Me? I'm just happy to be here #rstats

Today was the last exam for our first semester students 😉 and this is what they got. Thanks for a great teaching experience!

The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!

2026 starts with curiosity! 🌍🐾 The first #Behaviour issue is now live: from cooperative fish and dog “smiles” 🐶 to humans in urban spaces 🏙️ – diverse species, methods & shared insights. Explore the full issue: brill.com/view/journal...

Arrived in Leipzig with @evagorbanenko.bsky.social 😌 Looking forward to the second meeting of the #DGPs young members project today!☀️

Still my favourite book for a conceptual understanding of the formal principles behind multivariate models! Great for students without extensive mathematical training (e.g. psychology majors). 📐 "The Geometry of Multivariate Statistics" by Thomas D. Wickens www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Happy about our new paper with Anna Pöker, @janpdehaan.bsky.social and @frankeggert.bsky.social Applying a mathematical model from behavioural ecology to an interesting field context. 🐦 Open Access available at Behaviour: brill.com/view/journal... @ipmb-tubs.bsky.social

👀 Humans scan their environment in everyday life – but how much does context matter? A study observed 45 people in three urban spots: library, study house and refectory. Scanning was highest in the refectory, lowest in the library. @janpdehaan.bsky.social @frankeggert.bsky.social

“A bird with a 10-gram brain is doing pretty much the same as a chimp with a 400-gram brain,” said Onur Güntürkün, who studies brain structures at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. “How is it possible?”

#dataviz #psychology Word Faces of Psychology -- one of the best uses of word clouds I've ever seen. Three lovely word clouds of pioneers of psychology using words from their major works. Chris Green (2018) Images of the disciplining of psychology, 1890–1940, DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2018.1429851

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

This is the most elite change in #Positron, it's so calming. #rstats #python #databs

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

dreamrs.github.io/esquisse/ that sounds interesting for introductory methods courses!

Handwritten notes are more useful for studying and committing to memory than typed notes, ultimately contributing to higher achievement for college students. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

😍 Es war ein fulminanter Start in das Jungmitgliederprojekt zur Einheit und Vielfalt der Psychologie der @dgps.bsky.social in Würzburg, mit @evalottabrakemeier.bsky.social! 😍 Prof. Armin Stock führte uns durch das beeindruckende Zentrum für Geschichte der Psychologie an der @uni-wuerzburg.de🤩😊⬇️🧠.

The first meeting of the #DGPs young members project on the unity and diversity of psychology in Würzburg was a resounding success! 🎉 I am happy to have met so many inspiring scientists, including our young members' representative @mfjsperl.bsky.social who organised this wonderful event.

First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity! We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have: (1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs) (2) better hand dexterity (3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵

Happy Fechner Day! #psychophysics

Aktuell auf @soziopolis.bsky.social: Echte Gleichstellung: faire Arbeitsbedingungen, unbefristete Stellen, geteilte Verantwortung & gerechtere Strukturen für alle. Familienfreundlichkeit & Work-Life-Balance als Gegenentwurf zu grenzenloser Verfügbarkeit. www.soziopolis.de/dossier/wiss...

I had a great time at #FGME25 this week! A huge thank you to all organisers from Berlin. I met a lot of interesting people and the keynote of @bringmannlaura.bsky.social was truly inspiring! And: @alexr2.bsky.social and I presented some recent work with Anna Pöker and @frankeggert.bsky.social.

Here some other beautiful submissions! Thanks everyone for participating (including @janpdehaan.bsky.social)! For more info on OCTA and QIP: ℹ️https://elinevg.github.io/OCTA/ ℹ️https://aesthetics-toolbox.streamlit.app/ @gestaltrevision.bsky.social

My latest project: Building a head and chin rest with Jason Samaha's instructions. It's great to have a custom piece of equipment for the lab! Link to the instruction: drive.google.com/file/d/1P028...

I had an incredible time at the @ecvp.bsky.social in Mainz last week! It was fantastic to hear so many insightful talks and connect with a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of fellow researchers. A big thank you to the organizers for their hard work in putting together such an inspiring event.

🧠🎓 Heute war wieder Postersession! Erneut stellten Studierende zum Semesterabschluss ihre Studienleistungen vor, in der sie Alltagsphänomene spieltheoretisch oder verhaltensökologisch modellieren sollten. Wir freuen uns über die vielen kreativen Ansätze und die spannenden Diskussionen! 👏

Have been asked by a proof reader to spell out what JASP is an abbreviation for in a new manuscript. Discovered it stands for Jeffrey's Amazing Statistics Program", which is now in the paper. This makes me happy.

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia. The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population: scim.ag/4kIi12G

Stigler's law en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Florence Nightingale war Wegbereiterin der soziologischen Methodik und Statistik sowie Pionierin der modernen Krankenpflege. Annemarie Hartung, @nicholzhauser.bsky.social, Karoline Misch porträtieren die „Lady with the Lamp“ für die Reihe „Die unsichtbare Hälfte“. www.soziopolis.de/florence-nig...

A paper in Nature reports insights into the genetic basis of tail loss during the evolution of humans and apes (hominoids). The authors propose that tail-loss evolution may have led to an increased likelihood of neural tube defects in humans and apes. go.nature.com/3Tg3FeY 🧪

I am looking forward… link.springer.com/book/9783658...