Victor Shiramizu
@victorshiramizu.bsky.social
Biologist. Lecturer @ University of Strathclyde. Interested in behavioral endocrinology, social perception, and wine. Views own. 🏳️🌈
Pinned
New preprint w/ @fbartos.bsky.social , Ben Jones, and @tvpollet.bsky.social .
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds?
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds?
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd!
Deadline 23 Jan 2026
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We're hiring a postdoc, to be based at Arizona State University, to research the PSYCHOLOGY OF ANTISEMITISM.
Start date as early as Jan-12-25. Email for questions.
Details: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Start date as early as Jan-12-25. Email for questions.
Details: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We're hiring a postdoc, to be based at Arizona State University, to research the PSYCHOLOGY OF ANTISEMITISM.
Start date as early as Jan-12-25. Email for questions.
Details: apply.interfolio.com/177756
Start date as early as Jan-12-25. Email for questions.
Details: apply.interfolio.com/177756
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🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
📢 Call for abstracts!
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
🚀 The time has come — abstract submission for #EHBEA2026 is officially OPEN since this week! 🎉
🗓 Submission Nov 1st – Dec 15th
📝 300 words
🧠 Important: Make an OpenReview account before submitting — it takes time!
👉 www.ehbea2026.com
Overview | EHBEA2026
www.ehbea2026.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 🚨
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
#EHBEA2026 will be held in Leiden!
Do not forget to submit your abstract before December 15th in order to attend and share your research!
More in the official account:
@ehbea2026.bsky.social
👇👇👇
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Coding Club: Creating an R Package by Lisa DeBruine
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/package%20development.html#coding-club-creating-an-r-package
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/package%20development.html#coding-club-creating-an-r-package
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Coding Club: Creating an R Package by Lisa DeBruine
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/package%20development.html#coding-club-creating-an-r-package
#RStats
https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/package%20development.html#coding-club-creating-an-r-package
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Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM
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The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
Check Research Outputs for Best Practices
A modular, extendable system for automatically checking research outputs for best practices using text search, R code, and/or (optional) LLM queries.
scienceverse.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The package formerly known as papercheck has changed its name to metacheck! We're checking more than just papers, with functions to assess OSF projects, github repos, and AsPredicted pre-registrations, with more being developed all the time.
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
scienceverse.github.io/metacheck/
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Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Leiden looking good today ;-)
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
📢 Abstract submission will be open Nov 1st – Dec 15th for EHBEA 2026
⚡Present your research, connect & collaborate 14-17 April
📝 300 words (extendable to 800 after acceptance)
For more information & our full call for abstracts, check www.ehbea2026.com
New preprint w/ @fbartos.bsky.social , Ben Jones, and @tvpollet.bsky.social .
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New preprint w/ @fbartos.bsky.social , Ben Jones, and @tvpollet.bsky.social .
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Our reanalyses found *little* evidence that sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D ratios after accounting for publication bias. 🧵1/7
osf.io/preprints/ps...
That’s insane. Better trying Euromillions jackpot tomorrow (£45M).
Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI:
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
That’s insane. Better trying Euromillions jackpot tomorrow (£45M).
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New paper out today with Zhian Chen.
We argue that modern intensive parenting is not only exhausting for parents, but in some cases disrupts healthy child development.
What is 'overparenting'? And can evolutionary theory help us understand how we got here?
academic.oup.com/emph/advance...
We argue that modern intensive parenting is not only exhausting for parents, but in some cases disrupts healthy child development.
What is 'overparenting'? And can evolutionary theory help us understand how we got here?
academic.oup.com/emph/advance...
When parental care hurts: Extended parental care and the evolution of overparenting
Abstract. In recent years, childrearing in high-income countries has become described as ‘relentless’ in its demands on parents. In response to growing del
academic.oup.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New paper out today with Zhian Chen.
We argue that modern intensive parenting is not only exhausting for parents, but in some cases disrupts healthy child development.
What is 'overparenting'? And can evolutionary theory help us understand how we got here?
academic.oup.com/emph/advance...
We argue that modern intensive parenting is not only exhausting for parents, but in some cases disrupts healthy child development.
What is 'overparenting'? And can evolutionary theory help us understand how we got here?
academic.oup.com/emph/advance...
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🚨 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
For the first time, EHBEA is giving an award for this members who excel in public outreach and communication of the evolutionary human sciences
📣 📣 📣
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Check the form below 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For the first time, EHBEA is giving an award for this members who excel in public outreach and communication of the evolutionary human sciences
📣 📣 📣
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Check the form below 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EHBEA-Public-Communication-Award-nomination-form 2026.docx
2026 EHBEA Excellence in Public Communication award Nomination Form Please submit this application form by e-mail to the EHBEA Secretary [email protected] Next Deadline: 5pm (GMT), 19th DEC...
docs.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🚨 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
For the first time, EHBEA is giving an award for this members who excel in public outreach and communication of the evolutionary human sciences
📣 📣 📣
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Check the form below 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For the first time, EHBEA is giving an award for this members who excel in public outreach and communication of the evolutionary human sciences
📣 📣 📣
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Check the form below 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We're psyched to discuss all things disgust in our upcoming conference on Disgust Across Borders! 🦠
Our 2nd (online) keynote is Paul Rozin who will address a fundamental question in Disgustology:
"Is disgust a unitary emotion?"
📍 @iast.fr Toulouse 🇫🇷 | Dec 4–5
👀 Stay tuned at tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn!
Our 2nd (online) keynote is Paul Rozin who will address a fundamental question in Disgustology:
"Is disgust a unitary emotion?"
📍 @iast.fr Toulouse 🇫🇷 | Dec 4–5
👀 Stay tuned at tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn!
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We're psyched to discuss all things disgust in our upcoming conference on Disgust Across Borders! 🦠
Our 2nd (online) keynote is Paul Rozin who will address a fundamental question in Disgustology:
"Is disgust a unitary emotion?"
📍 @iast.fr Toulouse 🇫🇷 | Dec 4–5
👀 Stay tuned at tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn!
Our 2nd (online) keynote is Paul Rozin who will address a fundamental question in Disgustology:
"Is disgust a unitary emotion?"
📍 @iast.fr Toulouse 🇫🇷 | Dec 4–5
👀 Stay tuned at tinyurl.com/2tprm9cn!
This is quite interesting.
📢 Our new article on relationship between height preferences and endorsement of gender norms.📢
We investigated whether adherence to the 'male taller norm' varied according to gender norm attitudes (heterosexual UK-based participants).
🧵1/5
🧪 #ehbea #psychscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We investigated whether adherence to the 'male taller norm' varied according to gender norm attitudes (heterosexual UK-based participants).
🧵1/5
🧪 #ehbea #psychscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Relationship between Height Preferences and Endorsement of Gender Norms - Human Nature
Height preferences when choosing a partner might reflect adaptive mating strategies, whereby tall men are deemed attractive to potential partners due to links with health and resource acquisition. How...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is quite interesting.
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EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EHBEACommitteeNominationForm_Pres_Sec.doc
EHBEA Committee 2026-2029: Nomination Form The EHBEA Steering Committee is calling for nominations for the following open committee positions for 2026-2029. You are invited to nominate one or more c...
docs.google.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
EHBEA is looking for new PRESIDENT and SECRETARY for 2026-2029! 👀
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If you know of anybody who could represent EHBEA, nominate them as president!
If you know with good organisational skills, nominate them as secretary!
DEADLINE: 16/12/2026
HERE IS THE FORM 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🌙 We’re looking for young people (18–24) in the UK to take part in a study on sleep, self-harm & daily life.
📱The study involves 2 weeks of short surveys + an optional interview
More information in poster or contact me at [email protected]
📱The study involves 2 weeks of short surveys + an optional interview
More information in poster or contact me at [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🌙 We’re looking for young people (18–24) in the UK to take part in a study on sleep, self-harm & daily life.
📱The study involves 2 weeks of short surveys + an optional interview
More information in poster or contact me at [email protected]
📱The study involves 2 weeks of short surveys + an optional interview
More information in poster or contact me at [email protected]
Reposted by Victor Shiramizu
A serious failure case is that many biologists seem to have been taught that they should inspect bivariate correlations between predictors and not include pairs with high correlations. That is not even "collinearity" as statisticians define it (where is about joint info in additive model).
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A serious failure case is that many biologists seem to have been taught that they should inspect bivariate correlations between predictors and not include pairs with high correlations. That is not even "collinearity" as statisticians define it (where is about joint info in additive model).
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Standing up for science is one way to push back against political attacks on the university sector 👇 Experts in biology and anthropology have put together this statement to counter misinformation about race. Please consider signing and sharing
Trump's very first example of the Smithsonian's "corrosive ideology" was an exhibit that correctly stated "Race is a human invention." How is scientific consensus (that biological races don't exist in humans) corrosive? We are asking scientists to co-sign our statement: forms.gle/kqKQF9CZ3jPB...
September 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Standing up for science is one way to push back against political attacks on the university sector 👇 Experts in biology and anthropology have put together this statement to counter misinformation about race. Please consider signing and sharing
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September 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Fees and Funding - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution
2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.
Please share and apply!
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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New blog post! Why experiments are the gold standard for answering causal questions (pedermisager.org/blog/why-exp...). Many text books insist on experimental evidence to draw causal inferences bvut don't fully explain exactly what gives experiments their special powers.
August 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
New blog post! Why experiments are the gold standard for answering causal questions (pedermisager.org/blog/why-exp...). Many text books insist on experimental evidence to draw causal inferences bvut don't fully explain exactly what gives experiments their special powers.
Reposted by Victor Shiramizu
Online dating lets us meet a more diverse range of potential partners, but we still tend to be drawn to people like ourselves. My latest @psychologytoday.com post explores why: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
Birds of a Feather Swipe Together on Dating Apps
Do opposites attract or do birds of a feather flock together? Evidence from academic research provides an answer.
www.psychologytoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Online dating lets us meet a more diverse range of potential partners, but we still tend to be drawn to people like ourselves. My latest @psychologytoday.com post explores why: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
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A Registered Report of 7,978 people in 20 countries by @cmolho.bsky.social et al finds that decision-makers willfully ignore inconvenient information. Information about the negative consequences drives prosociality, especially among guilt-prone individuals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Guilt drives prosociality across 20 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
This Registered Report of 7,978 people in 20 countries found that guilt and information about consequences drive prosocial behaviour. Guilt-prone individuals gave more when they were informed about th...
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A Registered Report of 7,978 people in 20 countries by @cmolho.bsky.social et al finds that decision-makers willfully ignore inconvenient information. Information about the negative consequences drives prosociality, especially among guilt-prone individuals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...