Dermot Lynott
@dermotlynott.bsky.social
Cognitive Science, language, open research, PsyArXiv, music, terrible puns. Maynooth University, Ireland.
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/dermot-lynott
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Dermot Lynott
@dermotlynott.bsky.social
· Apr 29
What Can Language Models Tell Us About Human Cognition?
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
We try to place some constraints on what kind of language models might be useful for helping our understanding of cognition
#academicSky #psychSciSky #CogSci #openAccess
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
We try to place some constraints on what kind of language models might be useful for helping our understanding of cognition
#academicSky #psychSciSky #CogSci #openAccess
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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t is out in BMC Medicine with Ioana A. Cristea and others.
REGISTERED REPORT ON ESKETAMINE IN "TREATMENT RESISTANT" DEPRESSION. IPD META-ANALYSIS.
A more detailed post soon.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
REGISTERED REPORT ON ESKETAMINE IN "TREATMENT RESISTANT" DEPRESSION. IPD META-ANALYSIS.
A more detailed post soon.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Efficacy and safety of esketamine for “treatment resistant depression”: registered report for a systematic review with an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-con...
Background In 2019, the FDA and EMA approved intranasal esketamine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The current study re-evaluated its efficacy and safety. Methods This registered report pres...
link.springer.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
t is out in BMC Medicine with Ioana A. Cristea and others.
REGISTERED REPORT ON ESKETAMINE IN "TREATMENT RESISTANT" DEPRESSION. IPD META-ANALYSIS.
A more detailed post soon.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
REGISTERED REPORT ON ESKETAMINE IN "TREATMENT RESISTANT" DEPRESSION. IPD META-ANALYSIS.
A more detailed post soon.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dermot Lynott
New work from the lab! A full multimodal picture of caregivers behaviours supporting learning in the early years answering the question: what do caregivers say and do to support their children’s word learning?
New Preprint Alert 🚨
Excited to share our new work: “Caregivers’ multimodal actions scaffold word learning and vocabulary growth in the early years.” with Francesco Cabiddu, @eddonnellan.bsky.social, Yan Gu and @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Excited to share our new work: “Caregivers’ multimodal actions scaffold word learning and vocabulary growth in the early years.” with Francesco Cabiddu, @eddonnellan.bsky.social, Yan Gu and @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New work from the lab! A full multimodal picture of caregivers behaviours supporting learning in the early years answering the question: what do caregivers say and do to support their children’s word learning?
Reposted by Dermot Lynott
This kind of image plays differently if you’re familiar with the history of Ireland’s school system.
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This kind of image plays differently if you’re familiar with the history of Ireland’s school system.
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Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start if the Gardai enforced them, and people walking should take steps to be visible on unlit roads. I get it, nobody likes it when people are walking on unlit roads in the dark without lights and wearing dark clothing, and it's annoying when some cyclists think they are ninjas.
irishcycle.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Shameless Garda PR blitz links road deaths to visibility issues in cases where there is no link
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
Comment & Analysis: Sadly, I have to start this article by saying, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this article says 'don't be visible'. Lights are a legal requirement, and it'd be a good start…
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Check out Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University discussing how to tackle loneliness with David McCullagh on RTE Radio 1 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Building a community and how to tackle loneliness
Sarah Finnan, Freelance Journalist and Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Check out Dr. Joanna McHugh Power, Associate Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University discussing how to tackle loneliness with David McCullagh on RTE Radio 1 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
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We had Dr Rita Santos from @nrin-integrity.bsky.social visit us in Cork and they really do have a lot of impressive work going on. cc @sonrai.bsky.social @dermotlynott.bsky.social
🚨 🎥 Recordings of all plenary talks from the NRIN 2025 Symposium are now available!! ✨✨
Find them on our website (nrin.nl) and NRIN's Youtube (www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
Find them on our website (nrin.nl) and NRIN's Youtube (www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
NRIN Annual Symposium 2025 - YouTube
17th October 2025 Wereldmuseum, Leiden
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We had Dr Rita Santos from @nrin-integrity.bsky.social visit us in Cork and they really do have a lot of impressive work going on. cc @sonrai.bsky.social @dermotlynott.bsky.social
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"In 2019 we notified journals about serious integrity concerns in 172 clinical trials. Over five years later, only 22 have been retracted. The 135 unretracted trials have 1989 citations in systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and consensus statements"
[paraphrased]
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
[paraphrased]
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"In 2019 we notified journals about serious integrity concerns in 172 clinical trials. Over five years later, only 22 have been retracted. The 135 unretracted trials have 1989 citations in systematic reviews, clinical guidelines, and consensus statements"
[paraphrased]
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
[paraphrased]
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Listen back to RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland with Dr Constance de Saint Laurent on why AI could turn people off social media - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
AI videos could turn people off social media - expert
Reporter, Aaron McElroy analyses the rise of AI-generated content on social media.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Listen back to RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland with Dr Constance de Saint Laurent on why AI could turn people off social media - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In 2014 I introduced a replication project in my grad research methods class. I taught this version of the class 4 times (no longer teach it). Some tallies: 9 published replication papers; 30 grad student authors; 19 *open* data sets; materials, syntax, etc also open (all on OSF). Check them out 👇
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My dad would have been 75 this week. Here's a pic of me and him when I was <1, and one of me and my son when he was <1
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My dad would have been 75 this week. Here's a pic of me and him when I was <1, and one of me and my son when he was <1
My dad would have been 75 this week. Here's a pic of me and him when I was <1, and one of me and my son when he was <1
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My dad would have been 75 this week. Here's a pic of me and him when I was <1, and one of me and my son when he was <1
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Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
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I chatted with Evan McLoughlin on The Giant's Shoulder podcast about the flaws that undermine claims of a link between autism and the microbiome cc @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0S...
Dr Kevin Mitchell: What Really Causes Autism?, Tylenol & The Gut Microbiome!
YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I chatted with Evan McLoughlin on The Giant's Shoulder podcast about the flaws that undermine claims of a link between autism and the microbiome cc @statsepi.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie0S...
My BlueSky 2025 Unwrapped is just going to be a gif of me punching the Microsoft authenticator app
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My BlueSky 2025 Unwrapped is just going to be a gif of me punching the Microsoft authenticator app
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You know when Apple needs a password for a new device you type it but it goes NOPE type it again STILL NOPE so you must change it which requires your first pet's death certificate then you try the new one and it STILL doesn't work then the OLD ONE WORKS and you smash up your house? No? Just me then.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You know when Apple needs a password for a new device you type it but it goes NOPE type it again STILL NOPE so you must change it which requires your first pet's death certificate then you try the new one and it STILL doesn't work then the OLD ONE WORKS and you smash up your house? No? Just me then.
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I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
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New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
OSF
osf.io
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
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It’s insane that a tool like this a) exists and b) is useful.
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It’s insane that a tool like this a) exists and b) is useful.
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“Simine Vazire talks the talk and walks the walk,” writes @briannosek.bsky.social @cos.io.
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Simine Vazire talks the talk and walks the walk,” writes @briannosek.bsky.social @cos.io.
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
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PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions!
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions!
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
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[argument at thanksgiving dinner]
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
[argument at thanksgiving dinner]
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...