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Steve Most

@sbmost.bsky.social

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Psychology everywhere! • Friendly neighborhood psychology professor • Empowerment through education • Researching attention, memory, & emotion at UNSW Sydney • A little piece of NJ Down Under • Teaching through excitement about other people's dreams

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Feb 17

I recently gave a talk arguing -- through the lens of cognitive psychology -- for the irreplaceableness of human connection in teaching & learning.

Bluesky's connected me to a community studying and thinking deeply about education. Do elements of this talk add meaningfully to the conversation?

Teaching and the vanishing art of connection | Steven Most | TEDxUNSW Salon

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 14d

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of #misinformation theconversation.com/facebook-dat... by @acarson.bsky.social et al.

Misinformation’s real-world impact: "linked to poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm."

Facebook data reveal the devastating real-world harms caused by the spread of misinformation

New research reveals misinformation’s real-world impact, including poor health outcomes, falling public trust, and significant societal harm.

theconversation.com

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 14d

‘Storytelling is your best weapon for convincing people’ - @willstorr.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Repost for your chance to win a copy of his book, 'The Science of Storytelling'.

‘Storytelling is your best weapon for convincing people’ | BPS

Our editor Jon Sutton meets Will Storr, author of The Science of Storytelling and more.

www.bps.org.uk

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 14d

A number of students follow me on LinkedIn, so I posted this for them. What good is being old-ish if you can’t pretend you have some life wisdom to offer?

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 16d

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸: The story of a high-concept, decades-long TV show undone by statistical learning.

The Truman Show: Lady... Flowers... and... There it is, There's that dented Beetle!

YouTube video by Jim Carrey

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 21d

Give me a heads up, and I’ll give you a tour of Sydney!

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 21d

Correction: it needs no bushy tail to be cute! We need to get you down here in person (not just Zoom), so you can enjoy these cuties up close! 😀

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 22d

Australian squirrel

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 22d

In a slow centrifuge, it’s easier to unite in the middle. By word and deed, some invest in spinning it faster. It seems so obvious.

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 26d

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Our minds seek analogy, pattern recognition to help make sense of the world.
Without history, national myths and Hollywood tropes fill the void, which remove complexity and are easily moldable.
Teaching history helps combat "System 1 thinking" at a societal level.
Thanks for what you do.

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 26d

It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks, @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Sep 7

So awesome! Thanks!

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ooh, can you post the recipe?

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Sep 6

Welcome, everyone, to UNSW Open Day. It’s gorgeous outside, and just as much fun in the lecture halls, where I’m loving giving the Psychology talk. One down, another at 2:30. Hope to see you there! 😃

Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Sep 2

It was a terrific treat to present to the team at the Reserve Bank of Australia today. I'm on a mission to share cognitive science's most useful insights with as many people as possible, and today's fantastic audience made it particularly enjoyable. Thanks for having me!

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 20

My dept at the University of Auckland (NZ) will be hiring in social psych at the junior level this cycle. Official ad to follow

It's a big research-active dept with fun colleagues, plus you can commute to uni on a boat, paired with a pleasant walk thru Albert Park (this pic from heading home today)

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks, David! Hope you’re well!

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Aug 31

For those of you starting up school again -- or with kids who are -- here's my under-10-minute introduction to science-backed study tips. Let me know if you find them helpful, and feel free to share!

Change How You Study: Secrets from Cognitive Science

YouTube video by Steve Most

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Aug 28

In light of ideological attacks on US universities and other science-backed institutions (see CDC), what backups or safeguards are there for the generations of research and knowledge stored within the archives of US-based peer-reviewed journals? Are those so easily purged?

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Aug 27

Adding just six hours of media literacy training to an American Government course significantly improved students’ ability to identify credible sources and boosted their confidence in evaluating where information comes from.
theconversation.com/college-stud...

College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened

Just 2½ hours of online instruction made students a lot better at identifying misinformation on YouTube and TikTok.

theconversation.com

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