Katherine Tamminen
@ktamminen.bsky.social
Full Professor of Sport Psychology at the University of Toronto. Co-Editor in Chief, Psychology of Sport and Exercise. Registered Psychotherapist.
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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Fact for today: Canada has climbed from 4th to 2nd in the latest international reputation rankings. The US has dropped dramatically, from 30th to 48th among the 60 top economies. Switzerland ranks first, Russia last. The rankings are often a factor in country investment decisions.
November 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Fact for today: Canada has climbed from 4th to 2nd in the latest international reputation rankings. The US has dropped dramatically, from 30th to 48th among the 60 top economies. Switzerland ranks first, Russia last. The rankings are often a factor in country investment decisions.
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Knit one, purl two on the way to mental health healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi... by Jane Caulfield
"Handcrafts have been found to be beneficial for various populations, such as cancer survivors, incarcerated individuals, older adults, refugees & dementia patients."
#Knitting 🧶
"Handcrafts have been found to be beneficial for various populations, such as cancer survivors, incarcerated individuals, older adults, refugees & dementia patients."
#Knitting 🧶
Knit one, purl two on the way to mental health - Healthy Debate
Addressing rising mental health rates will undoubtedly require a range of different tools, both pharmacological and non-pharmaceutical.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Knit one, purl two on the way to mental health healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi... by Jane Caulfield
"Handcrafts have been found to be beneficial for various populations, such as cancer survivors, incarcerated individuals, older adults, refugees & dementia patients."
#Knitting 🧶
"Handcrafts have been found to be beneficial for various populations, such as cancer survivors, incarcerated individuals, older adults, refugees & dementia patients."
#Knitting 🧶
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🌟 Big news! QRSE 2026 is now accepting abstract submissions!
Don’t miss your chance to share your research—submissions are open until November 15th 2025.
Learn more and submit here: www.qrsesoc.com/call-for-pap...
Don’t miss your chance to share your research—submissions are open until November 15th 2025.
Learn more and submit here: www.qrsesoc.com/call-for-pap...
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌟 Big news! QRSE 2026 is now accepting abstract submissions!
Don’t miss your chance to share your research—submissions are open until November 15th 2025.
Learn more and submit here: www.qrsesoc.com/call-for-pap...
Don’t miss your chance to share your research—submissions are open until November 15th 2025.
Learn more and submit here: www.qrsesoc.com/call-for-pap...
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New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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October 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making.
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making.
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
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🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
Basic Income Pilot Project / Study results
What does a universal basic income really achieve? Find the results of the first long-term German study here.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🇩🇪 3-year universal basic income (UBI) study, in which n=120 received UBI, n=1500 did not. Website is pretty neat, check it out for core findings.
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
www.pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de/en
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She is far too un-self-promoting to do this herself, so I'm shouting out *THE* Elizabeth Page-Gould (@page-gould.bsky.social) for winning the SESP Career Trajectory Award!
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Elizabeth Page-Gould recognized with Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology
The Society for Experimental Social Psychology has recognized Elizabeth Page-Gould with a Career Trajectory Award in recognition of uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity.
www.psych.utoronto.ca
July 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
She is far too un-self-promoting to do this herself, so I'm shouting out *THE* Elizabeth Page-Gould (@page-gould.bsky.social) for winning the SESP Career Trajectory Award!
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
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Does linguistic diversity when talking about emotions track wellbeing? In a new pre-print with @eriknook.bsky.social, we link emotion vocabularies to mental health in a large real-world psychotherapy dataset. Highlight: therapist emo vocab may help clients get better over time! shorturl.at/TKPN1
Large natural emotion vocabularies are linked with better mental health in psychotherapeutic conversations
Psychotherapy is the most ubiquitous form of mental health treatment and it unfolds predominantly through language. To better understand how this exchange of words bolsters mental health, we tested ho...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Does linguistic diversity when talking about emotions track wellbeing? In a new pre-print with @eriknook.bsky.social, we link emotion vocabularies to mental health in a large real-world psychotherapy dataset. Highlight: therapist emo vocab may help clients get better over time! shorturl.at/TKPN1
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes
All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.
(cont 🧵)
tinyurl.com/vun92cz7
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🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
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April 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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No security clearance? Then no voting clearance from me. Surrounding yourself with our flags doesn't change that.
"Among opposition party leaders, Poilievre is alone in refusing to apply for a security clearance."
#CanadaStrong #canpoli #cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/poilievres-r...
"Among opposition party leaders, Poilievre is alone in refusing to apply for a security clearance."
#CanadaStrong #canpoli #cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/poilievres-r...
Poilievre’s Refusal to Get Security Clearance Raises Questions about His Readiness to Govern | The Walrus
Who seeks to lead a country without knowing the dangers it faces?
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April 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No security clearance? Then no voting clearance from me. Surrounding yourself with our flags doesn't change that.
"Among opposition party leaders, Poilievre is alone in refusing to apply for a security clearance."
#CanadaStrong #canpoli #cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/poilievres-r...
"Among opposition party leaders, Poilievre is alone in refusing to apply for a security clearance."
#CanadaStrong #canpoli #cdnpoli
thewalrus.ca/poilievres-r...
Body mapping as a "new technique" to explain illnesses and conditions. (Not that new, but glad to see this is getting some attention as a way for patients to explain their illnesses!)
‘We think of the body as a map’ -- People with post-infectious diseases like #LongCOVID sometimes struggle to communicate the debilitating impact of their conditions. But a new technique can help them explain visually, by Theres Lüthi www.theguardian.com/society/2025... via @theguardian.com #COVID19
‘We think of the body as a map’: a new approach to deciphering long Covid
People with post-infectious diseases sometimes struggle to communicate the debilitating impact of their conditions. But a new technique can help them explain visually
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Body mapping as a "new technique" to explain illnesses and conditions. (Not that new, but glad to see this is getting some attention as a way for patients to explain their illnesses!)
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Last minute add to my course intro slides
"We conclude that handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement for college students."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We conclude that handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement for college students."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Last minute add to my course intro slides
"We conclude that handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement for college students."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We conclude that handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement for college students."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Does effort make life more meaningful? Was Sisyphus living the dream? In our new paper (now accepted in Cognition!), across 6 studies with nearly 3,000 participants, we found that more effortful tasks feel more meaningful 🧵
January 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Does effort make life more meaningful? Was Sisyphus living the dream? In our new paper (now accepted in Cognition!), across 6 studies with nearly 3,000 participants, we found that more effortful tasks feel more meaningful 🧵
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Two modes:
1) 40 hours of writing in 8 hours
2) 40 minutes of writing in 8 hours
1) 40 hours of writing in 8 hours
2) 40 minutes of writing in 8 hours
January 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Two modes:
1) 40 hours of writing in 8 hours
2) 40 minutes of writing in 8 hours
1) 40 hours of writing in 8 hours
2) 40 minutes of writing in 8 hours
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Feeling down? Taking a walk could help. The more steps we take, the less likely we are to feel depressed, new research shows. www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org #exercise🚶 #MentalHealth
Getting your steps in can reduce depression, research finds
A recent study shows getting walking more may help prevent depressive symptoms. Tracking your steps may help you stay motivated, researchers say.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Feeling down? Taking a walk could help. The more steps we take, the less likely we are to feel depressed, new research shows. www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org #exercise🚶 #MentalHealth
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So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵
Looking forward to this line of work from @sarahawalker.bsky.social to clarify the language and conceptualization around interpersonal emotion regulation! psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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December 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Looking forward to this line of work from @sarahawalker.bsky.social to clarify the language and conceptualization around interpersonal emotion regulation! psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Love...
"Engagement with performance-based art such as plays, musicals & ballet, and particularly participation in music, is linked to reductions in depression and in pain and improved quality of life."
Consuming arts & culture is good for health, study www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
"Engagement with performance-based art such as plays, musicals & ballet, and particularly participation in music, is linked to reductions in depression and in pain and improved quality of life."
Consuming arts & culture is good for health, study www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Love...
"Engagement with performance-based art such as plays, musicals & ballet, and particularly participation in music, is linked to reductions in depression and in pain and improved quality of life."
Consuming arts & culture is good for health, study www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
"Engagement with performance-based art such as plays, musicals & ballet, and particularly participation in music, is linked to reductions in depression and in pain and improved quality of life."
Consuming arts & culture is good for health, study www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Reading this fabulous paper on reporting qual research results by Braun and Clarke @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social and recommend you do too (it's also open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach
Evaluative tools for qualitative research need to be developed and designed in a way that allows them to be used by the research community to assess qualitative research on its own terms, and thus ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Reading this fabulous paper on reporting qual research results by Braun and Clarke @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social and recommend you do too (it's also open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🍾New article out in @natrevpsych.bsky.social🍾:
We review how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course, and severity of depression. Particular emphasis is on why social expectations persist despite pos info.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We review how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course, and severity of depression. Particular emphasis is on why social expectations persist despite pos info.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Social expectations in depression - Nature Reviews Psychology
Expectations of negative social interactions or low interpersonal self-efficacy are common among people with depression. In this Review, Kirchner et al. integrate the cognitive, social and clinical as...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
🍾New article out in @natrevpsych.bsky.social🍾:
We review how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course, and severity of depression. Particular emphasis is on why social expectations persist despite pos info.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We review how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course, and severity of depression. Particular emphasis is on why social expectations persist despite pos info.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...