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Max Primbs
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PhD Student, Radboud University (Netherlands). Researching how our social and cultural environments shape our implicit biases. Big Team Science & Statistics enthusiast.
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Max Primbs @maxprimbs.bsky.social · Dec 16
New paper out in PSPB: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We investigated whether historical Ku Klux Klan presence in an area is associated with higher levels of modern-day implicit bias.
maxprimbs.bsky.social
Two papers accepted this week 🎉
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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youngmetascience.bsky.social
Opportunity for PhD's in the Netherlands (Dutch speaking): temporary job as research assistant on NWO's grant assessment system. This paid position would be a six-month break in your PhD after which you go back to finishing your PhD.

Very interesting opportunity!

More info: tinyurl.com/2fwz4xru
Promovendi als tijdelijke onderzoeksassistent beoordelingssystematiek | Werken bij NWO
Binnen het domein Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) zijn we op zoek naar een tijdelijke onderzoeker die een belangrijke bijdrage levert aan onderzoek naar onze beoordelingssystematiek. Spreekt je dat aan, solliciteer dan nu.
www.werkenbijnwo.nl
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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pwgtennant.bsky.social
"Schrödinger's causal inference" (n):

The practice of making causal claims or interpretations within a scientific article - typically in the title, abstract, implications, or conclusion - while simultaneously warning that the study design is unsuitable for causal inference.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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cursortue.bsky.social
TU/e has gained a new research centre: META/e. Daniël Lakens and Krist Vaesen were among the founders of this knowledge hub for metascience—research aimed at improving the practice of science itself. “We want to be a home for every researcher who occasionally wonders: what are we even doing?”
Knowledge centre META/e: home for those improving science
TU/e has gained a new research centre: META/e. Daniël Lakens and Krist Vaesen were among the founders of this knowledge hub for metascience—research aimed at improving the practice of science itself. ...
www.cursor.tue.nl
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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collabrapsychology.bsky.social
Two new studies use Christmas - a religious event characterized by transient yet considerable changes in people’s social, cultural, and demographic environments - to examine the role of environment in shaping people’s implicit biases doi.org/10.1525/coll...
The Complex Ring of Jingle Bells: The Association Between Christmas and Implicit Bias Towards Racial, Religious, and Sexual Minorities
Every year, billions of people celebrate Christmas all over the world – a religious event that is characterized by transient yet considerable changes in people’s social, cultural, and demographic envi...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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joshcjackson.bsky.social
Our "Historical Psychology" special issue is now out in CRESP!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Co-edited with @mohammadatari.bsky.social and featuring historical perspectives on love, racial identity, emotion expression, well-being, collectivism, religion, and more!

Brief 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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gijsbijlstra.bsky.social
New publication: “Reshaping the happy face advantage with reinforcement learning”

Happy to share this paper by tjitsvanlent.bsky.social with Rob Holland, Harm Veling, & erikbij.bsky.social. We investigate whether instrumental learning can change biases in emotion recognition

tinyurl.com/2s397h34
Reshaping the happy face advantage with reinforcement learning
Recognising emotional expressions is important for successful social interactions. Prior research has demonstrated that emotion recognition is influenced by evaluative associations people have with...
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
maxprimbs.bsky.social
I mean this already seems to be the inofficial policy. Many universities (also in blue states) added statements that they will not sponsor visas for Assistant Professor positions.
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social
A bit of news. I was nominated for the #Vietnam International Awards for ongoing work to build a research centre in Ho Chi Minh (more on that later).

I am not finalist but feel honored enough to attend the ceremony on Nov 8 in London alongside many innovative people that are working to give back.
VIAWARDS 2025 NOMINEE – RESEARCH AND INNOVATION & BEST AI AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AWARD We are proud to nominate Dr. Nguyễn Thị Thuý Vi, Associate Professor of Psychology at Durham University, as an official VIAwards 2025 nominee! As a pioneering researcher and global thought leader, she has dedicated her career to advancing our understanding of solitude, wellbeing, and emotion regulation, transforming not only academic knowledge but also practical approaches to mental health and education worldwide. Key Highlights: 🔹 Author of “Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone” - a groundbreaking book praised globally for reshaping how solitude is understood. 🔹 Published more than 15 peer-reviewed articles in top psychology journals, cited over 1,500 times, now taught in psychology courses worldwide. 🔹 Founder of the Solitude Lab at Durham University, mentoring undergraduate to doctoral students. 🔹 Recipient of the prestigious ESRC Research Grant in the UK within first decade of research. 🔹 Delivered invited keynote lectures, TEDx and Bright Ideas talks, and featured in BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Fox News, and The Today Show. 🔹 In Viet Nam, gave talks at top universities, collaborated with Vietnamese National University, and built a research center in Ho Chi Minh City. 🔹 Recognized with multiple international awards and invited to lead symposia at leading psychology conferences around the world. —— 🌐 Learn more: https://www.viawards.com/nominations 📝 Nominate: http://bit.ly/4lS7qmi Winners will be announced at the VIAwards ceremony gala: 📅 Date: 8th November 2025 📍 Location: Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge E1 8GP
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
maxprimbs.bsky.social
Thank you fellow Dutchies for these surprisingly sensible election results!
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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matti.vuorre.com
🎉 @rpsychologist.com 's PowerLMM.js is the online statistics application of the year 2025 🎉

powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com

- Calculate power (etc) for multilevel models
- Examine effects of dropout and other important parameters
- Fast! (Instant results)
Screenshot of https://powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com/
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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julianedegner.bsky.social
🎉 Excited to share our new paper “Children infer social group attitudes from evaluative behavioral information but do not extend them to unfamiliar group members.” in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology:
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106401
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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protzko.bsky.social
Problem I'm mulling over right now, curious if anyone has thoughts or citations relevant (for and against):

"Effect size is NOT the size of the causal effect."

#phdsky #stats #meta
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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erichehman.bsky.social
We have a new tutorial out in Social Cog methods issue, a resampling tool we made in R that basically tells you when some average is "stable" and can be used to guide data collection or test hypotheses related to variance. Quick explanation here
1/n

guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
maxprimbs.bsky.social
Is anyone I know willing to share their cover letter for an American postdoc offering?

I have plenty of faculty materials, but none for a Postdoc yet.
October 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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lakens.bsky.social
End of the Paul Meehl Graduate School Symposium, with wonderful chats over dinner. Last year was great, this year even better! So nice to talk to this crowd of metascientists.

Thanks to @sajedehra.bsky.social for the organization of my favorite metascience event of the year!
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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realscientists.de
Guten Morgen! Heute berichte ich euch vom Paul Meehl Graduate School Meta Research Symposium, das von meiner PhD Kollegin @sajedehra.bsky.social und meinem Supervisor @lakens.bsky.social organisiert wird! 📈
Intro-Slide für das Paul Meehl Graduate School Meta Research Symposium 2025
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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lakens.bsky.social
Now @maxprimbs.bsky.social talking about his super exciting Many-Dags project, asking experts in his field of implicit researchers to draw DAGs about a theory in his field.
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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ericmshuman.bsky.social
I am hoping to recruit a Ph.D. student to join the SPARC (Social Psychology of Activism, Resistance, & Change) Lab at @UVAPsyc in Fall 2026! You can find more info about my research on my website (ericshuman.com), and the program here (psychology.as.virginia.edu/social-psych...).
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October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
Cool new study by @joelleforestier.bsky.social @page-gould.bsky.social & Alison Chasteen

Can social media contact reduce prejudice?

#PrejudiceResearch

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
#AcademicSky

It's also apparent that our PhD students are feeling that they don't get enough time with advisors

(I realize that "not having enough time" is a perpetual complaint in academia, but maybe we should do less X and spend more time w/ our mentees?)
September 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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datingdecisions.bsky.social
For potential grad students: if you're interested in this kind of work on assessing and improving close relationships measures, our group just got a grant to do five more years of it. Join our team!
September 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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improvingpsych.org
PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!

Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)

#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
#SocialPsychology #PsychSciSky

Submitting an EASP 2026 symposium on intergroup relations, contact, or dehumanization?

If you think I could add to your symposium, drop me a DM.
August 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?

Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...
Models as Prediction Machines: How to Convert Confusing Coefficients into Clear Quantities Abstract Psychological researchers usually make sense of regression models by interpreting coefficient estimates directly. This works well enough for simple linear models, but is more challenging for more complex models with, for example, categorical variables, interactions, non-linearities, and hierarchical structures. Here, we introduce an alternative approach to making sense of statistical models. The central idea is to abstract away from the mechanics of estimation, and to treat models as “counterfactual prediction machines,” which are subsequently queried to estimate quantities and conduct tests that matter substantively. This workflow is model-agnostic; it can be applied in a consistent fashion to draw causal or descriptive inference from a wide range of models. We illustrate how to implement this workflow with the marginaleffects package, which supports over 100 different classes of models in R and Python, and present two worked examples. These examples show how the workflow can be applied across designs (e.g., observational study, randomized experiment) to answer different research questions (e.g., associations, causal effects, effect heterogeneity) while facing various challenges (e.g., controlling for confounders in a flexible manner, modelling ordinal outcomes, and interpreting non-linear models). Figure illustrating model predictions. On the X-axis the predictor, annual gross income in Euro. On the Y-axis the outcome, predicted life satisfaction. A solid line marks the curve of predictions on which individual data points are marked as model-implied outcomes at incomes of interest. Comparing two such predictions gives us a comparison. We can also fit a tangent to the line of predictions, which illustrates the slope at any given point of the curve. A figure illustrating various ways to include age as a predictor in a model. On the x-axis age (predictor), on the y-axis the outcome (model-implied importance of friends, including confidence intervals). Illustrated are 1. age as a categorical predictor, resultings in the predictions bouncing around a lot with wide confidence intervals 2. age as a linear predictor, which forces a straight line through the data points that has a very tight confidence band and 3. age splines, which lies somewhere in between as it smoothly follows the data but has more uncertainty than the straight line.
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM