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Francesco Tortora @francescotortora.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey folks! Check out our new preprint!📍 Bridging animal and human research, we dynamically manipulated contextual properties in VR to investigate how elemental and configural representations interact to shape the human defensive system across multiple response domains. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Tina Lonsdorf @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

we have an open position for a post-doc (100%) or PhD student (75%) at Bielefeld University - starting 1.11 or later (there is room for flexibility). jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/view/503...

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have decided to move most of my professional social media communication to LinkedIn. I simply don't like the idea of character restrictions that are bypassed anyway by threads at the cost of a clear structure. If you want to keep in touch, connect with me here: www.linkedin.com/in/mreutter/

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Btw it gets even more confusing when we add the layer of between- vs. within-subject errorbars. Here is an experimental plot I did for my dissertation, visualizing between-errors on points and within-errors on lines. The underlying R code is a mess 🥲

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Interesting point! I agree that the confidence bands don't contribute anything useful here but it is because errors are mostly uniform both within and between categories. The overall insight of homoscedasticitiy in this data, however, is extremely useful (but could be communicated more efficiently)

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is not limited to errors but also relevant for central tendency: If you plot median and inter-quartile range but do a parametric test where M and SE-based CI are of essence, things don't match. Of course, Md and IQR are relevant for statistical assumptions but show them additionally to M and SE

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thank you! Very thought-provoking post! My humble take is that your plot should always represent your statistical analysis. Using frequentist statistics? Plot the 95% CI (or whatever represents your alpha-level and one- vs. two-sidedness)! Bayesian statistics? Credibility interval it is!

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coscieegpers.bsky.social @coscieegpers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Join #EEGManyAnalysts: Analyze data with your pipeline and help improve EEG research. Details & Sign-up 🔗 coscience-personality.com/manyanalysts #EEG @eegmanypipes.bsky.social @eegmanylabs.bsky.social @eeglab.bsky.social @fieldtriptoolbox.bsky.social @igor-dgps.bsky.social @therealspr.bsky.social

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I totally agree that virtually all of us can do better in communicating the meaning of our results! On the flipside, what are your thoughts on oversimplification - as can often be seen when the media are communicating scientific results?

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#PUG2026 continues. Watch out for further work from the Gamer lab 👇

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

If you want to join but are not part of the society, send me a PN and I will send you the Zoom link :)

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

"Attention Toward Threat: Effects of Faces on Fear Generalization and Attentional Bias" This is the title of the talk, which I am thankful to be able to present in the virtual colloquium of the @dgps.bsky.social section bio- and neuropsychology on Friday 12:00 - 13:00. @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

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Danny von Merkwürden (London Calling-Ära) @dannykapunkt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Ach, und könntet ihr bitte ALLE diese Petition gegen ein Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinären Personen unterzeichnen? Danke. epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Absolutely great idea! I also like the design choice of making it its own function that aligns with natural language instead of just adding a parameter to the filter function, which would more likely be missed by users.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Thanks a lot for making me aware! What a timing :)

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I guess it would be nice to have a function "filter_out" that only DROPS values that evaluate to TRUE in its argument, keeping NAs in the data.frame. The alternative, as always, is that you handle NAs explicitly in your function but it's just easy to forget them :)

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I cannot state this enough: The filter function cannot know if the logical values it received stem from a comparison of equvialence (e.g., x == 1) or of inequivalence (e.g., x != 2). It just receives a vector of logical values (including NAs). Therefore, it only makes sense to drop NA values.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Surprisingly, both 2 and NA get dropped, leaving only a tibble with the first entry of x == 1. The reason behind this is that NA != 2 gets evaluated as NA and not as TRUE and NAs are dropped in filter (which makes sense).

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What do you think will be the result of the following line of R code? tibble(x = c(1, 2, NA)) %>% filter(x != 2) I was rather surprised to find out :). The answer is in the comments. #rstats

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It was very insightful to see where the statistical tools that we use every day come from and why they are the way they are!

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"Do one thing every day that scares you." —Mary Schmich Last Sunday, I participated in a workshop on "The Mathematical Basics of Statistical Tests and Estimators for Psychologists" by Susanne Frick and Julien Irmer during the conference of the section "Methods & Evaluation" of the @dgps.bsky.social

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Bertsch Lab - Uni Wuerzburg @bertsch-lab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We're further expanding our team!💼 An Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat (A13) position is now open in our group - check out the details below and feel free to share!🙌 #ClinicalPsychology #JobOpening

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🚨 Come work with us! A 3-year postdoc position is available in my group, focusing on gaze interactions in real and virtual environments. The job ad is only in German, since a certain level of German proficiency is required. Please share widely! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Exciting news! Our latest paper is now published 🎉 We dive into the fear generalization literature to see how individual fear gen profiles are typically quantified, extracted the most commonly used measures, and compared them using simulated and empirical data: doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

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Psychometric Considerations in Assessing Fear Generalization as a Predictor of Anxiety

The ability to adaptively transfer acquired fear to novel situations is fundamental for survival in ever-changing environments and may contribute to t…

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Very glad to share my first published PhD paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We provide evidence of the behavioral/cognitive costs of overcoming automatic approach-avoidance responses triggered by affective stimuli. Huge thanks to my supervisors @gamerlab.bsky.social and @Andre Pittig

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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library

This study advances our understanding of how individuals control automatic approach and avoidance tendencies to appetitive and aversive stimuli. Merging behavioral, physiological, and oculomotor resp...

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IGOR DGPs @igor-dgps.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🧠♻️ IGOR Symposium "Open Science Initiatives in Biopsychological Research" 🗓️ Fri, 20.06 | 🕥 10:30–12:00 📍 0.004 @ocklenburg.bsky.social C. Artemenko @mariame.bsky.social @alinakoppold.bsky.social @caggursoy.bsky.social @ufangyang.bsky.social @mreutter.bsky.social @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social [3/6]

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Looking forward to a great symposium! Join us on Friday at 10:30 in the Audimax! 🤩

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Looking forward to this inspiring symposium with amazing speakers! I'm honored to be part of this 🥰

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Navigation on the slides is done by using the arrow keys. You can also click the three horizontal lines on the bottom left to open the outline and jump to any section!

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

For your best experience, the slides are created using RMarkdown/quarto. Thus, the R code on each slide is evaluated and the result is directly shown. You can also easily copy code components from the slides into your R scripts using the copy button on the top right of each code chunk.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

📊Do you want to learn data analysis with R?📊 🔓Check out these free and open materials!🔓 1. Crash course (~4 hrs; part 1 only): spressi.github.io/precision_wo... 2. Full course (~20 hrs): spressi.github.io/biostats/ #rstats

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Our article with @gamerlab.bsky.social and @jannateigeler.bsky.social has now been published Open Access 🔓 in Behaviour Research and Therapy🥳 doi.org/10.1016/j.br...

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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her) @helenahartmann.com · 05/03/2025

Die Fachgruppe Biologische Psychologie und Neuropsychologie der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) e.V. und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) schreiben drei Förderpreise für #Wisskomm in der Biologischen Psychologie aus! @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Neue Errungenschaft freigeschaltet: Mein Zug hat sich verfahren 🤣

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HeinLab @hein-lab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

‼️Job alert 4-year PhD or postdoc position‼️ In this project we use ultra-high field 7T functional neuroimaging and computational modeling to investigate the effects of learning and social influence on chronic and acute pain. Applications for a PhD or a postdoc position are welcome.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states: “'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell." Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Here is the histogram of social anxiety scores. Almost half of the scores are above the optimal remission cutoff by von Glischinski et al. (2018).

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

We also observed generalization patterns in heart rate modulation💓 and pupil size changes🥺. Notably, only individuals with high anxiety showed an acceleration component↗️ after initial fear bradycardia↘️, indicating defensive reactions🛡️ on top of orienting responses🧭.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

We replicated an attentional bias towards eyes compared to mouth and nose but individuals were able to adjust towards diagnostic facial features. Interestingly, people with high anxiety looked to non-diagnostic regions more quickly (hyperscanning?).

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Participants acquired fear quickly and generalized it to morphs of faces (osf.io/wgqnj/wiki/h...) in a curved fashion✅. Highly anxious individuals showed overall higher subjective threat ratings✅ but no difference in generalization patterns compared to lowly anxious ones❌.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

🚨 Preprint Alert🚨 doi.org/10.31234/osf... Fear generalization😱 depends on attention 👀towards diagnostic stimulus aspects🧐 - now replicated in a sample with diverse levels of social anxiety🧑‍🤝‍🧑(N = 87). Implications for therapy🛋️! Thx to @gamerlab.bsky.social and @jannateigeler.bsky.social !

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Great talk by @fmriguy.bsky.social about health-related chances and pitfalls of social media 🤩👏. I would love your opinion on doi.org/10.1016/j.ch..., which uses temporal networks to offer a glimpse into the causal structure of well-being and social media use. Really convincing design in my opinion🧐

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Just stumbled across this. What would you conclude from this correlational structure? Spoiler: In the peer-reviewed and published paper, there is no discussion on how to draw a valid causal inference from these observational data 🙈 Source: doi.org/10.7759/cure... (Figure 1 "B")

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

🚨🚨🚨Important inquiry🚨🚨🚨 Who is going to the "Psychology and the Brain" 🧠conference this year in Hamburg and can play electrical bass? Our bassist sadly had to drop out and we are looking for a replacement😳. Please PN until Apr 14 to save the "PuG Band" this year!🤞

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I thought not centering continuous predictors completely changes what interactions mean. Imagine the interaction of two non-negative predictors. Without centering: low * low = very low; with centering: negative * negative = positive. I think the latter is preferable since it mirrors effect coding.

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I think z-scoring is a dominant strategy for statistical testing (interpretability of slopes due to standardization + interpretability of interactions due to centering). The problem is specific to visualization since practical information of mean and standard deviation are lost. Would you agree?

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Andrea Reiter @anrei.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

@ldeserno.bsky.social & me are recruiting a new postdoc to work with us in lovely Würzburg🍷🏰🚣‍♀️🌳 on the development of internalising/externalising symptoms / their computational basis.a collaborative project with @nathanieldaw.bsky.social happy to answer any question! www.psychjob.eu/de/job/post-...

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Ohja! Grandiose Wahl! Und falls es dir gefällt, empfehle ich als nächstes "Ender's Game" :)

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