Reposted by Martin ThirkettleThe 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... 101
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleThe 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 001
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleThe 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 001
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleTom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026New 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 tootomstafford.substack.comThe mythical median voterMost people have an above average number of legs, and what that means for our political imagination 222
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleThe Open Psychology Research Centre @oprc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026OPRC 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... 022
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleDorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Does 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): 331093423
Reposted by Martin ThirkettleNeuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Bayesball! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The Bayesian nature of baseball. From Brantley & @kordinglab.bsky.social 56220