The mere exposure effect ("familiarity breeds liking") is one of the classic cornerstones of academic psychology. And unfortunately, it failed to replicate just now. psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-84…

Three PhD positions have been announced at my psychology department at Universitetet i Bergen. These are fully-funded, four years positions, at the downtown campus of our beautiful city. Get in touch with one of our research groups to design your PhD project. jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

NEW from Works in Progress – a Substack diary series giving a first-person perspective on some of the research that our authors are doing. First up, it’s Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦 on “Doing science backwards”, or how pre-registration of research can cure bias. worksinprogress.substack.com/p/notes-on-pro…

I like these article highlights — Elsevier showing they can still add value to the publication process. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Join our team! Two postdoctoral positions announced at Universitetet i Bergen, three year duration. Get in touch to discuss possible projects on psychological factors of maritime safety and working conditions. International collaboration and research stays are encouraged. uib.no/en/seas/155633…

This one from Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦 has been in one of my open tabs since April: theguardian.com/books/2022/apr… I did my PhD at the end of the era when hard copies were king, and journals issues were read back-to-back.

Thinking of PhD next year (2023-2024)? Hong Kong offering 300+ grants (HKPFS) Annual HK$325,200 (~US$41,690)+research/travel HK$13,600 (~US$1,740) & grants on top from HK universities. Deadline: December 1st Info: cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.ht… Leaflet: cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/Leaflet_…

"The data are obviously fake, the whole idea was stolen from a student, and the author won't talk to us. So we're going to be very tough and issue an Expression of Concern" 🙄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sj…

The OA policy is transformative for the business models of scholarly communication; major publishers have been preparing for this transition for a decade. The data sharing policy is transformative for science itself. 1/ timeshighereducation.com/news/us-orders…

New on OSF. Link your data, materials, code, and papers to preregistrations, no matter which repository or publisher you used, by adding the DOI. The OSTP memo heralds an acceleration toward #openscience, and open infrastructure keeps maturing to make it easy for you to do it.

2 months left until the application deadline for our postdoc positions at Universitetet i Bergen. Contact me ASAP to start planning a research project on #socialpsychology / #cogpsy / #humanfactors / #HCI of maritime safety.

Our course series in open and reproducible research Universitetet i Oslo starts this Friday 🗓 It will be run entirely online and we have space for external participants - you can join all or just some course modules! #openscience #reproducibility ub.uio.no/english/course…

Following Russ Poldrack's foodsteps, Meng-Yun Wang, Rune Eikeland and I we were crazy enough to undergo more than 50 MRI scans. The goal is to learn more about the variability of brain networks. Read here about the project. doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.…

In Oslo today, doing a presentation about the replication crisis (the spookiest part of science). 🎃🎃🎃

Large population cohort in Denmark **during lockdown** periods finds "no support" for the notion of increased self injury, suicidality, and eating disorder symptoms in young people. Data that needs amplification as it speaks against the moral panic. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Your auto-reply: I'm on vacation - sounds lazy - do you really have time for that? - you could still answer my email My auto-reply: I'm travelling - sounds important - maybe business trip, maybe an emergency, who knows? - best not further disturb the international man of mystery