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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 23h

I'm not surprised there was no effect of music on attention performance. The task was too short and inauthentic. I'd like to see this research conducted using students' actual schoolwork, varying the degree in interest in the music played.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...

Title page of article published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance titled: "With a Little Help From My Playlists: The Impact of Background Music on Sustained Attention Performance."

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 1d

Kudos to @josheyler.bsky.social for providing ideas about how high-structure classroom design can be implemented in humanities courses. Sometimes, high-structure classroom design materials seem to assume "problem-solving" is the main in-class activity. For humanities courses, often there are others.

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 1d

A new large-scale analysis of existing research in Review of Educational Research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development. Read about it here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/Soc...

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 1d

Helpful: “An intentional use of high structure in a humanities class would look like giving some kind of reading assignments to students” with more direction about what to read for, he says. “Meaning, here’s what I want you to be looking for, here’s what we’re going to talk about in class.” #EduSky

How Students Should Practice, In and Out of Class

A professor structures exercises to reduce busy work and boost engagement.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 2d

In this meta-analysis, topic knowledge was not related to people's subjective perceptions of the truthfulness of content (i.e., credibility perceptions). Source credibility, argument quality, and ease of understanding (fluency) had the strongest relations. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Factors Associated With Information Credibility Perceptions: A Meta-Analysis - Mengxue Ou, Shirley S. Ho, 2024

Research on factors influencing information credibility judgment is increasing, whereas their findings are mixed. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 85 emp...

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 2d

In this meta-analysis, topic knowledge was not related to people's subjective perceptions of the truthfulness of content (i.e., credibility perceptions). Source credibility, argument quality, and ease of understanding (fluency) had the strongest relations. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Factors Associated With Information Credibility Perceptions: A Meta-Analysis - Mengxue Ou, Shirley S. Ho, 2024

Research on factors influencing information credibility judgment is increasing, whereas their findings are mixed. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 85 emp...

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 3d

Children's perceptions that the environment supports their autonomy are correlated with higher reported well-being, and perceptions of autonomy being squelched are correlated with ill-being. Cultural variation in corr strength. Autonomy need support matters! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Relationships Between Experiences of Autonomy and Well(Ill)-Being for K-12 Youth: A Meta-Analysis - Educational Psychology Review

Childhood and adolescence are pivotal developmental stages for psychological health. An understanding of psychological mechanisms related to well-being is important for promoting positive life outcomes for youth. Research generally shows that the basic psychological need for autonomy is significantly associated with well-being. To examine the magnitude and sources of variation in this relationship, we conducted a meta-analysis of 90 reports to analyze the average effect of autonomy need satisfaction (ANS) and frustration (ANF) on indicators of psychological well- and ill-being for K-12 (Kindergarten to 12th grade) youth. Results indicated that ANS was positively associated with psychological well-being and negatively associated with psychological ill-being among youth. Further, ANF was negatively associated with psychological well-being and positively associated with psychological ill-being. Moderator analyses indicated that the association between ANS and well-being was stronger for studies conducted with children and adolescents in East Asian countries compared to studies conducted in the USA, Canada, or Northern Europe when controlling for publication status and measurement reliability. Results also showed that the average correlation between ANS and well-being was stronger for studies located in more collectivistic countries compared to individualistic countries when controlling for publication status and measurement reliability. The relationship between ANS and ill-being was stronger for studies conducted in the USA and Canada compared to East Asian and European contexts. Together, results suggest that autonomy satisfaction is related to the well- and ill-being of youth across cultural contexts, but that there is cultural variation in the association between experiences of autonomy and well-being.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 4d

The ability to ignore distracting information may be more task-specific than general. That suggests successfully ignoring distractors in one context doesn't mean someone automatically be good at it in another context. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Screenshot of the title page of an article published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition titled: "Cognitive Control Is Task Specific: Further Evidence Against the Idea of Domain-General Conflict Adaptation."

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 5d

Geesh - I’m not crying. Nope. Not at all.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 5d

Great! Would love to hear what you think of it.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 5d

What Psychology doesn’t understand about sampling and selection bias-hurts our science and what we can offer to our communities from our science. This paper tries to provide some way to address some of these concerns.

Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 11d

October's Editor's Choice:

Improving generalizability of developmental research through increased use of homogeneous convenience samples: A Monte Carlo simulation.

Jager, Xia, Putnick, & Bornstein

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 5d

🧠 What if we measured learning as a process, not a snapshot? Dynamic Measurement Models show how students grow — and what schools can do better. A smarter way to see learning in motion. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Dynamic measurement: A theoretical–psychometric paradigm for modern educational psychology

Scholars have lamented that current methods of assessing student performance do not align with contemporary views of learning as situated within students, contexts, and time. Here, we introduce and...

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 6d

Welp. That John Mulaney show at DPAC in Durham was pretty much the funniest show I’ve ever seen. I didn’t think anyone would top the time we saw Chris Rock a few days after the Oscars, but Mulaney did.

Me and Mira Brancu at Durham Performing Arts Center.

Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 6d

The title doesn't match the topic of the podcast, which is more about how GenAI can replace desirable difficulties and other productive challenges, subverting learning and meaning-making. It also sounds like a rundown of the ideas and concepts I teach in my classes! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Frictionless and Forgettable: How Tech Undermines Friendship and Creativity

Podcast Episode · PsyberSpace: Understand Your World · 09/29/2025 · 24m

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 7d

And here's Dr. Daley's full article, which is definitely a great read. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Universal design of educational psychology? Improving theory and application by focusing on students with disabilities

Including students with disabilities is critical to the relevance and application of educational psychology theory and research. In this article, I draw on the Universal Design for Learning framewo...

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 7d

Universal Design for Learning is a great way to think about supporting learners - but did you know it's also a great way to think about doing research? In this podcast episode, Dr. Samantha Daley talks about her wonderful article on using UDL to inform research.
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Samantha G. Daley

Dr. Samantha G. Daley joins podcast host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss her Educational Psychologist article, “Universal design of educational psychology? Improving theory and application by focusing on s

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 8d

As I close out the remaining manuscripts I'm editing for Educational Psychologist, I'm reflecting on how I'll miss the rush of reading a new manuscript abstract & thinking, "Yes! This is new. It's going to change the way people think about things!" Such a joy to have early access to great thinking.

a woman is saying " this is new for me "

ALT: a woman is saying " this is new for me "

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 8d

Really enjoyed the talk and the insightful questions from the students and faculty at the Institute for Intelligent Systems!

PowerPoint title slide that says “won’t get fooled again: conscious and non-conscious processing of (mis)information.”

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 8d

"Our results...highlight the importance of PA design...to use PAs as a motivational tool, it is not enough to simply include a character, but rather to think carefully about its function in the learning environment, its purpose in the learning process, and its design." #PsychSciSky #EduSky

Do Pedagogical Agents Enhance Student Motivation? Unraveling the Evidence Through Meta-Analysis - Educational Psychology Review

The use of pedagogical agents (PAs) as learning tools within digital learning environments is rising. Previous research shows that PAs can aid learning across various domains and age groups, but…

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 9d

Thrilled and honored to be at the University of Memphis to give a talk at their Institute of Intelligent Systems and to hang out with the fabulous Dr. Shelbi Kuhlmann!

Me and Shelbi Kuhlmann standing in front of a sign that says University of Memphis.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 10d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 9d

"We are more concerned with the measures conceived with limited planning and released into the literature without much commitment or much of a life expectancy...the main avenue to rein in proliferation of poor-quality measures is raising the bar for introducing them into the literature."#PsychSciSky

A Fragmented Field: Construct and Measure Proliferation in Psychology - Farid Anvari, Taym Alsalti, Lorenz A. Oehler, Zach Marion, Ian Hussey, Malte Elson, Ruben C. Arslan, 2025

We examined the extent to which constructs and measures have proliferated in psychological science. We integrated two large databases obtained from the American...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 10d

In that vein, NSF's shutdown plans just went public: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf-sh...

Already-funded projects can continue. And proposals can be submitted. But don't expect a response from a program officer during the shutdown.

Brief Summary of significant agency activities that will continue during a lapse:
National Science Foundation (NSF) will use available carryover balances to continue daily operations.
Once those balances are exhausted, electronic systems for proposal preparation and submission
will remain available for use during a lapse in appropriations, (i.e., Research.gov, and Grants.gov).
The Awards Cash Management Service (ACM$) and the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) will remain
available for the submission and processing of valid payments for recipients and contractors.
Recipients may continue performance under their NSF awards during a lapse in appropriations, to
the extent funds are available, and the period of performance of the grant or cooperative
agreement has not expired. In the event of a lapse, more detailed information on NSF operations for
recipients, panelists, and employees will be posted at www.NSF.gov, and will be updated as
necessary during a lapse.
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Brief Summary of significant agency activities that will cease during a lapse:
In general, no new grants, continuing grant increments, cooperative agreements, or contracts will be
awarded. No new funding opportunities (program descriptions, announcements, solicitations or
Dear Colleague Letters) will be issued. Responses to any inquiries received regarding upcoming
deadlines will be deferred until normal operations resume. All panels (including virtual panels)
scheduled to occur during a lapse in appropriations will be cancelled and will likely be rescheduled
to a later date.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 10d

Identifying "misinformation" can be difficult. Perhaps we should focus on finding sources that reliably "share" benevolent information? I wrote about the qualities of those sources, here: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psyc...

How We Can Make the Internet Helpful Again

Amid an infodemic of misinformation and manipulation, it feels like the Internet uses us more than we use it. Taking back control is possible.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10d

Our new paper finds that AI can overcome partisan #bias

We find that AI sources are preferred over ingroup and outgroup sources--even when people know both are equally accurate (N = 1,600+): osf.io/preprints/ps...

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