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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2h

Like there's something about orchestral intro into heavy baseline + rock riff that takes over juxtaposed overtop of lyrics about universal experiences like guilt and morning that feels like such a poignant example on how emotions and thoughts evolve in parallel but shift what is in primary focus

Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2h

One of these days I'm going to figure out how integrate symphonic metal into a class to discuss capacity to hold multiple emotions at the same time, how it can be hard to pick out the driving emotion if others are more attention grabbing, and evolution from primary to secondary emotions....

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2h

^^^^^^

Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2h

One of these days I'm going to figure out how integrate symphonic metal into a class to discuss capacity to hold multiple emotions at the same time, how it can be hard to pick out the driving emotion if others are more attention grabbing, and evolution from primary to secondary emotions....

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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 8d

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 26d

I am not a political pawn. I am a living, breathing human being who has dedicated her life to a scientific problem that I believe matters for human health. The article below tells our story; I hope you will read it and share it www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 14h

Yesterday, Vanderbilt's faculty senate enacted a resolution condemning the Trump "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal, unconstitutional infringement on civil rights and academic freedom, and an unacceptable infringement on institutional independence.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 1d

I would LOVE to do this!

What percentage of publicly funded studies have serious, but entirely avoidable, methodological flaws?

Sadly, I don't think any of the big funders would be courageous enough to support this.

Georgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 1d

We should do a study on how much of the funded applied research suffers from problems that the unfunded methods research could have helped prevent or resolve

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · 1d

Free data resources in science are having the shit mined out of them to produce X,000's of bullshit papers.

What should we do?

(Warning: I sat on this draft for too long, and publishers are already doing some of it. That's what I get for engaging with the news.)

open.substack.com/pub/jamescla...

How To Stop The Next 10,000 Bullshit Papers

Some remarkably un-radical proposals

open.substack.com

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Nicole Weiss @nicoleweiss.bsky.social · 1d

📣 New Pub 📣

We captured 30-day emotion intensity & dysregulation data from EMA & examined in relation to cortisol (from hair) during the same period. Emotion intensity & hair cortisol levels were significantly associated among women with high (but not low) emotion dysregulation.

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 1d

E. G., a change in results during the review process but now the old results were what an AI was trained on so they are informing AI output. Also, if I trusted ppl learning about the preprint had to download it they'd see the warning watermarks, not so much when an AI summary pops up in search 2/2

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 1d

It's less concern about scrapability (I assume all published papers are scrapable, especially since most of mine have to be pub med deposited) and more about what gets scraped + the lack of context in what some AI summaries spit out. 1/2

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I hate to say it but the fact they are publicly available and scrapable has reduced my putting preprints out before they are published. Have mostly shifted to using OSF and psyarxiv for postprinting

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Lisa Starr @lisastarr.bsky.social · 1d

I just googled the title of a paper of mine that hasn't even been published yet (as a lazy way to find the preprint) and Gemini popped out an AI summary of it. So I guess preprints on PsyArXiv are being used in AI training sets? 🤔

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 2d

Nature Reviews Psychology is encouraging authors to include a citation diversity statement to draw attention to citation imbalances and confirm that they made efforts to cite publications from a diverse group of researchers.

Read more in our editorial: go.nature.com/4mTIpr2

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Yuri Milaneschi @ymilaneschi.bsky.social · 2d

And now, a more comprehensive #openaccess edited volume 📚 on #Metabolic #Neuropsychiatry is available, capturing the collective work and reflections from the Ernst Strüngmann Forum.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research: youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo

We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback

Thanks again so much to @tashtc.bsky.social for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨

Using HiTOP in Research

YouTube video by HiTOP

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simine vazire @simine.com · 2d

My blog has moved! It’s now at sometimesimwrongblog.wordpress.com If you have links to posts in your syllabus, let me know if you have any trouble finding the corresponding post!

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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 2d

When we measure personality multiple times in a study, does it matter if we ask people about their personality *in general* or *since the last time point*?

Turns out: yes!

We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tb94v_v1🧵

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Stanley Seah @seeyastanley.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to share that I am planning to admit a grad student and will be reviewing applications to the clinical psychology PhD program at Miami University! Excited to mentor and learn from future mentees! For information about my lab and application FAQ, check out: www.seahpepl.com/joincontact-...

Advancing Youth Mental Health - Prospective Graduate Students

Dr. Seah will be reviewing applications from prospective graduate students for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program (Fall 2026 admission)!

www.seahpepl.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 2d

I am mailing eight people their stickers tomorrow.

I still have 50 more of these.

💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you're the impulsive type, you can PREORDER this sticker for delivery a month from now using this link.

square.link/u/BFQkzE6U

(postage included)

stop forcing AI Into every fucking thing

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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!

Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.

Job details:

💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters

🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term

Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2d

Looked into this earlier. From what I've seen Hive doesn't train on paid customer content unless it's part of the business agreement between the customer + Hive. No way to know without seeing of the deal of course so your mileage may vary. But, I think open API means that scrapers can find content

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 2d

I wanted to share my reasons why I think it is of paramount importance to attend a No King’s protest on October 18, and to make the case to everyone you know to do the same.
a thread...
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Pete Hitchcock @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social · 2d

We are hiring at Emory Psychology in Developmental!

Come join a wonderful department in a great city ☀️

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