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Lara Orphal

@laraorphal.bsky.social
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Emotions&feelings in expectation violations & belief updates. PhDc in Marburg, Germany.

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I thought that was already the case in the last years.
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Turning some psychological theories into automata, last Friday at ENS :) interesting exercize.
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Samantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New team science initiative just dropped! manyscale.org We're looking for collaborators to lead repositories of self-report measures in their own psychology subfields.
manyscale.org
ManyScale - A Home for Psychological Measures and Constructs
ManyScale will be a network of repositories for self-report measures in psychology.
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Chloe (she/her) @chloeapter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label? *RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS* I am autistic & I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label Supervisor: @drstevenkapp.bsky.social Email Chloe.Apter@myport.ac.uk to express interest/for more information
On a white background with pale pink highlights and black text is the information below. There is also a photo of Chloe, a white woman with long black hair and multiple facial piercings, with a speech bubble coming from it. There is the University of Portsmouth logo and School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences logo too:

How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label?

Eligibility:

Autistic (formally diagnosed or self-identified)

Age 18+

UK-based

You have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label by staff/clinicians/professionals in an education, health, and/or care context

Participation* involves one of either:

An online interview**

An in-person interview in London, UK***

All participants will be offered the interview questions in advance

I'm Chloe, a master's student at the University of Portsmouth. I am autistic and I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label.

This research has been given ethical approval

If you are interested in taking part or want more

information, please email

Chloe.Apter@myport.ac.uk

Supervisor: Dr Steven Kapp

*Please note, there is unfortunately no financial remuneration for participation due to this research being for a master's degree

**Having your camera on or off is acceptable, as is using the chat function or participating via email

***In a mutually agreed public place anywhere within London, UK (e.g. a café or a library)
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Me: I'm strong & independent and I'm fine by myself Also me: makes friends and social plans in London before even arriving, because what if I otherwise end up not making friends during my 1 month research stay~
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It was a nice day at ENS Paris Saclay (close to home!🙊) I especially enjoyed Gaspard Fougea's approach to turning psychological theories into finite automata, that looks so interesting and useful - and lucky for me, he'll explain it in more detail the next days (so cool) see arxiv.org/abs/2501.05185
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My sister is lucky, can psych modeling workshops please also be in such cool places? 😊🌳🌊
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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Give a nerd a chart or a map and they will waste a day. Teach a nerd how to make charts and maps and they will waste the rest of their life.
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
That's too cool, can I do this if I don't speak Italian (yet)? I can deepL my letters and learn languages fast 🥹
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
#PuG2026 ended, so I want to share some of my favorite conference quotes:
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
📢 Our current members and alumni had a symposium titled Beyond Prediction Error: Learning Mechanisms Underlying Perceptual Biases And Belief Persistence #PuG2026 🎉 Congrats to @marianboor.bsky.social @aminjahani.bsky.social Saskia Leißner and David Torrents-Rodas!
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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 05/06/2026
If you have access to any the following stats software, would you be willing to run some chi squared tests on a handful of simulated datasets and send me results? I need to verify that that my R implementation of what other software does is correct. - Stata - SAS - StatXact - SPSS DM me :)
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The science communication prize at #PuG2026 went to @books-and-brains.bsky.social , and that blog idea really looks so cool! (booknerd here!) 📚💖✨🧠 My bookclub recently read "The other black girl" by Z.D. Harris. There is some weird brain stuff going on in there, if you need recommendations! haha
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📢 We're happy to share that Roza Mejza @marianboor.bsky.social and @erikmueller.bsky.social have received a poster prize at #PuG2026 with their poster titled "Conditioned Expectations Potentiate the Perception of Anger in Ambiguous Facial Expressions". 🎉 Congrats to you all!
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
That is a long conference 🧠 See you tomorrow for the last day 👋
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📢 RTG is at #PUG2026! 🎉 Congrats to all! @marianboor.bsky.social @enaalcan.bsky.social Saskia Leißner @aminjahani.bsky.social @laraorphal.bsky.social @zeydsoyuk.bsky.social Franziska Usée @niau.bsky.social et al. 🎓
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Note to myself to read the long version -
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Such a pretty venue for the conference opening! #PuG2026
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
That was so cool :) Learning about functional neuroanatomy with @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social at #PuG2026. I've been dreaming of holding a brain since taking that 70h medical neuroscience mooc with Pr. White from Duke uni back in 2022 (loved it, but need to take it again tbh) Thanks for this workshop! 🧠
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Happy May the Forest Be With You!
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"Global health is not very global—a contradiction that becomes most evident at global health conferences [which] often say more about whose perspectives are valued and whose are not, reflecting the inequities in power and privilege that [it] ought to redress." DOI: 10.1016/j.langlo.2026.103956
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our members are sharing their research far and wide! 🤗 And this summer we are hosting a stand at the @unimarburg.bsky.social Summer Fest to bring our work to the public. 📅 July 17th Come visit us to learn more about breaking expectations!
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Couchsurfing around workshops leads me to present my posters to such a diverse crowd- finance analyst, comic artist, biomedical engineer.. Last year an architect and a hairdresser.. Italian, Indian, German.. Presenting to couchsurfing hosts should count as public outreach 🤭 @rtg2271.bsky.social
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Happy to have presented a recent project at the IMT in Lucca - it was great to exchange in this interdisciplinary setting, and especially interesting to learn more about economist's perspectives on similar research questions. Thanks to everyone there!
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm happy to announce that the program of our 4th Marburg climate camp is ready :) Consider stopping by! 🌳 climateconnect.earth/de/projects/...
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4. Marburger Klimacamp
Wie auch die letzten Jahre soll 2026 in Marburg ein Klimacamp stattfinden - diesmal geht es schon in die 4te Runde!
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
2 high school students in the library: S1: I asked chat GPT, but it only gives bad answers lately S2: You need to switch to Claude ai. I used it to prepare my physics presentation S1: Really? How did it go? S2: Extremly bad. But I think it was my fault, not Claude's (difficult not to laugh)
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Matti Vuorre @matti.vuorre.com · 01/04/2026
Meta-Psychology owns April 1st with the "Inaugural Editorial of Questionable Research Ideas and OtherPeculiarities: The QRAP section": open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 31/03/2026
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.
A CRT on top of a 90s PC (with floppy disk) showing the Trans Pride Flag
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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 31/03/2026
The Program for Online #SIPS2026 is now available online! Let's meet online May 6-7 for exciting hackathons, unconferences, and workshops! Check out the program preview here 👇️ buff.ly/Ezzyql9
improvingpsych.org
SIPS 2026 – Online May 6-7 || DC June 8-10, 2026
Browse the SIPS 2026 online and in-person programs!
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Scientists for Future 🇩🇪 (S4F) @de.scientists4future.org · 31/03/2026
@dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social: Der langfristige Erwärmungstrend in Deutschland setzt sich weiter fort. Das Jahr 2025 war demnach erneut deutlich zu warm, sonnig und zu trocken im Vergleich zum langjährigen Mittel. Besonders auffällig ist die Zunahme von Zunahme von Extremereignissen.
Der langfristige Erwärmungstrend in Deutschland setzt sich weiter fort (Grafik). Das Jahr 2025 war demnach erneut deutlich zu warm, sonnig und zu trocken im Vergleich zum langjährigen Mittel.

Besonders auffällig ist die Zunahme von Extrem-ereignissen. Häufigere Hitzewellen, längere Trockenphasen und intensivere Niederschläge zeigen, dass sich das Klima nicht nur erwärmt, sondern auch variabler und extremer wird. Diese Entwicklungen stellen Gesellschaft, Infrastruktur und Umwelt vor wachsende Herausforderungen.

 Der DWD betont die Bedeutung hochwertiger Klimadaten und neuer Modellansätze, insbesondere sogenannter Referenz-Ensembles. Diese liefern eine verlässliche Grundlage, um zukünftige Klimarisiken
besser einzuschätzen und Anpassungs-maßnahmen zu planen.

Zugleich unterstreicht die Behörde die Notwendigkeit, Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung stärker voranzutreiben.
Nur durch eine Kombination aus Emissionsminderung und gezielten Anpassungsstrategien lassen sich die
Folgen des Klimawandels begrenzen.

Insgesamt macht der Deutsche Wetterdienst deutlich, dass auch Deutschland bereits spürbar vom Klimawandel betroffen ist und entschlossenes Handeln immer dringlicher wird.
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Surprise surprise / pointing out the obvious
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The French embassy in Germany will finance research stays of up to 3 months for early carreer researchers employed in German academia- list of research fields& other details in their link (EN/FR/DE available). Worth sharing with PhDs~ @rtg2271.bsky.social www.science-allemagne.fr/appels-actue...
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Technologies d'avenir 2026 : l'appel à candidature est ouvert ! (deadline: 20/05/2026) - Science Allemagne
1. Présentation et objectifs   L’Ambassade de France en Allemagne (e Service pour la science et la technologie et Service de coopération et d’action culturelle) souhaite renforcer la coopération franc...
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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Introducing skytrails by @kennypeng.bsky.social, a way to browse posts across Bluesky! Follow trails to navigate the space of content/conversations here, and discover new interests beyond your usual feeds 🕸️ I'll talk more about it tomorrow in my talk at #atscience #atmosphereconf!
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
codeinplace.stanford.edu Sharing this Python coding course from Stanford (bc they asked me to by email) - it's free, interactive, and entirely online. I took it 3 years ago and it was fun 🙃 Very basic/intro level so like, accessible to anyone I think
codeinplace.stanford.edu
Code In Place
A free, human-centered, intro-to-coding course from Stanford University
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Kudos to the @teap2026.bsky.social team for the gamification of networking at the conference - Seriously, you're amazing 💛 Including vegan chocolate, individualized psych quotes on our bags - and a bingo that says if you have the same quote as me, please find me so I can check this field. 😏
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy #PiDay! Here's the first 1,000 digits of pi encoded as colours 🎨 made with #RStats
Digits of pi encoded as colours, arranged as a spiral with the symbol pi in the middle
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 08/03/2026
Today on #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate outstanding women whose research spans the disciplines – from mathematical imaging to medieval diets, translations on reproductive health, designing better cities, planetary science, forensic science, and female friendships. media.leverhulme.ac.uk
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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📢 Our ViolEx 2.0 paper reached 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ citations 🥳 🎉 Congratulations to all RTG members! 🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Yesterday during lunch break I heard that my RTG is on bluesky now // follow @rtg2271.bsky.social 🥳 and, don't ask me how my brain works, but this made me want to make magic the gathering cards based on RTG researchers (there are magic card generators online) I volunteer myself as an example
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Caspar van Lissa 🟥 @cjvanlissa.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Call for Submissions for the Theory Methods Conference 2026, September 30-October 2! theorymethodssociety.org/conference.h... We invite you to: 1) Submit your proposal: edu.nl/mj9x6 2) Invite your colleagues/lab/(PhD) students, and encourage them to submit 3) Share this post
theorymethodssociety.org
Conference –
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The algorithmic curation of information online can exacerbate polarization and support the spread of misinformation. This review makes the case that social media algorithms amplify content from extreme parties, especially the far right, and threatens democracy. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Lara Orphal @laraorphal.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
:)
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PhD Representatives of Uni Marburg @promvermarburg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We were asked to forward this petition by the national German PhD representatives, to protect diversity research and disability studies in particular: weact.campact.de/petitions/di...
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Disability Studies bedroht: Kritisch-emanzipatorische Wissenschaft schützen und stärken!
• Hochschulen und Universitäten sind zentrale Akteurinnen bei der Umsetzung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention und der Förderung einer inklusiven, barrierefreien Gesellschaft. Der Abbau von Disability...
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Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Dix ans après, Paris se souvient. Le 13 novembre 2015, les terroristes frappaient Saint-Denis et Paris en plein cœur, sa jeunesse, sa liberté et sa joie de vivre. Ce soir-là, c’est notre humanité tout entière qui vacillait.
Visuel Fluctuat Nec Mergitur, Paris se souvient.
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PhD Representatives of Uni Marburg @promvermarburg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tomorrow is the PhD / Postdoc day at @unimarburg.bsky.social - meet us in the uni library at 3pm, or come earlier for the welcome speech, from 2pm. Workshops start from 4:15, no signing up required. We're looking forward to meeting you!
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Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
This was a fabulous, once in a lifetime colloquium -- and now the videos are available in high quality on the College de France web site @college-de-france.fr www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co... With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!
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Seeing the Mind, Educating the Brain | Collège de France
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Fran Sutherland @fransez.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Excellent 🧵 countering uncritical adoption of AI status quo
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Matthias Guggenmos @mguggenmos.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Random note: the term "metacognition" is typically attributed to John Flavell (1976). As I just found out, this is not true. It was likely first coined by Lila Gleitman et al (1972), as seen in this beautiful quote:
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Uta Frith @utafrith.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
John Flavell, a giant of developmental psychology, who introduced the study of metacognition, died peacefully at age 96. www.amacad.org/person/john-...
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John Hurley Flavell
John H. Flavell is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Flavell is a founder of social cognitive ...
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