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Jill A. Jacobson

Jill A. Jacobson

@doctorjaj.bsky.social

410 followers 970 following 46 posts

Professor and Chair of the Social-Personality Psychology Program at Queen’s University, Canada.

Psychology 66%

Sociology 8%

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Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Olivier Corneille, Alexander Wuttke , and 4 more Linda J. Skitka, Olivier Corneille, Alexander Wuttke, Gernot Wagner, Jill A. Jacobson, Aleksandra Urman, Dietmar Fehr

Magnus Johansson @pgmj.bsky.social · 23h

"40 percent of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity"; "Since tens of thousands of fMRI studies worldwide are based on this assumption, our results could lead to opposite interpretations in many of them.”
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40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted

Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.

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Alex Danvers @drdanvers.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes!
“Increased oxygen consumption – for instance in areas involved in calculation – did not coincide with the expected rise in blood flow. …analyses showed that these regions met their additional energy demand by extracting more oxygen from the unchanged blood supply.”

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40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted

Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.

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Canadian Psychological Association @canadianpsychology.bsky.social · 1d

Dalton Associates in Ontario is hiring an Associate Clinician

Closing date: 2026/01/19

CPA Career Ads and Resources page: buff.ly/EBWTZQs

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Brenton Wiernik @bwiernik.bsky.social · 2d

Yep, collider bias is indirect range restriction. We discuss that a bit here files.osf.io/v1/resources...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d

"Gender Biased Resistance to Harsh Feedback"

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d

Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.

"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 4d

@bwiernik.bsky.social once alerted me to the fact that these things can be mapped onto each other — not sure what paper he linked, maybe this one? www.biz.uiowa.edu/faculty/fsch...

www.biz.uiowa.edu

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Canadian Psychological Association @canadianpsychology.bsky.social · 4d

The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services/ministre des Services à l'enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires in London is hiring a Psychologist/Psychologue agréé; psychologue agréée

Closing date: 2026/01/07

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Department of Statistics @oxfordstatistics.bsky.social · 5d

We are recruiting an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, in association with Jesus College.

Closing date: 19 January 2026

➡️ Details and application information: tinyurl.com/59tjt7m2

Department of Statistics vacancy for an Associate Professor of Statistics with application deadline on 19 January 2026.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 6d

Funnily enough I just happened on this by chance while looking for something else...

Goldstein, Harvey (1968) "Longitudinal studies and the measurement of change" www.jstor.org/stable/2986775

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 6d

Yep
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Royal Statistical Society Publications

Summary. A gap in cognitive skill between richer and poorer children is evident from a very early age. Some studies have also suggested that highly able children from disadvantaged homes are overtak....

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Kou Murayama @koumurayama.bsky.social · 6d

This kind of argument is everywhere... link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Most evidence for the compensation account of cognitive training is unreliable - Memory & Cognition

Cognitive training and brain stimulation studies have suggested that human cognition, primarily working memory and attention control processes, can be enhanced. Some authors claim that gains (i.e., post-test minus pretest scores) from such interventions are unevenly distributed among people. The magnification account (expressed by the evangelical “who has will more be given”) predicts that the largest gains will be shown by the most cognitively efficient people, who will also be most effective in exploiting interventions. In contrast, the compensation account (“who has will less be given”) predicts that such people already perform at ceiling, so interventions will yield the largest gains in the least cognitively efficient people. Evidence for this latter account comes from reported negative correlations between the pretest and the training/stimulation gain. In this paper, with the use of mathematical derivations and simulation methods, we show that such correlations are pure statistical artifacts caused by the widely known methodological error called “regression to the mean”. Unfortunately, more advanced methods, such as alternative measures, linear models, and control groups do not guarantee correct assessment of the compensation effect either. The only correct method is to use direct modeling of correlations between latent true measures and gain. As to date no training/stimulation study has correctly used this method to provide evidence in favor of the compensation account, we must conclude that most (if not all) of the evidence should be considered inconclusive.

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mozardt @mozardmohtar.bsky.social · 7d

#rstats #package #modsem provides researchers the simplicity of assessing #latent #variable #interaction #moderation in #SEM modsem.org

Latent Interaction (and Moderation) Analysis in Structural Equation Models (SEM)

Estimation of interaction (i.e., moderation) effects between latent variables in structural equation models (SEM). The supported methods are: The constrained approach (Algina & Moulder, 2001). The unc...

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 7d

McGill is hiring scholars from outside Canada! The Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (Impact+) Program is designed to attract world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. Review of applications begins 1/16/26. www.mcgill.ca/research/res...

Only candidates who are internationally based (both working and residing outside of Canada) at the time of the time of the first Impact+ Program intake application deadline are eligible to apply.
Impact+ candidates must have a recent track record of research accomplishments and significant interest in making new contributions to Canada in the strategic research priority areas.
Successful Impact+ candidates will be appointed to a tenure-track position at the rank of Full Professor, or as an Associate Professor with a promotion to Full Professor within two years of starting their appointment in the academic unit(s) that best fits their area of academic interest and expertise.

Impact+ chairholders are expected to drive the translation of discoveries into applications, commercialization and social and economic benefits for Canada and the world, while also developing the next generation of highly qualified personnel in the following priority areas:

Advanced digital technologies (AI, quantum, cybersecurity)
Health, including biotechnology
Clean technology and resource value chains
Environment, climate resilience, and the Arctic
Food and water security
Democratic and community resilience
Manufacturing and advanced materials
Defence and dual-use technologies

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Daniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 9d

ECR looking for a change in the New Year?

We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Psychology at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social !

If you’d like to talk about life in the Department, please do feel free to get in touch.

Deadline 8th Feb - More details below 👇

cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Lecturer in Psychology (2303) - Birkbeck, University of London

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Fred Berry @fbberry.bsky.social · 11d

Here's our University's

www.ualberta.ca/en/graduate-...

Generative AI: Graduate + Research Supervision

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JJ Cutuli @jjcutuli.bsky.social · 12d

TT Job Posting: Sharing for a colleague
Morningside University (Iowa, USA) is hiring an asst. prof. TT position in counseling psychology to start 8/26. Seeking counseling/clinical/social work expertise and ability to teach counseling-related courses

www.morningside.edu/about/employ...

Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

The Department of Social Sciences at Morningside University seeks a faculty member for the Psychological Sciences program as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The position emphasizes developing stud...

www.morningside.edu

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · 13d

Any engagement (e.g. teaching) with MLM should (in my view) include consideration of this article:

Lucas, S. R. (2014). An inconvenient dataset: Bias and inappropriate inference with the multilevel model. Quality & Quantity, 48(3), 1619–1649. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

An inconvenient dataset: bias and inappropriate inference with the multilevel model - Quality & Quantity

The multilevel model has become a staple of social research. I textually and formally explicate sample design features that, I contend, are required for unbiased estimation of macro-level multilevel m...

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rochephd.bsky.social @rochephd.bsky.social · 13d

doi.org/10.1177/2515...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Jill A. Jacobson

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 15d

"Our analyses highlight that the United States and other English-speaking countries are not the most individualist cultures in the world...Instead, Northwest European countries rank highest on measures of individualism."

New work by @pakaliyski.bsky.social et al.

dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp...

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Livia Tomova @livia-tomova.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 1-year Research Assistant position 🚨

I’m delighted to share that my lab at Cardiff University is now recruiting a 1-year Research Assistant to work on a Wellcome funded project on the impacts of loneliness and social isolation on adolescents.

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Dr Mircea Zloteanu ❄️☃️🎄 @mzloteanu.bsky.social · 16d

E-values (big E) quantify how strong an unmeasured confounder needs to be to fully explain away a causal effect. If the E-value is large, only a very powerful confounder could negate the finding, so the result is more robust. Think sensitivity analysis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28693043/

Sensitivity Analysis in Observational Research: Introducing the E-Value - PubMed

Sensitivity analysis is useful in assessing how robust an association is to potential unmeasured or uncontrolled confounding. This article introduces a new measure called the "E-value," which is related to the evidence for causality in observational studies that are potentially subject to confoundin …

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Nine:

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Eight:

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Seven:

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Six:

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What Is Your Estimand? Defining the Target Quantity Connects Statistical Evidence to Theory - Ian Lundberg, Rebecca Johnson, Brandon M. Stewart, 2021

We make only one point in this article. Every quantitative study must be able to answer the question: what is your estimand? The estimand is the target quantity...

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Five:

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Best Practices for Estimating, Interpreting, and Presenting Nonlinear Interaction Effects

Article: Best Practices for Estimating, Interpreting, and Presenting Nonlinear Interaction Effects | Sociological Science | Posted February 6, 2019

sociologicalscience.com

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Four:

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How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve Empirical Practice | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve Empirical Practice - Volume 27 Issue 2

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Three:

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Causal interaction and effect modification: same model, different concepts | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Causal interaction and effect modification: same model, different concepts - Volume 9 Issue 3

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 17d

Two:

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Understanding Interaction Models: Improving Empirical Analyses | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Understanding Interaction Models: Improving Empirical Analyses - Volume 14 Issue 1

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