Seeking recommendations and resources on 'Introduction to Open Science' and proper pre-registration techniques for my incoming grad students. Any suggestions? #OpenScience #GradStudents #AcademicTwitter

Who is going to Baltimore for #fitng Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG and/or #flux Flux Society? Trying to make plans to explore the city while there.

A new preprint estimates “that, globally, a total of $8.349 billion ($8.968 billion in 2023 US dollars) were spent on [article processing charges] APCs between 2019 and 2023.” arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

Our department Stanford Psychology is searching for an assistant professor who focuses on Affective Science. We all have so much fun together and our Aff Sci area is such a welcoming and supportive space! Please consider joining us! Please distribute widely! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/4947…

It's here! Excited to receive a copy of #theassessmentking's book: Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research—about clinical assessment! Join the campaign and pose with your copy to elevate a new area of study🦁 Andres De Los Reyes, Ph.D. Oxford Psychology

Wondering if you’re ready to start a clinical psych PhD? It’s competitive, which can often lead to unhelpful, advice (e.g., “work in a lab for two years”). Here’s my perspective on what makes a person ready for a funded PhD at a research univ, independent of age or stage. 🧵

Great news for families (and those who care about them) in the U.S.! Kamala Harris’s economic policy plans to: (1) revive the child tax credit and (2) provide a $6,000 tax credit for families during a newborn’s first year. mother.ly/news/kamala-ha…

Any suggestions for solving an ongoing hurdle in the lab? When translating categorical educational attainment (eg, 10th grade, high school diploma, trade school, some college, associates degree, etc.) into # years of education, is there a standard citable translation or bridge?

Training fellowships like F31s are made for students like Jennifer Markfeld! Grateful reviewers and program see the promise in this scholar, and I’m excited to be part of this training team. Congratulations, Jennifer!!

Pregnancy may rewire the brain—but does it shape our ability to care for babies? 🧠✨ We wrote a correspondence in nature that cautions against embracing this hypothesis. nature.com/articles/d4158… w/ Mood, Emotion, & Development Lab at Vanderbilt

Experienced PIs, what advice do you have for software or strategies for planning budgets & staffing across multiple grants? I'm grateful to have some ideas funded (though I’ve faced many more rejections) and am trying to plan well to manage projects (and my team) well.

We are excited to launch a new National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01-funded multi-site study with Katie Burkhouse, Ph.D.! We will examine change in reward responsiveness in 4-8 year-olds to help promote healthy development of positive emotions and reduce risk for internalizing problems

What role does biology play in prevention science? An interdisciplinary working group organized by SPR considered this question and highlighted promises, challenges, and a way forward for researchers. It is #openaccess, please read/share!

Your serious Silicon Valley friends who like him should be asked whether they would ever let someone like this be an executive at their company

🚨New paper! 🚨We’re excited to share our latest work exploring prenatal descriptions of babies and how these perceptions influence future child outcomes. Check it out here: osf.io/preprints/osf/… Abby Blum Kate Humphreys (she/her)

Statements made about a fetus during prenatal care visits by health care providers may have long-term consequences for that child. These unintended consequences are clearly preventable with training. Check out our study documenting why we think this is an important target!