Akira Miyake
@amiyake.bsky.social
Professor @ CU Boulder. 🇯🇵 Self-regulation of thought, behavior, & motivation (e.g., procrastination, self-control, mind-wandering, repetitive negative thinking, habits). Improving student learning. 1st-gen. A proud cat daddy🐱 Go Seattle Mariners 🔱
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Akira Miyake
@amiyake.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention - Nature Reviews Psychology
Procrastination is often viewed as innocuous as long as deadlines are met but it is associated with negative life outcomes. In this Review, Mahy et al. bring together procrastination research in adult...
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In my first ever (!) Bluesky post, I want to tell you about a review on procrastination in adults and children, just published at @NatRevPsych. Working on this review w/ Caitlin Mahy and @yukomunakata.bsky.social changed my thinking and research directions. (1/15)
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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This work was inspired by an awesome similar study by @johnflournoy.science 2024 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38141745/), obviously the midnight scan club @gordonneuro.bsky.social 2017 (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...) and many other amazing recent studies in precision imaging
A precision neuroscience approach to estimating reliability of neural responses during emotion processing: Implications for task-fMRI - PubMed
Recent work demonstrating low test-retest reliability of neural activation during fMRI tasks raises questions about the utility of task-based fMRI for the study of individual variation in brain functi...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This work was inspired by an awesome similar study by @johnflournoy.science 2024 (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38141745/), obviously the midnight scan club @gordonneuro.bsky.social 2017 (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...) and many other amazing recent studies in precision imaging
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🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
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Attending Psychonomics in Denver? Consider arriving early enough to join the 2nd mtg of the Symposium for Individual Differences (SIDIC) on Thurs. Registration is open thru 10/31 & we've got a great program planned, with a keynote by @amiyake.bsky.social
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...
Program | SIDIC 2025
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October 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Attending Psychonomics in Denver? Consider arriving early enough to join the 2nd mtg of the Symposium for Individual Differences (SIDIC) on Thurs. Registration is open thru 10/31 & we've got a great program planned, with a keynote by @amiyake.bsky.social
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...
caliberlab.wixsite.com/sidic2025/pr...
@rolfzwaan.bsky.social is organizing a multilab replication of Loftus & Palmer's (1974) classic study: People's memory of two cars' speed was influenced by the verb used in Q ("How fast were the cars moving when they ____"). This is exciting, & if you want to take part in it, check out Rolf's post.
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@rolfzwaan.bsky.social is organizing a multilab replication of Loftus & Palmer's (1974) classic study: People's memory of two cars' speed was influenced by the verb used in Q ("How fast were the cars moving when they ____"). This is exciting, & if you want to take part in it, check out Rolf's post.
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Another tenure/TT open-rank position is open in Developmental Neuroscience!
apply.interfolio.com/171158
Deadline is also Sept. 15
apply.interfolio.com/171158
Deadline is also Sept. 15
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September 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Another tenure/TT open-rank position is open in Developmental Neuroscience!
apply.interfolio.com/171158
Deadline is also Sept. 15
apply.interfolio.com/171158
Deadline is also Sept. 15
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Notre Dame is hiring in Psychology! We have an open-rank, tenure/TT position in Cognitive Neuroscience: apply.interfolio.com/170229
Application deadline is soon (Sept. 15)
Application deadline is soon (Sept. 15)
Apply - Interfolio
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September 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Notre Dame is hiring in Psychology! We have an open-rank, tenure/TT position in Cognitive Neuroscience: apply.interfolio.com/170229
Application deadline is soon (Sept. 15)
Application deadline is soon (Sept. 15)
Here's a replication of an informal Big 5 result I posted yesterday (the original post is pinned on my profile page). Glad to see that @aurelienallard.bsky.social found the same result. I'd love to see more attempts like this on Big 5 or other constructs. Thanks, Aurélien, for doing this analysis!
So cool! For what it's worth, I've just tried to replicate the result for the 50-items IPIP from open psychometrics (openpsychometrics.org/_rawdata/). There's also 0 participant falling into each average category for this dataset. If constructs were orthogonal this should have been 6 (out of 20,000)
Open psychology data: Raw data from online personality tests
About this website
openpsychometrics.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Here's a replication of an informal Big 5 result I posted yesterday (the original post is pinned on my profile page). Glad to see that @aurelienallard.bsky.social found the same result. I'd love to see more attempts like this on Big 5 or other constructs. Thanks, Aurélien, for doing this analysis!
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Cool thread. Excellent reminder that bodies and personalities (and faces fwiw) are multidimensional, and that averages are poor lenses with which to examine them. Further, relationships within/between dimensions may be complex - jagged, yes, but also networked & dynamic
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
ANSWER: 0 (yes, ZERO!)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
Imagine you have Big 5 personality scores from over 300,000 people. You designate the scores in the "mean +/- 0.25 SDs" range for each trait (~20%) as the average range.
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
September 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Cool thread. Excellent reminder that bodies and personalities (and faces fwiw) are multidimensional, and that averages are poor lenses with which to examine them. Further, relationships within/between dimensions may be complex - jagged, yes, but also networked & dynamic
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
#neuroskyence #psychscisky
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v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
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UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
How to make a choice when the options suck | Amitai Shenhav | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at TEDx New England last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg...
Reposted by Akira Miyake
ANSWER: 0 (yes, ZERO!)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
Imagine you have Big 5 personality scores from over 300,000 people. You designate the scores in the "mean +/- 0.25 SDs" range for each trait (~20%) as the average range.
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
September 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
ANSWER: 0 (yes, ZERO!)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
Reposted by Akira Miyake
ANSWER: 0 (yes, ZERO!)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
Imagine you have Big 5 personality scores from over 300,000 people. You designate the scores in the "mean +/- 0.25 SDs" range for each trait (~20%) as the average range.
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
September 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
ANSWER: 0 (yes, ZERO!)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
This is a result of an analysis done by a student in my grad seminar, using a large dataset (N=307,313).
What this result might mean: Nobody's personality is truly "average," and people's personality profiles (at least Big 5) might be more "jagged" than we think.
(🧵 1/5)
September 6 is, er, was Fight Procrastination Day. I meant to post this yesterday, but I forgot, I had other things to do... Better late than never, right?
In any case, I hope you didn't put off any important task yesterday!
In any case, I hope you didn't put off any important task yesterday!
September 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
September 6 is, er, was Fight Procrastination Day. I meant to post this yesterday, but I forgot, I had other things to do... Better late than never, right?
In any case, I hope you didn't put off any important task yesterday!
In any case, I hope you didn't put off any important task yesterday!
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A focus app created by @hankgreen.bsky.social, was briefly the #1 free app on the Play Store! But will it actually help users with their attention?
I try the app myself, and look to a recent study that examined whether blockers improve sustained attention and mental health. My takes here:
I try the app myself, and look to a recent study that examined whether blockers improve sustained attention and mental health. My takes here:
Do blocker apps help people reclaim their attention?
A cognitive scientist's take on Hank Green's viral blocker app, Focus Friend
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A focus app created by @hankgreen.bsky.social, was briefly the #1 free app on the Play Store! But will it actually help users with their attention?
I try the app myself, and look to a recent study that examined whether blockers improve sustained attention and mental health. My takes here:
I try the app myself, and look to a recent study that examined whether blockers improve sustained attention and mental health. My takes here:
Reposted by Akira Miyake
Super happy with Cogsci program assistant Chris Kent's work for our college Instagram feed. Glad I could get our Loki featured to advertise my class.
September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Super happy with Cogsci program assistant Chris Kent's work for our college Instagram feed. Glad I could get our Loki featured to advertise my class.
Imagine you have Big 5 personality scores from over 300,000 people. You designate the scores in the "mean +/- 0.25 SDs" range for each trait (~20%) as the average range.
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
September 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Imagine you have Big 5 personality scores from over 300,000 people. You designate the scores in the "mean +/- 0.25 SDs" range for each trait (~20%) as the average range.
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
QUESTION: How many people in this >300K sample do you think fall in the average range for ALL 5 TRAITS?
What's your answer?
Happy #Caturday!
Walking on this narrow wooden fence is something Tiger always does when I occasionally let her (and my other cat, Hunter) spend a bit of time at the backyard (they're under my close supervision, though). Look at her tail! She's having a good time.
#cats #catsofbluesky
Walking on this narrow wooden fence is something Tiger always does when I occasionally let her (and my other cat, Hunter) spend a bit of time at the backyard (they're under my close supervision, though). Look at her tail! She's having a good time.
#cats #catsofbluesky
September 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy #Caturday!
Walking on this narrow wooden fence is something Tiger always does when I occasionally let her (and my other cat, Hunter) spend a bit of time at the backyard (they're under my close supervision, though). Look at her tail! She's having a good time.
#cats #catsofbluesky
Walking on this narrow wooden fence is something Tiger always does when I occasionally let her (and my other cat, Hunter) spend a bit of time at the backyard (they're under my close supervision, though). Look at her tail! She's having a good time.
#cats #catsofbluesky
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Want a summary of the MOST important tips on how to study effectively? This short video compiles a wealth of scientific research into one tight conversation starter. Great for the start of the school year or anytime!! Please share widely!!!
youtu.be/5GcIAzbmofc
youtu.be/5GcIAzbmofc
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Want a summary of the MOST important tips on how to study effectively? This short video compiles a wealth of scientific research into one tight conversation starter. Great for the start of the school year or anytime!! Please share widely!!!
youtu.be/5GcIAzbmofc
youtu.be/5GcIAzbmofc
A joy of morning walks (besides enjoying podcasts & audiobooks) is to discover something new. That something new the other day was a cute fox with a bushy tail. I've never seen a fox before in Boulder & didn't expect to see one just a few minutes from my house. Walking earlier than usual paid off.
September 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A joy of morning walks (besides enjoying podcasts & audiobooks) is to discover something new. That something new the other day was a cute fox with a bushy tail. I've never seen a fox before in Boulder & didn't expect to see one just a few minutes from my house. Walking earlier than usual paid off.
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Very happy to see this grant emerge from 6 months of NCE life support, which I really did not expect to happen. Excited to do the work, and wishing similar revivification for everyone else with grants in limbo!
After ~6 months of delay & uncertainty, the 2nd half of Year 1 funds for our IES grant has finally arrived! They tell us that the Year 2 funds will also be forthcoming. Not knowing what would happen for so long was excruciating, but I'm so grateful that we get to keep working on this project! (1/2)
a black and white photo of a man in a suit covering his face with his hands .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a suit covering his face with his hands .
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September 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Very happy to see this grant emerge from 6 months of NCE life support, which I really did not expect to happen. Excited to do the work, and wishing similar revivification for everyone else with grants in limbo!
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Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there.
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
1/4
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
1/4
This Article is Not Just in English
| Australasian Journal of Information Systems
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there.
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
1/4
doi.org/10.3127/ajis...
#languagebarriers
1/4
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Scientists may take pride in publishing in prestigious English journals, but it is equally important to consider how these findings can be shared more broadly with their peers and the general population, especially those who do not speak or read English. #languagebarriers
dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...
dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Improving English proficiency for scientific communication by non-fluent speakers - Nature Reviews Cardiology
English has long been the dominant language in scientific communication. Although having a universal language for scientific communication is beneficial, this standard imposes a considerable barrier f...
dx.doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Scientists may take pride in publishing in prestigious English journals, but it is equally important to consider how these findings can be shared more broadly with their peers and the general population, especially those who do not speak or read English. #languagebarriers
dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...
dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 (𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲) 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺?
Implications for reinforcement learning.
Very interesting paper.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
Implications for reinforcement learning.
Very interesting paper.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 (𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲) 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺?
Implications for reinforcement learning.
Very interesting paper.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence
Implications for reinforcement learning.
Very interesting paper.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
#neuroskyence