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University of Oulu @oulu.fi · 17d

Get enchanted by science at the Researchers' Night on Sept. 26, 5–9 pm!

The Botanical Garden’s greenhouses are open. Everyone is welcome to meet little bugs and researchers. Take a look inside a beehive and learn how to make biochar.

Researchers' Night

Researchers' Night offers a diverse and exciting programme with plenty to see, experience, and do for all ages.

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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Jul 30

The abstract submission deadline for the pre-Psychonomics symposium on individual differences in cognition (SIDIC), to be held on Nov. 20, is due on Friday, August 1, TWO DAYS FROM TODAY!

Here's the direct link to the abstract submission information:
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A screenshot of the top portion of the abstract submission page for the website for the forthcoming Symposium on Individual Differences in Cognition, to be held on November 20 in Denver, right before the Psychonomic Society meeting.

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 New preprint!
With @lehtorituomo.bsky.social, Matti Laine, & @pennypexman.bsky.social

🔍 We analyzed data from two eye-tracking studies to explore individual differences in how #children process and comprehend written #irony. We showed that empathy and working memory mattered — gender didn't.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Jun 23

Who gets it? Explaining variability in children's written irony comprehension: https://osf.io/y486w

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Tapio Määttä @tapiomaatta.bsky.social · May 3

”Vapaa tiede ei ole tutkijayhteisön etuoikeus, vaan koko yhteiskunnan turva. Vain kriittinen ja riippumaton tutkimus voi paljastaa rakenteellisia ongelmia, tuottaa uusia näkökulmia ja auttaa tekemään parempia päätöksiä.”

Osuva ja tärkeä puheenvuoro tieteen vapaudesta.

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Lukijan mielipide | Donald Trump hyökkää ankarasti Harvardia vastaan, samoja merkkejä on myös Suomessa

Vapaa tiede ei ole tutkijayhteisön etuoikeus, vaan koko yhteiskunnan turva.

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Tiedetäti (Dr. Laura Nissin) @tiedetati.bsky.social · Apr 19

Tuoreen Academic Freedom Indexin mukaan Suomi kuuluu maihin, joissa tieteen vapaus on vähentynyt huomattavasti viime vuosikymmenen aikana. Suomi kuuluu enää 20−30% parhaimmistoon ja edellä on sellaisia maita kuten Sierra Leone ja Vanuatu. 1/ academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

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Unit of Psychology, University of Oulu @unioulupsy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Etsimme uutta työkaveria!

Haussa on yliopisto-opettaja määräaikaiseen työsuhteeseen (50 %) ajalle 11.8.2025 – 30.4.2027.

Jos kiinnostui, tutustu tarkempaan hakuilmoitukseen täältä: oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...

Yliopisto-opettaja, psykologia, kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta

Haemme nyt Oulun yliopiston kasvatustieteiden tiedekuntaan, psykologian yksikköön Yliopisto-opettajaa määräaikaiseen 50 % työsuhteeseen ajalle 11.8.2025 – 30.4.2027. Työtehtävät Ylio

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Tuomo Häikiö @lehtorituomo.bsky.social · Feb 20

Uudessa tutkimuksessamme @holkoniemi.bsky.social ja @pennypexman.bsky.social kanssa opetimme metapragmaattista tietoutta 10-vuotiaille suomalaille lapsille ja mittasimme heidän kirjoitetun ironian ymmärrystään. 1/4

#ironia #IronianYmmärtäminen #katseenseuranta

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Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core

Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Feb 19

Sounds like a follow up study! 😂

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Feb 18

Happy to share that our paper 📝 "Learning irony in school: Effects of metapragmatic training" is now out in Journal of Child Language! 🎉

We show that metapragmatic knowledge plays a crucial role in development of irony comprehension, and it can be effectively trained.

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Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core

Learning Irony in School: Effects of Metapragmatic Training

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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · Feb 14

New Special Issue call on ATTENTION in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (CJEP), @cjep.bsky.social!

#attention
#cognition
#neuroscience
#development
#psychology

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Call for papers: Taking possession of the mind: Retrospectives on the wide-ranging study of attention

A call for papers from the journal Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. This special issue will include a collection of theoretical and review papers, including meta-analyses, synthesizing a wide range of topics under William James’ umbrella of attention.

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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · Feb 3

Harvardin julkaisu antaa tutkijoille käytännön ohjeita, miten pelastaa tutkimusdata Trumpin hallinnon hyökkäykseltä tutkimusta vastaan. USA:n tiedeyhteisölle on annettava äänekäs tuki myös Euroopasta.

Ja oltava hereillä, ettei jouduta samalle polulle.

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Researchers rush to preserve government health data

Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.

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Heli Paulasto @hpaulasto.bsky.social · Jan 13

Could we please make the Finnish idiom 'climb a tree ass first' a globally well-known expression? It's so much better than 'put the cart before the horse'. Thank you for your assistance!

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · Dec 20

Let me clarify a thing about the doctoral swords in Finland.

They are not meant for the faculty meetings.

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Penny Pexman @pennypexman.bsky.social · Dec 2

New preprint with @holkoniemi.bsky.social, on why verbal irony is challenging for children, and what we can learn from the fact that training helps:

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Dec 2

Training studies provide new insights about mechanisms of irony development: http://osf.io/xeg5j/

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hear, hear!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Nov 24

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic.

www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Nov 19

Winter is here! #bikecommuting #ScienceWithArcticAttitude

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Nov 19

🙋🏼‍♂️ Could you add me, please? Thanks!

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Nov 18

🙋🏼‍♂️Could you please add me to the list? Thank you!

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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · Nov 16

Encouraging #cognition folks to consider the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology (@cjep.bsky.social) as an outlet for their work.

This includes an open call for Special Issues on topics relevant to experimental #cognitive #psychology or #neuroscience.

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Call for special issues

The Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology is now issuing an open call for special issue proposals for original research papers that advance understanding of the field of experimental psychology.

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Liz Brewster @lizbrewster.bsky.social · Oct 29

I feel seen.

Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · Oct 29

Me to my coauthors: yes, nearly finished the draft; I just need to do a tiny bit of extra work on the discussion

The discussion:

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Apr 14

”Tutkijat Johanna Kaakinen ja Katri Saarikivi haluavat vappuaaton tempauksellaan lisätä suomalaisten ymmärrystä ja luottamusta tieteellistä tutkimusta kohtaan.
Samalla tieteentekijät juovat olutta.”

#Tiedetaivas

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Helsingin yliopisto | Tutkijoiden vapputempaus hymyilyttää: kaljanjuontia ja tutkimusten googlausta

Professori Johanna Kaakinen ja aivotutkija Katri Saarikivi haluavat lisätä suomalaisten ymmärrystä tieteestä hauskalla tempauksellaan.

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Apr 11

Last, my heartfelt thanks to all who contributed to the special issue!

Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Apr 11

The second commentary, by Heather Ferguson, places the papers in the context of current topics in the field of social communication and takes a broader view of methodological approaches to studying contemporary issues.

Commentary on the special issue: new approaches to figurative language research

The papers in this Special Issue showcase some of the current work that aims to understand how people attribute meaning when speakers employ figurative language. Figurative language serves various ...

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Henri Olkoniemi @holkoniemi.bsky.social · Apr 11

The special issue concludes with two insightful commentaries: The first commentary is written by Albert Katz, which neatly contextualizes the articles of the special issue with the last 50 years of figurative language research.

Selective View of the Last 50 Years of the Experimental Psycholinguistics of Idiom, Metaphor, and Irony: A Commentary

The aim of this commentary is to situate and comment on the four excellent articles in this special issue within the arc of the last 50 years of experimental psycholinguistic research on idioms, me...

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