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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 7h

#AMPPS has a series of papers out about the methods used in a specific mind-body healing study. From a metascience perspective, the exchange is highly informative and interesting-- use the set of papers for a lab meeting discussion or in your methods classes? Read on...

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Staff members at the agency, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, are concerned that the changes will lead to further cuts for work that has long been core to the agency’s mission: discovery-focused research, led by the curiosity of scientists." #AcademicSky #MetaSci

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NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities

The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Check out this commentary recently published in AMPPS (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), a discussion of the findings in Grassi et al related to musical training short-term memory. The interesting part: It's written BY THE AUTHORS, with differing views on the same set of results. Luv this one.

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Common Evidence, Multiple Interpretations: Commentaries on a Multilab Study on Musicians’ Short-Term Memory - Rafael Román-Caballero, Deniz Başkent, Anne Caclin, Laura Ferreri, Anna Fiveash, Clément F...

The multilab registered report by Grassi et al. represents the largest collaborative effort to date to estimate differences in short-term memory between musicia...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

What the US government is doing to Dr. Fauci is the embodiment of what they are doing to scientific infrastructure overall.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

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Alejandro Sandoval-Lentisco @asandovall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

How often are multiverse analyses implemented, not just cited/discussed? How are they implemented? 🧵 New preprint on the uptake and implementation of multiverse-style analyses 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Uptake and Implementation of Multiverse-style Analyses Across 613 Studies

Empirical conclusions can depend on the many individual choices researchers make when analyzing data. Multiverse-style analyses address this by computing results across a set of specifications rather ...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

A graduate student working with me will be teaching positive psychology this summer, which is a new class for our dept. Can anyone point me/us to some resources for teaching on this topic and/or share course materials? Would love any help you can provide! 🙏

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Don van Ravenzwaaij @donvanraven.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Collabra: Psychology is seeking a new senior editor for the clinical section and new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested in either of these positions and you believe you are qualified, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026! forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...

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Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology

Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If you're interested in AI and programming, I highly recommend this fun video-- it's an amazing project from a Cornell CS grad student . Also, this class is no joke! youtu.be/56HJQm5nb0U?...

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Can AI Pass Freshman CS?

YouTube video by mt_xing

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

If you haven’t been inspired by APS in the last few years, give us another look. We want the society to be the leader in rigorous psych science that connects all the parts of the Society together. Hope to see you in Barcelona!!

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

AMPPS recently accepted a new paper "Registered Replication Report: Johns, Schmader, & Martens (2005)" on stereotype threat (osf.io/preprints/ps...); full paper is forthcoming on our website). AMPPS is now soliciting Commentary articles on this paper. @psychscience.bsky.social /cont

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simine vazire @simine.com · 27/11/2025

Looking forward to this next week! During waking hours for people in Europe, Africa, & the Americas. And the Middle East. And parts of Asia. Really almost everywhere except Eastern Asia & Australia/NZ. Link to register: univ-cotedazur.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

There is no reason why systematic reviews can't be open. The data used for synthesis is *already* open and there are many excellent open source tools that can facilitate the easy sharing of analysis scripts. Here's a nice guide for performing open systematic reviews doi.org/10.1525/coll...

This paper provides guidance and tools for conducting open and reproducible systematic reviews in psychology. It emphasizes the importance of systematic reviews for evidence-based decision-making and the growing adoption of open science practices. Open science enhances transparency, reproducibility, and minimizes bias in systematic reviews by sharing data, materials, and code. It also fosters collaborations and enables involvement of non-academic stakeholders. The paper is designed for beginners, offering accessible guidance to navigate the many standards and resources that may not obviously align with specific areas of psychology. It covers systematic review conduct standards, pre-registration, registered reports, reporting standards, and open data, materials and code. The paper is concluded with a glimpse of recent innovations like Community Augmented Meta-Analysis and independent reproducibility checks.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Found this gem of a paper in the AMPPS archives on using containers in psychological science. What's a container, you ask? Read on...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just when you were getting used to the term preregistration... New paper at AMPPS calling for improved terminology in the field and better alignment with TOP 2025 . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Call for Commentary articles at AMPPS! We recently accepted a "Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction: A Registered Report of Four Tests of Construal Level Theory" (osf.io/preprints/ps...) and are soliciting Commentary articles on this paper.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The Arizona Daily Star ran a great story on @uarizona.bsky.social's decision not to sign the compact for academic excellence. I especially loved this quote

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If you do online data collection, this paper is worth checking out! I especially like the access to the codebook, which helps operationalize best practices: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

APCS (www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/)-- the Academy-- is a major training organization in clinical psychological science. We worked with the Academy's leadership team to craft this letter and to encourage programmatic self-study in open science training. Let's get to work!

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

We're searching for a tenure track assistant professor in clinical psychology here at the University of Arizona! Come to Tucson-- great place to live and work! 🌄🌵🏀 @uarizona.bsky.social arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Assistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)

The candidate will be expected to build and sustain an externally funded, nationally recognized research program, provide effective instruction at the...

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I've obtained the Trump compact document, let me summarize it for you.

Screen cap of a document reading "COMPACT FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION
American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our
Nation. In turn, the U.S. university system benefits in a variety of ways from its extraordinary relationship
with the U.S. government. These include (i) access to student loans, grant programs, and federal contracts;
(ii) funding for research directly or indirectly; (iii) approval of student and other visas in connection with
university matriculation and instruction; and (iv) preferential treatment under the tax code. To advance the
national interest arising out of this unique relationship, this Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher
Education represents the priorities of the U.S. government in its engagements with universities that benefit
from the relationship. Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than
those below, if the institution elects to forego federal benefits." with bits circled in color and translated to "Nice college you've got there. We hold all your money. It'd be a real shame if anything happened to it."

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Rigorous science is transparent science.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A Faustian bargain- it’ll never end well. These schools must together to oppose this “compact.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

US-based 2025 NSF GRFP Competition is severely reduced, with dramatic exclusions added in the dark. Here's a petition you can sign. Please consider signing and circulating. Also see: jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great news-- @felixthoemmes.bsky.social to be the next EiC at AMPPS! See below for information about joining his team.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We have a great new paper taking stock of transparency reporting in the MRI/fMRI literature... "Results call for recentering transparency in reporting practices in MRI and fMRI studies, with direct implications for study generalizability." doi.org/10.1177/2515...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Obvious preregistered hypothesis: soon most all psych science will involve AI in some form. You'll get ahead of the curve with this paper is about "Transformer Architecture" (also a good band name) and how embeddings operate within a NLP workflow. Really nice! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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From Embeddings to Explainability: A Tutorial on Large-Language-Model-Based Text Analysis for Behavioral Scientists - Rudolf Debelak, Timo K. Koch, Matthias Aßenmacher, Clemens Stachl, 2025

Large language models (LLMs) are transforming research in psychology and the behavioral sciences by enabling advanced text analysis at scale. Their applications...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This was a true mess with a ton of AI-generated word salad slop being submitted as preprints. The field owes these moderators a huge thanks for all the work and energy! 🙏👏

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

On the anniversary of 9/11, I’m struck by how little discussion links yesterday’s tragic act of political violence with the attacks 24 years ago. To me, the throughline is clear: bin Laden sought to divide America, draw us into costly wars, and erode social cohesion. We are living in that long game.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Please share far and wide! The Psychology Department at the University of Arizona is recruiting a new Director for our Behavioral Health Clinic. The Clinic Director is a core member of our clinical faculty who helps lead clinical training in our program.

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Director, Psychology Clinic

Provision of clinical training and supervision to clinical graduate studentsCoordination and administration of day-to-day BHC operationsFacilitating c...

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Noah Emery, PhD @noahemery.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I am pleased to announce that our APA accredited Counseling Psychology program at Colorado State University has officially transitioned to an APA accredited Clinical Psychology program, adopting the clinical science training model. psychology.colostate.edu/clinicalscie...

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Psychological Clinical Science – Department of Psychology | CSU

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

How do we improve the implementation of open science? Let's start with the terms. Excellent new paper out in #AMPPS-- see this thread by @katiecorker.bsky.social! @psychscience.bsky.social

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

AMPPS Call for Papers: Replicability and Reproducibility in Methodological Research. Proposals due September 15. @jkflake.bsky.social

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

If you've heard the term bestiary but never knew what it meant, now is your chance to learn more about open science-- new at AMPPS: doi.org/10.1177/2515... . A compendium of beasts! A most perfect title...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Very bad, awful, no good...writing is on the wall here.

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