lena
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🌍 | How can we harness nature-based solutions to protect the planet?
Profs Helen Johnson, Yadvinder Malhi and Nathalie Seddon explain ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...
#OxfordClimate | @oxfordgeography.bsky.social | @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social | @naturerecovery.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk
Profs Helen Johnson, Yadvinder Malhi and Nathalie Seddon explain ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...
#OxfordClimate | @oxfordgeography.bsky.social | @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social | @naturerecovery.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk
Reversing nature's decline
Oxford experts explain how our climate varies naturally, and how human-induced climate change is impacting nature and biodiversity. They also discuss habitat loss and how we can work with nature to ta...
www.ox.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🌍 | How can we harness nature-based solutions to protect the planet?
Profs Helen Johnson, Yadvinder Malhi and Nathalie Seddon explain ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...
#OxfordClimate | @oxfordgeography.bsky.social | @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social | @naturerecovery.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk
Profs Helen Johnson, Yadvinder Malhi and Nathalie Seddon explain ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...
#OxfordClimate | @oxfordgeography.bsky.social | @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social | @naturerecovery.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Know their names: ‘Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 16,800 children, according to Palestinian officials. That is one Palestinian child killed every 30 minutes, or about one out of every 65 children in the Gaza Strip.’
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Know their names: Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
One out of every 65 children in Gaza has been killed by Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023.
interactive.aljazeera.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Know their names: ‘Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed at least 16,800 children, according to Palestinian officials. That is one Palestinian child killed every 30 minutes, or about one out of every 65 children in the Gaza Strip.’
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/isr...
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/isr...
June 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools
Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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March 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools
Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Excited to share our BMC Medicine article on Modifiable Risk Factors of Vaccine Hesitancy
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Modifiable risk factors of vaccine hesitancy: insights from a mixed methods multiple population study combining machine learning and thematic analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC Medicine
Background Vaccine hesitancy, the delay in acceptance or reluctance to vaccinate, ranks among the top threats to global health. Identifying modifiable factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy is cruc...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excited to share our BMC Medicine article on Modifiable Risk Factors of Vaccine Hesitancy
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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|| New Publication (Nature Communications)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
March 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
|| New Publication (Nature Communications)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
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In a new paper we analyzed 43,932 randomized news headlines and found causal evidence in support of the out-group animosity hypothesis:
Negativity about out-groups boosted engagement by 14.1%, compared to just 1.6% for negativity about in-groups.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Negativity about out-groups boosted engagement by 14.1%, compared to just 1.6% for negativity about in-groups.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In a new paper we analyzed 43,932 randomized news headlines and found causal evidence in support of the out-group animosity hypothesis:
Negativity about out-groups boosted engagement by 14.1%, compared to just 1.6% for negativity about in-groups.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Negativity about out-groups boosted engagement by 14.1%, compared to just 1.6% for negativity about in-groups.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Special Issue of Behavioral Sciences: Advanced Studies in Human - Centred AI
Human-centred AI puts human behaviour and experience at the heart of artificial intelligence research. To know more about or contribute to this special issue, email [email protected]
www.mdpi.com/journal/beha...
Human-centred AI puts human behaviour and experience at the heart of artificial intelligence research. To know more about or contribute to this special issue, email [email protected]
www.mdpi.com/journal/beha...
Behavioral Sciences
Behavioral Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Special Issue of Behavioral Sciences: Advanced Studies in Human - Centred AI
Human-centred AI puts human behaviour and experience at the heart of artificial intelligence research. To know more about or contribute to this special issue, email [email protected]
www.mdpi.com/journal/beha...
Human-centred AI puts human behaviour and experience at the heart of artificial intelligence research. To know more about or contribute to this special issue, email [email protected]
www.mdpi.com/journal/beha...
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Past work has found that negativity and identity language both predict online engagement.
In this working paper, we find that engagement is highest when negativity and identity language are combined -- especially if an *out-group* identity term is used.
In this working paper, we find that engagement is highest when negativity and identity language are combined -- especially if an *out-group* identity term is used.
🚨 New WP on online news consumption (osf.io/h3cn5_v1) 🚨
KEY FINDING: Negativity + identity language is particularly effective at generating engagement—and even more when targeting out-groups
With @steverathje.bsky.social, @crobertson500.bsky.social , @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
🧵👇
KEY FINDING: Negativity + identity language is particularly effective at generating engagement—and even more when targeting out-groups
With @steverathje.bsky.social, @crobertson500.bsky.social , @jayvanbavel.bsky.social
🧵👇
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Past work has found that negativity and identity language both predict online engagement.
In this working paper, we find that engagement is highest when negativity and identity language are combined -- especially if an *out-group* identity term is used.
In this working paper, we find that engagement is highest when negativity and identity language are combined -- especially if an *out-group* identity term is used.
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Excited to see this latest paper from my PhD out! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed!
Newest from the lab out now! ☀️
We explored how long-term memory contributes to naturalistic memory-guided behaviour – not because we have to, but because we choose to.
Find out more: www.cell.com/current-biol...
We explored how long-term memory contributes to naturalistic memory-guided behaviour – not because we have to, but because we choose to.
Find out more: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term memory facilitates spontaneous memory usage through multiple pathways
Many natural behaviors require the flexible coordination of sampling sensory information
from the external environment and the use of information from memory. Kumle et al.
show that long-term memory s...
www.cell.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excited to see this latest paper from my PhD out! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Incarcerated. Teenagers.
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Incarcerated. Teenagers.
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More people speak English today than any other language in human history. But what do we lose, psychologically and culturally, as a result? For this week's @newyorker.com, I explore how English shapes thought—from our conception of time to how we talk about the senses.
An estimated 1.5 billion people—roughly one in every five human beings—speak English, making it the most widely used language in the history of humanity. Some researchers worry about what we’re losing with its expansion.
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:32 PM
More people speak English today than any other language in human history. But what do we lose, psychologically and culturally, as a result? For this week's @newyorker.com, I explore how English shapes thought—from our conception of time to how we talk about the senses.
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This @natrevpsych.bsky.social paper on self-control by @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social is one of the papers that had the biggest impact on my thinking this year. Will's call for going beyond the individual level (e.g., willpower) & considering environmental/societal factors is critically important.
Going beyond the individual level in self-control research - Nature Reviews Psychology
Self-control is traditionally viewed as an individual-level struggle, reflecting prevailing notions of individual autonomy and personal responsibility. In this Perspective, Hofmann calls for...
www.nature.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This @natrevpsych.bsky.social paper on self-control by @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social is one of the papers that had the biggest impact on my thinking this year. Will's call for going beyond the individual level (e.g., willpower) & considering environmental/societal factors is critically important.
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Social identity complexity is positively related to universal cooperation (& negatively related to parochialism)
Diverse identities allow people to assess situations from different perspectives, reducing bias & enhancing intergroup understanding + communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Diverse identities allow people to assess situations from different perspectives, reducing bias & enhancing intergroup understanding + communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of social identity complexity on intergroup parochial and universal cooperation under different payoff structures and frames
As society evolves, individuals increasingly cooperate with both in-group members and out-group strangers, despite risks such as betrayal. Social iden…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Social identity complexity is positively related to universal cooperation (& negatively related to parochialism)
Diverse identities allow people to assess situations from different perspectives, reducing bias & enhancing intergroup understanding + communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Diverse identities allow people to assess situations from different perspectives, reducing bias & enhancing intergroup understanding + communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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An open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender people: medium.com/@transrights...
Add your name here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#LGBTQSTEM 🧪
Add your name here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#LGBTQSTEM 🧪
An open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender…
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December 5, 2024 at 12:14 PM
An open letter to the scientific community in the US and UK on the crisis impacting transgender people: medium.com/@transrights...
Add your name here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#LGBTQSTEM 🧪
Add your name here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#LGBTQSTEM 🧪
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Communicating scientific agreement on climate increases perceived consensus and belief in human-caused climate change across the globe, including amongst skeptics and those with lower trust in climate science.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Communicating scientific agreement on climate increases perceived consensus and belief in human-caused climate change across the globe, including amongst skeptics and those with lower trust in climate science.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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November 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM