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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The 2026 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Law-Psychology Program Distinguished Alumni Award will be awarded to Eric Elbogen, PhD, MLS (ABPP). Dr. Elbogen is a board-certified forensic psychologist whose research & clinical work bridge law, policy, & mental health services for military vets.

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Max Spohn @maxspohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A research agenda for making evidence useful, usable and used in policymaking - out in NHB now: nature.com/articles/s41... Reach out to chat about evidence adoption! With Amira Boland, Jessica Lasky-Fink, @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, Weston Merrick, @pedroreybiel.bsky.social, @tedsvo.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do anti-bias jury instructions work as intended? A large mock jury study found that anti-bias and race-based instructions inconsistently reduced bias—and sometimes produced counterintuitive effects. 🔗 Read article here: doi.org/10.1037/law0... #psychlaw #lawpsych | @apajournals.bsky.social

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m grateful and excited to share that I’m starting a new role as Director of the Law-Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. In so many ways, it feels like coming home. This feeling is particularly special for me.

Woman smiling, holding a sign that says "Hired as a Husker"

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Drawing on in-depth interviews, new research examines transgender & gender-diverse people’s experiences in the Canadian carceral system following the 2022 implementation of Commissioner’s Directive 100. 🔗 doi.org/10.1037/law0... #PsychLaw #LawPsych | @apajournals.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Risk assessments are increasingly visible in criminal legal systems worldwide, but concerns remain about whether they may unfairly influence sentencing outcomes. Recent research examines this critical question. 🔗 Read here: doi.org/10.1037/law0... #psychlaw #lawpsych | @apajournals.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New research finds that bills named after victims (eponymous legislation) may receive greater support than comparable legislation w/o a named narrative, regardless of policy quality or effectiveness. Read more: doi.org/10.1037/law0... #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law @apajournals.bsky.social

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Miranda warnings are among the most recognizable legal protections in the U.S., but how do they function in practice? Findings from a recent systematic review and meta-analysis offer insights: 🔗 doi.org/10.1037/law0... #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law @apajournals.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Meet the Editorial Team Join us in welcoming Dr. Robyn Mooney, one of our 2026 Editorial Fellows! #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law @apajournals.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

How does the legal system understand human memory? Research argues that early memory tests offer more reliable insights than traditional courtroom practices, w/ direct implications for policy & practice. 🔗 awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/2026-99536-001.html #psychlaw #lawpsych @apajournals.bsky.social

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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Trump fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation NSB not only advises the administration & Congress on national science policy, it oversee $9-billion in science funding ✏️ @science.org

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Trump fires NSF's oversight board

Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This was an interesting read. “Intuition” by Allegra Goodman. Published in 2006, with themes of scientific integrity, fraud, and politics.

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 21/04/2026

I'd like to introduce you all to a personal project I've been working on recently. It's called Heimdall, and it's an MRMS + ProbSevere situational awareness monitor for CONUS scale severe weather. It's got roaming, alerts, archive mode, and is fully client side. heimdall.stormscale.io

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Postdoc available! There are two T32 positions at Minnesota focusing on developmental psychopathology, with a large selection of potential mentors. I could serve as primary mentor for someone interested in intersections with metascience and/or diversity. Apply now! drive.google.com/file/d/18SoO...

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Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD @lluaces.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I just added “do my to-do list” to my to-do list so here we are

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Do I know anyone (or do YOU know anyone) who was RIF'd from the NSF SBE Directorate?

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Lori Hoetger @profloriann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My forthcoming article, Voluntary-ish? Psychology & Consent to Search, is now live on SSRN! I welcome any comments and thoughts on this paper. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

VOLUNTARY-ISH? PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSENT TO SEARCH

LORI A. HOETGER

Consent to search occupies a central place in Fourth Amendment doctrine, yet courts continue to evaluate voluntariness using a framework that assumes individuals can freely choose whether to consent during inherently coercive police-citizen encounters. Scholars have long criticized this approach, some even concluding that meaningful consent is impossible and calling for abolition of consent searches altogether. No United States jurisdiction, however, has taken that step. This Article offers a different path. It argues that voluntariness is not a binary concept but exists along a spectrum, and that the Fourth Amendment should require what I term “voluntary-ish” consent: choices made under conditions that include sufficient protections, given the coercive pressures of police encounters, to afford individuals a full and fair opportunity to decide. Drawing on psychological theory and empirical research, this Article explains how existing consent doctrine misunderstands human decision-making and why current safeguards are insufficient to protect citizens. Building on this analysis, this Article critiques leading scholarly proposals to reform or abolish consent searches and advances an original, psychology-informed framework for recalibrating constitutional consent. By identifying concrete, theory-backed protections that can move consent closer to the free-will end of the voluntariness spectrum, this Article demonstrates how courts and policymakers can better respect individual autonomy without unduly hampering law enforcement investigations.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

By a 6–3 vote, and with no opinion, the Supreme Court throws out a lower court decision denying qualified immunity who killed an unarmed, mentally ill man by using "bodyweight force" to restrain him. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION
24-1099 SMITH, KYLE, ET AL. V. SCOTT, ROCHELLE, ET AL.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The
judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for further
consideration in light of Zorn v. Linton, 607 U. S. ___ (2026)
(per curiam). Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice
Jackson would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

"In the first major case in which the Court granted emergency relief as a means of shaping nationwide policy, it turns out that the justice who led the charge was the one who was doing quite a bit more than calling balls and strikes." Me on Saturday's @nytimes.com scoop in today's "One First":

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221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan

Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket. And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.

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Sacha Epskamp @sachaepskamp.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Exam prep for a research and statistics exam in 2026! sachaepskamp.com/PL2132_games...

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It’s time again for your regular reminder:

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 11/04/2026

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Meet the Editorial Team Welcome back to Dr. Andrea Avila, JD, PhD! Dr. Avila previously served as one of our outstanding 2024 Editorial Fellows, and we’re delighted to have her return as an Associate Editor. #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Ever wondered whether APA publishes a journal on a certain topic? Check out our journal finder to learn about our 85+ publications! www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

This is very very big. Like a big deal and massive cuts. These can’t even be seen as budgetary since you don’t get much savings in the context of trillions budget. They want the US out of R&D out of science research.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

🚨 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀 🚨 AI can be an excellent tool for truth-seeking. But people may not *want* to use AI to search for the truth. Instead, they may prefer to use it to confirm their pre-existing beliefs. New working paper (with @jayvanbavel.bsky.social): osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🚨 New preprint 🚨 Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions. Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased! osf.io/preprints/ps... Thread 🧵

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

[tess] but you meet one d'urberville and all of a sudden, what do they call you

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This is a great book. Well-written fiction, but interwoven with actual history about insane asylums (with real historical photos and sources). Includes some of Thomas Story Kirkbride’s writings about the original vision for these asylums. AND the story itself is great … recommend it!

Night Watch, Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Jayne Anne Phillips

Quote from Kirkbride on first page of the book

Drawing of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston West Virginia

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Recent findings from a national correspondence audit experiment show that people who have been wrongfully convicted continue to face major barriers to reentry. 🔗 Read the full article here: psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-... #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law @apajournals.bsky.social

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Tess Neal @tessneal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Excited for & proud of Maya Irvin-Vitela, a PhD student I'm lucky enough to work with, who published her master's thesis project today in Aggressive Behavior. This work was done with Monica Marsee and later me too when I joined the team. #psychology #science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Nick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Excited to see this work out! We show that attention can rapidly learn to ignore salient distractions within 1-2 exposures. Interestingly, this learned suppression is highly contingent on an initial instance of capture! More to come! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @yuezhang-mu.bsky.social

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From Capture to Control: Initial Capture Increases Learned Suppression - Yue Zhang, Nicholas Gaspelin, 2026

Salient stimuli have the potential to distract us from our immediate goals. Much research has therefore aimed to understand how we learn to use attention to res...

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Make sure to keep an eye out for copies of APA Journals Law and Human Behavior and Psychology, Public Policy, and Law at #apls2026! @ap-ls.org @pppl-journal.bsky.social

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Starter QR code for APLS goers to share is below #APLS2026 #AcademicHaiku

QR code for AP-LS 2026 Conference Starter Pack

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Incompetence rates Are WAY higher than the oft- Cited past base rates. (Our state data at 60% incompetent to stand trial vs. the famous 27.5% stat) Me but led by @jenperillo.bsky.social #APLS2026 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku

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Tina @tinaz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Happy to share a recording of our discussion last night with exoneree Lee Cark & the Proof podcast. Please watch and share to get the message out about wrongful conviction and ways people can help. @montclairlocalnews.bsky.social @innocencenetwork.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muak...

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Sentence options show crim responsibility Is dimensional. King, Montclair St. #APLS2026 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku

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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Hey #PsychLaw people: Going to APLS? Here's a Starter Pack: (comment if you're going & want to be added) go.bsky.app/D7z7Sqj

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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

How does the naming of a bill influence support? Recent research in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law suggests laws named after victims of tragedies are more likely to receive public support by eliciting sympathy. Read the APA press release: bit.ly/4cdmvNU @pppl-journal.bsky.social

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We’re excited to see APA spotlight newly published research from PPPL! The study provides experimental evidence that victim narratives can significantly increase public support for proposed legislation—independent of policy content. #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law

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Psychology, Public Policy, and Law @pppl-journal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Meet the Editorial Board: Next up is Dr. Rebecca Helm, one of our amazing associate editors. Welcome, Dr.@rebeccakhelm.bsky.social! #psychlaw #lawpsych #psychology #law @apajournals.bsky.social

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's from your manuscript

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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