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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 1d

If that counts as nocebo, I got bad paradoxical effects from benzodiazepines the one time I took one - anxiety, restlessness, and more that I don't want to describe. But I never trusted benzos in the first place and thought it'd make me feel bad. 🫠

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 6d

I like a habit tracking + to do list app called "Hizo" 🤷🏻‍♀️
But I think these things are super personal, I can see it not working for others.

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 15d

Weirdly, it doesn't work for me either if I look at it directly, but it does when I move my eyes around it. Then I see illusory movement in the periphery. (Explanations are welcome ^^)

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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent 🧵 countering uncritical adoption of AI status quo

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19d

🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:

📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia

Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 20d

I listened to the interview but hadn't read the preprint yet - now did - and from a more *student perspective* (early carreer anyway), I found it super useful. It definitely validates some feelings and doubts. Thank you & all the team for this work

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 25d

Such an important topic. I would have liked to hear the talk 🙂

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Matthias Guggenmos @mguggenmos.bsky.social · Jul 15

Random note: the term "metacognition" is typically attributed to John Flavell (1976). As I just found out, this is not true. It was likely first coined by Lila Gleitman et al (1972), as seen in this beautiful quote:

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Uta Frith @utafrith.bsky.social · Apr 15

John Flavell, a giant of developmental psychology, who introduced the study of metacognition, died peacefully at age 96. www.amacad.org/person/john-...

John Hurley Flavell

John H. Flavell is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Flavell is a founder of social cognitive ...

www.amacad.org

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R-Ladies @rladies.org · Mar 14

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✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
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R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ - R-Ladies Global

R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Mar 8

@123simonkey.bsky.social

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Mar 5

I had this kind of task during my Master in Psychology, but the papers didn't have to be "really bad". Our job was just to find limitations that were not listed in the limitations section. Then there are more than enough papers to choose from, and it's a good exercize :)

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Mar 4

But rap is definitely angry about these topics. At least in French, German and Spanish

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Mar 4

Ah, or maybe I remember www.youtube.com/@FrankWatkin... having some covid-related balads

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Mar 4

I would expect this more from rap and punkrock?

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 27

@123simonkey.bsky.social :)

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 26

I thought that developing effective mood-alleviating exercises for people with mood disorders might take more time and money 🙈

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 25

@123simonkey.bsky.social

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 25

I think it depends on studies? The idea is usually to take fake news from fact-checking websites, and real news headlines, but then ideally you'd still pre-test them on credibility/plausibility so that it's approximately balanced. I think that some studies might skip this step?

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 23

And the skepticism that appears in studies could (partly?) be an artefact of the experimental setting? If you ask people about accuracy, they can react extra-skeptically. Way more than when they're just scrolling online. It's a bit like a vigilance-prompt.

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 22

Yes, and it's reassuring that this method works. It would fail if people didn't use their knowledge (or had really little), or if fake news were as convincing as real ones. The two things can be independent, I think? If fake news get too realistic, your background knowledge becomes useless.

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 22

My first thought was "good; bc if not, it would indicate that people know nothing about the world"? On second thought, it could also have meant that fake news were as convincing as true ones. So, people have some knowledge, and / or fake news still seem a bit less true? Hope it stays that way.

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 21

schlafwissen.net
For what it's worth, this is the website of the people I mentioned

Schlafwissen – Kooperationsprojekt von Soziologie und Zeitgeschichte

schlafwissen.net

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 21

So maybe there are more sociologists (epistemiologists?) who study this

Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 21

Just heard a talk about sleep research from this perspective, given by a "sociologist of knowledge" (freely translated this from her german title)

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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · Feb 14

Random thought, but if they save it, I'd really like to see the Wahl-O-Mat data. Like how frequently the statements are chosen vs. rejected, and what topics people weigh as most important.