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Massimo Grassi

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Perception and cognition at University of Padua. Open Science, kayak, and Venetian rowing, possibly mixed together. Coordinator of “The Music Ensemble” multilab.

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 7d

We are back! 🎉
Cognitive Science Arena 2026
📍 Brixen-Bressanone (IT)
📅 February 5–7

📢 Call for papers: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Join Us!

After the mighty @michelenuijten.bsky.social , this year’s smart talk will be given by the legendary Open Science black belt: Zoltan Dienes! 🥋

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Cognitive Science Arena: Brixen-Bressanone (IT), February 5-7 2026 [Apologies for cross-posting, please distribute it widely!] Dear colleague! We are pleased to invite you to the fourteenth edition ...

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 21h

And it gets worse when you get older 😂

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 7d

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 8d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 13d

Little stat I update every now and then (source Scopus).

In psychology only we published 33575 papers about COVID-19.

I think it is about time we begin to read these papers.

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 14d

Academia and joy cannot belong to the same sentence. Not today.

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 14d

It is definitely a very intense and stressful time.

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 14d

My cat has a rather peculiar habit. He pees in his litter box and then cleans the area outside it.

I have to admit, his method is surprisingly efficient. He cleans so well that I’ve never found the slightest trace of pee outside the box

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Wilson da Silva @wilsondasilva.bsky.social · 15d

You just don’t expect random philosophical questions at the supermarket.

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 22d

For those working with headphones and that need precise intensity level. Calibrate your equipment often, and replace it regularly!

I just measured the output of the headphones of the lab and... well, I'm buying a new pair of headphones 😬

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 26d

A quick reminder to all those who care about open research to consider joining us for the FOR2026 Conference in the Future of Open Research at the Technical University of Munich in May 4-6, 2026! Deadline for paper and poster proposals: 30 September

opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-con...

FOR 2026 Conference – A Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · 26d

Is there still room for pizza speaking countries?

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 27

I set at “upper management”.

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 Save the date for the 12th PCI webinar on September 18, 2025, at 4 PM CET!! Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) will present "Editors matter: How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing ". For more details and registration, visit:

PCI Webinar Series - Peer Community In

The PCI webinar series is a series of seminars on research practices, publication practices, evaluation, scientific integrity, meta-research, organised by Peer Community In

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 12

The vogalonga takes place once a year in June!

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 6

They seem all far too difficult to me.

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 6

I added pivot tables to my data. In UK and NL MDPI+Frontiers are the output of ~4% of publications. In Italy, researchers print ~12% of their publication in MDPI+Frontiers. Definitely a substantial difference (data limited to psychology and year 2024).

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 5

I think (but I have no read data about it such as acceptance rate or similar) because publishing there is easier and faster. I wanted to start a research that compares subjective “reputation and respectability” vs real publication output. My feelings is that in Italy there is a dissociation.

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have here some data (source scopus) for the publication in psychology in Italy, uk and the Netherlands in 2024. If I remember well, frontiers and MDPI have a much larger share in Italy than in uk and the Netherlands (that in contrast are very similar).

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 15

More than that. Metadata of publications should include many more details, such as N.

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Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 14

Speechless! 😶

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 14

One small step and it is done. Just one more small step. What a journey!

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 14

G*Power. Unbelievable. Every time I read a power analysis calculated with G*Power, no matter the input values, the output is invariably N=24.

Is that software calculating anything or is just returning a fixed output?

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 10

It looks like Josef Albers in black and white

Massimo Grassi @masssimo006.bsky.social · Jul 9

I do not understand. The study is made by some human being. Therefore, referring to the authors seems rather logical.