Andrea Howard
@drandreahoward.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology | Adolescence and the transition to adulthood | Mental health, alcohol, social media, ADHD | Open science and quantitative psychology | She/her.
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Job opportunity — Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Job opportunity — Junior Professorship in Psychological Metascience @zpid.bsky.social leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/10kku5n7 h/t @bethclarke.bsky.social
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Who’s feeling it?
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Who’s feeling it?
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The brilliant @alice-gregory.bsky.social asks what smart phone bans mean for kids like hers who needs their phone to stay alive
The kids fotgotten by the calls to ban phones
@dawnwatling.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social @candiceodgers.bsky.social
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@dawnwatling.bsky.social @parthaskar.bsky.social @candiceodgers.bsky.social
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The kids forgotten by calls to ban phones | Psyche Notes to Self
Campaigns calling for smartphone-free childhoods might be well meaning, but the choice is not so simple for all families
psyche.co
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The brilliant @alice-gregory.bsky.social asks what smart phone bans mean for kids like hers who needs their phone to stay alive
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The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty
RFK Jr.’s latest attack on vaccines shows evidence-based science has been replaced by the ill-informed opinions of a quack
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The destruction of one of the world’s great public health agencies is a travesty. RFK Jr. seems determined to replace evidence-based science with quackery and use the CDC as his mouthpiece, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Pete Hegseth is just a piece of shit and RFK Jr. is just a pile of weird smelling garbage.
Addiction isn’t the reason for these truths.
You’ll note lots of people have substance use problems and don’t endeavor to start wars and bring back eradicated diseases to kill many thousands of children!
Addiction isn’t the reason for these truths.
You’ll note lots of people have substance use problems and don’t endeavor to start wars and bring back eradicated diseases to kill many thousands of children!
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pete Hegseth is just a piece of shit and RFK Jr. is just a pile of weird smelling garbage.
Addiction isn’t the reason for these truths.
You’ll note lots of people have substance use problems and don’t endeavor to start wars and bring back eradicated diseases to kill many thousands of children!
Addiction isn’t the reason for these truths.
You’ll note lots of people have substance use problems and don’t endeavor to start wars and bring back eradicated diseases to kill many thousands of children!
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In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
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This is a damn good paper by @anthonystevend.bsky.social on reporting and thinking and testing effect sizes in a thoughtful and principled way.
Here's a nice discussion of effect sizes in cognitive neuroscience, with real examples and an discussion of using null intervals. Lots of good advice here; if you've been interested in inference by interval, this is a great resource.
#Neuroskyence #stats
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#Neuroskyence #stats
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Redirecting
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November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is a damn good paper by @anthonystevend.bsky.social on reporting and thinking and testing effect sizes in a thoughtful and principled way.
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Why should I spend my time phone banking on the SUFS Aftyn campaign?
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
TAKE ACTION! Hit the phones with us on Saturday and Sunday for @aftynbehn4tn, and help bring sanity back to science policy. Sign up at zurl.co/5aOiP (linked in our bio) to get started. All you need is a phone and a zeal for action!
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Why should I spend my time phone banking on the SUFS Aftyn campaign?
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
I have no expertise to evaluate the problems of this particular paper, but I think it’s *very very important* that we don’t present “the reviewer recommended rejection” as evidence of scientific or editorial misconduct.
Exclusive: Reviewer recommended against publishing paper on DNA in COVID vaccines
Exclusive: Reviewer recommended against publishing paper on DNA in COVID vaccines
Rolf Marschalek was on vacation when he saw a new paper had been published in the journal Autoimmunity. Marschalek, a biochemist at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany, was “very upset,” he told…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I have no expertise to evaluate the problems of this particular paper, but I think it’s *very very important* that we don’t present “the reviewer recommended rejection” as evidence of scientific or editorial misconduct.
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The Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto in Toronto is hiring an Associate Professor - Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Closing date: 2026/01/08
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November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto in Toronto is hiring an Associate Professor - Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Closing date: 2026/01/08
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Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
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Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
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"Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein."
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein."
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The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UNL is hiring a Research Assistant Professor! Work with my wonderful colleague Tim Nelson on NIH-funded developmental/health projects and grow your own line of research. The DCN Lab is an amazing team with lots of opportunities and support.
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UNL is hiring a Research Assistant Professor! Work with my wonderful colleague Tim Nelson on NIH-funded developmental/health projects and grow your own line of research. The DCN Lab is an amazing team with lots of opportunities and support.
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"[Expanding the scope of online gambling is] going to lead to more engagement, and when there’s more engagement, there’s more risk for potential harms and addictions.”
- Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim
- Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim
Addiction psychologist says expansion of Ontario gambling is 'potentially harmful'
Ontario's top court says provincially regulated online gambling and sports betting sites could legally allow users to play with and bet against people in other countries.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"[Expanding the scope of online gambling is] going to lead to more engagement, and when there’s more engagement, there’s more risk for potential harms and addictions.”
- Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim
- Dr. Andrew (Hyounsoo) Kim
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🚧 OSF experienced a temporary slowdown today due to a surge of automated bot traffic. This overwhelmed parts of the production environment that didn't yet have the right safeguards in place, causing performance issues. The underlying issue has been addressed, & further protections are now in place.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚧 OSF experienced a temporary slowdown today due to a surge of automated bot traffic. This overwhelmed parts of the production environment that didn't yet have the right safeguards in place, causing performance issues. The underlying issue has been addressed, & further protections are now in place.
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We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"they may make it all the way to college before they find out that they can only do math at a middle-school or sometimes an elementary-school level."
One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...
We are failing a generation of kids.
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
www.theargumentmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"they may make it all the way to college before they find out that they can only do math at a middle-school or sometimes an elementary-school level."
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Anyone planning to go to APS 2026 working on clinical prediction models? We have a nice preprint on predicting depression severity in n~1700 using smartphone & smartwatch data, and would love to join a symposium or help putting one together :)
www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Anyone planning to go to APS 2026 working on clinical prediction models? We have a nice preprint on predicting depression severity in n~1700 using smartphone & smartwatch data, and would love to join a symposium or help putting one together :)
www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
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Developmental science is full of all kinds of methodological challenges that turn out to be relevant beyond kid research - Infants stubbornly refuse to fill out surveys, so we built Children Helping Science to capture webcam data. Voice/video consent process at the start of every session.
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Developmental science is full of all kinds of methodological challenges that turn out to be relevant beyond kid research - Infants stubbornly refuse to fill out surveys, so we built Children Helping Science to capture webcam data. Voice/video consent process at the start of every session.
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This is an education problem, not a tool problem; and we don't want people simply moving from thinking p-values are magic to thinking confidence intervals are.
Next: Geoff Cumming @thenewstats.bsky.social with 'Statistical significance and p values: The researcher’s heroin'
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
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#IRICSydney
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
tiny.cc/osfsigroulette
#IRICSydney
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is an education problem, not a tool problem; and we don't want people simply moving from thinking p-values are magic to thinking confidence intervals are.
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Taking your class to the next level, tomorrow…
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Taking your class to the next level, tomorrow…
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I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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"A Leg to Stand On"
Lessons in solidarity from knee surgery, physical therapy, and Oliver Sacks
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I wrote about my knee injury and recent surgery, Oliver Sacks's "A Leg to Stand On", and how a zombie Calvinism continues to distort the American health care system:
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
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I am hoping to recruit a graduate student for next year. That person would help conduct research on leadership, individual differences, and methodological skullduggery. Please forward to any potentially interested students.
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I am hoping to recruit a graduate student for next year. That person would help conduct research on leadership, individual differences, and methodological skullduggery. Please forward to any potentially interested students.