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Assistant Prof/Lecturer, Psychology in Education, University of York, England
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slack2thefuture.bsky.social
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.

A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
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Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
nadiajessop.bsky.social
Nope
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · 14d
Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
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December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Public health scientists are raising concerns following news of a $1.6 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a trial of hepatitis B vaccines in newborn babies in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com:

1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science.

2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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jayvanbavel.bsky.social
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly

Consuming too much of this diet can distort our perceptions, manipulate our emotions, and fuel intergroup conflict
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How social media distorts our perceptions
Our information diet is shaped by a tiny sliver of humanity whose job, identity, or obsession is to post constantly
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July 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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spspnews.bsky.social
📈 New research from Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that simply being aware of economic inequality in your society significantly undermines your well-being across happiness, meaning, harmony, and spirituality.

Learn more: ow.ly/PtIa50WrPFp
Red game piece stands on a tall stack of coins while a blue piece stands on a single coin, symbolizing financial disparity.
July 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🧬 Human stem cells delay aging in monkeys

Scientists gave older monkeys special human stem cells built to resist aging. The treatment improved brain function, reduced inflammation, and even boosted reproductive health, without side effects.

🔗 www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

#SciComm #Aging 🧪
Senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells counter aging in primates
Genetically engineered senescence-resistant human mesenchymal progenitor cells can reduce aging markers and improve tissue and cognitive functions in aged macaques, highlighting their potential as a r...
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July 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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bristolbrc.bsky.social
📢 @ukllc.bsky.social announces new approvals from NHS providers and UK Government departments, meaning linked longitudinal data held in the UK LLC Trusted Research Environment (TRE) can now be used for a wide range of research in the public good:
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3 generations of a family, laughing together
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024. scim.ag/3IhpoQF
Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary
Excess words track LLM usage in biomedical publications.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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vp-centre.bsky.social
🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨

An ESRC White Rose DTP Associated Studentship based at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social is open for applications: "Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data".

Deadline: Friday 18 July 2025

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ESRC WRDTP Associated Studentship School of Psychology - Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data
Project opportunity - ESRC WRDTP Associated Studentship School of Psychology - Cross-System Insights from Linked Public Service Data at the University of Leeds
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July 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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vp-centre.bsky.social
Tickets are still available for our annual conference “Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice”.

🗓️ 9-10 September 2025
📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds, UK

Read more and register:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/annual-confe...
Annual conference - Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Register for the Centre's annual conference: Vulnerability and Policing: Reducing Harm, Strengthening Justice.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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aidangcw.bsky.social
On this July 4, liberate the field from cross-sectional “mediation analysis” - check out this new paper discussing an alternative. I bet it’s an instant classic. My sense is that folks continue bad practices bc they don’t know what else to do. This solves that

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APA PsycNet
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July 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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jayvanbavel.bsky.social
How to cultivate collective intellectual humility

Being smart is knowing what you don’t know. From work meetings to book clubs, use these tips to boost your group’s thinking
psyche.co/guides/how-t...

via Liz Krumrei-Mancuso & @markalfano.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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🎉 We're thrilled to announce Dr. Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı as our newest Heritage Wall inductee! A pioneer of social psychology in Turkey & leading cross-cultural researcher known for Family Change Theory & Theory of Autonomous-Related Self.

Learn more: ow.ly/LSQY50W6hVT
Cross-Cultural Psychology Pioneer Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı Joins SPSP Heritage Wall
June 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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vp-centre.bsky.social
Inconsistent approaches to the policing of county lines drug distribution are leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, our research, the first national study of county lines policing across the UK, shows.

Read more 👇

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National policing strategy needed to tackle County Lines child exploitation, study shows - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
There is no consistent approach to county lines policing, leaving children and adults vulnerable to exploitation and harm, our research shows.
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May 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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vp-centre.bsky.social
We funded @nadiajessop.bsky.social to lead a project that examined the link between racially minoritised young women’s perceptions of a lack of procedural justice and barriers to reporting public sexual harassment to the police.

Read the summary below 👇

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Reducing barriers to reporting sexual harassment through enhanced police procedural justice for racially minoritised young women - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Read "Reducing barriers to reporting sexual harassment through enhanced police procedural justice for racially minoritised young women".
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April 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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jenikubota.bsky.social
📢 New Publication!

Over 5 days of learning about ingroup and outgroup members, we found that contact eliminated racial bias in recall of person-knowledge

Open access link below

#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Not surprising, given what Ipsos has been documenting in its International Women's Day Poll. In 2024, 45% of men in Germany agreed that "we have gone so far in promoting women's equality that we are discriminating against men." That's only slightly less than the 47% of US men who agreed.
Ipsos poll showing agreement by country and gender with the idea that efforts toward gender equality have gone so far that they're hurting men.
February 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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davebrady72.bsky.social
Americans often think the AfD’s rise signals people’s reactions to immigration. But imagine an anti-immigrant fascist party rises in West Virginia & Mississippi - where there are FEW immigrants.

Anti-immigrant politics is fueled by threat from media & politicians, not interactions with immigrants.
February 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
nadiajessop.bsky.social
Proud to have contributed to this report!
December 2, 2024 at 9:06 PM