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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!

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Junior Specialist- Munakata Lab

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Of course, the results from this excellent analysis are rough (But don’t warrant “English majors can’t read.”). Perhaps a more apt comparison than with flagship schools are studies testing understanding of critical information within other majors (e.g., Can psychologists interpret a p-value?…)

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This is me. I grew up where the data were collected and majored in English at Kansas. To give the kids some credit: Modernizing 1850s Dickens is not easy. Try it. And, the study aimed to see if students ill-equipped to comprehend complex, archaic texts picked up those skills in college.

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Thanks for the catch! The link expired but it’s back up now for 30 days.

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Special thanks goes to my friend and fellow scientist Thornton Thompson, for sharing his OpEd with @jmoltke.bsky.social & @psmitchej.bsky.social, my incredible advisor @yukomunakata.bsky.social for the encouragement, and @ucdavispsych.bsky.social. www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I wrote an OpEd arguing against funding cuts to NIH and NSF and their devastating impact for the newspaper I grew up with, the Morning Sun, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Keep spreading the word, wherever you can. morningsun.net/stories/maki...

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Making the case for science - The Morning Sun

I am a research scientist at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. Before that, I was a student in Pittsburg Community Schools: I started kindergarten at Lakeside and g...

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I’ll see you all there. Join!

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Jesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

A quick scan of the small N’s from the manuscript also suggests an error in reporting. N=59 data retained, but N=57 in reported gender and in the school year demographics.

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