Andrea Sommese
@asommese.bsky.social
Ethologist exploring how dogs see, think, and communicate 👁️🐕 | Postdoc @VetmeduniVienna | Cognitive & welfare science 🐈🐹 | Occasional baker 🧁
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Just posted a new preprint!
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If anyone wants to learn a bit about our work on vocal expression of emotions, here is a recording of the talk I gave at @oredev.org conference last month in Malmö: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDPS...
Elodie Mandel-Briefer - Deciphering animal emotions using machine learning and vocalisations
YouTube video by Øredev Conference
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If anyone wants to learn a bit about our work on vocal expression of emotions, here is a recording of the talk I gave at @oredev.org conference last month in Malmö: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDPS...
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Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑💻🪸🦎
Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑💻🪸🦎
Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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🚨 New Publication on Feral Water Buffalo 🐃 🐃 in Animal Behaviour [Also my 1st publication in AB 😊]
@asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social
Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate
W/ @amcell.bsky.social Kate Flay & Hannah Mumby
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
@asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social
Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate
W/ @amcell.bsky.social Kate Flay & Hannah Mumby
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🚨 New Publication on Feral Water Buffalo 🐃 🐃 in Animal Behaviour [Also my 1st publication in AB 😊]
@asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social
Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate
W/ @amcell.bsky.social Kate Flay & Hannah Mumby
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
@asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social
Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semiurban feral ungulate
W/ @amcell.bsky.social Kate Flay & Hannah Mumby
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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1/3 Short video social media and mental health
This meta-analysis of 71 studies (n 98,299) found a correlation between the use of short video-based social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) and poorer mental health and cognition.
(paper) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
This meta-analysis of 71 studies (n 98,299) found a correlation between the use of short video-based social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) and poorer mental health and cognition.
(paper) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1/3 Short video social media and mental health
This meta-analysis of 71 studies (n 98,299) found a correlation between the use of short video-based social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) and poorer mental health and cognition.
(paper) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
This meta-analysis of 71 studies (n 98,299) found a correlation between the use of short video-based social media (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) and poorer mental health and cognition.
(paper) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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The #ASABWinter2025 Tinbergen lecture will be by @toshitakaszk.bsky.social on animal linguistics. He’s studied the communication system of Japanese tits, revealing striking parallels with human language, incl. referential calls, compositional messages & symbolic gestures.
A talk not to be missed…
A talk not to be missed…
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The #ASABWinter2025 Tinbergen lecture will be by @toshitakaszk.bsky.social on animal linguistics. He’s studied the communication system of Japanese tits, revealing striking parallels with human language, incl. referential calls, compositional messages & symbolic gestures.
A talk not to be missed…
A talk not to be missed…
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🚨we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our editorial board!
⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0)
📎read more and apply at the link below:
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0)
📎read more and apply at the link below:
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our editorial board!
⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0)
📎read more and apply at the link below:
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
⏲️deadline for submissions: 23 February 2026, 23:59 GMT (UTC+0)
📎read more and apply at the link below:
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
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Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
![Two people wearing coloured coats, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. They are using binoculars to watch birds in the distance. [Photo: Danni Thompson]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wvb4iczed4vztwh6wsn5fsb2/bafkreic7uzxotmlxo2s2bq2q7zmod45jchkupz3ohzmspzmz3ro7zc72w4@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online
Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀
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Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences
Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...
pbs.jhu.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
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🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🚨Job Alert plz RT!
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition!
We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals
Open-rank
apply.interfolio.com/178146
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I asked ChatGPT about treating separation anxiety in dogs. ChatGPT presented things that are science-based AND things not science-based.
Why do I not recommend ChatGPT for dog training advice? Full post:
www.compassiondudedogs.com/newsletter/i...
#separationanxiety #rplus #dogtrainer
Why do I not recommend ChatGPT for dog training advice? Full post:
www.compassiondudedogs.com/newsletter/i...
#separationanxiety #rplus #dogtrainer
Is ChatGPT trustworthy for dog training advice? — Compassionate Dude Dog Training
We’re planning a trip. I asked ChatGPT when we should buy tickets. ChatGPT gave answers that seemed based on data. I could have found out the answer using a trip planner like I usually do, but ChatGPT...
www.compassiondudedogs.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I asked ChatGPT about treating separation anxiety in dogs. ChatGPT presented things that are science-based AND things not science-based.
Why do I not recommend ChatGPT for dog training advice? Full post:
www.compassiondudedogs.com/newsletter/i...
#separationanxiety #rplus #dogtrainer
Why do I not recommend ChatGPT for dog training advice? Full post:
www.compassiondudedogs.com/newsletter/i...
#separationanxiety #rplus #dogtrainer
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This is super cool object-related problem solving, but it is not actually tool use, the meaning of which I covered extensively IN THE PHD THESIS I JUST HANDED IN 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
globalnews.ca/news/1153034...
globalnews.ca/news/1153034...
Cameras capture B.C. sea wolf raiding crab traps in first possible ‘tool use’ | Globalnews.ca
'Our crews came in and said that, you know, something had been pulling our crab traps and taking the bait,' William Housty told Global News.
globalnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is super cool object-related problem solving, but it is not actually tool use, the meaning of which I covered extensively IN THE PHD THESIS I JUST HANDED IN 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
globalnews.ca/news/1153034...
globalnews.ca/news/1153034...
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Come join the wonderful CogSci dep at Aarhus Uni, Denmark! Fantastic students, wonderful colleagues, and great work/life balance! We are looking for applicants with teaching experience in the field of computational modelling of cognitive and/or social processes.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Come join the wonderful CogSci dep at Aarhus Uni, Denmark! Fantastic students, wonderful colleagues, and great work/life balance! We are looking for applicants with teaching experience in the field of computational modelling of cognitive and/or social processes.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
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CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
Details in thread. Please re-post!
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Vienna dog owners! Clever Dog Lab researchers and I have new study for your pups to participate in😊
Only need one visit to the lab to play with their favorite toy😍
Email to participate today! [email protected]
@asommese.bsky.social
Only need one visit to the lab to play with their favorite toy😍
Email to participate today! [email protected]
@asommese.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Vienna dog owners! Clever Dog Lab researchers and I have new study for your pups to participate in😊
Only need one visit to the lab to play with their favorite toy😍
Email to participate today! [email protected]
@asommese.bsky.social
Only need one visit to the lab to play with their favorite toy😍
Email to participate today! [email protected]
@asommese.bsky.social
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Application deadline this Wednesday!!🦜
Intrigued by animal innovation and avian cognition? My PI Dr. Megan Lambert is advertising a new shiny PhD position studying innovation in kea parrots! Info attached 🤩🦜
For inquiries: [email protected]
For inquiries: [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Application deadline this Wednesday!!🦜
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📢 Our new article, co-first authored by Dr. Huimin Ye and myself, entitled “Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony” has just come out in Microbiology Spectrum. 🥳
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
A thread.
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
A thread.
Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony | Microbiology Spectrum
This study provides valuable insights into the intricate relationship between gut microbiota and host personality traits, using captive common marmosets as a model. By controlling for diet and housing conditions, it probes key host factors such as personality, age, sex, and social group membership, offering a robust framework for understanding microbiome-host interactions. The discovery of specific microbial taxa associated with personality traits, particularly the enrichment of sulfite-reducing genera in more avoidant individuals, underscores the potential of the gut microbiome to reflect or be associated with personality differences. These findings advance our understanding of microbiome-host dynamics and pave the way for future research on the mechanistic links between behavior and gut microbiota in other animal models and across broader ecological contexts.
journals.asm.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢 Our new article, co-first authored by Dr. Huimin Ye and myself, entitled “Associations between gut microbiota and personality traits: insights from a captive common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) colony” has just come out in Microbiology Spectrum. 🥳
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
A thread.
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....
A thread.
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Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Beyond criterion: cognitive flexibility in wild striated caracaras: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #Behaviour #Cognition #Ecology
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PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
PhD opportunity: MOVE
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Details: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Deadline: 12/01/26
Supervisors: @shoalgroup.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social, @wlallen.bsky.social, @nhcooper123.bsky.social, @marinapapa.bsky.social
Apply: blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/p...
Just posted a new preprint!
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Just posted a new preprint!
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our project builds on @maleenthiele.bsky.social's earlier work and came together through a collaboration with her and @christophvoelter.bsky.social
Preprint link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition!
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Postdoctoral fellow
www.ugent.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🐦 EcoBird is hiring a Postdoc in animal cognition!
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join us + @themanybirds.bsky.social to investigate innovation & problem-solving in birds.
📅 Start: as early as Jan 2026
🌍 Funded through UGent’s international mobility scheme
More info & how to apply ↓
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
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Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt
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Bielefeld University seeks a full-time research associate in Evolutionary Ecology of Behaviour. Application deadline: 11.12.2025. For details and to apply, visit: https://jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/view/4618/research-position-m-f-d-in-evolutionary-ecology-of-behaviour-postdoc?page_lang #job
Research Position (m/f/d) in Evolutionary Ecology ...
<div>The candidate will be part of an active and cooperative team of researchers in the Department of Evolutionary Biology. The main research fo...
jobs.uni-bielefeld.de
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Bielefeld University seeks a full-time research associate in Evolutionary Ecology of Behaviour. Application deadline: 11.12.2025. For details and to apply, visit: https://jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/view/4618/research-position-m-f-d-in-evolutionary-ecology-of-behaviour-postdoc?page_lang #job
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Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Improving statistical reporting in psychology - Communications Psychology
Practical guidelines for transparent statistical reporting in quantitative psychology are presented, covering key decisions from study planning through results reporting across frequentist, Bayesian, ...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Choice, reproducibility, and reporting of stats is critical & an editorial focus at the journal.
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
It's also pretty hard & starts long before a paper is submitted.
We hope this piece will aid researchers in the task
@dsquintana.bsky.social @annalschubert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...