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Dan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 10d

🚨Out now in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social 🚨

We explore the use of cognitive theories/models with real-world data for understanding mental health.

We review emerging studies and discuss challenges and opportunities of this approach.

With @yaelniv.bsky.social and @eriknook.bsky.social

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 2d

JEP: General; Psych Science; Nature Human Behaviour

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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OPAM @opam.bsky.social · 27d

Interested in why/how to preregister your studies? Then join us online (10am EST) for our next OPAM workshop where @carohautekiet.bsky.social will answer all your questions!

And be sure to "preregister" your attendance on our website! (where the zoom link will be provided)

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 28d

The next installment (October 8th) of our OPAM Training Workshop series will feature Dr Caro Hautekiet (of Vrije Universiteit), who will be discussing pre-registration and registered reports. Visit this page for info on all our (free!) workshops: www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are looking for our next colleague. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions!

Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · Sep 3

The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar plot showing the number of psychology jobs posted each year by area. There are major dips in 2020 due to covid, and in 2025 (now).

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Shenhav Lab @shenhavlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

After scrolling Twitter, it will take you a while to get back into “work mode”. Why is this the case? Our new work (out now in Psych Review), led by Ivan Grahek and Xiamin Leng, explores the costs of adjusting cognitive control to meet different goals:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

🧵 A thread:

APA PsycNet

psycnet.apa.org

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paper by @bsiepe.bsky.social & WARN-D team out now in JoPACS, on the (lack of) relation between EMA selfreport and Garmin passive data.

Guardian @theguardian.com coverage:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Paper:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #EpiSky

Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find

Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited

www.theguardian.com

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Aug 10

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Nicholas Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · Jul 29

Excited this review paper is out! We update the signal suppression account to explain recent findings related to attention capture by salient stimuli. We also propose new mechanisms of learned attentional control. Written with Steve Luck and @xiaojinma.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Signal suppression 2.0: An updated account of attentional capture and suppression - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

The signal suppression account of attentional capture was proposed in 2010 to resolve a longstanding debate between bottom-up and top-down theories of capture by proposing that a top-down suppressive ...

link.springer.com

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · Jul 25

University of Michigan Psychology is hiring and invites applications for a tenure-track open rank faculty position, leveraging the latest generative AI models and methods in studying human cognition. apply.interfolio.com/169170

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Jul 23

As somebody who studies self-control (but is bad at it), I read this 2025 open-access review on the self-control of eating (tinyurl.com/bdnebw79) by Mann & Ward w/ great personal interest. I highly recommend it, esp. if you study self-control and/or want to deal w/ your eating regulation challenges.

The opening page of the Annual Review of Psychology article by Traci Mann and Andrew Ward (2025), entitled The Self-Control of Eating.

https://tinyurl.com/bdnebw79 (open access)

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Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · Jul 16

Why is it difficult to read while people are talking nearby? Check out our new preprint to find out why 👉

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm Trying to Read Here! How Does Irrelevant Speech Affect How You Read?: https://osf.io/gnxjw

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David Brang @dbrang.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our department is recruiting! New tenure-track, open rank faculty position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan (emphasis on human cognition and artificial intelligence).
apply.interfolio.com/169170

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Xiaojin Ma @xiaojinma.bsky.social · Jun 20

I recorded a step-by-step tutorial of programming experiments in PsychoPy for undergrad thesis students in my lab. Sharing it here for anyone new to programming in psychology, or those transitioning to PsychoPy from other software. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJX...

using PsychoPy to build a cognitive psychology experiment from scratch

YouTube video by Xiaojin Ma

www.youtube.com

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Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thanks, Akira!

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Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · Jun 16

Personal news: Today is my first day as an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Excited to apply my expertise in attention and visual perception to an important real-world issue -- driving safety! #GoBlue

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · May 27

Friendly reminder this free workshop on eye tracking in @psychopy.org exists thanks to @opam.bsky.social 👇🏼

Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · May 17

Dr Hirst's (@hirstrj.bsky.social) workshop on PsychoPy for @opam.bsky.social was recorded and is now available to watch on our new website. Check it out: www.opamconference.com/online-works...

www.opamconference.com

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Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · May 16

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Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · May 14

Becca delivered an extremely clear and informative training session on Psychopy yesterday! If you missed it, don’t worry - the recording is freely available to OPAM members www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...

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OPAM @opam.bsky.social · May 12

Join us tomorrow for our very first OPAM online workshop! In it @rebeccahirst.bsky.social will show us how Psychopy can be a useful tool for designing experiments both in person (with eyetracking!!) and online. The workshop will be completely free and a video will be posted online afterwards!

PsychoPy @psychopy.org · May 12

📣 Last minute reminder we have a free workshop tomorrow - organised by OPAM! 📣

Sign up below and please feel free to share 👇
www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...

#OPAM #workshop #PsychoPy #Pavlovia

Online Workshops — OPAM

Announcement

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David Brang @dbrang.bsky.social · May 8

New preprint + toolbox! BrainTRACE is a MATLAB tool for localizing intraOp ECoG electrodes. It was designed for brain tumor patients, but appropriate for all ECoG implants.
github.com/dbrang/Brain...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

GitHub - dbrang/BrainTRACE: An IntraOp ECoG electrode registration tool. Developed by Abbey Roelofs, Michael Egan, Tyler Slouf, Sena Oten, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, and David Brang

An IntraOp ECoG electrode registration tool. Developed by Abbey Roelofs, Michael Egan, Tyler Slouf, Sena Oten, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, and David Brang - dbrang/BrainTRACE

github.com

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Michael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · May 6

The first OPAM (@opam.bsky.social) workshop features Dr Rebecca Hirst (@hirstrj.bsky.social of Open Science Tools) who will present "Running Online and In-Person Experiments Using PsychoPy." The workshop is free to attend. Please register and share!: www.opamconference.com/online-works...

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PsychoPy @psychopy.org · May 6

🧠 Free virtual PsychoPy workshop!
📅 Tue, May 13, 2025
🕐 1:00–2:30 PM EST
Thanks to @opam.bsky.social for organizing with us!

Information and sign up here: www.opamconference.com/workshops-su...

Online Workshops — OPAM

Announcement

www.opamconference.com

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Dr. Rebecca Hirst @hirstrj.bsky.social · May 5

Free virtual @psychopy.org workshop next week organised by OPAM, don't miss out 👇🏼

We will be making an antisaccade task, starting with a bit of mouse tracking and putting it online. Then we will adapt it for eye tracking in lab... All in 1.5 hours 🤞🏼👀

#researchskills

OPAM @opam.bsky.social · May 3

Head on over to our brand-new website opamconference.com to create a free account and register for our first free online workshop taking place later this month!

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