Learning the science of spider cognition is awesome. Love that i work w Fiona @drspidernz.bsky.social at UC Also, Children of Time great.

New public holiday about to hit NZ next week.

Aleea Devitt’s #kiwicam2025 keynote explains how age changes memory construction and illustrates ingredients that have no place in baking 🍍

Darnay Read from Univ of Canterbury examining how recovering minds are perceived by others #kiwicam2025

Ezra Ramsey from @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social sharing work on experiences of tāngata Māori reclaiming identity #kiwicam2025

Rose Barton from @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social investigating how people perceive the mind of BabyX #kiwicam2025

Max Gurr extending a critical finding to virtual environments: Does passing through doorways inhibit memory? #kiwicam2025

How do our autobiographical memories conform to fictional narrative trajectories? Eva Bonnie from @waikatouniversity.bsky.social shares her findings @ #kiwicam2025

Reece Roberts #kiwicam2025 keynote. what do fish have to do with imagination and memory?

KiwiCAM 2025 psych student research conference getting underway at the University of Auckland #kiwicam2025 www.kiwicam.org

New favorite sign just dropped

New study shows people who took a causal inference class are better at reasoning about data. Asked if they have any policy recommendations, authors narrow eyes, look at reporter, and reply "Absolutely none"

Great reporting by Guyon & colleagues @rnzrss.bsky.social The #AlcoholIndustry shouldn’t be involved in policy. They: ▶️ refute evidence of harm ▶️ avoid blame for their actions ▶️ fight approaches that would reduce harm to communities ▶️ prioritise profit over people www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

If you have anything to do with teaching statistics, visit Kristoffer’s online interactive visualizations. They used to be my favourite contribution to the teaching of research methods. I don’t teach my students R, but this is now my favourite 👇🏼

Oscillating between looking forward to a closer read of this and retreating to my motivated reasoning about the occasional merits of external invalidity.

We are recruiting an RA for an eye-tracking project investigating human factors in forensic science at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch NZ! There is also PhD scholarships available. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, hit me up or send me your CV! NZ pics for tax 🦜

This was avoidable.

“i am running into a new year / and i beg what i love and / i leave to forgive me” — Lucille Clifton

😂 literally spent 2 hours trying to remember which email/password combo would work with a journal’s manuscript central portal today. I envy that it’s in your past 😊

Not since the American Cotton Producers has an ad hit me in the feels like this. Today I shill for big tech making good ads. Also, Taika. www.apple.com/accessibilit...