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Dr. LLL
@dr-lll.bsky.social
610 followers 200 following 210 posts
Professor of Psychological Science / Researcher of visual attention, visual search, lifeguard surveillance, and applied cognition / Proud union leader
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 1d
The thing I love about being a faculty member is that I can continue to learn, even 17 years after my last degree. Having just tackled R, I'm next setting my sights on Unity game design #EduSky #AcademicSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 6d
Now that it is October, my posts will focus on #EducationForAll . I believe that every person has a right to get the best quality education and I will fight to remove barriers that prevent that #EduSky #AcademicSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 13d
Are there any tech gadgets you can't live without? How have they made your life better? #EduSky #AcademicSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 13d
Thanks!
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 15d
What are your technology solutions for online data collection? I'm always looking for new ways to collect data from hard-to-reach samples but have no research funding. I've used PsychoPy with Pavlovia.org and jsPsych with Cognition.run but I'm looking for other options #AcademicSky #CogSci
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 20d
Something I've recently learned: sometimes, it's better to just re-write the code from scratch than fight to fix code that's not working. I find that I come up with more elegant solutions that way and the code is much improved #AcademicSky #CogSci
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 22d
What are your big professional goals for this semester? I hope to get acquainted with my new Tobii eye-tracker (although honestly, some days it's hard to just keep my head above water) #AcademicSky #EduSky #CogSci #PsychSciSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 27d
Did you accomplish any professional goals over the summer? I spent most of the summer learning R and practicing with data I've been collecting from several projects over the past couple of years #AcademicSky #EduSky #CogSci #PsychSciSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 27d
The class is 50 minutes, which is why it feels rushed when I don't have any time cues. By the time I finish announcements, that's only 45 minutes of content
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · 29d
The clock in my classroom does not work. I never realized before now how often I use the clock to pace myself while teaching! Is that true for you as well? #EduSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Sep 4
Anybody else have a summer that was not restful at all? #EduSky #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Sep 2
I pressed every single function button. Nothing. After several agonizing minutes, I realized there was a tiny privacy slide, the same color as the laptop, just above the webcam. I had run my finger over it and couldn't even feel it! 4/4
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Sep 2
It had worked just fine the week before. Restarting didn't work. It still didn't work on Thursday, and worse yet, the audio wouldn't work either. I tried troubleshooting. Running diagnostics, it said that a button was preventing it from working. 3/4
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Sep 2
I had to get a new laptop earlier this year because the hinge broke on my old one (I abused that thing with thousands of hours of work during COVID). I needed to run a meeting on Wednesday and the webcam wouldn't work! 2/4
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Sep 2
I took a much longer hiatus from this platform than I planned. One of these years, I'll learn to take a proper summer break from work. Now that we're in September, let's talk about tech troubles. #EduSky #AcademicSky 1/4
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
Our society has idealized views of scientists in their labs, doing science all day. I find my time so fragmented by all of my responsibilities that it is rare for me to do science all day, even though I want to. Are any of my fellow scientists facing similar working conditions? 6/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
Then I did the paperwork to register the students. Then I checked my email again. Then I graded an assignment. Then I packed up my "homework" at 5:15 PM because I planned to work at home too. Why am I sharing all of this information? 5/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
Then I taught two classes. Then I dealt with all the paper I had accumulated that day - putting away notes, stacking assignments together so that they were organized. I worked on another syllabus for a different class. Then I had a meeting. 4/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
I spent some time preparing a syllabus that was needed for me to get students registered for a fall course. Then I provided career prep advising for a student. Then I answered student questions about course concepts in office hours. Then I worked with my lab group. 3/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
My work day yesterday started at 6:15 AM when I had an idea for a new research project while brushing my teeth. I wrote it down so that I can look to the literature to see if it's been done. I got to work at 7:15 AM, talked with a colleague, and then checked my email. 2/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · May 1
Now that it is May, we're going to focus on #MayResearchPractice, where I will share my experience on how research is actually done in practice. For this first post, I want to walk you through a day in the life of an undergraduate professor. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky 1/6
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Apr 30
No study is perfect, but you need to guard against getting excited by media coverage of a study before reading and evaluating it for yourself. Claims about the causality of variables and the applicability of the results tend to be overblown. 5/5
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Apr 30
Every study has some level of internal validity and external validity. Examining the method of the study - the participants and their recruitment, and what the measures and procedures were - can help you evaluate its validity. 4/5
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Apr 30
External validity is the ability of a study to find results that "generalize" or apply to other samples of participants in other areas. Because a lot of psych research uses volunteer participants (many college students), it may not generalize to others. 3/5
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Dr. LLL @dr-lll.bsky.social · Apr 30
Internal validity is the ability of a study to demonstrate that one variable causes a change in another one. Because variables are often interrelated, and behavior is complex, it is rare to have a study in psychology with strong internal validity. 2/5
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