Honored to have been interviewed for the next edition of the Cognitive Neuroscience textbook. @wwnorton.bsky.social @ron-mangun.bsky.social @danisbassett.bsky.social

“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thursday plans: 🖼️ Franco Matticchio

How critically or favorably do we cite ourselves? How favorably do we cite collaborators? Do high h-index scholars cite more critically than low h-index scholars? Are some disciplines (or countries) more critical than others? Why? Check out our new manuscript: arxiv.org/abs/2411.09675

My review of Alison Li's new biography of Harry Benjamin, Wondrous Transformations, has just been published in the American Historical Review - here's the free access link if you need it: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

"Overall, Black and Hispanic faculty received 7% more negative votes from college committees and were 44% less likely to receive unanimous “yes” votes than their white and Asian colleagues." - Kate Langin, Science www.science.org/content/arti... #AcademicSky #PhDsky

“But when the college committees were evaluating faculty with lower h-indices, evidence of bias against Black and Hispanic scholars surfaced—especially for women. In those situations, “underrepresented minorities, particularly women of color, are held to a different standard,” Madera says.” …

Psychologists and neuroscientists are calling for international pressure towards immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine & Lebanon, respect for international humanitarian law, end of the occupation, and release of all hostages. Read & join us by signing here: tinyurl.com/PsychLetter

We had heard about the challenges posed by motherhood within academia, but what about the previous stage? @ecfreewoman.bsky.social & I wrote our story for @science.org on how the academic system makes it almost impossible for women to even plan for a family ❤️‍🩹: www.science.org/content/arti...

hello friends! My publisher is looking for an illustrator for my children’s book Jacob’s Transition Goals, which is about an 8 year old transgender boy who plays for his local boys football team. Do any of you have suggestions? - must be trans of some variety Reskeets appreciated

By necessity, one of the ways I've gotten through my adult life is by having found family. So if you have a rough go on days where it seems like the masses are all with blood relatives because that's not your situation, I see you (and you are welcome to be my found family too).

So proud of our team!!

Our latest paper about the diversity-stability debate. We study here the linear stability of meta-ecosystems on networks that describe how discrete patches are connected by dispersal between them. Space and network sparsity can stabilize large #ecosystems journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

Really love this post by Nicole Tietz-Sokolsaya: www.ntietz.com/blog/support...

Python Test 218: Balancing test coverage with test costs - Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya podcast.pythontest.com/episodes/218... Nicole is a software engineer and writer, and recently wrote about the trade-offs we make when deciding which tests to write and how much testing is enough.

Loved talking with @helenak.bsky.social at Nature @natureportfolio.bsky.social about @dalezhou.bsky.social's new paper in Science Advances on global styles of curiosity www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.

For decades, developmental psychologists have noticed that optimism declines with age. Why does this presumably good thing decrease across development? In this Nature Reviews Psych article, @jessicas.bsky.social and I draw from prior hypotheses to offer an integrated account.

This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years. What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social

Yes!!! The review I've been looking for! Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy, and noninvasive stimulation (TMS) are thought to work by enhancing plasticity, but how, exactly? Grateful to @alexkwan.bsky.social and team for summarizing the evidence in this review.

Our review of the direct response of stomata to temperature just came out in an issue (OK, it was 3 months ago but I just noticed). We cover what (little) is known, & possible mechanisms and implications. Several more papers in the works. Watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

What are we reading today? 🤓📑 Todd, N. R., Nguyễn, D. M., Blackburn, A. M., & La, R. (2024). Associations between state policies and sexual minority mental health disparities. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1037/tps0... psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

And, another great one from DuBois, Puckett, and Robert-Paul Juster. "The study show that trans and nonbinary people who feel more connected to their communities have a more dynamic pattern of cortisol function, suggesting they can recover better from stress."