Thank you Milton Nadworny <3

Neil Lewis, Jr.@neillewisjr.bsky.social · last yr.

Some good news: "The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years in response to what it calls a 'crisis' prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze..." www.philanthropy.com/article/maca...

MacArthur Foundation to Increase Giving for Two Years in Response to ‘Crisis’

The move was prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid and the now-suspended freeze on federal grants.

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Ronda F. Lo@rondalo.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll be presenting 3 posters at SPSP2025 this weekend! ‼️Thursday Pre-Conferences: Social Psychology in Legal Contexts - 12:15-1pm 🚔 Psychology of Police Shows Advances in Cultural Psychology -3:30-4:45pm 🧬 Gene-Culture Studies ‼️Friday Poster Session B (9-10am) 😷 Asian Health Hazard Stereotype

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Kiana C.@kianacoxphd.myatproto.social · 2y ago

You get introduced to some ppl so young & thru the lens of history. To you, they are a legend, an idea, a symbol of excellence, a commitment to Blackness and its humanity. And when they die, you are in profound disbelief. Both surprisingly and predictably, I forgot she was human.

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