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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 31/01/2026

Very interesting research paper that shows that using AI with programming can significantly reduce mastery over topics. Perhaps unsurprising, but the lack of significant speed gains in this exercise are remarkable www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

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Phia Salter @doctaphia.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We're accepting abstract submissions for the Critical Psychology Preconference until Oct 23rd. Join us! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...

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Julia M. Smith @julia-m-smith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We also find that the preference for epistemic (roll first, guess after) uncertainty is stable even among participants who had never seen dice, suggesting that the preference is not specific to this particular cultural artifact. 🎲

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Julia M. Smith @julia-m-smith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Importantly, although past work has suggested that adults prefer the opposite (guessing first), we find no reversal of this trend with age. This suggests that adults' uncertainty preferences may be more dependent on context than previously believed.

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Julia M. Smith @julia-m-smith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

In our new paper Hadi Mohamadpour, @janengelmann.bsky.social, Helen Elizabeth Davis, Justine Krieger, Bettina Grø Sorensen, @jeremykoster.bsky.social, Soomaayeh Heysieattalab, @dorsaamir.bsky.social & I show that kids in three diverse cultures prefer to guess after a die is thrown.

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Julia M. Smith @julia-m-smith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

If you could win a prize by guessing the number on a die 🎲 hidden under a cup, would you want to guess before the die was rolled, or after? The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵

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Wilson Merrell @wnmerrell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

From fancy cars 🚗 to luxury vacations 🏖️, people often show off how they spend their money. In new work with @joshackman.bsky.social, we find that how this flashy behavior is perceived depends on WHAT purchases are being shown off. 🧵on conspicuous consumption, experiences, and status signals (1/7)

Screenshotted title and abstract from this paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251331658

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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩 Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea... (P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

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