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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I read this and thought the finding about using AI as a tutor was especially interesting and could enhance learning.

David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

... both Aungle et al and Gelman and Brown might say, "I told you so." Respectively, there's either a ton of research supporting the role of expectations in mind-body healing OR the book makes a mountain out of an unreplicated molehill. What is most accurate? Who decides? My brain exploding!

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interestingly enough, I noticed Langer has a new book out-- The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health (www.amazon.com/dp/1472148614). Depending on your POV...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you can get past the you-said/we-said, we-said/you-said, you-said/we-said nature of the exchange, there are some very thoughtful points here are difficult to study topics, literature reviewing, theory, mechanisms, replication, analytic choices, and generalizability.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Brown & Gelman (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....) close the discussion (so far) and argue that the "malleability of language..." permits researchers "...to write a persuasive argument even in the absence of any good evidence." The rejoinder argues for the importance of external replication.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In detailed reply (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....), Aungle and colleagues re-work their analyses (as recommended) and find the results still hold, arguing that it is Gelman & Brown who misunderstand the literature, not them...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In a lengthy target article (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....) at #AMPPS, Gelman and Brown basically say, "Not so fast..." and critique the original paper as a case study of not providing evidence to support strong claims.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Start with this target article in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41... . The paper focuses on changes in perceived wound healing (after a cupping treatment protocol) as a function of perceived time; conclusion: the psychological experience of time may shape wound healing.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#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 · 04/03/2026

I liked this paper: Knöchel, T. D., Schweizer, K. J., Acar, O. A., Akil, A. M., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Buehler, F., ... & Aczel, B. (2025). Core principles of responsible generative AI usage in research. AI and Ethics, 1-7.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Under the Open Practices Collection #AMPPS has a lot of papers that might be of interest: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec... . You can browse the other collections as well. For very accessible AI ethics, I liked this paper...

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Say more about what you're looking for... lots on data management, the ethics of data sharing, etc. I happen to list Josh and Don's J Psychopathology and Clinical Science commentary that links data sharing with the ethics code. AMPPS has lots on data management

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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?

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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

If you wish to submit a Commentary article on this paper, please do so by the March, 2026. To submit a Commentary, please follow our Submission Guidelines: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... . The authors of the target article will reply to the accepted Commentary articles as a set. /end

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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 · 13/11/2025

Thanks for the great endorsement!

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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 · 09/11/2025

I think the container paper is predicated on some knowledge of version control, but to this point, we do have on Git version control paper at AMPPS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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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

Also see: osf.io/preprints/os...

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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

If you wish to submit a Commentary on this paper, please do so by the end of December, 2025. To submit a Commentary, please follow our Submission Guidelines: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... . The authors of the target article will reply to the accepted Commentary articles as a set.

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<em>Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science</em> Submission Guidelines

Updated 4/29/2024Call for Participants: Multilab Registered Replication ReportCall for Papers: Adversarial CollaborationsAMPPS PARTNERS WITH METARESEARCH OPEN REVIEWAMPPS has a new partnership with Me...

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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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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Absolute best breakdown of this "compact" and its inherent ridiculousness. Thanks!

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