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James Reynolds

@j-p-reynolds.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer in Psychology at Aston University. Research on behavioural science, political psychology, public health. My recent publications here: scholar.google.com/citations?user=G…

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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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Dr Emma Norris @emmajnorris.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Delighted that @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social has won a @improvingpsych.org Mission Award! 🎊 improvingpsych.org/2025/07/ Thanks for this recognition of our promotion of Open Science in Health Psychology over the last 5 years @elainetoomey1.bsky.social @rorycoyne.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social
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Rory Coyne @rorycoyne.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
There's still time to take part in our brief survey on health psychology researchers' awareness and use of #OpenScience practices! Your feedback will contribute to the development of tailored supports and resources by @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social: psychologygalway.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
In our new preprint led by my MSc student, Karla Hitchins, we test how providing the public with evidence summaries of the benefits and safety of psilocybin influences attitudes towards different psilocybin policies:
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Discover the #TISP Dataset now out in #ScientificData! The open access dataset includes responses from 71,922 people in 68 countries on their perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes. 🌍🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great to see this finally published!
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I love these kind of discussions but everytime it happens it reminds me of 1) how little we understand psychological concepts and 2) how little we agree on which of the bad definitions is the best current one
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Gareth Hollands @gjhollands.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
🔊 Published today, our new Cochrane review on the impact of calorie labelling on people’s selection and consumption of food (including non-alcoholic drinks) and alcohol: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... Short thread below 👇
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Calorie (energy) labelling for changing selection and consumption of food or alcohol - Clarke, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Any package recommendations for building good forest plots in r? I often see ones much nicer than metafor or ggplot can produce but no idea how
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Something magical just happened in excel
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Prof Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Our new study led by @prof-andy.bsky.social has been published in @addictionjournal.bsky.social (£0) We investigated whether changes in alcohol-related attitudes were precursors to changes in drinking behaviour - hence this proxy outcome could be useful... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Disentangling the temporal relationship between alcohol‐related attitudes and heavy episodic drinking in adolescents within a randomized controlled trial
Background and aims Within many alcohol prevention interventions, changes in alcohol-related attitudes (ARA) are often proposed as precursors to changes in drinking behaviour. This study aimed to me...
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Tugce Varol @tugcevarol.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
If you missed our EHPS OS SIG webinar on Registered Reports featuring the incredible speaker Aoife O'Mahony, don't worry 💫 You can still watch the recording here to learn more about Registered Reports, their benefits, and see some examples: youtu.be/lREc5et4e9Q?...
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Published version out now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @katieedders.bsky.social @profblissett.bsky.social #behsci #psychscisky
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The effect of Position and Availability interventions on adolescents’ food choice: An online experimental study
Interventions that alter characteristics of the food environment have been found to reduce energy intake in adults. However, few studies have examined…
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 04/12/2024
In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? The answer: learning curves.
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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
📢New job!!! We've got a new postdoc research position in our group, working with @hannahforde.bsky.social to develop a Nutrient and Environment Profiling Model to support UK healthy sustainable food policy. Click below for details. Please share widely! Don't make me log in to LinkedIn...
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Peter Hall @drpeterhall.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
GLP-1 agonists are showing promise for alcohol abuse disorder. This is good news, if it holds up in RCTs. Tx for all substance use disorders are badly needed, and the capacity of GLP-1 to modulate generalized craving response may predict benefit for other drugs. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Repurposing Semaglutide and Liraglutide for Alcohol Use Disorder
This cohort study examines nationwide registry data for Swedish residents with a diagnosis of alcohol use disorder to determine whether hospitalization risk for an individual is decreased during perio...
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Peter Hall @drpeterhall.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A large mega-study involving 4 population cohorts shows reliable mortality risk offset with increased leisure time physical activity. This benefit is present across the whole lifespan but increasing benefit evident with advancing age. #exercise jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Physical Activity and All-Cause Mortality by Age in 4 Multinational Megacohorts
This cohort study examines whether there is an age-dependent association between physical activity and all-cause mortality at all stages of adult life.
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Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years. Trust in news declined in just over half of countries. It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown. A thread:
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The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries
Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count
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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information. This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24 TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/
Just Asking Questions: Can an Implication Generate an Illusory Truth Effect?
Ira E. Hyman, Jr., Jasmine Balmelli-Morales, Macallan Enns-Ford, Annika Fiala, Zoe Gadbow, Macy Kneipp, Isabel Nguyen, Gwen Pane
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Nigel Farage’s group campaigning against the WHO is staffed by consultants who work with the nicotine products industry. Farage is the chair and a co-founder of Action on World Health, which campaigns to reform or replace the WHO" And nobody was at all surprised.
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Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign has link to nicotine products industry
Action on World Health co-founder’s firm provides services to organisation that advocates for nicotine pouches
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Published version out now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @katieedders.bsky.social @profblissett.bsky.social #behsci #psychscisky
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The effect of Position and Availability interventions on adolescents’ food choice: An online experimental study
Interventions that alter characteristics of the food environment have been found to reduce energy intake in adults. However, few studies have examined…
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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New publication out 🎉 with Natasha Clarke, @gjhollands.bsky.social, Rachel Pechey, and @lauramkoenig.bsky.social. In this EHPS policy summary we discuss ways to change environments to change health behaviours: www.ehps.net/wp-content/u...
Figure summarising the 6 main categories of interventions in the TIPPME framework: Availability, Position, Functionality, Presentation, Size, and Information
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
New publication out soon in Appetite 🎉 led by Katie Edwards and with @profblissett.bsky.social we find that Availability and Position interventions influence adolescent food selection: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hi all! Seeing as academic twitter is gone I'm going to make an effort to post more on here. I'm a senior lecturer in Psychology at Aston Uni. I run an UKRI funded team (awarded ERC starter grant - but brexit) that investigates why the public support or oppose public health (and climate) policies /n
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
🦋 New to BlueSky? 🧪 Interested in science? 👀 Wanna find posts by scientists in specific fields? 📃 Here’s a list of +220 science-related feeds and their associated hashtags. #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 04/11/2024
In this Review, Schmid et al. present a toolbox of interventions informed by psychological science to tackle vaccine hesitancy that are complements or alternatives to vaccine mandates 🚨FREE🚨to access until Nov 19! go.nature.com/4fy3Mek #psychscisky #psychology
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
New analysis: it is possible and affordable to halve obesity by the end of the decade, if governments implement the most effective high impact, low cost solutions. Learn more about our blueprint for halving obesity: www.nesta.org.uk/feature/nest...
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Nesta's blueprint for halving obesity
Visit Nesta’s blueprint for halving obesity to explore the most effective policies to turn the tide on obesity and help more people live longer, healthier lives.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
Seeking potential reviewers. @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social and I, with 2 others, have penned a paper 'How to read a paper involving AI'. It's an addition to the popular HTRAP series in BMJ. We're looking to nominate reviewers. Can't be anyone who has ever collaborated with us. Pitch in if interested!🧪
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Great to be involved in this huge project! Well done to the study leads! Check it out:
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Fully funded PhD alert 🎉 Topic: Why do people support or oppose gov policies? Location: Birmingham, UK Funding: fully funded with stipend (UK student only) Deadline: 1st April Start date: July Apply here: bit.ly/3O7Uudx With me, @drcpennington.bsky.social and @profblissett.bsky.social
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James Reynolds @j-p-reynolds.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
Fully funded PhD alert 🎉 Topic: Why do people support or oppose gov policies? Location: Birmingham, UK Funding: fully funded with stipend (UK student only) Deadline: 1st April Start date: July Apply here: bit.ly/3O7Uudx With me, @drcpennington.bsky.social and @profblissett.bsky.social
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simine vazire @simine.com · 08/12/2023
Finally! New policies for Psych Science in 2024 (part 1): Editorial 1: www.psychologicalscience.org/public… Editorial 2 w/ @tomhardwicke.bsky.social : www.psychologicalscience.org/public…
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