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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · 1d

The Zelda edition of the Psychgeist series is now available!

I co-wrote the first chapter, which explores how the Zelda games can teach us to be self-determined.

The book is free to download and read 🙂

lnkd.in/eQ2KSSgB

#gamestudies #PhDsky #PsychSciSky #Cyberpsychology

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · 25d

Artificial Intelligence discovers not one, but TWO amygdala in the brain. More at 10.

Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 25d

I give this AI generated image I found on LinkedIn a 3 out of 10 because at least the brain is facing the right way

An AI generated image of a brain with many errors

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 25d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · 26d

Another free event for BPS members that might be of interest to our cyber section exploring online safety for young people, screen time, and mental health📱🤳

📅 Date: 26 September 2025, 12:30pm - 2:30pm

You can register at: www.bps.org.uk/event/smartp...

#Smartphones #Mentalhealth #Cyberpsychology

Smartphone use and young people | BPS

This event will explore a holistic approach to technology use in adolescents.

www.bps.org.uk

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin
Researching cyberpsychology? We want your insights of cutting-edge research in the field!

Submission info:
📝 Article of 500 words
📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025
📧 Submit via email: [email protected]
#CyberpsychologyBulletin #CFP #Cyberpsychology

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 26

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 22

Looking for folks who would be interested in writing a blurb or reviewing a book about the psychology of The Legend of Zelda series!

Who knows, maybe @matthewmercer.bsky.social would be interested?

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 18

#Cyberpsychology

George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 18

Also, fun fact: pretty sure that this is one of the last research papers to use the online messaging platform Skype as a data collection method!

George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 18

#gamestudies #PsychSciSky
#academicsky

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨

This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood.

Very glad that these voices and stories have a home.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...

Frontiers | “It's a good distraction from the mayhem of reality”: a reflexive thematic analysis on the role of video games to support coping during a crisis

IntroductionVideo games have been shown to offer psychological benefits to gamers during times of stress. One recent, salient example of a stress-inducing ev...

www.frontiersin.org

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John Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · Jul 20

hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social

9. If you use Al to write something for you, it is meaningless and we'd all be better off if you had never said anything in the first place.

This is the thing: Writing is meaning. The reason we write things is to express some sort of meaning, to pass along important information, to convey a human emotion or sensation. It doesn't matter whether the writing is grammatically correct, or vividly expressed. It matters that it came from you. That is the point of writing. If you ask a Chatbot to write something for you, you are being fundamentally unhuman and foundationally dishonest. I am not going to bend on this one. If it requires an Al bot for you to express something to me, you and I are probably not actually friends.

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can confirm that the bulletin is a fantastic way to get word of new and exciting research out there!

BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢 Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin
Researching cyberpsychology? We want your insights of cutting-edge research in the field!

Submission info:
📝 Article of 500 words
📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025
📧 Submit via email: [email protected]
#CyberpsychologyBulletin #CFP #Cyberpsychology

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Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin

Are you doing research in Cyberpsychology? Would you like to share your insights and contribution to the growing knowledge within the field by submitting your work to the Cyberpsychology Bulletin, the official publication of the BPS Cyberpsychology Section?

You may be investigating topics around social media, digital mental health, the impact of AI, influencer culture, gaming and gamers, VR, digital relationships or the ethics of cybersecurity and privacy. If your work explores how digital technology shapes and is reshaping human behaviour and cognition in some way, then we’d be interested to hear from you.

Submit an article of 500 words via email: cyberpsychbulletin@bps.org.uk and help us foster discussion and knowledge-sharing of cutting-edge research across our community!

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · Jul 28

Looking to submit your manuscript to a journal? 📚 Browse calls for papers from APA Journals spanning the breadth and depth of psychology: bit.ly/3DCe67D

#PsychSciSky #Psychology #Neuroskyence #EduSky #AcademicSky

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 22

You know, AI isn't so bad once you ignore the moral implications, the educational implications, the environmental implications, the economic implications, the epistemological implications, the...

Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · Jul 21

uh oh, things are happening dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

CHI
Al shaming is a social phenomenon in which negative judgements are associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (Al). This includes comparing someone's work with Al-generated work as a means of disparagement, voicing suspicion or alleging that someone has used Al to undermine their reputation, or blaming the poor quality of an artefact on Al use.
Common justifications of Al shaming include recourse to Al's societal harms, its technical limitations, and lack of creativity. I argue that, more fundamentally than any of these, Al shaming arises from a class anxiety induced in middle class knowledge workers, and is a form of boundary work to maintain class solidarity and limit mobility into knowledge work. I discuss the role of Al shaming in protecting the privileged class of knowledge work and its attendant harms.

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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our Internationalisation Lead, @joncong.bsky.social, has co-guest edited a Special Section on True Costs of Misinformation for the International Journal of Communication.

Read the edition here:
ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc

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Leon Xiao @leonxiao.com · Jul 22

CfP: Beyond Game Mechanics at City University of Hong Kong

Dates: 8–9 October 2025 (offline participation only)

[Extended] Submission Deadline: 31 July 2025

www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/beyon...

Call for Participation: Beyond Game Mechanics | School of Creative Media

Call for Participation: Beyond Game Mechanics Location: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong Date of Event: October 8-9, 2025 (offline participation only) [Extended] Submission Deadl...

www.scm.cityu.edu.hk

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Andy Green @agreenpsych.bsky.social · Jul 19

Publication news 🥽

The third study from my PhD has been published in Applied Cognitive Psychology.

For those of you who attended #Cyber25 this is the quantitative element of my talk

Next stop: thesis submission!

doi.org/10.1002/acp....

#cyberpsychology

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 17

#cyberpsychology
#gamestudies
#PsychSciSky

George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our extended abstract is now available in the DiGRA Library! We describe our thoughts on save-scumming, which will (eventually) become a fully-fledged article on our exploratory qual work.

@derryacademic.bsky.social @jonesrincon.bsky.social

dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...

Save-Scumming: A Novel Exploration of Video Game Play | DiGRA Digital Library

dl.digra.org

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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information @barcelonadori.bsky.social · Jul 17

A bold step for open research 🟨🟪👣

Wellcome has joined the Barcelona Declaration. A big move from one of the world’s leading research funders. With persistent identifiers and open metadata policies, they’re helping shift how research is recognized and rewarded.

🔗 wellcome.org/news/wellcom...

Wellcome announces suite of open research measures | News | Wellcome

John-Arne Røttingen, Wellcome’s chief executive, made a series of announcements regarding the global health research foundation's open research methods

wellcome.org

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · Jul 11

New special issue on trauma in the modern age of technology from Psychological Trauma, covering familiar (cyberbullying, online child sexual exploitation, telehealth) and developing (AI, facial recognition) topics as they relate to trauma. Learn more: bit.ly/45QRJHo #PsychSciSky #AI

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 10

Literally me 😂

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something

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BPS Cyberpsychology @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social · Jul 10

Huge congrats to our #cyber25 award winners! 🎉 Best Presentation – Yunhao Hu, Best Work in Progress presentation – Evelyn Murray, Best Poster – Megan Gallagher and Best Dressed – Morgan Tidy. You can check out the abstracts of their award winning in the online abstract book!

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George Farmer @cybergamepsych1.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very surreal experience when your research is cited and you're in the audience!

First time (and hopefully not the last) this has happened.

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