I have considered learning German because there's a lot of early work in problem solving and decision making in German. If I can't track down a translation of the source, then I don't cite it. A citation of an article means you have read that article to confirm it says what you say it does.

Full-time salaries for most categories of faculty have remained about the same since 2002, adjusting for inflation, while admin pay soars. Faculty have had enough. We’re fighting back nationwide. ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿 www.chronicle.com/article/amid...

“The VA General Assembly voted to give over half a million public sector workers collective bargaining rights. But not me. I'm an adjunct faculty member who was just left behind to endure the exploitation of higher education.” @abigailspanberger.com, please correct course & add us back in.

Plato is one of the most famous ancient philosophers of all time. He also thought there were more than 2 genders & homosexuality was normal — that's why Texas A&M wants to censor him. "How can a serious research university, an R1 university, censor Plato in a philosophy class?" — Martin Peterson

“The humanities simply don’t fit a corporate model because they are just not monetizable in the same way the sciences or even the social sciences are. And the deeper reason they’re coming under attack is that free thought and rigorous, free inquiry is dangerous to executive power.”

The best NYE party I ever went to timed the beat drop with midnight. It was the last time I felt like I was able to dance myself clean.

I wrote about ADHD in adults this week for The Learning Scientists! I've been thinking about this a lot lately as the standard advice we give to medical students is often counterproductive for ADHD.

NEW POST: "AI and Adolescent Well-Being: New APA Health Advisory" by @drkaminske.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/6/26

Greebles are back! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm excited to read this! I've seen a lot of evidence that cardio exercise protects against cognitive decline, and suspected that endurance does too, but that seems trickier to study.

REPOST: Notetaking Formats by @drkaminske.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2025/3/28

My 2nd post on AI in education. I explain ways that generative AI can be disruptive to learning while also recognizing that other AI tools exist and, under limited circumstances, might be useful. I just don't think those are the tools that are actually being used when we talk about AI in education.

Looking through my copy of The Mind's New Science to get a refresher on the history of AI and found this note I wrote to myself as a joke a few years back. It is less funny now. Step 1: Produce intelligent computer. Step 2: ? Step 3: Profit!

About to pack up for the day when I saw an email alert for a new article, "Relationship Between Bullshit, Cognitive Skills, and Belief Systems: A Meta-Analytic Review". Sometimes it's fun being a cognitive psychologist. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I used to teach a class on critical thinking that covered how language influences thinking. One of the tools of framing that I see most often (mis)used is negation. This headline from last week is an excellent example.

Taking a break from doom-scrolling to get some writing done. Delighted to realize the E.E. Abbott, as in Abbott (1909) the first to conduct experiments on what we now call retrieval practice, was Edwina Eunice Abbott. So many pioneers of memory research were women!

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... This site has info on the economic impact of NIH in your state, if you want to write your senators about this.

Increasingly, when I mention that I study memory, people will ask how to protect against dementia. My response is to 1. talk with your doctor about your risk factors and 2. Advocate for policies that reduce air pollution in your city. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NEW VLOG: Learning in Medical School by @drkaminske.bsky.social & @drcindynebel.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/12... #edusky

NEW POST: "Improving College Student Outcomes with Course Policies that Support Autonomy (Part 2)" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social. www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/11... #academicsky #edusky

NEW POST: "Improving College Student Outcomes with Course Policies that Support Autonomy" by @drsumeracki.bsky.social www.learningscientists.org/blog/2024/11... #edusky #academicsky