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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · 22h

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 6d

If you are interested in doing a postdoc in psychology at UC Davis with me (or any other UC professor), feel free to consider applying to the UC Presidential Postdoc position!

ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...

How to apply

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 15d

Call for Editorial Fellows at Developmental Psychology!

*Early Career (w/i 10yrs PhD)

*Commitment to addressing the needs of underserved populations or increasing access to psychological knowledge & publishing

*1-yr term; $1,000 USD

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

@apajournals.bsky.social

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13d

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al.

Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation

New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.

theconversation.com

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M.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 16d

Glad Science collected this data (though the results are entirely unsurprising). GenAI cannot accurately summarize scientific papers, sacrificing accuracy for simplicity.

And shame on publishers who are pushing genAI summaries on readers. Great way to accelerate an epistemic apocalypse.

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Reagan Miller-Chagnon, PhD RYS-200 @mindfulmiller.bsky.social · 18d

The Clinical Psychology program at CSU is hiring! Please share these postings with anyone who might be interested.
1. Associate/Full: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
2. Teaching position: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/164...
3. Tenure Track Assistant Professor: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/166...

Assistant Professor

The Department of Psychology at Colorado State University invites applications for two full-time, continuing, non-tenure track, teaching-focused faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor wi...

jobs.colostate.edu

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Tom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 19d

Year 2 of Temple's Demystifying Graduate Applications Event!

Temple University's Demystifying Grad School Applications event - scheduled on October 7, 2025 from 5:00-9:00 PM EST. The zoom link can be obtained using the QR code, or copy and paste this address: https://temple.zoom.us/j/92039827029

Faculty will discuss how they read applications and address questions from attendees. There will also be brief workshops about building CVs, crafting statements, and thinking about longer term career planning.

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 19d

The problem with AI companies trying to sell us glasses with “AI” instructions for how to cook that don’t work and skip steps is that we already have recipes in our kitchens, some of them quite readily available:

A white ceramic pan for baking pie with an apple pie recipe written on it.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21d

"Go on, human, ask me anything. Except basic math stuff. And putting things in sequential order. And don’t do any made-up riddles to mess with me. Real riddles ONLY."

Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s

Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 29d

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨

Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.

Please share widely!

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social · 22d

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo

Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States

The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....

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Janik Goltermann @janikgoltermann.bsky.social · 21d

🧠Out now @natcomms.nature.com !
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 22d

Psychology needs more diamond open access journals (free for authors to publish in and for readers to access) supported by universities (rather than for-profit publishers).
Like or RT if you agree (I am curious how popular this opinion is in psychology).

www.wsj.com/opinion/acad...

Opinion | Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket

Scientists write and review papers without getting paid, and their institutions have to pay for access.

www.wsj.com

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Julie Markant @juliemarkant.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tulane Psychology is hiring! We have a position open for a Professor of Practice in Neuroscience. Review begins 9/15. Please consider applying and share with colleagues: apply.interfolio.com/171388 Happy to address any questions about the position!

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · 27d

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 27d

NEW: Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to offer no-cost child care to every family, regardless of income. This is projected to amount to an average annual family savings of $12,000 per child.

Yes, policy meeting people's needs is possible.

Governor: New Mexico to provide universal access to child care

Currently, the state’s child care assistance program covers costs for families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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Selin Zeytinoglu @selinzeytinoglu.bsky.social · 28d

Excited to announce that I started as an Assistant Professor at Tulane’s Psychology Department! Made it to the beautiful New Orleans & enjoying the oak trees! Recruiting PhD students through the Brain, Cognition & Dev Science area (deadline Dec 1). Please share widely & contact me with questions!

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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · 29d

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · Jul 31

Lazarus et al. (2025): A simple act with a lasting impact: Holding babies skin-to-skin in the NICU helped support their development and reduced differences linked to family income. Early touch can be a powerful way to promote equity from the very start #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · Sep 5

Interested in applying to graduate programs or research positions in psychology? Want more information and feedback on your submission materials? Then Harvard’s Prospective Ph.D. & RA Event in Psychology (PPREP) Is for you!! psychology.fas.harvard.edu/pprep
More info in the link!! Please retweet!

PPREP Program | Department of Psychology

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Sep 3

Imaging cellular activity simultaneously across all organs of a vertebrate reveals body-wide circuits
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Imaging cellular activity simultaneously across all organs of a vertebrate reveals body-wide circuits

All cells in an animal collectively ensure, moment-to-moment, the survival of the whole organism in the face of environmental stressors[1][1],[2][2]. Physiology seeks to elucidate the intricate networ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Julian Burger @julianburger.bsky.social · Sep 2

I will be reviewing applications for Stony Brook’s Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. The research streams of my lab are summarized on the department website: www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/psyc...

Julian Burger | Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University

www.stonybrook.edu

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@sherimadigan @sherimadigan.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 New publication! Shout out to lead author and grad student in our lab Jackson Hewitt! Results showed that maternal depression may be triggered by fluctuations in children’s depression symptoms over time, but not vice versa. tinyurl.com/yc2br575 #ChildDevelopment #Depression #MentalHealth

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Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social · Aug 31

Influencers recommend a high-protein diet. But see this post by Dr. Topol.
“Habitual or chronic high protein intake is associated with epidemiological evidence of harm, and, at high doses, the studies I reviewed raise the concern about pro-inflammatory effects and increasing cardiovascular risk...”

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Aug 31

How much protein should you consume?
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-preocc...

Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake

The data on high protein diets, bars, supplements, and powders will surprise you

erictopol.substack.com

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Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · Nov 27

The Manybabies4 paper is out! Infants' Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large-Scale, Multi-Lab, Coordinated Replication Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 1000 babies tested in 37 labs; "Overall, 49.34% of infants preferred Helpers over Hinderers in the social condition"

Infants’ Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large‐Scale, Multi‐Lab, Coordinated Replication Study

Evaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluatio...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new scam involves an AI chatbot sending you a personalized job description, expressing excitement about your potential application. But when you reply with your resume, they recommend using a paid resume service, claiming it will improve your chances of being noticed.

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