Reposted by Calvin LaiDr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 22hNew paper! Accepted at Perspectives on Psychological Science. A textbook finding in infant psychology is that newborns - within ~1 hour of birth - visually track a simplified 'three blob' facelike stimulus further than its inverted control (see picture). This suggested inborn knowledge of faces! 513049
Reposted by Calvin LaiJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15hNew working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations 5369124
Reposted by Calvin LaiDr. Catherine Wall @catherinesjwall.com · 10/10/2026Well. This is a thing. A few weeks ago, I announced my new publication in American Psychologist on LinkedIn and didn't do it here. This was clearly a mistake, as some of Bluesky has decided to pile on some... Critique of a student article talking about my work in context. I have some things to say🧵 24616
Reposted by Calvin LaiPolitical Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Letter: Do AI models read ideology from faces? Jeon, Lee, @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social & @calvinklai.bsky.social varied only the face in neutral campaign ads. All three models rated women more liberal than men, beyond survey gaps. Racial effects varied by model. doi.org/10.1017/pan.2026.10038 032
Reposted by Calvin LaiNPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 6719991201
Reposted by Calvin LaiDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9663515
Reposted by Calvin LaiThomas Talhelm @thomastalhelm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is America becoming less biased? New results from a presentation at #SESP offered some data. 🧵 First, when researchers just asked people explicitly about their attitudes, everything went down from 2007-2020--race, weight, disability... 101
Reposted by Calvin LaiApril Bailey @ahbailey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🗣️ New preprint! @jialin-lin-zhou.bsky.social Western samples tend to think of a "person" as a man. How persistent is this? Striking evidence from two novel groups begins to answer this question; see below for findings from the matrilineal Mosuo and from an age-diverse mainstream Chinese sample ⬇️ 02511
Reposted by Calvin LaiBenedek Kurdi @benedek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📊 New resource: ISAAC, an open corpus for studying social group attitudes 💬 527M+ Reddit posts (2007–2023) 🧠 Covers race, sexuality, age, ability, and skin tone 🗺️ Validated against Gallup and Google Trends 🔍 No-code or Python/SQL: isaac.psychology.illinois.edu 📖 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2609.27059 42011
Reposted by Calvin LaiErin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... 9491305
Reposted by Calvin LaiChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 1131346489
Reposted by Calvin LaiAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20... 7457160
Reposted by Calvin LaiThomas Talhelm @thomastalhelm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wrote a little blog post for Springer Nature about my research project that took 20 years! communities.springernature.com/posts/how-a-...communities.springernature.comHow a misunderstanding knocked 30 years of collectivism research off courseIndividualism and collectivism are the most widely studied dimensions of culture. So how did a fundamental mistake 163
Reposted by Calvin LaiAmanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Since our paper on the Changing How I Live Life (CHILL) Study is now out in Psychological Science (doi.org/10.1177/0956...), here's a LONG overdue post on the intervention work we've been doing the past few years! Have you ever wanted to change one of your personality traits? 15322
Reposted by Calvin LaiProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵 19596023537
Reposted by Calvin LaiDavid Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 23/09/20261/ Happy to see @kaitlin-alper.bsky.social, myself, & Andreas Jozwiak's paper out @ejprjournal.bsky.social It's well-known that, on average, women support redistribution more than men. We find that the gender gap is conditional on household income & inequality within couples. tinyurl.com/3nrn53ej 23518
Reposted by Calvin LaiEsther Boissin @boissinesther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy to share a new preprint with @tomcostello.bsky.social, @dgrand.bsky.social and @gordpennycook.bsky.social 🧵 "What beliefs are most debunkable?" osf.io/preprints/ps... We investigate the characteristics of the beliefs that are (or are not) influenced by counterevidence in 3,341 AI dialogues. 13313
Reposted by Calvin Laijamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 430103811922
Reposted by Calvin LaiJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Compared to high-status groups, members of low-status groups often show no implicit ingroup preference In low-status groups, ingroup preferences are accompanied by greater self-control than outgroup preferences (in an analysis of 5.7 million implicit bias tests) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1215
Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm honored to receive the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from FABBS, nominated by SESP. I'm grateful to all the mentors, collaborators, & lab members who make the work possible.🙏 Check out the spotlight on our research exploring interventions to address discrimination: fabbs.org/news/2026/09... 4221
Reposted by Calvin LaiBenedek Kurdi @benedek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚀 Project Implicit’s critical work continues! Our website remains fully operational 24/7, collecting data and launching new studies. We are finalizing a new organizational structure to carry our research and educational mission forward. Thank you to our global community. ➡️ implicit.harvard.edu 02215
Reposted by Calvin LaiJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Collaborative science is linked to bigger breakthroughs. Research papers and patents by teams are more highly cited than those produced by solitary individuals. I describe four principles for building inclusive, motivated, and effective teams: www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/the-scienc...powerofusnewsletter.comThe Science of Making Teams WorkFour principles for building inclusive, motivated, and effective teams. 1123
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am sad to share that Project Implicit, my first non-profit and foundation of my career, is closing. The IAT website will continue, managed by the next generation of leaders in implicit bias research. Here's the statement I posted to LinkedIn. It didn't vibe right as a bsky thread. 55426
Reposted by Calvin LaiMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel. 21434715
Reposted by Calvin LaiSanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 12/09/2026Funny enough, if you are a psychologist, your beliefs about personality traits are conditioned by where you went to grad school 1265
Reposted by Calvin LaiSander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Cool new paper on cognitive inoculation: Does inoculation improve discernment of real-world misinformation headlines? (not just lab items) ✔️Yes! Does misinfo contain more manipulation? ✔️Yes! Side effects: Does it cause undue skepticism or cynicism? ✔️No! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDoes protection come at a cost? A random stimuli approach to investigating the (side-)effects of misinformation inoculationsInoculation – an intervention aimed at informing people of the threat of misinformation and the strategies used to spread it – is an increasingly popu… 1142
Reposted by Calvin LaiJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026People judge a sexist perpetrator as less sexist if he is rude toward men. This occurs because rudeness toward men creates the illusion of gender blindness. Men who hold sexist beliefs about women often are rude to men which gives sexists plausible deniability. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 13012
Reposted by Calvin LaiJin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 ‼️ new paper ‼️ 🚨 With political scientist Nathan Chan, we used the latest 2024 and 2020 CMPS to look at why Asians and Latinos (the 2 largest immigrant groups in US) might support deportation policies. Out now in Political Psychology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comWorking hard to belong: Meritocratic ideology and deportation sentiments among Latino and Asian AmericansWhy do some Latino and Asian Americans support conservative policies that may discriminate against them? Elaborating on system justification theory, we argue that ideologies such as meritocracy perpe... 37424
Reposted by Calvin Laisamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 09/09/2026here are some really gorgeous results from the Nock lab on predicting suicide before it's attempted — essential data for suicide preventioncurrent.fas.harvard.eduHarvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in advanceResearcher Matthew Nock pioneered the technique of using smartphone technology to survey high-risk adults and adolescents in real time. In a new study, Nock and his team report using the technology to... 33310
Reposted by Calvin LaiJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Incredible story. And another huge example of why tenure protections for academics are important 28224
Reposted by Calvin LaiJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Partisans are highly segregated by workplace—the effect is similar in size to gender segregation at work. -Museums and environmental orgs have the fewest Republicans, pipelines and mines have the most Republicans www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/august-res...powerofusnewsletter.comAugust Research Roundup: 10 new findings from social psychologyStudies on social media influencing conformity, workplace segregation, how professors (don’t) influence their student’s ideologies + more 061
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Incredibly important work surfacing the risks and needs for improving processes for responsible data sharing. 0107
Reposted by Calvin LaiWouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🚨 WashU is hiring! 🚨 As part of WashU’s +AI Initiative, the search includes tenure-track opportunities in Psychological & Brain Sciences for people who place AI or machine learning at the center of their research. I'm on the committee, so feel free to reach out with questions. Please repost!insideartsci.washu.eduRules of LifeRecruiting interdisciplinary expertise to explore fundamental questions regarding living systems and the physical world 12122
Reposted by Calvin Laisimine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 426694
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrittany Cassidy @britcass.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My department is hiring in social psychology! UNCG is a great place to research and work closely with students. We’re a collaborative bunch across the department 😎spartantalent.uncg.eduAssistant Professor of PsychologyThe Department of Psychology at UNC Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Social Psychology (Assistant Professor) to begin August 1, 2027.We seek someone to join an active and... 065
Reposted by Calvin LaiAlison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thanks, but actually my favorite line didn't make it to the piece. Does Odysseus feel guilty about the Trojan war? Lots of discourse on this question even though he doesn't exist! Is he conscious? AI agents are fictive characters abstracted from text - like Odysseus. 28918
Reposted by Calvin LaiSJ Brison @brison.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Love the quote from Alison Gopnik: “We don’t know if toasters are conscious or not,” Dr. Gopnik said. “But no one is asking about that in the pages of The New York Times.” 1111
Reposted by Calvin LaiDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026How big is the time tax? The numbers are astonishing. And its a regressive tax. People who need more help from government spend more time in dealign with it. People with more resources can often buy their way out of the time tax. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/annie-lowr... 624261
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Much of my most impactful contributions in research are largely descriptive, without explicitly saying so. Psych Science leading the way in highlighting the value and importance of description. 1566
Reposted by Calvin Lairyan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/08/2026ordinary people have no idea the system is such a kafkaesque nightmare 432034542
Reposted by Calvin LaiKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Another new, useful paper on the potential biasing effects of measuring attitudes pre-treatment in survey experiments, this one focused on racial attitudes. Finds no bias from pre-treatment measures in two of three racial attitude measurement strategies www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 0157
Reposted by Calvin LaiMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026*whispers* BLM was popular 423039499
Reposted by Calvin LaiDavid Levari @davidlevari.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Here is a clunky but decently functional script to make a local copy of all your private and public OSF projects. You'll have to decide where to keep them. Maybe a flash drive under your mattress? levarilab.com/osf-backup-t...levarilab.comOSF Backup Tool — Levari LabAn R script to make a local copy of projects in your OSF account. 01811
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Important context for why we are making these changes is available in this summary: www.cos.io/blog/osf-cha...cos.ioOSF Changes: A Note to UsersThe Center for Open Science announced a significant change to the Open Science Framework (OSF). This post shares what led to the change, implications, and what's next. 11917
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Over the next several months, we will phase out some popular OSF features. These changes do not affect current public content, which remains safe and accessible. We have prepared support material to help users adapt. I am very sorry for the disruption to your work. Please read this post for details.cos.ioOSF Changes | Center for Open ScienceWe are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif... 10121113
Reposted by Calvin LaiEric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026McGill social psych is now officially hiring at the assistant prof level, hooray Happy to chat with anyone about the position mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree... 05347
Reposted by Calvin LaiEric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We have a new paper in Psych Review, creating a taxonomy of discrimination, in hopes of better organizing results and knowing when they might generalize With Becca Neel, @lorapark.bsky.social, Keita Christophe Free link: erichehman.com/wp-content/u... 13110
Reposted by Calvin LaiBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026🚨New Science Advances🚨 Untrustworthy sources on Facebook and Instagram in 2020: Concentrated exposure but no attitudinal effects www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... -Exposure very low but highly concentrated -Reducing exposure by ~70% for months had no measurable effects *even among frequent consumers* 39637
Reposted by Calvin LaiSociety for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 22/07/2026Congratulations to the “Project Implicit,” which received🏆2026 SIPS Mission Award! Project Implicit offers online tests to millions of participants, uses those tests to document implicit and explicit biases, and shares massive open datasets to power discoveries in psychology and beyond.implicit.harvard.eduProject ImplicitProject Implicit runs on small donations, most under $5. That’s what keeps the tests online, the data public, and the science accessible to anyone around the world who is interested in learning about… 196