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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us, Tuesday, October 6 at 1:00 for Rebecca Hasson: From Evidence to Action: Precision Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks More information & zoom link: events.umich.edu/event/152406 6050 ISR-Thompson

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SRC Seminar Series Presents: From Evidence to Action: Precision Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks | Happening @ Michigan

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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🇧🇷 Brazil, Latin America’s largest democracy, will hold presidential elections on Oct. 4. Join the Latin American Elections Hub for an expert panel discussing the stakes and implications of the election on Oct. 13, 3 to 4:20. RSVP and join us for the hybrid event: events.umich.edu/event/152569

On October 4, 2026, Brazil, Latin America’s largest democracy, will hold presidential elections. Voters will also elect members of the National Congress, governors and vice governors, and more than 1,000 state legislators. The elections come at a consequential moment for Brazil, amid concerns about corruption and inflation, disputes over tariffs and trade, and growing tensions with the Trump administration.

The Latin American Elections Hub (LATAM-EH) brings together a group of experts to discuss the stakes of the election for Brazil and its broader regional and international implications. The panel will analyze the results of the first round, the factors shaping voter behavior, and the prospects for a potential second round on October 25, 2026.

The panelists will be Cesar Zucco (Columbia University), Raphael Nishimura (University of Michigan, ISR), and Malu Gatto (University College London). The event chair is Pedro Luz de Castro of the University of Michigan. Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Director of the Latin American Elections Hub, is the discussant.

The event is hybrid, at Haven Hall 5679, and on Zoom. 10/13, 3-4:20

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Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation & Research Center @umchear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Join us Tuesday, September 29th at 9:00 AM with Joy Jang, PhD! 📆 Register for this Seminar: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📨 Subscribe to our ListServ: chear.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 🌐 More Events: chear.org/events @ihpidirector.bsky.social

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

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Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What "self-correction" looks like in action. We need more Pauls, and tooling that supports them.

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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The University of Michigan National Survey Panel (M-Panel) is now openly accepting questionnaire content from researchers. Would you like to ask questions to a national probability-based panel of adults in the U.S., with an oversample from Michigan? Tap below! mpanel.isr.umich.edu/for-research...

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For Researchers | M-Panel: National Survey PanelFor Researchers – M-Panel: National Survey Panel

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Converging evidence with other systematic reproducibility projects

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Over the next few Observer columns, APS President @umpamdk.bsky.social will share some of her thinking on why she selected her plenaries for the 2027 APS Annual Convention happening in May 2027. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My newest Presidential Column for @psychscience.bsky.social addresses the issue of psychologists' dominant use of convenience samples for their research. Can our science stop being WEIRD if we don't consider how we sample? www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

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Is It Too Convenient to Stay WEIRD?

APS President Pamela Davis-Kean outlines her plenary topics for the 2027 APS Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“President Donald Trump is moving to put political appointees in charge of billions of dollars in federal health research grants in another attempt to cut Harvard’s funding.”

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Perhaps psychologists should spend more time developing and validating scales

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Awkward Monkey Looks Away

Alt: Awkward Monkey Looks Away

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 18/09/2026

This is an *excellent* post on cluster analysis. If you ever thought about applying cluster, latent class or latent profile analysis to psychological scales, you absolutely should read this!>

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DSDR: A Population Health Data Archive @dsdr-data.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New data release! Explore the Age 4 electroencephalography (EEG) data from the Baby’s First Years study: myumi.ch/VDrrX

DSDR promotional graphic for the release of new research data by Principal Investigators, Smith-Greenaway et al. The shortened URL to access the data is myumi.ch/VDrrX.

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Eventually I told him that a guy with a $91 million contract ought to have a top-notch lawyer on speed dial and not be using ChatGPT for legal advice," Mars said.

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Collecting longitudinal data? Know when you should start cleaning it? ❌ Not at the end of your project. ✔️ After every wave of collection See reasons why below. 👇

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

• Advancing Psychological Science Using LLMs • From Lab to Life: Psychological Science in the Real World • Centering Underrepresented Populations and Cultural Frameworks in Psychological Science: African & Global Perspectives • Descriptive Research in Psychological Science

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 16/09/2026

How do you model what your heartbeat feels like? Our new Bayesian toolbox makes models of cardiac and respiratory interoception easier to use and interpret, with familiar R formulas and worked tutorials. New publication 🧪: link.springer.com/article/10.3...

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Hierarchical Bayesian modeling of interoceptive psychophysics - Behavior Research Methods

Interoception, the capacity to sense, perceive, and metacognitively appraise viscerosensory and homeostatic signals, is a growing focus in psychology and psychiatry. Adaptive psychophysical tasks now ...

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If spending more on schools raises the earnings of the children who benefit, does it eventually make the whole economy richer? My new NBER paper examines this using school-finance reforms. 🧵 www.nber.org/papers/w35755

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The Macroeconomic Returns to School Finance Reforms: Micro-Calibrated Predictions Meet Causal Evidence

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Is It Too Convenient to Stay WEIRD?

APS President Pamela Davis-Kean outlines her plenary topics for the 2027 APS Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This month's SRC Director's Chat was hosted by @umpsid.bsky.social. @ninsolera.bsky.social and @umpamdk.bsky.social chatted about the many ways PSID's data can be used, from income dynamics to family life over decades to health outcomes. youtu.be/3AoedIUiY4I

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Director's Chat with Panel Study of Income Dynamics

YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan

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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

U-M students, faculty, & staff are invited to a Data Preservation Hackathon to safeguard valuable government data during Democracy Week! No experience required—bring your laptop! Sept. 16, 10 am–noon ISR Thompson, Room 1430 Register at myumi.ch/kVd2r #ICPSR #UMISR #UMich #DataLumos #DataRescue

Hands typing on a laptop with a transparent American flag overlay, promoting Democracy Week's Data Preservation Hackathon at University of Michigan. Sept. 16, 10 a.m.–noon, at ISR Thompson, Room 1430.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 27/08/2026

Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Psychological Science invites submissions that advance psychological science through careful description of psychological phenomena. Psychological research often focuses on explaining and predicting phenomena before we have a sufficiently detailed understanding of them. It can be difficult to build strong theories on incomplete empirical foundations of the phenomena themselves. Careful descriptive research helps establish shared empirical reference points developed around well-characterized phenomena. As such, descriptive research contributes to psychological science both by improving our understanding of the phenomena themselves and by providing a stronger foundation for future theory-building, explanation, and prediction.

We are interested in manuscripts that:

Deepen our understanding of psychological phenomena, including what they look like, how they vary, and how they unfold;
Draw on a variety of sources of evidence and methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches; research conducted in naturalistic settings; intensive, longitudinal, or small-sample designs; and open or large-scale datasets;
Provide necessary context for interpreting what is being described, including who is represented in the data, the settings and circumstances in which phenomena occur, and the broader social contexts in which they are situated; and/or
Make a substantive contribution to psychological science through the quality, depth, or significance of the description provided.
The deadline for submitting regular manuscripts is April 15, 2027. Registered Reports will also be considered. The deadline for submitting Stage 1 Registered Reports is November 15, 2026. Authors should indicate in the “Comments to Editor” box during submission that the manuscript is intended for the “Descriptive Research in Psychological Science” special issue.

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The psychology job market may be showing some early signs of regaining strength, relative to last year. A week ago last year, fewer than 200 jobs had been listed - today, it is nearly 300, a figure we didn't hit till early October in '25. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar graph showing the number of academic jobs in psychology by area over the years from 2007-2026.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The cover-up is always worse than the crime? Harvard's latest filing says that Gino manipulated a file to cover-up fabrication, hid the laptop used to do it during the discovery process, and did more [redacted] destruction of evidence after being compelled by the court to share the laptop.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So *now* @wsj.com is on #teamsocialscience! And all it took was a few sci-fi hyperbolic threats of human extinction.

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Survey Statistics: Pew Research finds “No Easy Fix for Bogus Respondents in Online Opt-In Polls” statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/09/08/s...

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Survey Statistics: Pew Research finds “No Easy Fix for Bogus Respondents in Online Opt-In Polls” | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@npr.org #SundayMorningEdition story about a Colorado softball team whose members' ages range from 60 to 92 discussed the importance of #SocialConnection for #HealthyAging (myumi.ch/RQVXk). Noah Webster chatted with SRC director @umpamdk.bsky.social about his work on social connection myumi.ch/y1RnD

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Coffee with LCD

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Not much to add to Kyle Whittingham's summary of last night's Michigan game. www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...

“This game will go down in Michigan history,” said Kyle Whittingham, who was making his debut as the Wolverines’ head coach on Saturday, Sept. 5. “I don't know if it's in a positive way. But it'll go down in history for certain.”

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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What shapes who runs for office, who becomes a viable candidate, and how does class influence who ultimately governs? Join @noamlupu.bsky.social, @nickcarnes.bsky.social, and @robertocarlos.bsky.social for “Who Runs? Candidacy & Class." Sept. 17, noon–1:30 p.m. Free and open. RSVP: bit.ly/whoruns

Promotional graphic for “Who Runs? Candidacy & Class,” part of Democracy Week at U-M. Thursday, September 17, noon–1:30 p.m., Room 1430, ISR Thompson Building. Lunch begins at 11:45 a.m. with RSVP; the event is free and open to all. Headshots identify panelists Noam Lupu of Vanderbilt University and Nick Carnes of Duke University, and moderator Roberto Carlos of U-M Political Science. Presented by the Stone Center’s SWIPE initiative with support from U-M’s Initiative for Democracy and Civic Empowerment. RSVP at bit.ly/whoruns.

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Can't wait for 2027! 🎉 Reminder: Submissions OPEN October 15 for our convention in Seattle, Washington, May 27-30, 2027. www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 30/08/2026

I know that authors usually don’t pick headlines, but even then, this one is a bit bold for a piece that literally says “There are currently no scientifically valid biomarkers for any psychiatric condition, with the exception of certain proteins used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.”

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Quick trip to Seattle. Looking forward to having @psychscience.bsky.social 2027 convention here! Come join me next year for interesting science, interactive sessions to involve the membership in matters that we are facing as a field, and to drink good coffee and eat seafood 😀

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ICYMI! Submissions for the 2027 APS Annual Convention in Seattle (May 27–30) open October 15. Read @umpamdk.bsky.social's presidential column and share your thoughts and ideas about the upcoming Annual Convention⬇️

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Making APS Conventions Work for You

In her first presidential column, Pamela Davis-Kean opens a dialogue about how APS can make the annual meetings something for members to look forward to each year.

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UM SRC @um-src.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@umpamdk.bsky.social about this important award: "Given the emphasis on nutrition that we are seeing at the HHS, this research will provide an important source of data on food inefficiencies and hardship in the U.S. I look forward to seeing the important data that comes out of this project."

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Much of my most impactful contributions in research are largely descriptive, without explicitly saying so. Psych Science leading the way in highlighting the value and importance of description.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/08/2026

I've absolutely had my research denigrated as "too descriptive". Glad that Psych Science is giving descriptive work a moment to shine -- send us your best stuff!!!!

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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Enjoyed talking to @psychscience.bsky.social about my group’s new(ish) paper for the Observer. I’ve talked about this on here at an earlier stage. In 4 studies, we found no evidence that asking young adults to cut back on their social media improves well-being. Small thread 🧵 follows:

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For Young Adults, Limiting Social Media Use Doesn’t Improve Well-Being

What happens when young adults are asked to slash their social media use to 30 minutes a day? In a new set of studies, most did not follow through, and those who did cut back …

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.

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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Update on a regression discontinuity dispute: some asynchronous collaboration statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/18/u...

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Update on a regression discontinuity dispute: some asynchronous collaboration | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Anouk Bouma @anoukbouma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Doing reproducibility checks for Psych Science is probably one of the most frustrating as well as one of the most rewarding things I spend my time on Playing detective to find the reported results in mountains of output proves very difficult every time 1/2

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just to spur on some additional conversations-we want to start dealing with what AI means for how we create, manage, and publish our science. What types of conversations do you want to have at the meeting that will help take an ethical but also innovative step for psychological science?

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Making scientific research transparent, reproducible, and accessible is the modern standard for ensuring that evidence survives independent scrutiny. Open Science by Tom E. Hardwicke and Simine Vazire doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.cdacaf45 #CognitiveScience

Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Open Science" by Tom E. Hardwicke and Simine Vazire. Open science refers to a set of principles and practices that promote transparency in science. The core idea is to make it easy for others to access, verify, and build on scientific research, for exam

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

NSF does this at the end of peer review to get advise on what the committee sees as the most promising grants to fund. It has been interesting to see how much NIH is picking up the way NSF (and other agencies) have done peer review. NSF PO's had more discretion than NIH PO's on grant portfolio

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