Thrilled to announce the completion of a 5 minute task I’ve been putting off for 2 months for reasons beyond human understanding 🎉

hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking

President Trump’s FY26 budget for #NSF will slash funding for the agency by 56.9% and funding for Social, Behavioral, and Economic sciences by 67.6% These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.

Junior scholars who publish with top scientists gain a lasting edge over their careers.

“Nano-retirement”, when I stop for 10 minutes to eat a sandwich

8:00am: “time for a huge writing day; absolutely no distractions” 8:03am:

Never underestimate the human capacity to complete 3 days of work in 45 minutes to meet a deadline

Every year at this time, we remind new faculty that the old faculty in the department have been fighting since 1984. They don’t remember what they are fighting over, but you’ll need to pick a side. Good luck!

We’ve replaced the three-hour DEI training module with a video of the Muppets singing “Shining Happy People” with REM. The trustees approved it on a 5-4 vote. Elmo didn’t seem happy during the performance

By age 40, you should have incurable lower back pain and 600,000 unread emails

If you’re ever feeling stressed, turn off your work emails for a while. 2-3 years should do it

Check out my interview on tip-of-the-tongue states with Mike Carruthers on Something You Should Know!

Job alert! Please share with your networks that include quantitative psychologists. TY in advance! …ci-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Re-reading your paragraph that made complete sense 24 hours ago

Looking deeper into the algorithms underlying human planning Review by Ionatan Kuperwajs (Ionatan Kuperwajs), Evan Russek (Evan Russek), Marcelo Mattar (Marcelo Mattar), Wei Ji Ma (Wei Ji Ma), & Thomas Griffiths Free access before August 24: tinyurl.com/2uavw57v

I talked to NPR about AI’s impact on creativity, alongside two art professors. We covered a lot of ground—maybe even found some middle ground—on the benefits and costs of AI in creative work. ctpublic.org/show/where-we-…

Brain–computer interfaces as a causal probe for scientific inquiry Review by Asma Motiwala (Asma Motiwala), Joana Soldado-Magraner (Joana Soldado-Magraner), Aaron Batista, Matthew Smith, & Byron Yu (Byron Yu) Free access before Sept 16: tinyurl.com/bdzk8tvu

We couldn't have asked for a more joyful finale to this year's Music Spoke Festival. With the infectious energy of LAPOMPE Gypsy Jazz and a stunning performance by the Bruis String Quartet. Thank you for another great Music Spoke!

More evidence of LLM homogenization: college admissions essays submitted to a highly selective university were more similar in their ideas and themes after ChatGPT came out, especially for applicants from backgrounds outside the cultural mainstream. osf.io/preprints/psya…