Run for Something Anything. People should run for school boards and city councils. And some real people should be looking at primarying some senators.

My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things: (1) Are the claims interesting/important? (2) Does the evidence support the claims? Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.

My experience is that many treat therapy like a restaurant, where one orders the experience to their taste. This includes self diagnosis. This study is an attempt to develop a model around this theme. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

As the number of exonerations increase, the importance of applying science-based practices becomes clear. While customary practices were developed that produced confessions, they also produced false confessions. The idea that they produce results is no longer enough - they must be accurate results.

Collaborative news curation as a service, demonstrating the value of social media based on protocols, not platforms and a “playbook for killing information voids.”

I'm always impressed by how seriously jurors take their charge. Every time you get a peek into the black box, you see things that reveal that they understand the gravity of their choices.

Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.

"Criminogenic Risk Factors Among Immigrants in the U.S.–México Border Region," recently published in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law and selected as noteworthy by the Editor. Free-to-read: https://bit.ly/3L6smZR #Immigration @enolouden.bsky.social @pppl-journal.bsky.social#Immigration

In case you missed it — "Criminogenic Risk Factors Among Immigrants in the U.S.–México Border Region" is now free to read: bit.ly/3L6smZR @apajournals.bsky.social #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law

HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net

This is appalling. There has to be a way to hold massive companies accountable for *knowingly* facilitating & profiting from criminal behavior. And yes, I understand the value of Section 230, but here we have a trillion $ company that profits by letting its users get scammed. Has to be a better way.

@unmhsc.bsky.social's Randy Otto & Dave DeMatteo address contemporary issues in forensic psych. Covers language, ethical inconsistencies w/ general clinical guidelines, transparency vs. test security, & several practices yet to be standardized (if they should). psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Small concussions add up. The data from football players has made that clear. New concerns about soldiers raise similar concerns. This from The NY Times measures the pressure at a shooting range (which may magnify effects from blast echoes). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A Tennessee appeals court had upheld a shaken baby conviction, despite pleas to overturn by the DA’s office and a recantation by the medical examiner who testified for the prosecution. apple.news/ATQRcd8WjTlW...

She’s describing conditions for motivated reasoning.

Hi! Since others are talking about my book, thought I'd share a little about it. The book is a love letter to women everywhere wondering why their time just isn't adding up. It turns out, it's not you! We are getting massively squeezed by structural changes! 🧵 www.amazon.com/Having-All-T...

Fall 2025 photos of the Clinical and Legal Judgment Lab. We had fun with the beautiful leaves. Photos taken outside Lagomarcino Hall on the Iowa State University campus. #CLJlab #Psychology #science #mentoring #law #LawPsych #PsychLaw

📢 Seeking an expert in #psychopathy for my Psychology & Law class at York University! Looking for a guest speaker to discuss research and real-world applications in forensic settings. Interested or know someone? Please DM me! #ForensicPsych #AcademicTwitter

Is face recognition a reliable enough tool for making decisions on who to deport (or who to put in a lineup or who to charge with a crime). No. Simple and clear answer. Too many near misses that appear reasonable. One of our six claims. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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This is next level authoritarianism.👇 "Following the suspension of two career prosecutors, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly revised a sentencing memo in a high-profile case — removing all references to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and President Donald Trump’s social media post."

Herbert Simon on the internet and attention, 1996

New from me: Elite law firms, multiple media outlets, the D.C. attorney general, and a group of parents accused a teacher of molesting 15 kids. They were wrong. This piece is two-and-a-half years in the making. And as you'll see, it took some incredible turns, even as I was reporting it.

Machine learning can detect patterns—but can it detect deception? A newly published replication of a landmark study on linguistic cues in 911 homicide calls suggests the answer is "no".... at least, not reliably.   🔗 Read the full article: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... #psychlaw #lawpsych

This has been around since March, but I was just made aware of the Lawyer Support Project, a venture by the Association of American Law Schools to aid attorneys who are targeted by this administration. www.aals.org/lawyer-suppo...

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century apnews.com/article/vacc... via @lauraungar.bsky.social @mrsmithap.bsky.social @apnews.com

Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...

Next office hours are 11/6 10-12 Eastern. More info in thread below, sign-ups here: calendly.com/lah2201/open.... Hope to see many of you! #AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc #CogPsyc

New open access article published in Aggression and Violent Behavior. My study systematically reviews the associations between Five-Factor Model and Dark Triad personality traits and offending behaviour. The results might surprise you! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I appreciated being part of the #NoKings rally in Ames, Iowa today with friends, family, and colleagues.

This is one of my biggest fear with LLMs. They reduce the incentive to create new, non-LLM materials, so we’re going to train on more and more LLM material and reduce the diversity of style/content/topics in the world (Pic from Wikipedia)

Meet the Editorial Board: Next up is Dr. Heidi Liu, one of our amazing Editorial Fellows! #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law

Word365 is comically bad. Documents don't appear the same as in the desktop app, line spacing is distorted by having footnotes, and it gives an error/suggestion that there should be a space after a period when you have a footnote! Yet universities are pushing us toward using this awful web app.

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges. What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Firmly believe this & fears of immediate executive defiance are a consideration for some of the conservative justices The problem is that this observationally indistinguishable from substantive policy agreement with the Trump agenda

Check out this recorded lecture from CSAFE's Tess Neal: Insanity Cases that Shaped Popular Culture —ISU Professor @tessneal.bsky.social explores landmark insanity cases that have captured headlines & reveals how they’ve shaped popular culture. Watch Now: iastate.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page...

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

I appreciated the opportunity to do this talk. It's available online now for a couple of weeks if you are interested! iastate.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page... Here's more information about the lecture itself and the true crime series of which it is part: www.lectures.iastate.edu/event/insani...

When evidence advances, why doesn’t courtroom culture? While federal initiatives emphasize forensic DNA testing in sexual assault cases, findings indicate that victim-survivors' courtroom experiences remain largely unchanged. 👉 Read the full article: tinyurl.com/4k9tdc9f #psychlaw #lawpsych

I want to highlight this excellent piece by @noupside.bsky.social and @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social on the rapidly shifting information & media landscape. Domain experts and the institutions that support them must rapidly change tactics to meet the moment.

I'm looking forward to this. I'm working to it as educational and worthwhile for people as possible. www.lectures.iastate.edu/event/insani...

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Interesting read: "Is [Hinckley's] music an attempt to honor the gift of his freedom, or a betrayal of it? Does he owe it to the public he terrorized to make himself scarce? Or as someone who’s served his time, is he entitled to try to make amends?" www.washingtonian.com/2024/12/09/d....

The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd

📢 Deadline extended! The EAPL Early Career Research Grant will now close on 16 Jan 2026. This extension gives applicants extra time to align with project & academic deadlines ✅ Already submitted? No need to worry - applications will still be fully considered. More info 👉 eapl.eu/young-members/

We've made tremendous progress building a benchmark for AI citators. We now have more than 7,500 data points and are about 70% done. To complete the job, we need about a dozen more attorneys to help analyze decisions. Please boost and let us know if you can help! Thank you! free.law/2025/09/30/c...

This is a hidden “two-fer” position; they want someone who can also teach stats!

Meet the Editorial Board: Next up is Dr. Stephanie Cárdenas, PhD, one of our amazing Editorial Fellows! @stephaniecardenas.bsky.social #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law