Lorraine Hope
@lorrainehope.bsky.social
Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology at University of Portsmouth, UK. Special interest in memory performance and memory elicitation techniques. Views own.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Absolutely this…there are still many predators evading their comeuppance, including in my own field.
There is so much to be disappointed about in this story--from the institutional response to Miles Hewstone himself. We still have a lot of work to do to make academic environments inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive, and where harassers are held accountable.
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Absolutely this…there are still many predators evading their comeuppance, including in my own field.
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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 7:16 PM
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
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This seems bad on like 15 different fronts
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 9:59 PM
This seems bad on like 15 different fronts
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New paper by @emilyspearing.bsky.social et al. out now in the Journal of Environmental Psychology
Black Summer Arson: Examining the Impact of Climate Misinformation and Corrections on Reasoning
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Black Summer Arson: Examining the Impact of Climate Misinformation and Corrections on Reasoning
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Redirecting
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New paper by @emilyspearing.bsky.social et al. out now in the Journal of Environmental Psychology
Black Summer Arson: Examining the Impact of Climate Misinformation and Corrections on Reasoning
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Black Summer Arson: Examining the Impact of Climate Misinformation and Corrections on Reasoning
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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“Many of our contemporaries now want to combine the worst of these two worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot.”
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Many of our contemporaries now want to combine the worst of these two worlds. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot.”
A spot in hell? @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A spot in hell? @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
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The anthropomorphic language that the AI industry uses to talk about its tech is a large part of the reason why people do not understand how it actually works.
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The anthropomorphic language that the AI industry uses to talk about its tech is a large part of the reason why people do not understand how it actually works.
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I DON'T NEED TO SAVE TIME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I DON'T NEED TO SAVE TIME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
Yes - and you particularly don’t have to do this if they are predatory manipulators (esp. of young female researchers) and request lists of self-citations when reviewing…. Of their crappy, derivative, methodologically unsound work. Oh and when they invite themselves to give keynotes, just say no.
October 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Yes - and you particularly don’t have to do this if they are predatory manipulators (esp. of young female researchers) and request lists of self-citations when reviewing…. Of their crappy, derivative, methodologically unsound work. Oh and when they invite themselves to give keynotes, just say no.
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Ayup. No excuses for being this dumb. This study exists and is public:
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
OpenAI Has a Fix For Hallucinations, But You Really Won't Like It
OpenAI's latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up – known in the world of artificial intelligence as "hallucination".
www.sciencealert.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ayup. No excuses for being this dumb. This study exists and is public:
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
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Day 2 of ##Hiddenref2025 and a reminder that people are as important as outputs.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Day 2 of ##Hiddenref2025 and a reminder that people are as important as outputs.
Hard agree - this is insane; pretending it’s viable/OK is actually corrupt. What do advocates think they might ‘learn’ from it? Seeing the vagaries of human performance is part of the fun of research but importantly prompts further questions. This kind of data fabrication is just output grifting…
For me this is a hard red line in psychological science. If you advocate the use of "silicon samples" you do not understand what it is we're supposed to be doing (and likely don't understand LLMs, or are a grifter). Luckily I haven't seen much of this among people I'd consider my peer group.
October 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hard agree - this is insane; pretending it’s viable/OK is actually corrupt. What do advocates think they might ‘learn’ from it? Seeing the vagaries of human performance is part of the fun of research but importantly prompts further questions. This kind of data fabrication is just output grifting…
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
The most depressing but plausible article I have ever read. Onwards into the “moronic inferno”…
October 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The most depressing but plausible article I have ever read. Onwards into the “moronic inferno”…
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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...
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
www.science.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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...
How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The Network Plus for Analytical Behavioural Science for Security and Defence (NABS+) has a call for Visiting Fellowships. Part of our commitment to develop the next generation of behavioural science for security & defence through x-fertilisation of knowledge & skills.
Submission deadline: 20/10/25
Submission deadline: 20/10/25
NABS+ Visiting Fellowships
Guidance on applying for the NABS+ Visiting Fellowship, including eligibility, required documents, assessment criteria, key dates, and funding conditions.
crestresearch.ac.uk
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The Network Plus for Analytical Behavioural Science for Security and Defence (NABS+) has a call for Visiting Fellowships. Part of our commitment to develop the next generation of behavioural science for security & defence through x-fertilisation of knowledge & skills.
Submission deadline: 20/10/25
Submission deadline: 20/10/25
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I wish more people got this. Science is inefficient. I'd say probably say inherently inefficient. I know we all want to hurry up and make the world a better place with those tax dollars, but I believe the harder we try to rush things, the less effective we will be in the long run.
"Science is not broken, and it most certainly is not dying. It is an inefficient human activity....When we catastrophize, we feed a disillusionment which political actors can weaponize to get rid of scientific evidence they find inconvenient."
#AcademicSky 🧪
#AcademicSky 🧪
Difficult for me to put into words how disappointed I am in Sabine Hossenfelder. Many years back when she was just blogging about physics I was a huge fan, and she published a lot of intriguing papers. Now she makes money as a social media arsonist. 🧪
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
September 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I wish more people got this. Science is inefficient. I'd say probably say inherently inefficient. I know we all want to hurry up and make the world a better place with those tax dollars, but I believe the harder we try to rush things, the less effective we will be in the long run.
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Looks like my favorite paper on the age trajectory of happiness is finally out!!! So happy for the authors. Go check it out, it’s great.
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looks like my favorite paper on the age trajectory of happiness is finally out!!! So happy for the authors. Go check it out, it’s great.
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At least clippy didn't make everyone decide learning isn't worth it anymore
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At least clippy didn't make everyone decide learning isn't worth it anymore
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Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps.
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some folks confuse these things —who think the 'water movement' must be flawed, since bottled water is expensive, and contaminated water is poisonous. Clean water and #openaccess both cost $. We don't really need corporations selling packaged products, but communities funding reservoirs and taps.
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Microsoft OneDrive is one of the most useless, frustrating pieces of software I have ever encountered in my life.
September 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Microsoft OneDrive is one of the most useless, frustrating pieces of software I have ever encountered in my life.