📣 New preprint! We brought together experts from academia, major video game studios, NGOs, funding bodies, and civil society groups to ask: what should be prioritised when it comes to the future of video games? 🧵

Our qualitative article on video gaming during COVID-19 now has over 3,200 views and 1,500 downloads! www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig... #Cyberpsychology #PhDsky #Psychology #Gamestudies

🚨 The BPS Cyberpsychology Annual Conference 2026 website is NOW LIVE 🚨 We’re excited to officially launch the site for the BPS Cyberpsychology Annual Conference 2026, taking place across two days in York on 6–7 July 2026! #Cyber26

Out now! Research Handbook on Cyberpsychology🖥️📖 🖋️ Edited by Michelle F. Wright ‘A vital resource for understanding the human experience in a digital world.’ – Stefan Sütterlin Read first chapter 🆓: www.elgaronline.com/view/book/97... Moreℹ️: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

We’re SO excited to announce that the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference 2026 will be hosted at York St. John University! 📅 When? Monday 6th - Tuesday 7th July, 2026 📍 Where? York, UK More details, including registration and call for submissions, coming soon! #Cyber26 #Cyberpsychology

"As of right now, there is no compelling evidence, to us, that genAI is useful to promote the development of learning as framed by a model of expertise (i.e., the MDL) or any other scientifically backed model of learning." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

🚨 New research with Dr Lisa Thomas : The Rise & Fall of BeReal Why did users flock to, then abandon, the 'authenticity-promoting' app? 📱 Our large-scale qualitative survey reveals a trajectory of enthusiasm, scepticism, and eventual disinterest journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Surreal. Thanks to my co-author Danielle Kelly and the fantastic editor of the series @annayahprosser.bsky.social for making this dream a reality!

📣 PhD/ECR researchers who are a part of the BPS Cyberpsychology section - several small grants are open to support your research and/or dissemination of research! The deadline is 5/12/25 so make sure to put something in soon. #Cyberpsychology #PhDers #PhDfunding #ECRs #scholarshipopportunities

If you missed our launch webinar for the Psychgeist of ther Legend of Zelda yesterday, you can catch up with the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPlv... 🎮 #gamestudies #zelda #psychgeist #games

🌟Excellent opportunity for Cyber section members🌟 The BPS is seeking members to join the #AI Task Group, which will play a central role in shaping guidelines for psychologists working with AI. 🔗 Full details, contact info, and interest submission form at: bit.ly/bps-AI-task-group #Cyberpsychology

Excited our new paper is out! #OlderAdults using a co-designed social-connectivity app showed reductions in depression after 4 weeks, but no change in loneliness & anxiety Interviews revealed self-reflection, self-analysis, and re-appraisal as key processes #DigitalHealth doi.org/10.1080/1360...

The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived! THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️ I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️ Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏

DiGRA 2026 has been announced! This conference around digital games scholarship is one of the bigger ones and really worth visiting. 📅 14-18 June 2026 🌸 Location is Maynooth, Ireland 📣 Abstracts/full papers due on 1 December More info: www.digraconference2026.com #gamestudies

The Zelda edition of the Psychgeist series is now available! I co-wrote the first chapter, which explores how the Zelda games can teach us to be self-determined. The book is free to download and read 🙂 lnkd.in/eQ2KSSgB #gamestudies #PhDsky #PsychSciSky #Cyberpsychology

Artificial Intelligence discovers not one, but TWO amygdala in the brain. More at 10.

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Another free event for BPS members that might be of interest to our cyber section exploring online safety for young people, screen time, and mental health📱🤳 📅 Date: 26 September 2025, 12:30pm - 2:30pm You can register at: www.bps.org.uk/event/smartp... #Smartphones #Mentalhealth #Cyberpsychology

📢 Call for Submissions: Cyberpsychology Bulletin Researching cyberpsychology? We want your insights of cutting-edge research in the field! Submission info: 📝 Article of 500 words 📅 Deadline: 3 Oct 2025 📧 Submit via email: [email protected] #CyberpsychologyBulletin #CFP #Cyberpsychology

Looking for folks who would be interested in writing a blurb or reviewing a book about the psychology of The Legend of Zelda series! Who knows, maybe @matthewmercer.bsky.social would be interested?

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood. Very glad that these voices and stories have a home. www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...

hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social

Can confirm that the bulletin is a fantastic way to get word of new and exciting research out there!

Looking to submit your manuscript to a journal? 📚 Browse calls for papers from APA Journals spanning the breadth and depth of psychology: bit.ly/3DCe67D #PsychSciSky #Psychology #Neuroskyence #EduSky #AcademicSky

You know, AI isn't so bad once you ignore the moral implications, the educational implications, the environmental implications, the economic implications, the epistemological implications, the...

Our Internationalisation Lead, @joncong.bsky.social, has co-guest edited a Special Section on True Costs of Misinformation for the International Journal of Communication. Read the edition here: ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc

CfP: Beyond Game Mechanics at City University of Hong Kong Dates: 8–9 October 2025 (offline participation only) [Extended] Submission Deadline: 31 July 2025 www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/beyon...

Publication news 🥽 The third study from my PhD has been published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. For those of you who attended #Cyber25 this is the quantitative element of my talk Next stop: thesis submission! doi.org/10.1002/acp.... #cyberpsychology

Our extended abstract is now available in the DiGRA Library! We describe our thoughts on save-scumming, which will (eventually) become a fully-fledged article on our exploratory qual work. @derryacademic.bsky.social @jonesrincon.bsky.social dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...

A bold step for open research 🟨🟪👣 Wellcome has joined the Barcelona Declaration. A big move from one of the world’s leading research funders. With persistent identifiers and open metadata policies, they’re helping shift how research is recognized and rewarded. 🔗 wellcome.org/news/wellcom...

New special issue on trauma in the modern age of technology from Psychological Trauma, covering familiar (cyberbullying, online child sexual exploitation, telehealth) and developing (AI, facial recognition) topics as they relate to trauma. Learn more: bit.ly/45QRJHo #PsychSciSky #AI

Huge congrats to our #cyber25 award winners! 🎉 Best Presentation – Yunhao Hu, Best Work in Progress presentation – Evelyn Murray, Best Poster – Megan Gallagher and Best Dressed – Morgan Tidy. You can check out the abstracts of their award winning in the online abstract book!

Very surreal experience when your research is cited and you're in the audience! First time (and hopefully not the last) this has happened.

Some action shots of our talk on save-scumming at #CYBER25 @derryacademic.bsky.social

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Our first gaming stream of #cyber25 was full of incredible and interesting research from trolls to LLMs - gaming representation at @bpscyberpsychology.bsky.social is strong 🎮

Ready for this year's #CYBER25! Looking forward to engaging in more excellent video game research.

Play styles panel is off with a strong start with presentation on controversial discourses on save-scumming. What is it, why do players do it and why do some criticize it? #digra2025

Excited to kick off #DiGRA25 with the first keynote!

We're hosting a Q&A session for anyone interested in our research internships, this Monday at 13:30. You'll have a chance to ask our team any questions you might have before applying.

We need to push for more meaningful measures, clearer communication, and serious care with claims. Science isn’t about what’s easiest to study or what makes a good headline. It’s about getting it right.

Very cool news from #DiGRA25 that our extended abstract has been accepted! @jonesrincon.bsky.social, Danielle Kelly, and I will be discussing our exploratory qualitative work on save-scumming behaviours, including motivational factors and potential contextual differences.

Call for papers for a Special Issue on Metascience and Psychology Pedagogy in Teaching of Psychology with @richharrisleeds.bsky.social! 2-page abstracts due to me by 1st April please! Always happy to chat through ideas journals.sagepub.com/page/top/cal...

Watching Inside 2, but pronouncing Envy like Ennui.

The annual BPS Cyberpsychology conference is now accepting submission for presentations ! 📱 🎮 Deadline 14th April 🗓️ We also have a conference ambassador scheme for students and ECRs #AcademicSky #Cyberpsychology #Cyber25 @bpsofficial.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/event/cyberp...

The BPS #Cyberpsychology section annual conference 2025 registration now open - if you’re a PhD-er or ECR this is the perfect conference to present at with a supportive and welcoming bunch of good-eggs who want to know about your cool research 🎮📖📱 www.bps.org.uk/event/cyberp...

🌟 Calling MSc, PhD-ers and all students - the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference 2025 is offering a number of student ambassador bursarys to help cover the costs of attending the conference! 🤩🎮📱 🔗You can find more about the ambassador scheme here: lnkd.in/ebBPfriH

Roy Baumeister called ego depletion "one of the most replicable findings in social psychology." As someone who spent 20 years studying it—and ultimately had to admit it wasn't real—I have to respectfully disagree. Here's my perspective of what went so wrong.

Very cool news that "From healthy play to gaming disorder: Psychological profiles from emotional regulation and motivational factors" is now published in the Journal of Behavioural Addictions - lnkd.in/e4xXMssj. I had the pleasure of reviewing the survey for English participants - congrats Catia!

A live-service God of War game is truly the answer to a question no one is asking.