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Dr. Althea Need Kaminske
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Cognitive psychologist and science communicator. Views are my own.

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The best NYE party I ever went to timed the beat drop with midnight. It was the last time I felt like I was able to dance myself clean.
Millennials haven’t had easy lives but at least we’ll always have this beat drop at 3:07
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I wrote about ADHD in adults this week for The Learning Scientists! I've been thinking about this a lot lately as the standard advice we give to medical students is often counterproductive for ADHD.
September 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm excited to read this! I've seen a lot of evidence that cardio exercise protects against cognitive decline, and suspected that endurance does too, but that seems trickier to study.
🆕 Ageing is associated with cognitive decline & an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases.

A new Review explores the neuroprotective mechanisms of endurance exercise & highlights the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy brain ageing: tinyurl.com/4asc4wp3 #MedSky
March 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My 2nd post on AI in education. I explain ways that generative AI can be disruptive to learning while also recognizing that other AI tools exist and, under limited circumstances, might be useful. I just don't think those are the tools that are actually being used when we talk about AI in education.
March 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Looking through my copy of The Mind's New Science to get a refresher on the history of AI and found this note I wrote to myself as a joke a few years back. It is less funny now.

Step 1: Produce intelligent computer.
Step 2: ?
Step 3: Profit!
February 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
About to pack up for the day when I saw an email alert for a new article, "Relationship Between Bullshit, Cognitive Skills, and Belief Systems: A Meta-Analytic Review".

Sometimes it's fun being a cognitive psychologist.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Relationship Between Bullshit, Cognitive Skills, and Belief Systems: A Meta‐Analytic Review
Bullshit—verbal statements with little or no concern for the truth—has sparked a growing interest in individual traits, with an increase in the number of studies aimed at understanding why people are...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I used to teach a class on critical thinking that covered how language influences thinking. One of the tools of framing that I see most often (mis)used is negation. This headline from last week is an excellent example.
February 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Taking a break from doom-scrolling to get some writing done. Delighted to realize the E.E. Abbott, as in Abbott (1909) the first to conduct experiments on what we now call retrieval practice, was Edwina Eunice Abbott. So many pioneers of memory research were women!
January 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Dr. Althea Need Kaminske
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

This site has info on the economic impact of NIH in your state, if you want to write your senators about this.
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Increasingly, when I mention that I study memory, people will ask how to protect against dementia. My response is to 1. talk with your doctor about your risk factors and 2. Advocate for policies that reduce air pollution in your city.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says
Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage, and how much harm they cause.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Dr. Althea Need Kaminske
Reposted by Dr. Althea Need Kaminske
NEW POST: "Improving College Student Outcomes with Course Policies that Support Autonomy (Part 2)" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social.

www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/11...

#academicsky #edusky
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November 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Dr. Althea Need Kaminske
NEW POST: "Improving College Student Outcomes with Course Policies that Support Autonomy" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social

www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/11...

#edusky #academicsky
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