iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23h

This is a deep and powerful report from the @standupforscience.net Foundation. It is thorough and deep but worth the time to read. www.standupforscience.foundation/forging-the-...

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Advancing science for the public good.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Appreciate the kind words! And yeah, I've been waiting for years to go on that particular diatribe, and TiCS boxes seem custom made for it.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the math maths, whole thing has null accuracy

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

back on bsky after much time away, partly to shamelessly self-promote new papers and lab, partly to antagonize @dpmoriarity.bsky.social. i am only good at one of these.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is also officially my first "independent paper without mentors" and, fittingly, represents both a continuation of and departure from their work. Coming of age moment in TiCS was not on my bingo card for 2026.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Culmination of many years of work and thought in my little sub area of psych and neuro. Big thanks to @gushennings.bsky.social and @plaing94.bsky.social for helping bring this one home. We hope it provokes thought and improvement in the realm of fear generalization research.

screenshot of title of trends in cognitive sciences review titled "trends in cognitive neuroscience"

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The psychometrics nerd in me cringes at my RIR inflation for the big 3 while also confidently assuming 0 measurement error

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Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Beyond snark: I am always amazed by the popular media's concept that neuroscientists are paragons of brain health.🧠 We study brains, but most of us are legit weirdos living unbalanced lives for the privilege of hyperfocusing on our esoteric interests. Insight, yes. Guiding 🌟... not so much.😂

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

To be fair Dan is on the internet way more than I am so I have more of an insufferableness buffer

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Damn, us UMN folks just get a high scale 4 and call it a day, temple is built different

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I regretted it the second I sent it

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

So what you're saying is you're ready and able to join the SRP deadlifting club?

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Mark Shuquan Chen @markschen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We're hiring! The Emotion and Psychopathology in Context Lab at Harvard invites applications for a full-time RA/lab manager to start in 2026 summer. Ideal for students preparing for graduate study (e.g., clinical psych). Please consider sharing & applying! jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive...

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Research Assistant I

Company Description: By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds...

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

📈New research: To foster more thoughtful consumption, psychologists have developed an online tool that can inoculate consumers against misleading media tactics and could be used across educational, media, and healthcare settings. Read more in #PSPB: ow.ly/17F350YbXWl

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🚨Faculty position just dropped. We are seeking a Psychology Clinic Director at the @unm.edu Dept of Psychology psychclinic.unm.edu, this position is focused on clinical training of PhD students in sunny, affordable, and progressive New Mexico. Come join us! unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Solomon Kurz @solomonkurz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The 0.5.0 version of my {brms} + {tidyverse} translation of McElreath's "Statistical Rethinking" (2nd ed) is up! solomon.quarto.pub/sr2/ 1/3 #rstats

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Statistical rethinking 2 with rstan and the tidyverse

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Dr. Sarah Sperry @drsarahsperry.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🚨My trainee Victoria Murphy, data architect Gabriel Mongefranco, and I are pleased to share 🌟EMA-CleanR: R code to pre-process, clean, and visualize ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data! Documentation: teamdynamix.umich.edu/TDClient/210... Code: github.com/DepressionCe...

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EMA-CleanR: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data Processing in R

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

chefs kiss for the raincloud plots finally showing up, esp in a major medical journal!

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Blair Wisco @bwisco.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

UNCG will be hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in child clinical psychology! We are late in the cycle, so please help us circulate to any interested parties: spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/33557

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Clinical Psychology Assistant Professor

The Department of Psychology at UNC-Greensboro invites applications for a tenure-track position in Clinical Psychology (Assistant Professor level), to begin August 1, 2026. The Department of Psycholog...

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Noah Emery, PhD @noahemery.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Me: The NIH Data Archive has to be the worst interface I’ve ever worked with! Clinicaltrials.gov: Hold my beer!

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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

%notin% coming soon to an #rstats environment near you 🤩 developer.r-project.org/blosxom.cgi/...

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Daily News: R-devel/NEWS

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Demetri @phdemetri.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.

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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

It's PhD application season. If you are applying for a PhD in neuroscience or biomedical field or are mentoring someone who is applying, please check out our @storiesofwin.bsky.social episode with advice! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

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Neuroscience PhD applications — Stories of WiN

Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano chats with Dr. Ben Giasson, the director of the neuroscience PhD program at the University of Florida, to demystify the PhD application process.

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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If you're a member of the HiTOP Society, I hope you'll consider voting for me for President 💛 I'd be delighted to lead us in this new chapter Ballots went out today so we can join the current deluge of exciting election results And whether or not you vote for me - please do vote!

A photo of me and statement I wrote about running for President/President-Elect of the new HiTOP Society:

"I’m so excited to be nominated as President for our new HiTOP Society! I’ve been part of HiTOP for a decade now and have worked hard to advance both the science and the scientific organisation. My research has focused on strengthening the structural validity evidence at HiTOP’s foundations, and I’m committed to improving the model as much as we can.

My leadership in HiTOP started with co-chairing the Revisions Workgroup in 2018, and leading the development of our revisions protocol. This role gave me a seat on the Executive Committee of the Consortium where I’ve worked to strengthen the organisation—for example, proposing and writing our monthly updates for six years, building and maintaining our new website, and using feedback from our members to develop a strategic plan to address the issues many of you raised. That work has also underpinned our shift to a society model, and I would be very proud to have the opportunity to lead us in this new chapter.

I have some ideas of specific things we can work on—setting up awards and small grants for members, for example—but my main focus would be hearing from you all and working to build an organisation that reflects our shared values and ambitions in shaping the future of HiTOP."

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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

@samcooper.bsky.social @jfguassimoreira.bsky.social Target article for today's lab meeting...w/ help from ShackSlides & my Wisco buddy, Joao ... wishing Shmuel & Christian were in position to appreciate this

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

appreciate the shout out, also wish they could engage with this newer work. hope the lab enjoyed! also thanks for picking out Joao's figures!

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Benjamin Katz @benjaminwkatz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

When “OCD” is used as an adjective, it trivializes and invalidates the real suffering and courage of people living with this serious and debilitating condition.

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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Come do a postdoc at the Wu Tsai Institute! WTI fellows have freedom to work with anyone at the institute, and preference is given to applicants who want to work on interdisciplinary projects with multiple faculty mentors. If you’re interested to work with me, please reach out!

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

That's weird, your brother also designed my logo

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 24/07/2025

✨ The Quant Family Collective (QFC) is a mentorship and community network aimed at providing resources and support to trainees and researchers in psychology learning advanced quantitative methods.

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Anne Maheux - Quant Family Collective

Learning stats is hard. Join the QFC and we’ll do it together!

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Leaning towards getting it, but the cure system is horrible. Biggest question: can you still change your console clock to beat the End? 😬

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Says something about me that I saw the thumbnail and my gut reaction was "don't see error bars"

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

something I genuinely want to know bc I'm out of the loop and hopefully helpful for others: have many programs fully moved to zoom interviews, or still lots bringing people in person + requiring applicants to spend some money for travel?

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Tom Olino @olinotom.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle! There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally. u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...

u.osu.edu

Accepting 1-2 new students this cycle! ☝️/✌️

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

or i just budget grant money very very very poorly

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

you are far too kind...and #TwoStreamDream is trademarked for lab shirts, you'll be hearing from my legal team

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Autumn Kujawa @akujawa.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods). See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.

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Mood, Emotion & Development Laboratory

The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

📩 Interested or have questions? Email: samuel.cooper@austin.utexas.edu 📍 I’ll be at SRP • SPR • ACNP — happy to chat in person about the position. Please share widely with anyone currently/soon to be on the postdoc market, and best of luck to all looking for positions. #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

UT is a rewarding place to work + Austin is an amazing place to live (heat aside). The market is tough right now and folks are rightfully concerned. Due to UT’s resources + new lab grants (incl state funding), we expect a stable funding environment for postdocs + opportunities for your own funding.

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Sam Cooper PhD @samcooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity @ UT Austin! I’m recruiting a clinical psychologist or neuroscientist to join us in 2025/2026. Our work: fear/threat + fMRI + EMA + HiTOP + anxiety/trauma/OC psychopathology in adults & adolescents + fancy stats! 📄 Description: tinyurl.com/2jfk8d8m 🌐 Lab: www.scoop-lab.com

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cooper_postdoc_description_2025.pdf

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I will be interviewing for a clinical psychology PhD student in the Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab this interview cycle. Please see our website for more info about what we do + share with applicants you think might be a good fit. share.google/uJRyS3NY9Kdo...

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Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab – University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology

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Yannik Stegmann @yannikstegmann.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🚨Our latest paper is now out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social: We show how aversive generalization and contexts interact at electrocortical levels, demonstrating modulations of cues and contexts into different frequencies of the ssVEP. With @gamerlab.bsky.social! Check it out: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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The impact of inherently aversive contexts on visuocortical processing of generalized threat

Abstract. Adapting behavior to environmental demands is a fundamental aspect of survival. In the face of unfamiliar potential dangers, organisms display a wide range of defensive mechanisms, such as u...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/05/2025

🚨Hiding under 6 sections of science sounding rhetoric is an edict to appoint officers at each agency that will be responsible for detecting research that isn't "Gold Standard Science" as defined by the White House🚨 Stay tuned for rapid response action! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Restoring Gold Standard Science

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

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