Melissa Kline Struhl
@mekline.bsky.social
Executive Director of childrenhelpingscience.com, Psych-DS maintainer, strong feelings about data management & collaborative science. My last name is "Kline Struhl" (she/her)
It's the pre-atomic steel of our time!
(I didn't invent this comparison, but I can't remember where I saw it)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-bac...
(I didn't invent this comparison, but I can't remember where I saw it)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-bac...
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's the pre-atomic steel of our time!
(I didn't invent this comparison, but I can't remember where I saw it)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-bac...
(I didn't invent this comparison, but I can't remember where I saw it)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-bac...
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This seems to be the viral conversation du jour, so I'm going to record my thoughts in a thread (below) as I watch it: www.dwarkesh.com/p/ilya-sutsk...
Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
“These models somehow just generalize dramatically worse than people. It's a very fundamental thing.”
www.dwarkesh.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This seems to be the viral conversation du jour, so I'm going to record my thoughts in a thread (below) as I watch it: www.dwarkesh.com/p/ilya-sutsk...
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I don't usually fly Delta but when I do I wonder if it's called that because the flight is the delta between you and your destination
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I don't usually fly Delta but when I do I wonder if it's called that because the flight is the delta between you and your destination
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🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
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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 👇
@simine.com has an astonishing combination of intellectual humility, willingness to publicly state unpopular opinions in pursuit of truth, and thoughtfulness about how to deploy that truth-telling for maximum positive impact.
Bravo Simine!!
Bravo Simine!!
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@simine.com has an astonishing combination of intellectual humility, willingness to publicly state unpopular opinions in pursuit of truth, and thoughtfulness about how to deploy that truth-telling for maximum positive impact.
Bravo Simine!!
Bravo Simine!!
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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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There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts.
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts.
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
Do you study behavior and/or cognition & wish you spent less time worrying about messy data? Wondering about FAIR data sharing for the 1st time?
Come learn about Pych-DS: it's"spellcheck" (aka a data standard) for your datasets. I'll be at VV17 for the final #sfn2025 #sfn25 poster session!
Come learn about Pych-DS: it's"spellcheck" (aka a data standard) for your datasets. I'll be at VV17 for the final #sfn2025 #sfn25 poster session!
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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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...
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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Also for UX research...
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 8:12 PM
Also for UX research...
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Y'all. N>3,800. !!!!!!!
Goodness gracious.
Goodness gracious.
When do interaction/moderation effects stabilize in linear regression?: https://osf.io/35t84
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Y'all. N>3,800. !!!!!!!
Goodness gracious.
Goodness gracious.
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161. Gallup, 1940: "Do you think the unemployment problem can be solved?"
(Ed. note: we see here the classic YES!/Yes/NO!/No scale that regularly torments @kathleenweldon.bsky.social and the other good folks at Roper)
(Ed. note: we see here the classic YES!/Yes/NO!/No scale that regularly torments @kathleenweldon.bsky.social and the other good folks at Roper)
September 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
161. Gallup, 1940: "Do you think the unemployment problem can be solved?"
(Ed. note: we see here the classic YES!/Yes/NO!/No scale that regularly torments @kathleenweldon.bsky.social and the other good folks at Roper)
(Ed. note: we see here the classic YES!/Yes/NO!/No scale that regularly torments @kathleenweldon.bsky.social and the other good folks at Roper)
Hi there, I'm a research scientist (developmental psychologist) heading to my first #sfn2025 #sfn25.
You can find me at my poster on standardizing behavioral / cognitive data (PSTR477, Weds afternoon 1-5pm). I love data management horror stories and I'm friendly - feel free to say hi!
You can find me at my poster on standardizing behavioral / cognitive data (PSTR477, Weds afternoon 1-5pm). I love data management horror stories and I'm friendly - feel free to say hi!
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
psssst, five-page forms full of legalese don't support informed consent
Why Accessible Language Matters in Clinical Trials: How Inclusive Translation Protects Participants - this is also useful for other kinds of research disabilityhorizons.com/2025/10/why-...
Why Accessible Language Matters in Clinical Trials: How Inclusive Translation Protects Participants | Disability Horizons
Inclusive translation in clinical trials ensures disabled people can understand, consent, and participate safely—making research fair, ethical, and accurate.
disabilityhorizons.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
psssst, five-page forms full of legalese don't support informed consent
A reminder to those of us with international collaborations that it's Temporal Chaos Week!
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A reminder to those of us with international collaborations that it's Temporal Chaos Week!
I met a oceanography researcher the other month at a conference who had a poster about open sensor systems that people in the field use to track currents/temperature/ocean things. Then just as an aside he mentioned that some of the sensors are attached to seals!?!
anibos.com
anibos.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I met a oceanography researcher the other month at a conference who had a poster about open sensor systems that people in the field use to track currents/temperature/ocean things. Then just as an aside he mentioned that some of the sensors are attached to seals!?!
anibos.com
anibos.com
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This is not funny, Episcopalians only do this when the country’s in distress
October 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is not funny, Episcopalians only do this when the country’s in distress
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you