Dermot Lynott
@dermotlynott.bsky.social
Cognitive Science, language, open research, PsyArXiv, music, terrible puns. Maynooth University, Ireland.
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/dermot-lynott
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Dermot Lynott
@dermotlynott.bsky.social
· Apr 29
What Can Language Models Tell Us About Human Cognition?
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
We try to place some constraints on what kind of language models might be useful for helping our understanding of cognition
#academicSky #psychSciSky #CogSci #openAccess
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
We try to place some constraints on what kind of language models might be useful for helping our understanding of cognition
#academicSky #psychSciSky #CogSci #openAccess
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“Simine Vazire talks the talk and walks the walk,” writes @briannosek.bsky.social @cos.io.
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Simine Vazire talks the talk and walks the walk,” writes @briannosek.bsky.social @cos.io.
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
🏆 The €150,000 award allows her to continue prioritizing research rigor and honors the mentors, colleagues, and students who made her work possible.
Short interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3g... (3/4)
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PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions!
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
PsyArXiv is pleased to welcome new member institutions!
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
✨Eindhoven University of Technology
✨New York University
✨Tilburg University
✨University College London
Member institutions are integral to helping PsyArXiv deliver preprint posting and reading to its users at no charge.
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[argument at thanksgiving dinner]
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
[argument at thanksgiving dinner]
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time
me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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I don't know about you but the way my brain works is by analyzing the contents of the entire internet to make an educated guess about what word I should use next.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't know about you but the way my brain works is by analyzing the contents of the entire internet to make an educated guess about what word I should use next.
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WANTED! Collaborators for a Big Team Science Systematic Review on Statistical Software in #StatsEd, led by @alyssacounsell.bsky.social (RoSE Statistics Software SIG Lead), @maddipow.bsky.social (@forrt.bsky.social rt.bsky.social Director of Education & Pedagogy), & @richharrisleeds.bsky.social. 1/2
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
WANTED! Collaborators for a Big Team Science Systematic Review on Statistical Software in #StatsEd, led by @alyssacounsell.bsky.social (RoSE Statistics Software SIG Lead), @maddipow.bsky.social (@forrt.bsky.social rt.bsky.social Director of Education & Pedagogy), & @richharrisleeds.bsky.social. 1/2
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I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
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At 45k followers I will reveal which ethnic cuisines it is permissible to enjoy in light of historical atrocities.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At 45k followers I will reveal which ethnic cuisines it is permissible to enjoy in light of historical atrocities.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
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This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
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Ireland can lead in open research and public engagement. Help us get there. Follow ENGAGED and share our work. #publicengagement #openresearch
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ireland can lead in open research and public engagement. Help us get there. Follow ENGAGED and share our work. #publicengagement #openresearch
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Congratulations to the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative -- a remarkable effort by a remarkable team. This is a wonderful acknowledgement of an incredible contribution to assessing and improving research quality.
🏆 Institutional: The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative is a nationwide effort to evaluate research results in laboratory biology & the largest coordinated replication effort in the field worldwide, showcasing the potential of country-level research improvements. @redebrrepro.bsky.social (3/5)
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Congratulations to the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative -- a remarkable effort by a remarkable team. This is a wonderful acknowledgement of an incredible contribution to assessing and improving research quality.
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** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
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You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You now need to opt-out of letting Google use your G-Mail to train its AI. Go to your general settings and scroll to Smart Features: Unclick it. Done.
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Training initiative FORRT has released a platform for those who wish to discover and publicize computer and tabletop games about open research and publishing! Linked through this landing page:
forrt.org/games/
forrt.org/games/
Open Research Games Portal
Integrating open and reproducible science into higher education
forrt.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Training initiative FORRT has released a platform for those who wish to discover and publicize computer and tabletop games about open research and publishing! Linked through this landing page:
forrt.org/games/
forrt.org/games/
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Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
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Come join me and my brilliant, talented, kind, and generous colleagues at the University of Regina!
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Come join me and my brilliant, talented, kind, and generous colleagues at the University of Regina!
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
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The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin is hiring x2 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Legal Compliance Analysis and Engineering, to work in the RECITALS Horizon project.
Deadline: Apply by 7th December
Find out more lnkd.in/d6DcfqPC
Deadline: Apply by 7th December
Find out more lnkd.in/d6DcfqPC
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November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin is hiring x2 Postdoctoral Researcher positions in Legal Compliance Analysis and Engineering, to work in the RECITALS Horizon project.
Deadline: Apply by 7th December
Find out more lnkd.in/d6DcfqPC
Deadline: Apply by 7th December
Find out more lnkd.in/d6DcfqPC
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My friend has caught some evil flu or Covid situation so I have a spare ticket for this if anyone’s looking for one
Extremely hyped for this, almost can’t believe I’m going to actually see them
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My friend has caught some evil flu or Covid situation so I have a spare ticket for this if anyone’s looking for one
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#AcademicSky anyone remember a Science™️ article published that challenged the orthodoxy that men and women sorted into hunter and gatherer roles, respectively because of evolved biological diffs? I can't google my way to it so hoping someone knows what i'm referring to....
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#AcademicSky anyone remember a Science™️ article published that challenged the orthodoxy that men and women sorted into hunter and gatherer roles, respectively because of evolved biological diffs? I can't google my way to it so hoping someone knows what i'm referring to....