Reposted by Oscar LecuonaDan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Nice to wake up to the news that our paper on the ESDist R package for calculating effect size distributions has been accepted for publication 🎉 Since our initial 2023 (!?) preprint we’ve made lots of improvements to the package based on feedback 0137
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaNathanael 🧦 Roy @sporkredfox.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The probability distribution function of standard Cauchy. Because its expected value has to be 0. Just look at it. I know it isn't but come on. It *looks* normal but this function is an abomination. 1479
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaEiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 11/02/2026LLMs good performance on medical exams does not translate to accurate performance in real-world settings (preregistered n~1,300 study). This can't be explained by current standard benchmarks for medical knowledge & simulated patient interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study - Nature MedicineIn a randomized controlled study involving 1,298 participants from a general sample, performance of humans when assisted by a large language model (LLM) was sensibly inferior to that of the LLM alone ... 47621
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaCédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 11/02/2026I just opted out of a workshop with a heavy heart when I learned it's a collab with DataCamp. No matter what, I'll maintain my boycott — why? Here is a detailed overview: dnlmc.medium.com/dont-use-dat... There are soooo many other options that value you, the community, and the instructors!dnlmc.medium.comDon’t use DataCampA timeline of transgressions & community response 13512
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaLaura Botzet @laura-j-botzet.bsky.social · 09/02/2026What do asexual women want? Paula Bange (research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/persons/p...) first asked this question over four years ago in her Master’s thesis. Now our results are published in Archives of Sexual Behavior: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comWhat Do Asexual Women Want? A Propensity Score Matching Study of Preferred Relationship Options and Ideal Partner Preferences - Archives of Sexual BehaviorResearch on whether asexual individuals desire (romantic) relationships and, if so, how they picture their ideal relationship has been growing in the past few years. However, less is known about the p... 2144
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaJohannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 25/01/2026"War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength" George Orwell, 1984 021
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaJunior Researcher Programme @jresearcherprog.bsky.social · 16/01/2026𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿? Are you eager to: 🚀 Lead your own research project? 🔬 Mentor psychology students from around the world on topics ranging from social media communication to AI-powered assistance? Read more ➡️ jrp.pscholars.org/supervisor-a... 034
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Amazing opportunity to develop dynamic and lasting projects and connections with other European fellows. Go #jschool2026! 010
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaDr Danny Penman @drdannypenman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Struggling with anger? Try this Body Scan meditation bit.ly/2qVkKhx #ArtOfBreathing #mindfulnessbit.ly 042
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaCopernicus ECMWF @handle.invalid · 14/01/2026The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @ecmwf.int 1143102
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Yay we got published! 🎉🤓 Following our 21 systematic reviews of interventions impacting strengths and well-being, we provide meta-analytic evidence for those claims, now live on Clinical Psychology Review: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Psychology #MetaAnalysis #WellBeing #AcademicSkysciencedirect.comEfficacy of cultivating human strengths and virtues on well-being: A one-stage meta-analytic structural equation modeling approachMental health research emphasizes the importance of fostering character strengths to promote well-being. However, whether the strengths supposedly dev… 152
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaCell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social 4242122
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 01/01/2026separados al nacer, "magia por los cuatro costados" #Monóculos2026 020
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Ahora si feliz añooo, así se empieza!!! #Monóculos2026 020
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Polka del circo para la tremenda CIRCA de este concierto #Monóculos2026 030
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 01/01/2026VALS DEL ARCOIRIS de una mujer afroamericana con dos ovarios. A tope Yannick #Monóculos2026 040
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaLa cabeza cortada del SrViteri @srviteri.bsky.social · 01/01/2026¡Campana, silbato, cosa frotada! ¡Tren a escala entre las flores! ¡Gorros ferroviarios! ¡Señales! MARAVILLOSO. #Monóculos2026 23311
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 01/01/2026SI QUE HAY BAILE TRAS LA DIGNIDAD DE LAS MUJERES Y encima con tjimotee chalamet #Monóculos2026 0102
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaSostieneNatalia @sostienenatalia.bsky.social · 01/01/2026'La dignidad de las mujeres'. Con toda la intención. Te queremos muchísimo, Yannick. #Monóculos2026media.tenor.coma woman is sitting in a chair with a napkin in her hand and the words `` you 're doing amazing sweetie '' .ALT: a woman is sitting in a chair with a napkin in her hand and the words `` you 're doing amazing sweetie '' . 1205
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaLa cabeza cortada del SrViteri @srviteri.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Terrible la tiranía woke, obligando a la gente a pasárselo bien. Directores gays, compositoras, piezas menos habituales… menudo sindiós. #Monóculos2026 1279
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaPaolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I wish 2026 is the year we stop the drain that scientific publishers impose on science. Instead of funding science, increasing shares of shrinking research budgets are funneled to publishers in exchange of.. not much. Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy 1209
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaPsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 29/12/2025A Unified Framework for Psychometrics in Experimental Psychology: The Standardized Generalized Hierarchical Factor Model: osf.io/gv6k7 075
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 14/12/2025A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1813057
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching. 18029
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaTom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 07/12/2025So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers. Here's what happened: scientiapsychiatrica.com/index.php/Sc...scientiapsychiatrica.comThe Impact of Social Media on Adolescent Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis | Scientia PsychiatricaIntroduction: The proliferation of social media has raised significant concerns about its potential effects on the mental health of adolescents. This meta-analysis aims to provide a comprehensive asse... 514675
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaDaniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 04/12/2025People post more code and preregister more, and have very positive attitudes about it www.nature.com/articles/s41... Increase in sample sizes: Bakker, M., Lê, T. T., & Marzalek, J. M. (2025). osf.io/preprints/ps...nature.comSurvey of open science practices and attitudes in the social sciences - Nature CommunicationsOpen science practices are becoming more common in the social sciences, but there is limited data on their popularity and prevalence. Here, using survey data, the authors provide evidence that levels ... 2126
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaSasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵theinfinitesimal.substack.comThe missing heritability question is now (mostly) answeredNot with a bang but with a whimper 14353167
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaChelsea Parlett @chelseaparlett.bsky.social · 21/11/2025IF YOURE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE UNCERTAINTY OF YOUR ESTIMATES WHY BOTHER DOING THE ANALYSIS AT ALL #pikasShoutStats 2469
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Just released my short course on Bayesian Data Analysis using JASP. Hope you find it useful! 📚Materials, scripts, data and links: doi.org/10.17605/OSF... 📺 Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #StatsEd #Bayes #OpenScience #Statistics #Teaching @rosenetwork.bsky.socialyoutube.comBayesian Data Analysis with JASP: Course for the EAM - YouTubeShort course to cover Bayesian Data Analysis. Starts at the foundations of probability and statistical inference, how Bayesian inference is built and how it ... 196
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 11/11/2025We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... 8644453
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Super relevant to ground the critique on scientific publishing. And the cause is pretty simple: the product they sell is made and refined for free, to then charge for it to the same community 030
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Este sábado 22 estaré con otras compañera, en mi caso hablando de la revolución de la credibilidad y la crisis de replicacion 031
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).science.orgRosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassmentSpurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t 3830521218
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaMiri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀 1/ 38723
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Engagement-based #algorithms amplify intergroup hostility + moral-emotional content, leading it to be overrepresented in your feed This leads us to falsely perceive that people want to see this kind of content and share more of it. This technology fuels false polarization: osf.io/preprints/os... 210538
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaRuben C. Arslan @ruben.the100.ci · 28/10/2025I built a DAG diagram with garden hoses for teaching. Pictured: a collider bias diagram, inspired by a blocked pipe situation I experienced (which I credit with giving me the intuition though it also ruined my belongings in the flooded cellar). 611122
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 31/10/2025In Madrid we face extraordinary cuts and losses in budget, my uni may be unable to pay workers in mid-term. This is caused by govt pushing privatization. Despite all of that we still fight for public, high-quality and autonomous education, making good research: www.rtve.es/noticias/202...rtve.es 010
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaAnne Scheel @annemscheel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025There still seems to be a lot of confusion about significance testing in psych. No, p-values *don’t* become useless at large N. This flawed point also used to be framed as "too much power". But power isn't the problem – it's 1) unbalanced error rates and 2) the (lack of a) SESOI. 1/ > 311242
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2025we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there 49102272324
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 21/09/2025"Progress in theorising means treating our theories as works in progress in need of continuous improvement, and this sometimes also means having to kill one’s darlings." Martijn van Zomeren and @ayseuskul.bsky.social introduce the ERSP special issue on theorizing in social psychology. #SocialPsycdoi.orgIntroduction to the ERSP special issue on “Reflections on social-psychological theorizing and the state of our field”Published in European Review of Social Psychology (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2025) 24011
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 22/09/2025many ppl highlighting flaws in this article. but having fought in the "80% desistance" wars of the mid-2010s, I remember asking anti-trans activists if they'd be ok if 80% of youth were helped by gender-affirming care (flipping their argument). & they *never* answered. b/c they want *zero* trans ppl 251975398
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.yahoo.comLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelTrump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet. 19826137619523
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Colleague added an open-access full-text + paper database in the same file, easy access to the full information: Link here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) A synthesis of RCTs on psychological interventions fostering strengths and virtues: Evidence from 21 systematic reviewsPDF | Research on mental health advocates the cultivation of character strengths to enhance well‐being. Existing meta‐analyses support positive... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re... 020
Oscar Lecuona @oscarlecuona.bsky.social · 19/08/2025We got published! We synthesized 21 systematic reviews of RCTs testing of interventions can impact character strengths and well-being. Almost 62k abstracts screened and immense work! doi.org/10.1111/aphw...doi.orgA synthesis of RCTs on psychological interventions fostering strengths and virtues: Evidence from 21 systematic reviewsResearch on mental health advocates the cultivation of character strengths to enhance well-being. Existing meta-analyses support positive correlations between strengths and well-being, and an increas... 233
Reposted by Oscar LecuonaGil Durán @gilduran.com · 07/08/2025Tech fascism, like the tech libertarianism that birthed it, specializes in hijacking left-wing ideals, repackaging them as right-wing ideology, and selling the resulting sludge as “moderate/centrist/common sense.” The roots of this go very deep. Keep an eye out! 9340113