Very clear illustration of the different effects of alternative visualiaations of the same data www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Interested in spatiotemporal decoding of choice and feedback in the human brain? My lab’s postdoc Rohit Yadav will present these beautiful MEG results from our novelty bandit at #SFN2025 Sunday 11/16, PSTR094.23 / LL8 (top row: explore vs exploit; bottom: reward vs nonreward)

Check out my SfN poster if you are interested in how retrospective and prospective representations in working memory work together to create plans and replans when being distracted! I will present it at the early career poster session at 6:45 pm on Saturday or from 1-5 on Tuesday.

I think this is an overly pessimistic take from the @bmj.com. Sharing data does not inherently increase trust, rather it enables verification which allows for trust calibration. This example is a win. Serious issues were rapidly detected that would not have been without mandatory data sharing.

Two authors reanalyze the data from an earlier paper, cannot replicate the findings, and conclude that the original is wrong. The twist: the first author is the same on both papers. I only wonder why the original is not retracted. link.springer.com/article/10.3... link.springer.com/article/10.3...

We released a pretty cool dataset/preprint today looking at video game play, cognition, time-use and a ton of self-reported psych measures at osf.io/preprints/ps... with @nballou.bsky.social @matti.vuorre.com @thomashakman.bsky.social @rpsychologist.com and @shuhbillskee.bsky.social RRs coming soon

Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉 As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices www.nature.com/articles/s44...

" 60 per cent of UK university libraries are considering dropping their big deals with the five major academic publisher" Many call for diamond open access. A new organisation with many partners, @ojcollective.bsky.social , is launching in January. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...

🎉 Wir feiern #25JahreCEWS Vor 25 Jahren wurde das CEWS gegründet! Dies nehmen wir zum Anlass, das Archiv zu öffnen und mit der Reihe #25Jahre25Highlights in den nächsten Wochen 25 Highlights aus 2,5 Jahrzehnten sichtbar zu machen. ✨ Diese Woche im Fokus: Dialog zwischen Praxis und Wissenschaft 1/6

The level of craziness yet again reached new heights.

Excited to share my first first-author paper in Nature Methods!🤩 A quest to solve fMRI–EEG interference revealed a hidden strength in the usually discarded “dummy” scans. That spark became SASS-fMRI — boosting sensitivity and enabling silent, flexible experiments. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

14 months after submission, our article “Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI" is now out in @natmethods.nature.com . You can read it here rdcu.be/ePJo6 It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N

Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it. @sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social @alexkfischbach.bsky.social @nichols.bsky.social @dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab

'How Open Science Bridges Cultures and Promotes Best Practices' webinar tonight at 20:00 NL time. Organized by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social Master's student Antonios Kagialis, and featuring Flavio Azevedo among the amazing speakers! Registration via us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

How do we succeed at self-control? In a new paper in @pnas.org with James Wilson, David Kalkstein, and Melissa Ferguson, we use mouse-tracking of ~47,000 decisions of long-term over short-term to show that 'willpower' is too narrow a conception of self-control www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Our Registered Report on metacognition and the "richness of perception" debate is now online at Royal Society Open Science! *Iconic versus working memory metacognition to evaluate the richness of perception: a registered report* doi.org/10.1098/rsos... by Comay, Solovey & Barttfeld.

A quick (1000 words) read to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea: "Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD" Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...

just learned from a friend that economists are also working on improve research quality: Scholarly Quality Assessment for Research in Econometrics sqare.org & www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... #OpenScience

I'm in Sydney until December 15th. If any tweeps (blueskyers?) are around lets get lunch or coffee! Also ... if you allow random strangers to join your D&D* group for a few weeks ... pleeeeeeease let me know :))) ___ * or whatever pen & paper y'all are up to

🧠 New paper on breathing and the brain, out now @plos.org Computational Biology! 🫁 "The respiratory cycle modulates distinct dynamics of affective and perceptual decision-making" doi.org/10.1371/jour... We show how respiratory 'tidal computations' alter our decisons!

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vicky He, David F. Abbott, et al: Common pitfalls during model specification in psychophysiological interaction analysis doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Join us for this talk by @janhaaker.bsky.social on "A functional view on how we respond to others’ pain: Empathy, threat learning and neuropeptides" 11 November, 1pm CET tu-dresden.de/mn/psycholog...

Today in Psychology (11th November 1897), Gordon Allport was born. One of the most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century, Allport is best known for his pioneering three-tiered trait theory of personality. #PersonalityPsychology #psychology #PsychologyStudent #PsychologyFacts

Now out in Imaging Neuroscience! Using TMS-EEG, we showed that alpha rh-TMS could differentiatially modulate alpha oscillations and aperiodic activity, and then improved representation of visuospatial attention. #TMS #EEG doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

We are doing a pilot survey about how prospective PhD students in PSYCHOLOGY make decisions about applying to grad programs. If you are thinking of applying to a program in the future, and have 2-5 minutes to spare, could you take this survey? 🫶 northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

FYI, if you are using Zotero, koofr.eu provides a free 10 gb cloud with webdav that could be used for synchronizing pdfs. I tested it this week as I no longer have access to the server I used previously. Seems to work well. koofr.eu/blog/posts/k...

I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Stony Brook in Fall '26! My lab will take a social cognitive approach to studying how we form/update our beliefs and why we disagree about what is true vs false I'll also be reviewing grad apps! See below for more info

There’s growing evidence that something was going seriously wrong in the classic early work on cognitive dissonance Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way But this is not the only one… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Thanks so much @bwaber.bsky.social!

Found this gem of a paper in the AMPPS archives on using containers in psychological science. What's a container, you ask? Read on...

My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things: (1) Are the claims interesting/important? (2) Does the evidence support the claims? Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.

Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!! Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today! The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/

On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📚 High prevalence of articles with image-related problems in animal studies of subarachnoid hemorrhage and low rates of correction by publishers journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

📢 PhD opportunity 📢 Looking for a PhD in neuroeconomics, social, or decision neuroscience? I'm looking to support an application for the MIBTP ESRC program starting Fall 2026. Details below, but please get in touch with me before applying! Pls share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I am slow to react to this recent Stockholm Declaration on scientific publishing. A lot of it sounds good, but I don't see how we get from here to there. I worry nothing substantial will happen until the cost disease kills the host.

"Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration" royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... (i) Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access). 1/

We wrote a blog post about common misconceptions of basic EPI parameters. Test your knowledge of EPI myths. layerfmri.com/epimyths/ 1/3

🎉 New paper accepted at JPSP: ASC! Verena Heidrich, Felicitas Flade & I ask: When people meet others, which social lens do they use — age, gender, race? Our paper: “Face the Difference: Meta-contrast as an Affordance to Spontaneous Social Categorization.” osf.io/preprints/ps...

Really love this kind of reality-check meta-research 👉“The struggle to make transparency mainstream: initial evidence for a slow uptake of open science practices in PhD theses” royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀 1/

📢 Submissions are open for the 2026 Behaviour Change Conference! A fantastic opportunity to share your work & connect with delegates worldwide - all working toward a healthier, sustainable world 🌍 🗓 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 👉 ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/conference #BCConf2026 @be-change.bsky.social

📢 New paper alert! Our article on specifying delivery schedules in the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology supports greater clarity and consistency in intervention reporting. Now with over 200 views 👏 Read it here 👉 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-7...

New paper 🧪 We propose a field experiment to study the effects of friction interventions for curbing the spread of misinformation. ABM simulations suggest that when combined with learning, friction could significantly increase average post quality doi.org/10.1038/s442...

People are lazy--except when they're watching other people work hard. My student Emily Zohar just published her first first-authored paper, and it reveals something surprising about effort and social norms. /1 osf.io/preprints/ps...

I’m increadibly proud of @abrir.bsky.social and our achievements! Make sure to read about our work and to follow us! @alelazic.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social @brendanchng.bsky.social

There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ >

I uploaded the lecture I gave on hidden multivariate pattern methods in M/EEG at the #practicalMEEG2025 conference (wonderfully organized by @cuttingeeg.bsky.social). youtu.be/MgrqA7jMSBw It's just an introduction but maybe some will find it useful :)