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Rob Ross
@robert-m-ross.bsky.social
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Cultural evolution, delusions, metascience, misinformation, reasoning, and religion. Macquarie University, Sydney. (Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/5f2udu5p)

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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · Sep 10
In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025
Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Aug 29
My collaborator Alessandro Sparacio is leading a new multisite study examining the effectiveness of self-administered mindfulness meditation for stress reduction. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alessa...
Research Scientist | Alessandro Sparacio
🤝 Join Our Global Study on Mindfulness & Mental Health! 🌍 We are seeking international collaborators for a funded, multi-site study: "Building Resilience Across Socioeconomic Contexts." This projec...
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Aug 8
APS's journal AMPPS has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review. @dsbarra.bsky.social 

AMPPS Accepts First Manuscript From Innovative Peer Review System
The APS journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review.
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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Robert M. Ross, Jill A. Jacobson

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Wendy Higgins @wchiggins.bsky.social · Aug 6
oh wow! lovely to see people engaging with my research 😃

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The ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test’ may be less robust than we thought | BPS
A new paper assesses the widely-used tool.
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Aug 1
Article is open access 🙂 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Aug 1
Is there a relationship between delusional ideation and a jumping to conclusions cognitive bias? Our new meta-analysis led by Rose Doherty (wisely not on social media) syntheses evidence from 42 studies and finds... nothing! First publication from her PhD research 🎉
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Willem Sleegers @willemsleegers.bsky.social · Feb 6
It's finally out! Our large-scaled replication attempt of the induced compliance paradigm in the study of cognitive dissonance:
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A Multilab Replication of the Induced-Compliance Paradigm of Cognitive Dissonance
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · May 19
My PhD student and I wrote a thing about theory of mind, autism, and psychological measurement: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/its...
It’s past time to stop using the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
The widely used measure of “theory of mind” needs to be re-examined, along with the long-standing claim that autism is linked to a lack of this ability.
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Nov 18
Response to commentaries on our recently published multisite study that failed to find evidence for cognitive dissonance theory (led by @willemsleegers.bsky.social and @vaidis.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Wendy Higgins @wchiggins.bsky.social · Apr 10
Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Jun 5
Our recently published paper in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on #reasoning styles and #belief in God is now featured by @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social!
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.

📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jun 3
Mysterious ways our reasoning styles relate to belief in God. #psynomPBR paper by @omidghasemi.bsky.social @onurcanyilmaz.bsky.social @jennyterry.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social. Post by J Caballero
Reflecting on godly matters … and on cognitive reasoning styles
Our world is incredibly vast and culturally diverse. One of the evident ways in which cultures differ includes their religious beliefs, creating a rich array of expressions and practices. Wandering…
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · May 18
I had hoped AI could unlock the secrets of the universe. Sadly, I was wrong...
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 24
Wendy Higgins recently joined BlueSky (@wchiggins.bsky.social) and was awarded her PhD! Follow her for more cutting edge developments in psychological measurement, including measurement of ToM 🙂
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 18
For the full story see this summary by the leader of the research project @willgervais.com
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 18
Just in time for Easter lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/apri...
Atheists have a soft spot for God, new study shows
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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Apr 17
Why do scientists disagree with each other? This new study from @justinsulik.bsky.social et al. surveys psychologists to find that scientific divides are associated with differences in researcher cognitive traits. @mi3lab.bsky.social
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Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides - Nature Human Behaviour
Scientific disagreements are not just a matter of using different methods or having conflicting data. Sulik et al. surveyed psychological scientists and found that disagreements are also associated wi...
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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Apr 16
new preprint available!

Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?

Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social

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Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 10
Thanks. You're right! I failed to notice these stats on the researcher profile. I agree that this is much less neat (and useful) than publons was -- all this blah (which duplicates Google Scholar profiles and the Pure blah) detracts from the single piece of information that is very useful. Sigh.

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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 10
Wendy Higgins (@wchiggins.bsky.social), who developed all these projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has just been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for more cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science!
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Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 10
Dr Wendy Higgins, who developed several brilliant projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science as she begins the next stage of her academic carer! 😀
wchiggins.bsky.social Wendy Higgins @wchiggins.bsky.social · Apr 10
Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 10
If it's totally dead I guess it's a "failed attempt" to reward peer review?

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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 10
Is Publons defunct? It got bought by Clarivate Analytics several years ago (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publons). When I dig around on their webpage attempting to access it I go round in circles. I was thinking of mentioning it in a metascience paper as an example of an attempt to reward peer review.
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 1
Thanks! Lion's share of the credit for this work goes to Wendy Higgins!
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 1
Encourage your students to take up the baton and examine more social cognitive measures please 🙂
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 1
I reckon a process of elimination is the best approach. There are typically two absurd responses and then it's a coin toss to identify the "correct" response.
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 1
Thanks! We're hoping that understatement could be a good approach to winning over the research community. Could be wrong though 🙃
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Rob Ross @robert-m-ross.bsky.social · Apr 1
Rest assured that things haven't changed. See opening example: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/its...
It’s past time to stop using the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test
The widely used measure of “theory of mind” needs to be re-examined, along with the long-standing claim that autism is linked to a lack of this ability.
www.thetransmitter.org
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