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Martin Thirkettle

@thundercauldron.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Applied Cognitive Psychology at The Open University. Interested in visual cognition, perception.

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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📢 Vacancy (2/2) | Lecturer in Psychology Join The Open University’s School of Psychology & Counselling and the Centre for Protecting Women Online. 💡Teaching & research. 📍 Hybrid 📅 Closing: 5 July 2026 🔗 jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📢 Vacancy (1/2) | Lecturer in Psychology Join The Open University’s School of Psychology & Counselling as a Lecturer in Psychology. 📅 Closing date: 2 July 2026 🔗 Apply: jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer... @sarahcrafter.bsky.social @profgrahampike.bsky.social @catrionahavard.bsky.social
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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🎥 How Research Shaped NICE Depression Treatment Guidelines and impacted care | OPRC Public Lecture re-cap Dr Felicitas Rost explores how evidence shaped NICE guidelines—impacting practice across the UK. 📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lx... @thundercauldron.bsky.social
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
New newsletter tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-myth… It's about the how we imagine the voting public. And how this is distorted by polling, and faulty intuitions about statistics. And there's n-dimensionap geometry and a statistic gag in there too
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The mythical median voter
Most people have an above average number of legs, and what that means for our political imagination
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The Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
OPRC at The Open University champions creative, critical and socially engaged psychological research that addresses real social challenges and informs practice. Follow to keep up with events, research insights & opportunities to engage: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/company/the-... 🔗 bsky.app/profile/oprc...
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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Bayesball! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The Bayesian nature of baseball. From Brantley & @kordinglab.bsky.social
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