Tianfang Yang
@neithernorpsych.bsky.social
PhD @PromentaC @unioslo interested in personality & personality disorders via @UofIllinois @Reed_College_ @williamandmary | Made in 天津
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Are you leading a (mostly) happy life, a meaningful life, or a psychologically rich life? Take this fun quiz at the Washington Post and find out!
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
Are you living a good life? Take this quiz to find out.
Now is a good time to reflect on the life you’re leading — and what you want out of it.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Are you leading a (mostly) happy life, a meaningful life, or a psychologically rich life? Take this fun quiz at the Washington Post and find out!
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...?
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1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
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The BGA public outreach committee, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium outreach committee and IBANGS have joined forces for the webinar "scientifically accurate & ethically responsible science communication" with J9 Austin, Nicholas Clifton, Ziada Ayorech and Robbee Wedow; scan the QR code to sign up 📷
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The BGA public outreach committee, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium outreach committee and IBANGS have joined forces for the webinar "scientifically accurate & ethically responsible science communication" with J9 Austin, Nicholas Clifton, Ziada Ayorech and Robbee Wedow; scan the QR code to sign up 📷
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New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Faculty at OHSU, UIowa, UCSF, UW–Madison, and VCU: Your next amazing mentee could be one 10‑minute conversation away. PROPEL Virtual Matchmaking Event is Jan 30: 9–1 PT. Faculty registration deadline extended to 5pm PT on Wed Dec 10: propelscholars.org/matchmaking-...
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Faculty at OHSU, UIowa, UCSF, UW–Madison, and VCU: Your next amazing mentee could be one 10‑minute conversation away. PROPEL Virtual Matchmaking Event is Jan 30: 9–1 PT. Faculty registration deadline extended to 5pm PT on Wed Dec 10: propelscholars.org/matchmaking-...
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Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...
Two positions as either PhD or postdoctoral fellow on health determinants of education
Do you want to research how health influences school performance and leads to intergenerational inequality? We have two vacant 3-year positions as a PhD fellow or postdoctoral research fellow in the p...
945000.webcruiter.no
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 we share some highlights: most cited paper in the last three years is by Kidd, Spencer & Carel: Epistemic injustice in psychiatric research and practice. Read it open access: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky
Epistemic injustice in psychiatric research and practice
This paper offers an overview of the philosophical work on epistemic injustices as it relates to psychiatry. After describing the development of epistemic injustice studies, we survey the existing ...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 we share some highlights: most cited paper in the last three years is by Kidd, Spencer & Carel: Epistemic injustice in psychiatric research and practice. Read it open access: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky
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For those submitting a symposium to the ECP22 (deadline soon!): I added details to the submission instructions.
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For those submitting a symposium to the ECP22 (deadline soon!): I added details to the submission instructions.
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
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Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
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The NIH has insisted there are no banned words
But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25
Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25
Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
www.statnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The NIH has insisted there are no banned words
But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25
Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25
Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
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Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
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Early career personality researchers coming to the Edinburgh ECP22: If you want to get a link to a slightly more affordable uni accommodation option later this year, leave your email here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Advance Accommodation Information
Primarily for Early Career Researchers (PhD, post-doc):
If you would like to receive advance information about a limited number of more affordable accommodation options available for the 22nd Europea...
docs.google.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Early career personality researchers coming to the Edinburgh ECP22: If you want to get a link to a slightly more affordable uni accommodation option later this year, leave your email here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely so all applicants can benefit 🤓.
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
And if you are a PI recruiting students, please don't forget to add your name!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The #NSFGRFP solicitation is out. Deadlines are pushed to Nov. 10, 12, 13, 14. However, 2ND-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE. This is unfair to those who delayed applying or who withdrew last year due to missing letters (please contact me if this is you).
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The #NSFGRFP solicitation is out. Deadlines are pushed to Nov. 10, 12, 13, 14. However, 2ND-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE. This is unfair to those who delayed applying or who withdrew last year due to missing letters (please contact me if this is you).
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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England’s oldest psychiatric hospital stages haunting new exhibition of patient art
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
h/t @overdenken.bsky.social x
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
h/t @overdenken.bsky.social x
England’s oldest psychiatric hospital hosts exhibition of patient art
Dead squirrels, haunted dreamscapes and anxious midnight thoughts: Bethlem’s new exhibition explores how patients have long wrestled with sleep and nightmares through art.
www.euronews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
England’s oldest psychiatric hospital stages haunting new exhibition of patient art
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
h/t @overdenken.bsky.social x
www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
h/t @overdenken.bsky.social x
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1/🧵 Even more nature-nurture for school performance in
@pnas.org! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@pnas.org! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1/🧵 Even more nature-nurture for school performance in
@pnas.org! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
@pnas.org! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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I posted this article about my student's grant cancellation this morning. A few minutes ago, I learned that another very talented student in my lab had their funding cancelled too. I'm heartbroken -- not just about my students, but the future of science.
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/my-student...
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/my-student...
My student's funding just got axed
How the administration's attacks on science are hurting trainees
darbysaxbe.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I posted this article about my student's grant cancellation this morning. A few minutes ago, I learned that another very talented student in my lab had their funding cancelled too. I'm heartbroken -- not just about my students, but the future of science.
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/my-student...
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/my-student...
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We developed a short talk on Gen AI for our institute @die-bonn.de and developed "An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Academics working" paper (with @hunghvnguyen.bsky.social ). Useful for getting started, possibly teaching. #openscience #GenAI #ChatGPT #sociology osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
May 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We developed a short talk on Gen AI for our institute @die-bonn.de and developed "An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Academics working" paper (with @hunghvnguyen.bsky.social ). Useful for getting started, possibly teaching. #openscience #GenAI #ChatGPT #sociology osf.io/preprints/so...
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In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 2025
- Department of Psychology
Genetics and Social Sciences Conference
12–13th June 2025
www.sv.uio.no
May 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
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While I was unfortunately unable to travel to Belgium for the conference, I have uploaded the recording+slides+code for my #SAA2025 talk on multilevel multiple imputation for EMA research here: osf.io/xjg24/files/...
May 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
While I was unfortunately unable to travel to Belgium for the conference, I have uploaded the recording+slides+code for my #SAA2025 talk on multilevel multiple imputation for EMA research here: osf.io/xjg24/files/...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.