This platform is so important! It allows researchers regardless of their university prestige to do research! So important for leveling the playing field for many developmental psychologist scientist from under resourced institutions. Please consider donating - donations will be matched!

Our paper on the ☀️ "summer slide" 🛝 is out now @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Summer slide is a replicable phenomenon across diverse datasets that's more than "forgetting" school material in vacation months, but effects of socioeconomic inequality are ➡️ 7x bigger! ⬅️ #PsychSciSky #DevPsy 🧵👇

Congrats @ariellekeller.bsky.social and @bart-larsen.bsky.social . et al. ! Great modeling, meta-science, and careful thinking. Critical consideration for #DevPsy ! More and more it seems so many of our field's methodological complexities come down to considerations for sampling....

📈New research suggests that low-effort studies conducted on online platforms may suffer less from volunteer bias than other research recruitment strategies. Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: https://ow.ly/qLth50XLGcW

Huh. I guess it’s good to see the Marlins spend money, but this feels like a weird move. Good for Fairbanks, I guess. #MLB #TampaBayRays #MiamiMarlins #Fairbanks www.mlb.com/news/pete-fa...

Going to #SPSP2026 in Chicago in February? Don't forget to reserve your hotel! Book a room in SPSP's official hotel block to save money and stay warm - both hotels are connected to the convention center via indoor walkways. Save your spot today: https://ow.ly/pVNy50XLIYU

#AcademicSky #SocialPsychology I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift. But wait! Sexists dislike Taylor?? But I dislike sexists! Now (about-face in action)... I'm a Swiftie! Social psychologists, show us a fun ** Balance Theory** example relevant to you. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

📣Now is the time to submit a proposal for #APA2026 in Washington, DC (and online)! Showcase your research and ensure that personality and social psychology is represented at the APA Convention. 📆Submission deadline: January 14 👉Submit here: https://ow.ly/qsL250XLJaq

Does computational modeling avoid closing the loop, or does the explanandum - the child - become a crucial part of the explanation?

Help reimagine how @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social communicates about the amazing research and researchers in cognitive psychology. Psychonomic fellows - Apply for the role of Science Communication Editor by Feb 28th. www.psychonomic.org/page/2026_Sc...

I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night

My top 3 non-fiction for this year starts with an older book about old tech: David Edgerton's The Shock of the Old. Technology is used and tinkered with more than "innovated" with. Singer sewing machines and condoms over high tech in this use-centric history.

Actor James Ransone, known for his role in ‘The Wire,’ dead at 46

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.

Make this make sense. #MLB #Murakami www.mlb.com/news/munetak...

Love this! Would be cool to see one for the Washington Nationals. I remember the Matt Capps for Wilson Ramos deal aging well. Maybe there are others that look this good? #MLB #WashingtonNationals

If the Shane Baz package is the kind of return the Nats could expect that seems like a pretty good deal.

mookie betts is, imhumbleo, the best baseball name of all time. This opinion is further supported by the fact that his middle name is Lynn, meaning his full initials are "MLB" (thanks to my Dodgers superfan nephew who informed me of this recently).

Pirates making moves! Love to see the underdogs making plays. #MLB #Pirates #Rays #Astros www.mlb.com/news/brandon...

They are going for it! Nice to see the O’s do this. #MLB #Orioles www.mlb.com/news/shane-b...

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

Quick perspective on the Phillies' trade of Matt Strahm to the Royals www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

The Astros, Pirates and Rays are in serious discussions about a trade that would send right-hander Mike Burrows to Houston, infielder Brandon Lowe to Pittsburgh and involve multiple other players, sources tell @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social and me.

From the article: “Some details, he recognized, were “pure fabrications.” He tried to reassure himself that the exaggerations did not come from a shallow place, such as a desire for fame or attention. “The impulse is both ‘purer’—and deeper,” he wrote.” Oof. #psychology #neuroscience

Man what the fuck is going on this week

i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.

Looks like I may have spoken too soon! Nice to see the O's on this list. Hopefully they can outbid the Red Sox! #MLB #Orioles www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/red-...

Glad to hear Merrill Kelly will be back with the Dbacks! #MLB #Diamondbacks www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/diam...

Isaac Collins to #Royals 122 wRC+ in '25, .143 ISO and 16 SB, FA in '31 (Arb '28) Great approach at the plate, likely used as 2B/OF LHP Angel Zerpa to #Brewers 64.2 IP, 3.86 FIP in '25, 1.38 Whip, FA in '29 Ground ball machine who's adding stamina Both dealt from depth & improve, a win-win deal imo

"Our analyses highlight that the United States and other English-speaking countries are not the most individualist cultures in the world...Instead, Northwest European countries rank highest on measures of individualism." New work by @pakaliyski.bsky.social et al. dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp...

i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.

I’d be thrilled if this was the Nationals. It’s a team that just needs a little ownership investment to make a playoff run. Doesn’t hurt that Witt is an all world player signed to a long term, team friendly contract. A reliever and OF slugger away. #MLB blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-zips-pr...

I didn’t realize the O’s offense needed so much help… but can someone explain to me why they aren’t in on a frontline SP? It’s a thin rotation. It feels like they have the Angels’ GM lately: not enough thought given to overall roster construction. www.fangraphs.com/teams/oriole... #MLB #Orioles

Per Fangraphs, Pete Alonso was a 3.6 win player. Jorge Polanco was a 2.6 win player. It’s a bit surprising to see Polanco replace Alonso at 1B for the Mets, but the flexibility and defensive upgrade will probably not lead to a big loss. www.mlb.com/news/jorge-p... #MLB

I recently read Acemoglu and Johnson’s Power and Progress. It’s an interesting book, and provides a nice historical lens on modern tech debates. It highlights that new technologies don’t always create new jobs or shared prosperity. -> www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/daron...

Motivated Reasoning "Quite undoubtedly, motivated reasoning is *a thing.* What we need, is more research to find out what thing it is *exactly.* New narrative review by @fabianhutmacher.bsky.social, @marlephie.bsky.social, & @zpid.bsky.social Open Access: doi.org/10.1525/coll...

We argue that these effects unfold within a nonlinear developmental trajectory, in which attention gradually shifts from a top-down, effortful process toward more automatic, embodied, and flexible regulation.

In our review, “Attention and Meditative Development: A Review and Synthesis of Long-Term Meditators and Outlook for the Study of Advanced Meditation,” we synthesize evidence showing that long-term meditation is associated with reliable trait-level improvements across multiple domains:

Delighted to share that our latest manuscript is now out in NeuroImage! This project began with a simple but critical question: If meditation trains attention, what exactly changes—and could those changes help us better understand and support advanced meditative states and stages? ⤵️

A new academic society was launched last summer: the Finnish Cognitive Science Society. A number of events are scheduled to take place, including a conference next June. More informally, a reading group will be convening a few times in a term.

We are excited to welcome Professor Elaine Fox, an internationally renowned cognitive psychologist and affective scientist, as our new Professor of Psychology, focused on mental health, wellbeing, and the biological and social factors that shape behaviour. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ps...

Are more reflective thinkers better at games that require empathy or perspective-taking? In two experiments, reflective thinking performed better on such games, seemingly because they paid more attention to the other players' incentives. doi.org/10.1017/S193... #econ #cogSci

Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move

I wanted the timeline where he took Pittsburgh’s money.