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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Dec 21

If you like non-significant findings, you will LOVE our latest order processing paper!

We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.

doi/10.1177/17470218231220912

#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Jul 9

My favourite order processing paper from my PhD was just published in Cognitive Science. ENJOY 💙

w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.

Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Feb 28

New paper with some colleagues.

Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Mary DePascale @marydepascale.bsky.social · 7d

✨Request for unpublished data✨ Meta-analysis on early (age 3 to 6 years) math interventions. Please reach out to me (Mary DePascale) or Nicole Scalise by November 9 if you are willing to share your data!

Flyer with images of the Washington State University and University at Albany logos, followed by the following text:

Dear Colleagues,

We (Dr. Mary DePascale, University at Albany, SUNY; Dr. Nicole Scalise, Washington State University) are currently conducting a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of early math interventions. We are currently requesting unpublished data on this topic to include in our meta-analysis.

Specifically, we are looking for datasets that include:

1. Child participants (preschool age; ages 3 to 6 years)
2. An early math intervention (not including curricula)
3. A control or comparison group
4. At least one child math outcome collected after the intervention (e.g., posttest data)

If you are willing to share your data or have questions about whether your data fits these criteria, please email us directly (mdepascale@albany.edu, nicole.scalise@wsu.edu) by November 9, 2025.

Thank you!

Dr. Mary DePascale & Dr. Nicole Scalise

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to share the first article of Dr Sophie Leonard's doctoral thesis. We thank reviewers & editors of this exciting special issue for their great support! ☘️

#ProudSupervisor

#neuroskyence #devpsych #cogsci #edusky
@mclstrainee.bsky.social
@mcls-official.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

article cover including publisher, DOI: 10.1007/s00426-025-02179-0, authors and title

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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 19d

🧠 Looking to expand your #NeuroscienceCareer across borders?

The #FENS / #IBRO–PERC #ExchangeFellowships offer hands-on training opportunities in leading labs throughout Europe. 🌐

🗓️ Deadline: 15 October 2025
👉 https://loom.ly/DhYSWlQ

@ibroorg.bsky.social

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 19d

#Flux2025 in Dublin!☘️

Cheers to the brilliant award recipients and their exceptional presentations!

Many thanks, Rhodri, for heading up the local committee! It was a real privilege to play a small part in this conference!☘️

The image was taken in the closing ceremony of the conference. Chair in the podium and attendees applauding. The screen shows four awardees and their respectives headshots, names and affiliations.

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 24d

congrats!🧠

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 29d

Our talk builds on Angelica Trassi's PhD thesis at UNESP,
funded by CAPES in collaboration with @starlingalves.bsky.social

🎯 Kent Hill Park Conference Centre

🗓️10 September: 14:50 - 16:10 Breakout 1 | G23 & G24

#ProudSupervisor

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 29d

Join our symposium: #MathsAnxiety & its correlates in primary school children: an international perspective.

🎯 @bpsofficial.bsky.social #PsychEd Annual Conference!

Speakers: Flavia H Santos @ioe.bsky.social, Carmen Gonzales @um.es, Ann Dowker @ox.ac.uk, Sylvia Gattas @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

logos, title, authors,
Photo: A group of primary school girls seated in a classroom; the girl in the foreground is smiling and holding a pencil in her right hand

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Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · Sep 4

Spotlight Moment: Saturday, 4 September, 11:15–11:30 AM — Dissertation Award Talk with Lucina Sisk. Immediately after, 11:30–12:00 PM — Young Investigator Award Talk by Carolina Makowski (Kennedy Krieger Institute sponsored) #Flux2025 #AwardTalks

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · Sep 4

Welcome to #FLUX2025 !!🧠

Thank you Flux Society for bringing the conference to Dublin and sponsors for the support!

It has been delightful to be part of the local organising committee.

Great opening by Eveline Crone !☘️

@fluxsociety.bsky.social
@blackinneuro.bsky.social
#neuroscience #brain

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · Aug 30

congrats, Dana!!!☘️

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · Aug 29

see you both, Arielle and Heather, at #FLUX2025 !☘️

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Aug 24

Huge variability documented in how publishers respond when informed about a problematic body of work by a research group. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
#publishers #retractions

Bar chart showing % of articles retracted, with expression of concern, or no action from different publishers. 100% no action from Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer; 100% retraction from Taylor and Francis.

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you are preparing your bachelor statistics course and would like to add optional material for students to better understand statistics on a conceptual level (see topics in the screenshot) my free textbook provides a state of the art overview. lakens.github.io/statistical_...

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Aug 25

“The study authors asked GPT 4o-mini to evaluate the quality of 217 papers. The tool didn’t mention in any of the reports that the papers being analyzed had been retracted or had validity issues.

In 190 cases, GPT described the papers as world leading, internationally excellent, or close to that”

ChatGPT tends to ignore retractions on scientific papers

Study finds the chatbot doesn’t acknowledge concerns with problematic studies

cen.acs.org

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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congrats, Josh!☘️

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Josh Medrano @jmedrano.bsky.social · Aug 21

In a new pub, we examined subgroup differences in Asian American children, particularly 1) the diversity of math achievement and 2) what factors predict this diversity. Ultimately, we wanted to see whether the factors predicting math achievement is the same across subgroups.

doi.org/10.1080/1040...

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Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · Aug 20

Have you heard the news? Something big is coming for researchers! 🌟

Gorilla is running a brand new grant scheme this September in partnership with the @cogscisociety.bsky.social 🎉

Register your interest now to be the first to know when applications open. ⬇️

👉 bit.ly/4fmOD0m

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Alex Browman @alexbrowman.bsky.social · Aug 20

The College of the Holy Cross is hiring for 2 tenure-track psychology positions: 1 in Cognitive Psychology (specifically, higher-order cognition) and 1 in Developmental Psychology. Please share widely!

Developmental job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171704

Cognitive job ad: apply.interfolio.com/171698

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Jul 30

Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky

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Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, Ph.D. 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 @craiganthonyrs.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey folks: A little while aback, @jschleiderphd.bsky.social and I created a repository of SOPs to help folks prepare for grad applications.

If you'd like to add your SOP, feel free to use this form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Of note, mask as you desire as I will be posting them as is.

Example Grad School Personal Statements

Clinical Psychology Graduate School Personal Statement Examples Craig Rodriguez-Seijas, PhD Jessica Schleider, PhD University of Michigan Stony Brook University Updated: June 7, 2021 Why did we c...

docs.google.com

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Bonan Zhao (赵博囡) @bonan.bsky.social · Aug 17

My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle!

We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.

It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.

Spread the words!

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P-SPINE @spinephilly.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨Attention Philly Postdocs!🚨
The deadline to apply for P-SPINE 2025 is extended to Friday, 8/22! If you are a senior postdoc that is interested in sharing your work with the Philly neuroscience community, please apply! Please share with anyone who you think might be interested in this opportunity!

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