We are thrilled to announce that the SARMAC XVI conference will take place in Vancouver, Canada on June 9-12 2027! // sarmac.org/sarmac2027

Decepticon 2026 announced! 📅 Join us on December 1–2, 2026 to dive deep into the science of deception. 📣 Call for abstracts now open – submission deadline, Sept 6th 2026: forms.gle/L9xbi8uPfAss... #Decepticon2026 #psychology #lie #deception #callforpapers

Don't forget that the SARMAC Regional Meeting Grant deadline is coming up, 30th June! mailchi.mp/214306bda983...

02 Jun is our last Lies and Allies until the new academic year (at least, in our part of the world!). Come join us for talks on deception in the age of AI (Mathivanan), the truth effect (Ingendahl) and deception in online dating (Tomas)! Email [email protected] to receive the invite

This is the final call for the J Don Read Early Career Award! Nominate by May 31st // www.sarmac.org/early-career...

The SARMAC Regional Meeting Grant 2026 has now opened calls for proposals! This is a great opportunity to run that event you have always wanted! Applications due June 30th // www.sarmac.org/regional-mee...

Join us again for Lies and Allies and May 5th, 4pm UK time. This month, speakers explore corrupt collaboration, the role of temptation and self-control in dishonesty, and whether fMRI can be a forensic lie detector. Email [email protected] to get the official invite #deception

JARMAC's first issue of the year is now published, with a message from the new Editor-in-Chief Mel Takarangi // mailchi.mp/b49e040932e6...

SCORE, a collaboration of 865 researchers, is now released as three papers in Nature, six preprints, and a lot of data (cos.io/score/). SCORE examined repeatability of findings from the social-behavioral sciences and tested whether human and automated methods could predict replicability.

Senior Lectureship recruiting at Keele! // www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA133/s...

We see through April with talks around AI and dishonesty, moral pride and honesty in preschoolers, and work on eye tracking and facial analysis in the Dutch Police Force. NB: UK clocks have gone forward one hour: check how this affects you here: www.worldtimebuddy.com

We now have an award AND a grant call open! The J. Don Read Early Career award [https://www.sarmac.org/early-career-award] closes May 31st, and the Student Research Grant [https://www.sarmac.org/student-research-grants] closes this month: March 31st. Apply via the website, and please share!

March's Lies and Allies approaches! Come find out about deception in adolescence (Marie-Celene Gouwy), Children's decisions to lie (Joanna Płotnikowska), and the effect of oaths to be honest (Janis Zickfeld), March 3rd at 4pm UK time

The @studentssarmac.bsky.social Student Research Grant call for applications has now opened! $599 USD to support student research and free conference registration. Deadline for applications: 31st March // www.sarmac.org/student-rese...

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Assistant Professor in Cognitive Psychology, Tenure-Track Position // mailchi.mp/42615a7010ac...

We're kicking off 2026 with a stellar line-up! Talks on the nature of lying, how dishonesty can evolve into continuous ethical transgressions, and helping consumers detect fake reviews. Feb 3rd, 4pm UK time. Email [email protected] to join

A Happy New Year from our new and incoming Governing Board // mailchi.mp/9c301bc35283...

How lovely it is to come into work and find a little gift from Santa's elves on my desk 😊 @keeleuniversity.bsky.social

Come join SARMAC's Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. Applications due December 17th // mailchi.mp/36e5402c6275...

The SARMAC 2026-2029 Governing Board election has just gone live to regular members in good standing - check your inboxes! Voting ends December 15th. Reach out to the Exec Director if you have not received the link but expect to have done: www.sarmac.org/contact-2

Don't forget: The deadline for nominating yourself for one of the six SARMAC Board positions is coming up, Oct 31st

JARMAC is seeking new editorial board members: apply now! // mailchi.mp/7ff430ed8bf1...

Don't forget: the deadline to stand for election to the SARMAC board is October 31st

Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list to receive an invite to our first society talk of the season!

Start a new international collaboration with the help of SARMAC #funding. The 2025 call for applications to the Collaborative #Grant is now open! // www.sarmac.org/collaborativ...

Announcing our new Student Caucus! A huge congratulations and thank-you to our outgoing caucus committee, and welcome to our new committee for 2025-27 // mailchi.mp/62a3640972e2...

Students in psychology & law, don’t miss the EAPL Research Grant! Funding is available to support your research. 📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025 🎓 Open to: EAPL members (Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD) Details & how to apply 👉 eapl.eu/young-members/ Please share with students & colleagues who could benefit!

And we're back! Our first speakers of the season: Tim Levine (veracity effect), Ann-Kathrin Arui (sequence of case info), and Martha Serra-Garcia (why people don't lie more). Email [email protected] to join. Check your time zone here: tinyurl.com/42aun2pn // #deception #research

Keep up to date with your favourite little Society's journal @apajournals.bsky.social #JARMAC // mailchi.mp/addfbf094d3c...

That abstract deadline has crept up! If you are planning to present at Decepticon 2025, remember that abstracts are due TODAY! #Decepticon2025

“RFK, Jr., Demanded a Vaccine Study Be Retracted—The Journal Said No” This article cheered up my Sunday, and is well worth 4 mins of your time. Excellent work by the Annals of Internal Medicine. www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Nominate yourself or someone else to join the board of our friendly little society. See the link for details on how to nominate: it's really easy! #society #election // mailchi.mp/54fc1e93db0c...

This paper shows we should abolish the REF, which wastes £471 million, plus distracts vastly more from academic time. It has nearly identical outcomes in allocating funding as if we simply gave out money by citations (or indeed a per student formula). 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

The SARMAC XV Conference round-up is out now! // t.co/mXXmLESdEg

What an amazing 4 days! Thanks so much to everyone for attending and bringing such warm and friendly energy to #sarmac2025! We can’t wait for SARMAC 2027! ❤️☘️

Don't forget that #Decepticon25 is still accepting abstracts. Deadline: September 3rd

Join the Student Caucus committee @studentssarmac.bsky.social! You can self nominate to become a committee member. Deadline: July 31st. See link for details // mailchi.mp/e2d3ad7953fc...

Keen to contribute to @OfficialSARMAC ! Nominations are now open for 5 positions on the Student Caucus! Great opportunity to shape the future of the society and gain leadership experience. For info on the positions see here - sarmac.org/caucus

Delegates trying out the Irish sport of hurling after lunch on the rugby pitch ☘️ all welcome again tomorrow lunchtime! #sarmac2025

We had a fantastic time at our Lunch with Experts today! Great discussions, collaborations, and mentorships formed! Thank you to those who joined us! @officialsarmac.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social

We are well on our way into Day 3 of #sarmac2025 - keep up the energy and warm spirit, we're really enjoying bumping into everyone! A few more quick photos that have come our way: First up, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social's inaugural opening ceremony @sarmac2025.bsky.social 🧵

An early start this morning for the #sarmac2025 5k fun run!

We hope everyone is having a great time at SARMAC 2025! Here is a mini photo thread from Day 1 🧵@ciaragreene.bsky.social (left) and Gillian Murphy (right) welcoming us to #SARMAC2025

People have a hard time accurately recalling how depressed, anxious or stressed they felt in the past @apajournals.bsky.social #JARMAC doi.org/10.1037/mac0...

Very much looking forward to this opening keynote by Richard McNally on Memory and Trauma - a great start to SARMAC25 @officialsarmac.bsky.social

Aaaand we're off! #sarmac2025 kicks off in Ireland with Richard McNally's keynote, some fantastic and innovative workshops (huge thanks to the leads!!), the student caucus pitch event, and of course the barbeque! The organisers have worked hard to make this a truly inclusive SARMAC conference