me: computational reproducibility is good! also me:

All grades shall henceforth be granted based on vibes

I appreciate slower, more thoughtful science and really wish this was more incentivized...

A pigeon displays auto-shaping in the wild. BF Skinner would be proud. (This is a post for old academic psychology sorts who remember their behaviorism.)

Why yes I *did* end class today by saying “That’s all”

VSS (@vssmtg.bsky.social) is coming up! Do you have an idea for a vision experiment but want to check you haven't missed anything? Looking for collaborators or relevant resources? Wanting to chat about a theory or model? Consider the pre-data poster session! www.visionsciences.org/pre-data-col...

It’s my alma mater! I baked so many cookies and did so many problem sets at the Dacie Moses house… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...

Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic

This piece really resonated with me: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-pure-j...

🤰 🧠 Thrilled to share that our review on the systemic physiological adaptations to pregnancy and their potential impact on maternal brain health is out now in @annualreviews.bsky.social! ✨ Check it out here: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

A wonderful intro psych student in office hours today (paraphrasing): "So if the brain stores memories, are the same neurons storing the memories the ones that were involved in perceiving the event?" Me: OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH

BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office

You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.

One year later: the depth of processing demo (unsurprisingly) replicated in my new intro psych cohort! The original thread contains instructions on how to implement this demo in your class—it's a crowd pleaser, and it can be a good grounding example for research methods and study designs.

What we think of as the “mind” can be explained by activity in the nervous system. Maybe more of a warm take? Curious to know what non-psychologists/neuroscientists agree!

My wonderful undergrad RA remarked to me today that he “never understood the appeal of celebrities until [he] started reading science papers.” And this, folks, is why I do what I do.

We are still hiring for our computational focus lab coordinator position! If you have a computational / software engineering background and are looking for more research experience before applying to graduate school, this would be a great fit. Read more about our lab here! www.vislearnlab.org

Comeback moment: I ran the LA marathon yesterday and had a great time! Last year’s LA was my first marathon, and I dealt with stomach issues that derailed the run. Easy pacing and fueling tweaks helped me manage the unexpected heat and my stomach yesterday. The crowd support was phenomenal too.

I consistently have the best insights when writing or presenting work... writing is thinking, y'all!

I was an undergraduate intern in @cognition-zurich.bsky.social and can attest that it is such a warm and intellectually-stimulating research environment. I still miss lingering chats over coffee/tea after lunch. Definitely apply!

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

🎉 New preprint 🎉 with Olya Bulatova, @drmack.bsky.social & @keisukefukuda.bsky.social! We decode shapes in working memory from EEG and show that representations are task-dependent, flexibly integrating information about category and task during the memory delay

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”—James Baldwin

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.

Beyond cruel.

ICE shot out a young trans man's eyes for the crime of caring about his neighbors.

Second this! I really like Owlstown for easy & effective academic websites.

My husband @jordancahn.bsky.social and I frequently do ranked choice voting when picking movies. Follow me for more marriage tips.

New in cognitive psychology 👉 "Impaired Performance in Noise: Disentangling Listening Effort From the Irrelevant Speech Effect." #RegisteredReport from @jannawennberg.bsky.social, @naseemdh.com, @violetsarebrown.bsky.social, and @juliafstrand.bsky.social doi.org/10.1525/coll...

If you have money to spare these holidays but you & your loved ones don’t want more things, consider sending some items to the Philly Community Legal Services donation drive. Items are for clients fighting to keep their families together. My sister works at CLS! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

And it is a truth universally acknowledged that sometimes you should use passive voice.

Compare this to the United States, where the 1st graders shot at Sandy Hook in 2012 could have been students at Brown shot 13 years later, and where we have done nothing. It's not impossible to make gun violence rare. We just keep choosing not to try.

Metadata matters! If you submit a preprint to PsyArXiv, to ensure smooth acceptance, don't forget to fill out the metadata correctly. Below you will find a few tips, but detailed guidelines are at 👉 buff.ly/M3cRBW2

Young Janna approves

I typically say that I study visual memory because that prompts cool questions even if they’re not exactly related. When I say “psychology,” I get questions like “Can I send my mother-in-law to you?” Which is not only misunderstanding my job but also just rude.

Absolute debasement of academic standards *student submits opinion in psych class *gets bad grade *instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources *student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated *professor suspended

While waiting for a piano lesson (age 11), I flipped through my teacher’s stack of NatGeo magazines and found a piece about human memory (profile of a famous patient with anterograde amnesia and another with hyperthymnesia). I re-read the article before every lesson from then on.

The Kiyonaga Cognitive Neuroscience lab @ UCSD has four posters this year at #sfn2025 ! Come say hi!

Update: My eight-legged carpool buddy has been nonviolently removed!

I’m not particularly afraid of spiders, but it *is* a bit disconcerting to have a spider with the legspan of a ping-pong ball hanging out on the inside windshield for your entire commute…

The Computational and Cognitive Neural Sciences lab (ballardlab.org) at UC Riverside is recruiting psychology PhD students to join our team! Check out the flyer to learn about the lab and our stellar research community at UCR. Apply by 12/1! drive.google.com/file/d/19m8i...

Really excellent piece. I‘m proud to call @ravmike.bsky.social my rabbi! forward.com/opinion/7804...

Do these people know what THE GREAT GATSBY is even about?

One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence. Adam addresses it in the piece.

NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is. Very proud of my pal’s public work. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

Monty Python understood p-hacking

My postdoc and PhD advisors co-wrote a truly excellent paper!!!

As long as I am noting cognitive psychologists who took important stands against the repression of science and academics, let me highlight someone else. George Miller. For cognitive sorts, the famous 7 plus or minus two guy. Also in my academic family. In the magical number seven paper. 1/2

Wonderful work from my new labmates: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This is arbitrary and seems intentionally cruel to announce this late in the cycle, especially without grandfathering in last year's cohort. Maybe they will change it back? In the meantime, spread the word.