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Lorijn Zaadnoordijk @lorijn.bsky.social · 3h

I've been away from Bluesky for 1,5 years, so just to update whoever is unaware: I'm at UPF Barcelona now. If you're ever around, please come and say hi :-)

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 9h

What is the latest on VR research in behavioral science? Do we know yet the way participants respond in VR environment would map onto their behavior if they are put in a similar “controlled” real-life environment? Any papers would be appreciated.

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you for the recommendation. I might just look up their papers for recreational readings. I have thoughts for research that I wish someone would work on but not necessarily will work on them myself 😅

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 1d

New blog post!

Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?

(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)

www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...

If you have two measures of the same confounder, you can just include both of them in your regression model

Sometimes, researchers worry about multicollinearity in situations where it’s actually a non-issue. Here’s one such scenario. Imagine a situation where you are interested in the effect of X on Y (X...

www.the100.ci

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 22h

In uni I got a scam phone call from US Border Control saying I owed money. I told the dude I have to shower bc I don’t leave the house without shower, and he actually waited 😂 Then I drove to Target with him on the phone to get gift cards but cashier wouldn’t let me. The whole thing was very stupid.

Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 23h

On today's International Day of Failure I welcome you to share your most memorable fuck ups!

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 We are delighted to launch this year’s Big Survey in collaboration with @actionforme.bsky.social! If you are in the UK living with ME or Long Covid with ME symptoms, we want to hear from you! tinyurl.com/2s4dbrkx
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2025 Big Survey

Find out how you can contribute to our 2025 Big Survey - a vital research project aiming to illustrate the impact of ME and long Covid.

tinyurl.com

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to share my new preprint. My work focuses on solitude, but I am not one to advocate for a "solitude theory"; psych has too many theories so one less would be good. So, what I did the past 2 yrs is talking to people, reading work outside of my literature, essentially to shop for a framework 🧵

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Dominique Maciejewski 🟥 @domimaciejewski.bsky.social · 1d

Is anyone going to #SAS2026 and would like to be part of a symposium on the measurement of emotions? I wanna present results from mixed methods study where we asked people to explain HOW they chose a certain number during each emotion assessment.
@affectscience.bsky.social #AffectSci

Pls share!

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 1d

This effect deserves a cult following and I will be part of it.

Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

Make an effect size prediction!

@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)

Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

Make an effect size prediction!

@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)

Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 1d

Gratitude is cool but I wonder if there are many research on apology in relationship. Lately I feel our (Western?) societies don’t model apology enough. On the other hand, for some East Asian cultures, like Japan usually as a model example, apology is almost second nature www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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Zanna Clay @zannaclay.bsky.social · 1d

Next Friday 24th October at 1pm, I will be giving my Inugural Lecture!
All are extremely welcome. If you would like to attend online (or in person), please can you complete this form? Then I can send you a meeting link and/or if you'd like the recording

forms.gle/UZmAMt5VXNZN...

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 1d

#AffectSci

Elise Kalokerinos @elisekalo.bsky.social · 1d

In this behemoth effort led by @anhhtran.bsky.social, we reanalysed 11 experience-sampling datasets, and found limited evidence that context (intensity, controllability, and social features) meaningfully shaped everyday emotion regulation strategy use.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 3d

Context Matters, Doesn't It? The Role of Context in Everyday Emotion Regulation Strategy Use: https://osf.io/axzk6

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Feb 25

Marie Neurath is amazing, and her book on cognitive science for kids is wonderful: Machines which Seem to Think (1954). H/t @irisvanrooij.bsky.social youtu.be/XBWhdcD0r9I for this video about her. Book available for free online: www.fulltable.com/iso/mw.htm

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 3d

Are academic journals truly inclusive?

This a great chance to learn from editors like @ckyobutungi.bsky.social @plosglobalpublichealth.org & @briandavidearp.bsky.social

wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 2d

Positive counterprogramming to recent science news

**The OSF is back online with a new interface**

This key milestone makes OSF faster and cleaner. Also, now we can deliver more improvements efficiently and effectively.

Please check it out and send feedback to [email protected]

osf.io

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 2d

Americans who think British people wear cardigans and turtlenecks all year don’t know those knitwear are 60% wool and 40% mildew.
No matter how dry I keep my sweaters, they sit in the closet and come out smelling damp 🥲

a cartoon of a girl wearing a sweater that says sweater weather on it

ALT: a cartoon of a girl wearing a sweater that says sweater weather on it

media.tenor.com

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not even Halloween yet, why are you pre-gaming for Thanksgiving?

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 3d

One of the best things I did in Amsterdam is to tell students that I’d make the taped lectures only available to them when the average turnout at lectures was 67%. Taught them a lesson on collective goods and coordination. It worked!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'

Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 3d

😂 I am jet lagged. Needed a laugh to wake myself up. Bluesky did not disappoint.

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 4d

Have you done (or are you planning) a replication of a social-personality finding?
Then submit a poster or flash talk on it to the virtual SIPS@SPSP preconference, happening online on February 24, 2026.

🔗 Find out more:

2026 Preconference Submission Portal

Use this submission form for all preconference submissions. Select your preconference first as this may change submission fields. The submission guide can be found here . You may submit to multiple preconferences....

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 3d

The discussion 👇 is good. I wish people would spill more tea about how journals work behind the scenes, the operation, the biz to keep it goin’, how to keep submissions coming in and also balance with the demands etc. I don’t know what I am expecting but I want more cause I know nothing!

Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 4d

This is really nice.

But at the same time it is sad that a separate journal for replications is needed. Replications are not a different kind of thing but instead a foundational aspect of normal run of the mill science biz. We should not reinforce the idea that they should be treated differently.

Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 4d

ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!

Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 4d

Hi everyone, after 6 months, this film production is now ready! 🥳 The Common Films www.commonfilms.co team did an amazing job so I highly recommend them if you are thinking of doing something similar for your research.

The series has 5 parts. This is part 1, so follow the lab's page for more 👇

Solitude Lab @thesolitudelab.bsky.social · 4d

We believe that finding restorative #solitude is much more than just making the time for yourself; it's also about having people that support you to have that time.

This Family Recharge series aims at helping #parents reframe me-time. This is a collab with Common Films, led by UCL Dr Paul Craddock.

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 4d

This caught my attention; the paper is proposing the circumflex model of affect for fish. As a non-native speaker, I also thought it's always "fish" and never "fishes" but anyway...

Perhaps my retirement project would look at the deactivation effect of solitude in fish.

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 4d

A functional framework for a comprehensive study of welfare in fishes #ProcB #OpenAccess #Neuroscience royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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