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What I am reading at the moment!
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Dr. Laura M. König
14 days ago
5 PhD positions in
@univie.ac.at
's new interdisciplinary research platform Trustworthy Science Communication. Areas include communication science, STS and health psychology. Apply by 14 May to join our amazing team. More info:
sci-comm.univie.ac.at/phd-positions
#PhDLife
#PhDJobs
#BehSci
#SciComm
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Does Handedness Affect Accidents at Work? | Psychology Today
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Does Handedness Affect Accidents at Work?
Have you ever wondered whether left-handers are more likely to have accidents at work? A new study offers insights into this question.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202605/does-handedness-affect-accidents-at-work
17 days ago
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Three Key Insights on How Being in Nature Changes the Brain | Psychology Today
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Three Key Insights on How Being in Nature Changes the Brain
How does hiking or camping in nature affect your brain? Science knows the answer!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202605/three-key-insights-on-how-being-in-nature-changes-the-brain
18 days ago
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Dr. Sophie G. Elschner
23 days ago
🏆Die
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
vergeben auch dieses Jahr den Preis für
#WissKomm
und ich darf wieder in der Jury sitzen! 👇Reicht eure Projekte bis zum 08. Mai ein. Weitere Infos unten im Post.
#Psychologie
#psychscisky
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bioDGPS and DGPA
25 days ago
Die Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) e.V. und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) schreiben einen Förderpreis für Wissenschaftskommunikation (1.500€) aus.
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Clare Porac
about 1 month ago
Why do left-handers have a performance advantage in the sport of fencing? Read about it in my latest blog post at
sites.psu.edu/clarep
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bioDGPS and DGPA
30 days ago
🎉 Great news: the Neuroanatomy Preconference Workshop at this year’s PuG is now fully booked! ✨ Thank you for the amazing interest. But don’t worry — there are still spots available in our equally fantastic Using VR Workshop 🥽🚀 🔗 Registration:
tinyurl.com/5ck47c3u
Grab your place while slots last! 🙌
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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg
30 days ago
Are you a DGPA member (or thinking of becoming one 😁) conducting outstanding research in biopsychology, psychophysiology, or neuroscience? Apply now for the 2026 Early Career Award!
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
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Clare Porac
5 months ago
I am celebrating 10 years of my blog, In Your Hands. I have written over 150 posts describing handedness research. Read my comments on the 10-year history at
sites.psu.edu/clarep
#laterality
#lefthanded
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Left after ten years
My blog, In Your Hands, is finishing its tenth year. I wrote the first blog post in December of 2015 to coincide with the publication of my book, Laterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-handedness. M...
https://sites.psu.edu/clarep
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René Westerhausen
2 months ago
Happy to announce that the journal Laterality is inviting short commentaries to answer the question "How many handednesses are there?" We aim to facilitate an open dialogue across disciplines and species. Submission deadline is 10th July 2026.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How many handednesses are there?
Published in Laterality: Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition (Ahead of Print, 2026)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1357650X.2026.2620895
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René Westerhausen
about 1 month ago
Did you ever notice that Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog are left-handers? Here is a short explanation why left-handedness is so common among the muppets.
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Sinister Muppets: Why Miss Piggy and Kermit are Left-Handers - René Westerhausen
April 6, 2026 - The post explores the reasons for the left-handedness of Jim Henson's muppets
https://westerhausen.dk/sinister-muppets-why-miss-piggy-and-kermit-are-left-handers/
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Handedness in Children of Traumatized Mothers | Psychology Today
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Handedness in Children of Traumatized Mothers
Does post-traumatic stress in mothers affect their children’s handedness? A new study investigated.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202604/handedness-in-children-of-traumatized-mothers
about 2 months ago
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New German-Language book „Forschungsmethoden klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie - Eine praxisorientierte Open Science Perspektive“ with Annakarina Mundorf & Jutta Peterburs coming this summer at
@springernature.com
link.springer.com/book/9783662...
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Forschungsmethoden klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Dieses erste deutschsprachige Lehrbuch zu Forschungsmethoden in der klinischen Psychologie ist praxisnah konzipiert für die neuen Masterstudiengänge.
https://link.springer.com/book/9783662732588
about 2 months ago
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Simon Fisher
about 2 months ago
Sadly, not an April Fool & also not surprising. “An analysis conducted by
@nature.com
in collaboration with Grounded AI suggests that at least tens of thousands of 2025 publications, including journal papers, books, & conference proceedings, probably contain invalid references generated by AI.” 🧪
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Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00969-z
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Gerhard Jocham
about 2 months ago
Please repost! We have one postdoc and one PhD student position open in my lab (starting from Sept 2026), neuroscience of decision making and learning. Join us
@hhu.de
in gorgeous Düsseldorf! For details please look here:
www.psychologie.hhu.de/en/research-...
@biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social
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Dr. Matthias F. J. Sperl
3 months ago
❓Wie kann psychologische Forschung zu erfolgreicher Klimapolitik beitragen? ➡️ Ein toller und inspirierender Parlamentarischer Abend der
@dgps.bsky.social
mit
@karllauterbach.bsky.social
in Berlin! ➡️ Hier geht es direkt zu unserem Policy Ultra-Briefs:
www.dgps.de/presse/polic...
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Maria Meier
about 2 months ago
In this cross-sectional study, lower HRV was associated with more bedtime procrastination and more behavioral and emotion regulation difficulties. 🌙
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Bedtime procrastination as a typical problem of self-regulation? Insights from the examination of heart rate variability, behavioral regulation and emotion regulation - Lena Mareen Grabo, Silja Bellin...
Bedtime procrastination (BP), recognized as a common self-regulation issue, is linked to insufficient sleep and in turn, adverse health outcomes. However, the s...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13591053261425412
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pallidal and subthalamic stimulations modulate inter-hemispheric interaction and asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Pallidal and subthalamic stimulations modulate inter-hemispheric interaction and asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-026-03557-9
about 2 months ago
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Left-Handedness in Disney Princesses and Why it Matters | Psychology Today
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Left-Handedness in Disney Princesses and Why it Matters
A new study investigates the handedness of Disney princesses over time, revealing current cultural attitudes.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202603/left-handedness-in-disney-princesses-and-why-it-matters
about 2 months ago
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New Insights on the Gender Friendship Gap | Psychology Today
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New Insights on the Gender Friendship Gap
With friendship more important than ever, a new study examined whether some group are especially missing out,
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202603/new-insights-on-the-gender-friendship-gap
about 2 months ago
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Earl K. Miller
about 2 months ago
Information transfer between the brain's hemispheres is not passive process. It is an active process under top-down influence. Interhemispheric transfer of sensory and working memory information is dictated by behavioral strategy
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Do You Get Lost When You're Stressed? Blame Cortisol | Psychology Today
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Do You Get Lost When You're Stressed? Blame Cortisol
People who are stressed out have a harder time orienting themselves. A new study used neuroimaging to reveal why this happens.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202603/do-you-get-lost-when-youre-stressed-blame-cortisol
about 2 months ago
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Gordon Feld
about 2 months ago
Check out our comment on the sustainability of neuroscientific research, now out in Nature Human Behaviour!
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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)
about 2 months ago
New comment talking about something very important: How to do sustainable, open science in neuroscience! 💪🧠 Thanks to the
@igor-dgps.bsky.social
team for another great collaborative piece ❤️
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IGOR DGPs
about 2 months ago
New paper from our IGOR Sustainability project in Nature Human Behaviour: “Sustainable neuroscience through open science” ♻️🧠 As there is no research on a dead planet, neuroscience must weigh its environmental footprint alongside its societal impact. A thread 👇 [1/4]
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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)
2 months ago
Isabelle was my intern last year and I thought I would try writing a science short story as a didactic
#scicomm
exercise - and was amazed at the result! ♥️ So here it is now for all of you to read! ☺️ I think from now on all my students might be asked if they want to try it out 😁
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bioDGPS and DGPA
2 months ago
New study from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
in
@plosbiology.org
shows that
#cortisol
administration impairs path integration, a specific navigational process, and reduces grid-like brain activity patterns in the
#entorhinal
#cortex
of the brain 🧠
plos.io/3NmX3eG
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Cortisol treatment impairs path integration and alters grid-like representations in the male human entorhinal cortex
Stress impacts navigational performance and involves cortisol release, but how cortisol impacts brain functions supporting navigation remains unclear. This study in men shows that cortisol administrat...
https://plos.io/3NmX3eG
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Astrid Schepman
3 months ago
Our new article: The modified fighting hypothesis of handedness: Evidence from sharp force injuries and further considerations
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#oa
#evolution
#laterality
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The modified fighting hypothesis of handedness: Evidence from sharp force injuries and further considerations
The modified fighting hypothesis (MFH) proposes that most humans are right-handed because it conveyed an advantage during intraspecific fights with sharp weapons, due to the leftward location of th...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1357650X.2026.2638523#abstract
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PLOS Biology
2 months ago
How does stress impact
#navigational
performance? This study shows that
#cortisol
administration impairs path integration, a specific navigational process, and reduces grid-like brain activity patterns in the
#entorhinal
#cortex
@plosbiology.org
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plos.io/3NmX3eG
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New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness | Psychology Today
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New Insights on the Evolution of Right- and Left-Handedness
Why are 90% of people right-handed and 10% left-handed? A modification of the well-known fighting hypothesis aims to explain this pattern.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202603/new-insights-on-the-evolution-of-right-and-left-handedness
2 months ago
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Interesting: Laterality invites short commentaries (5–10 pages) addressing empirical, theoretical, methodological, and philosophical implications of expanding the concept of handedness. Submission deadline is 10th July 2026.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How many handednesses are there?
Published in Laterality: Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and Cognition (Ahead of Print, 2026)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1357650X.2026.2620895
2 months ago
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Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers | Psychology Today
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Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers
Have you ever wondered whether left-handers are better at mirror-writing than right-handers? Several studies have investigated this question.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202603/left-handers-are-better-at-mirror-writing-than-right-handers
2 months ago
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Daniela Mier
3 months ago
Wir suchen für unsere Forschungsstation Psychose eine Leitende Psycholog:in, unbefristet und bis A14! 🎉 Voraussetzung: Approbation (VT) und Promotion. Wenn eines von beidem noch nicht komplett abgeschlossen ist, meldet euch bei Interesse trotzdem gern 🤗
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/5...
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AIGO is the new GIGO: AI in, Garbage Out: Is Meta-Analysis in Danger? |
@psychologytoday.com
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AI in, Garbage Out: Is Meta-Analysis in Danger?
Psychologists often integrate research findings using meta-analysis to generate robust insights. But a rise in fake AI-generated publications threatens this important method.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/ai-in-garbage-out-is-meta-analysis-in-danger
3 months ago
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Left-Handers Are More Competitive Than Right-Handers | Psychology Today
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Left-Handers Are More Competitive Than Right-Handers
Left-handers are better at some types of sports than right-handers. But are they also more competitive? A new study says yes.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/left-handers-are-more-competitive-than-right-handers
3 months ago
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Toxic People Makes Us Age Faster | Psychology Today
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Toxic People Makes Us Age Faster
Toxic friends or family members can negatively affect mental health, but do they also make us age faster? A new study suggests so.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/toxic-people-makes-us-age-faster
3 months ago
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David Barner
3 months ago
Bots have made their way to Prolific experiments. Our lab has stopped online testing of adults entirely now for this reason - we want to know if what we study is real. Probably data collected 2-3 years ago are ok, but moving forward we just can't know.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2535585123
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Cognitive Offloading: Using AI Reduces New Skill Formation | Psychology Today
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Cognitive Offloading: Using AI Reduces New Skill Formation
Is cognitive offloading harmless or does it have negative effects for cognition? A new study offers interesting insights.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/cognitive-offloading-using-ai-reduces-new-skill-formation
3 months ago
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How Stress Hurts Heart Rate Synchronization in Couples |
@psychologytoday.com
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How Stress Hurts Heart Rate Synchronization in Couples
When one partner is stressed, the other feels it too—not just emotionally, but on a biological level. New research on heart rate synchronization helps explain how.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/how-stress-hurts-heart-rate-synchronization-in-couples
3 months ago
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Simon Fisher
3 months ago
Please tell friends & colleagues about our unique course “Genetics & Neurobiology of Language” July 27-Aug 3 2026. Expert tutors, interactive talks, panel discussions, all in a beautiful setting. Scholarships available:
meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlbanbury.bsky.social
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie
3 months ago
Women and Girls in Science Day 2026 🔬✨ „From Vision to Impact“ heißt: Gender Gap in STEM schließen. Vielfalt ist Voraussetzung für faire, innovative & zukunftsfähige Wissenschaft – gerade in Zeiten von KI & Krisen. Wir stärken Mädchen & junge Frauen in der Forschung.
@evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social
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The Scholarly Kitchen
3 months ago
So… IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on _NeuroImage_ and _Imaging Neuroscience_
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/11/s...
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So... IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on _NeuroImage_ and _Imaging Neuroscience_ - The Scholarly Kitchen
How are two competing neuroscience journals faring since the editorial board of one departed to create the other?
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/11/so-is-the-essence-of-a-journal-portable-checking-in-on-_neuroimage_-and-_imaging-neuroscience_/
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Dr. Matthias F. J. Sperl
3 months ago
Haben Extremsportler:innen wirklich keine Angst? 🤔 👉 Darüber durfte ich mit der Süddeutschen Zeitung sprechen. Jetzt online ⬇️
www.sueddeutsche.de/gesundheit/e...
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How to Be an Atoxic Man | Psychology Today
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How to Be an Atoxic Man
Atoxic masculinity and the eight rules for being a good man.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202602/how-to-be-an-atoxic-man
3 months ago
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Simon Fisher
3 months ago
For anyone teaching/studying/researching the evolution of language, we wrote a framework paper especially for you! It lays out how bridging diverse fields can give new insights into this most mysterious of human traits. There's a link for free access on MPI website here:
www.mpi.nl/publications...
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What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq8303
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Wissenschaft im Dialog
4 months ago
Last Call für I’m a Scientist: Als Wissenschaftler*in kannst du dich noch bis Donnerstag, den 5. Februar, für die aktuelle Themenrunde zu Künstlicher Intelligenz bewerben! Sei dabei und tausche dich vom 23. bis 27. mit Schüler*innen über deine Forschung aus!
imascientist.de/bewerbungsfo...
#Wisskomm
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Dr. Matthias F. J. Sperl
4 months ago
🧠🧠🧠 Wir haben bei unserer letzten Vorstandssitzung der
@dgps.bsky.social
in Jena neue Angebote und Initiativen für Jungmitglieder für das Jahr 2026 geplant – 🔜 detaillierte Informationen dazu bekommt ihr in Kürze! 🎊🎊🎊
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bioDGPS and DGPA
4 months ago
At
#PuG2026
in Heidelberg you can look forward to 3 keynote lectures by Simone Shamay-Tsoory („Inter-brain coupling during empathic interactions“),
@mschoenauer.bsky.social
(„The role of reactivation in forming long-term memories“) and
@micahgallen.com
(„Toward Causality in Interoception Research“)!
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In-Mind: Psychologie für alle!
4 months ago
𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 – 𝗘𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻! In unserem
#Psychologie-Magazin
bieten wir Wissenschaftler*innen die Möglichkeit, ihre Forschung einem breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen.
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