Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You may have called someone who was being rude and annoying a "Karen." A downstream consequence of this trend is that people who happen to be named Karen are negatively stereotyped, merely for holding the same name. Our new research explores name-based stereotypes: doi.org/10.1080/1529... 010
Reposted by Natasha WoodAmber Seaward @amberseaward.bsky.social · 08/09/2026⚠️ Resources available for researcher safety and wellbeing ⚠️ Research in the extremism, security, and defence space can be dangerous, sensitive, and emotionally demanding. NABS+ have developed some guides to help researchers in these spaces: crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/re...crestresearch.ac.ukResearcher Safety and Wellbeing AdviceThe NABS+ ECR Steering Group have developed some helpful guides on researcher safety and wellbeing, synthesising advice from researchers in the fields, and direct researchers to existing resources and... 159
Reposted by Natasha WoodDavid Chester @davidchester.bsky.social · 19/08/2026AggreScale, part of the ManyScale project of @datingdecisions.bsky.social, is now live! It's the place to go for aggression scales and we hope to update it and grow it in the days to come. Huge thanks to Emily Pappalardo and James Marchment! www.manyscale.org/aggression/manyscale.orgAggreScale 1179
Reposted by Natasha WoodData Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 11/08/2026[137] The OSF Will Stop Accepting Your Research Files, You Can Use ResearchBox Instead datacolada.org/137 194
Reposted by Natasha WoodItai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 24/06/2026🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92 13533199
Reposted by Natasha WoodSamantha Joel @datingdecisions.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.comrelascale.comRelaScale - Psychological Measures and ConstructsRelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers. 59652
Reposted by Natasha WoodBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The sky is not falling; high-quality platforms (Prolific, Verasight, CR Connect) have low rates of apparent bots. osf.io/preprints/ps... But also not zero; vigilance is very much needed! 212857
Reposted by Natasha WoodEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/03/2026$2.45 billion NIH grant cuts and ~2300 terminated active research grants were DOGE'd in early 2025 Who were most affected? www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... Early career and women researchers 10391259
Reposted by Natasha WoodProtzko @protzko.bsky.social · 19/03/2026A threat to many fields of research wanting to conduct longitudinal evaluations is participants may remember their previous answers. Retest reliability, memory accuracy, long-term effects of interventions. We instead show people don't remember what they last said. doi.org/10.31234/osf... #psych 03010
Reposted by Natasha WoodJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Will AI become a confirmation bias machine? AI can be a powerful tool for truth-seeking. Yet, people might prefer to use AI to confirm their pre-existing beliefs, and features of AI systems (eg sycophancy) may make AI effective at justifying what people want to believe. osf.io/preprints/ps... 23313
Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social · 16/03/2026What would hurt more: Being rejected by someone who could have been a friend or someone who could have been a romantic partner? Lay beliefs and actual experiences of these situations might not match like you would think. New paper exploring this is out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 011
Reposted by Natasha WoodDr. Eric Wesselmann @ericwesselmann.bsky.social · 08/01/2026My co-edited volume in the The Journal of Social Psychology with Jim Wirth celebrating the career and legacy of Kipling Williams is now live. Thanks to editors Brad Okdie and John Edlund, and the authors who contributed. Finally, thank you Kip! www.tandfonline.com/toc/vsoc20/1...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Social PsychologyA Festschrift Honoring Dr. Kipling Williams: The Expansion of Ostracism Research; Guest Editor Names: James Wirth and Eric Wesselmann. Volume 166, Issue 1 of The Journal of Social Psychology 061
Reposted by Natasha WoodData Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 18/11/2025[130] Researchbox: Even easier to use than before. More transparently permanent. datacolada.org/130datacolada.org[130] ResearchBox: Even Easier to Use and More Transparently Permanent than Before - Data ColadaOver the past 10 years or so, posting data, code, and materials for published papers has gone from eccentric to mundane. There are a few platforms that enable sharing research files, including Researc... 1105
Reposted by Natasha WoodJennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Y'all. N>3,800. !!!!!!! Goodness gracious. 65826
Reposted by Natasha WoodBastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Three preregistered experiments with prolific participants (N = 2,254) found no evidence for experimenter demand effects osf.io/preprints/ps... 26621
Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Really great research on schadenfreude from my Ole Miss lab mate! 🎉 030
Reposted by Natasha WoodSa-kiera Hudson @sakierahudson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I am early, but here is the fall writing worksheet for those who love to plan! If you can't tell, I feel the summer is over, and I'm already gearing up for the fall 😭😭😭 docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comFall 2025 Writing Goals Worksheet [TEMPLATE]Building a Fall Practice of Writing in 2025 *Download a copy to edit In some ways, writing during the school year is easier than writing during the summer. While there tends to be many more meetings ... 062
Reposted by Natasha WoodJournal of Social and Personal Relationships @josoperrel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025🌐Online First Publication: Leckfor et al.’s study tested whether intimate conversation builds social connection as effectively over text as in person. doi.org/10.1177/0265... #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishingdoi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 001
Natasha Wood @natasharwood.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Should you text or meet face-to-face to have a conversation? Our research shows greater benefits when talking in-person. If it is necessary to text, have more intimate conversation when possible. New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265... 1106
Reposted by Natasha WoodThe Love Consortium @theloveconsortium.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The Love Consortium Statistics Decision Tree launched today! Think of it like a choose-your-own adventure guide to help you identify the best analyses for your specific dataset and research question. theloveconsortium.org/so/9fPWyVE6Z... #DataScience #Statisticslnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 0118
Reposted by Natasha WoodDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that @debruine.bsky.social and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/06/intr...daniellakens.blogspot.comIntroducing PapercheckIntroducing Papercheck Introducing Papercheck An Automated Tool to Check for Best Practices in Scientifi... 517679
Reposted by Natasha WoodDaniel Gilbert @danielgilbert.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com 11245107
Reposted by Natasha WoodChristiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social · 25/04/2025🎉 Together with @sarahlutz.bsky.social: New paper out in Computers in Human Behavior Reports! We asked: After being excluded online or offline do people cope by staying in the same space or by escaping it? 🧵: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...doi.orgRedirecting 1135
Reposted by Natasha WoodSa-kiera Hudson @sakierahudson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Not that I can focus very well right now, but I still try. So here is the summer writing goals worksheet for those who use it. docs.google.com/document/d/1... #Productivitydocs.google.comSummer 2025 Writing Goals Worksheet [TEMPLATE]Building a Summer Practice of Writing in 2025 *Download a copy to edit If January is a mythical month for productivity, the summer is even more magical. It’s the time where you simultaneously get to ... 1238
Reposted by Natasha WoodDr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 26/03/2025🚨Thrilled to share our new research note: "In the Trenches: A Hands-on Approach to Teaching Data Collection in Terrorism Studies." Co-authored w/ Dr. Sarah Carthy & based on a course that trained 400+ grad students at Leiden in open source data collection. pt.icct.nl/article/tren...pt.icct.nlIn the Trenches: A Hands-on Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Data Collection Skills in Terrorism Studies | Perspectives on TerrorismThe burgeoning availability of open-source information on individuals who have been radicalised offers new opportunities to build, expand, and disaggregate rich databases on the characteristics of the... 12822
Reposted by Natasha WoodDr. Eric Wesselmann @ericwesselmann.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Like to play Tabletop RPGs, like D&D or Pathfinder? My PhD student is conducting a study on people's motives & experiences in these games. Feel free to share with your fellow gamers! 024