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Karen Campbell

@karampbell.bsky.social
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Professor & Canada Research Chair, Director of Lifespan Development Research Institute at Brock University | neurocognitive aging, memory, & attention | mom of 3 | ally | mostly kvetching

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 17h
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Has to be done at least once. After only 5hrs sleep seemed like a good time. 🥱 #pumpkinspice
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Please Don't Use AI for Reviews" -- by @ffassnacht.bsky.social (repost from LinkedIN)
This goes out to everyone but particularly also to early stage researchers: 

Please do not use AI if you get invited for review papers for a scientific journal. There are several critical problems related to this: 1. It is not allowed to upload unpublished work to LMMs (copyright problems) 2. Be aware - editors will in 98% of the cases know that you used AI and it leaves a very bad impression on you 3. Be aware that editors would be perfectly capable to ask a LLM themselves if they would be interested AI's opinion. 4. An AI-review will force the editor to invite another reviewer and delay the process heavily. 5. Trust in your own capabilities - conducting reviews is actually also a good way to learn. Even a statement like "I cannot follow your thoughts in this section" may be helpful advice to the authors to improve their work. AI will not give such advice and is typically also not great at spotting problems in the experimental set-up.

So please - if you do not have the time to really review a manuscript or you are not capable of reviewing the manuscript adequately, just decline the invitation. Thanks!

AI-free artwork created in MS paint.
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One nice thing about being a prof is that every day your brain hurts, usually in a good way. Never a dull moment. #AcademicSky #School4Life
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Giving a talk at my alma mater next week, so thought I should present new stuff that I've never talked about before. Instant regret, as I rush to make all new slides on less familiar material. 🫠 Apologies in advance, UofT!!! 😂
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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're hiring! The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) is looking for a Senior Technical Specialist to support & develop MRI. This is a new role to reflect our commitment to pushing forward MRI research at York. Come join the team! jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/seni... #neurojobs #neuroskyence #psychscisky
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Jobs - The University of York
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
13yo yelling at me via text bc I made him use a lock and now he can't get it open. I threatened to get his older sister to come help and wow, it magically opened. Getting this kid through highschool will be the death of me! 😂 #parenting
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/09/2026
omg. (it wasn't me) www.famouscampaigns.com/2026/09/meta...
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Meta smart glasses mocked by fake notices on London Underground
London’s backlash against camera-equipped smart glasses has reached the Tube, with spoof stickers styled as official TfL safety notices appearing inside Underground carriages and warning wearers that ...
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I need @thedailyshow.com & @22-minutes.bsky.social to come back from vacation now. Can't take any more of this news straight up. Needs a comic chaser! 🥃
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And yet every time I try to publish there, they give me *the hardest* time. 😜😂 JK (sort of) #PsychSciSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hey #memory & #aging people, anyone feel like putting together a symposium for #ICOM2027 with me? or invite me to yours (I'm lazy;)? #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
New paper in JARMAC by @sarahehenderson.bsky.social on our new tagging intervention aimed at improving episodic #memory in older adults. And a little story about our foray into applied work. 🧵👇🏻 Bottom line: guys, it's hard. #PsychSciSky doi.org/10.1037/mac0...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump's illegal war increases the chances of major oil spills in the gulf. Not that Trump gives a damn, because his whole life is one situation after another in which he walks away from the wreckage he's created. But the rest of us must care, and must stop him.
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Spike in ‘Dark’ Oil Tankers in Gulf Raises Risk of Catastrophic Spills (Gift Article)
More vessels are navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their location devices turned off to evade attacks by Iran, adding to the threat of collisions.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just received a desk rejection clearly written by #AI, sent by an editor not in our field. What are we even doing here? #PsychSciSky #Neuroskyence #AcademicSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#EEG Christmas 😂 thanks @cortechsolutions.bsky.social #Neuroskyence #psychscisky
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Uri Simonsohn @urisohn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Here is what i think the head-to-head comparison of ResearchBox vs Zenodo look like as OSF replacements. If I am missing an important attribute, let me know, will update accordingly.
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Where does the day go? I started at 9am thinking it wouldn't take me long to finish a review. It's now 2pm and I'm on the Results 🙃 #AcademicSky
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Deuces Amy Poehler
ALT: Deuces Amy Poehler
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Congratulations to @hannahgthomas.bsky.social for defending her MA thesis today! Many thanks to committee members @jordwynn.bsky.social & Karen Arnell. And our external examiner, Khena Swallow. #psychscisky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
And I should also say thanks to @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social for helping mentor ❤️
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Congratulations to Joseph Merante on successfully defending his MA! Huge thanks to committee members @emrich.bsky.social & Heather Bailey. And external examiner @cnwahlheim.bsky.social 🙏🏻
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17/07/2026
> Something seems to be lost on my peers today: it’s still easy to not use AI. [...] Eschewing AI is one thing that we can actually do to live out ethics that affirm values of human and environmental rights. It’s almost a gift! Just use a computer the same way you did three years ago!
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 03/08/2026
Prediction in language comprehension across the lifespan Review by Kara D. Federmeier, Hui-Sun Chiu, Cynthia L. Fisher & Yukun Yu go.nature.com/4w4Mn4G #psychscisky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
13yo is irrationally pumped about the MATLAB shirt he found thrifting. 😂 #math Time to put him to work in the lab, eh #neuroskyence?
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Wow. Published in May in The Lancet. Look at those numbers of fabricated references per 10,000 articles in PubMed. The urge to publish is overcoming the urge to, I dunno, discover and learn things? #AI #medsky 🧪 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers
Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-exi...
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Cool, there's nowhere on this #CIHR Biosketch to indicate reviewing activities for CIHR (or anything else for that matter). If #reviewing is important, acknowledge it! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Belated congratulations to Eryka, Abby, and @hannahgthomas.bsky.social on receiving Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada funding (MA, USRA, and PhD levels, respectively). Thank you #NSERC for your continued support of our science!!! 🙏 🧠 🎥 🎞️ 👩‍🦳🧑‍🦳 #PsychSciSky #Neuroskyence
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Guys, I just deleted "Grad Program Director" from my profile and I gotta say, it felt pretty good 🤣 On to the next challenge this fall!
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When you're too busy to leave early, but too hopeful to look away. C'mon Canada! 🇨🇦 #WorldCup2026
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It's take your kid to a conference day 🫶🏻
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you're at #CSBBCS, come hear me talk about @sarahehenderson.bsky.social's work on event tagging - a novel intervention aimed at improving event memory in older adults. 🌞 9am, HNE room 37 🌞
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Come see Joseph Merante's poster on how event tagging affects memory & eye moments 👀 in older & younger adults A69 at #CSBBCS #PsychSciSky Project with @selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Check out Emily's poster at 6pm TODAY! 👇🏻 #CSBBCS #PsychSciSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wow, I found a Starbucks slower than the one at #BrockU, at #YorkU 🙃 (I do feel for Starbucks workers everywhere these days...no one orders plain ☕️ anymore)
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Beautiful day for the Alzheimer's walk in Niagara today! The Campbell Neurocognitive Aging Lab raised over $2000, our most ever. Thanks to everyone who donated for your support. 🙏🏻💙 #IGWalkForAlz #BrockU Thanks @hannahgthomas.bsky.social for organizing our team!
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Campbell lab had a great time learning all things memory at #TAMeG2026. 🧠 #PsychSciSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
13yo drew a graph 📈 in my bday card AND thinks I'm cool? I must be doing something right! 😂❤️ Also, what's with the "sad dip" at 85?? 🧐🤣
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Marc Coutanche @marccoutanche.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
How do older adults combine familiar concepts to make sense of new ones? We ask this question about semantic composition in a new paper out now: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... #psychscisky #cognition Here's a breakdown of the main findings👇 1/6
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Frontiers | Mechanisms of semantic composition in older adults: control, semantic processing, and imagery
IntroductionSemantic composition is the ability to create meaningful novel concepts from familiar concepts. This can be achieved through a set of cognitive a...
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ever thought, I don't belong here? What if people realize? 👀 Imposter syndrome is real. Come learn some practical strategies to deal with it with Dr. Chantal Boucher. @sparksociety.bsky.social & @wicsc-trainee.bsky.social 🎟️ Register: tinylink.net/qBixb 🗓️ May 28, 2026 ⏰ 1–2 PM EDT 📍 Teams
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Up the Villa! #AVFC
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Dibu Martinez on the Soccer Field
ALT: Dibu Martinez on the Soccer Field
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I've got 4 months to write a grant quickly becomes I've got 3 months to write a grant...and so on. Which idiot said yes to all these things?! 🤦🏻‍♀️ #AcademicSky
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Excited to announce that I will be taking over as Director of the Institute for Lifespan Development Research @brocku.ca in September. I was drawn to #BrockU because of the amazing work being done by Lifespan members. Looking forward to facilitating that work in future. brocku.ca/lifespan-dev...
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Institute for Lifespan Development Research
The Jack and Nora Walker Canadian Institute for Lifespan Development Research is a multidisciplinary collaborative effort dedicated to studying human development across the lifespan, with special stre...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
THANK YOU David Letterman & Stephen Colbert for a lifetime of smart satire, laughs, speaking truth to power & sending us to bed with a smile on our collective faces. You will be missed. 🙏 #EndOfAnEra
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I love spring so much!
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
Once again, the Onion sustains me.
The ONION®
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

[then a photo of a gas pump with a display showing
Regular
4x10 to the fifth power
Shell
V-Power]

NEWS
Gas Station Price Sign Using
Scientific Notation
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Cool, a day in which I achieved nothing of substance because I was stuck in email hell. #AcademicSky
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Mr Burns: Don't Forget, You're Here Forever
ALT: Mr Burns: Don't Forget, You're Here Forever
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New paper looking at age differences in the neural correlates of attentional selection & distractor suppression, led by @retorresh.bsky.social with @emrich.bsky.social 🧵 #PsychSciSky #Neuroskyence doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
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Redirecting
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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join us in Paris this summer for our #Miniscope Workshop 🔬 We'll teach you everything you need to know about miniscopes and have a blast while we're at it! Applications close on May 22, so don't wait 👇
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Great to have several @brocku.ca #PsychSciSky PhDs back to talk about how they got their faculty positions & how it's going so far. Huge thanks to Oya Pakkal for organizing, & Jen Roters, Taylor Heffer, Alison O'Connor, & Dawn Ryan for taking part!
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 15/04/2026
A researcher says she made up a disease with two posts on Medium, which led to Copilot telling users it was "intriguing and relatively rare." Posting two preprint papers about it online led to ChatGPT diagnosing people with it. 🧪 skepchick.org/2026/04/chat...
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ChatBots are Diagnosing Diseases that Don’t Exist Based on Blog Posts
Transcript: Many years ago, a friend of mine suggested an experiment: make up a conspiracy theory that was just plausible enough, and then track how far it spreads. It was fun to talk about, and he…
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