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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, something non-academic about me: I once sculpted a mini Ottoman-inspired helmet and body armor for an old David de Kabouter figurine I found at home (I had to cut off the top of his hat -- Sorry, David).

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · 14d

Nice to see our work on PsyPost!

www.psypost.org/genetic-anal...

Genetic analysis upends narrative linking social media use to lower wellbeing

A large twin study suggests the weak associations between social media use and mental health may reflect shared genetic influences, not direct effects. The findings challenge alarmist narratives and p...

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud...
(PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Sep 4

This coming from Giacomo makes it automatically verified for some reason

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Steve Smith @fmrib-steve.bsky.social · Aug 22

Latest processing of UK Biobank brain imaging data - now with 82,000 usable first-scan datasets. Correlating brain IDPs with 13,000 non-imaging variables gives a rich manhattan-stye plot. 324,000 Bonferroni-significant associations.

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

⏰Volume 55, issue 4 of Behavior Genetics is out, with studies exploring 🧵⬇️
link.springer.com/journal/1051...

Behavior Genetics

Behavior Genetics is a leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of behavioral traits. The journal offers the most current original research on ...

link.springer.com

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

📱 The association between social media use, wellbeing, and depressive symptoms, and the extent to which genetic and environmental factors contribute to this association by @selimsametoglu.bsky.social and colleagues

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Aug 10

"...there is the possibility of real damage if selecting for one trait turns out to create risks for others." (On the top of all other ethical issues begin with).

Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · Aug 9

New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)

The New Eugenics Companies

Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection

ericturkheimer.substack.com

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · Aug 7

GPT-5 regularly asks you why you are not citing its work. GPT-5 always believes your estimator is biased. GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question. Sometimes GPT-5 tells you stories about grad school and expresses regret about getting a PhD. GPT-5's mom wonders when it will start making money.

Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · Aug 7

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year Wait

CEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic.

www.wsj.com

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 6

How much do people know and understand what their administrative and health data is used for?
Another story of consent for genetic data use this week.

Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · Aug 5

The iPSYCH study represents a unique example to understand the ethical and legal challenges of using existing samples/data for health research. A thread 🧵

www.science.org/content/arti...

Blood taken from Danish babies ended up in huge genetic study—without consent

The iPsych project, which investigates the genetics of psychiatric disorders, has sent 140,000 opt-out notices amid backlash

www.science.org

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Aug 7

Next on my reading list.

Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · Aug 3

I wrote another book & I'm very excited (& nervous) for it to be released into the world: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714593...

Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden: 9780593447628 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An intellectually daring and deeply intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment and moral responsibility—from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic....

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Jul 28

Not sure who came up with "Manhattan Plot", but in 2014 I coined the alternative term "Nijmegen Plot" (inspired by the Dutch town where I live) to describe underwhelming results from our earliest genome-wide association scans of language/reading traits.

Contrasting photographs of the night-time skylines of Manhattan (left) and Nijmegen (right), with matching genome-wide association plots underneath each.

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 23

Great news, Fiona! Congratulations!!

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks of course to my co-authors @dirkpelt.bsky.social @meikebartels.bsky.social and @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @mpi-nl.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

👍Feel free to check it out and let me know what you think! If you're also curious about how the data collection process went (the challenges/ups and downs). I’d be happy to share more. I’m planning to write a thread about it later, but you’re welcome to reach out to me in the meantime!

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

Overall, our study highlighted the potential of integrating social media data for research and its applicability to non-English contexts.

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

Incorporating Facebook likes and temporal information (e.g., monthly changes in word use) did not improve prediction model performances, even though they yielded insightful associations with survey-based wellbeing measures.

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

Next, we applied machine learning models to predict survey-based wellbeing scores. In these models, modest convergence between model predictions and traditional self-report wellbeing measures (r = 0.12) was found.

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

And here are some of the main results:
- We analysed social media posts using both closed and open vocabulary methods.
- Words with negative valence and those related to negative emotions were most strongly related to wellbeing survey scores of people that were assesed over the years...

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

We combined this data with wellbeing survey scores that had been collected over many years by the Netherlands Twin Register, which served as the gold standard for the wellbeing assessments we aimed to make using social media text-based indices.

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 11

We have a new preprint: this work is especially dear to my heart, as it results from the data collection pipeline we established at the Netherlands Twin Register, which enabled us to collect Facebook posts and likes (paid for with plenty of blood, sweat, and tears...)
osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yep, our current multivac is more leaning towards the sugarcoating instead of the truth🤣😅..

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 3

You won't regret it!

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Selim Sametoğlu @selimsametoglu.bsky.social · Jul 3

The plot follows from there with a sweet plottwist at the very end. Here is also a video commentary for this story with some pretty visuals/animations if you don't feel like reading : youtu.be/BmPcWuv6Mcw?...

Humanity’s Final Goal | Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question

YouTube video by merlin

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