Women receive fewer research grants than men. Our Women in STEM Ambassador analysis, led by @dr_isa_kingsley, points to one source of this disparity: fewer women researchers mean fewer women applicants, in turn leading to fewer women receiving grants. theconversation.com/fewer-women-re… 🧵:

Shiny new project. Do you have the time? No: --> Don't do it. Yes: --> No you don't.

We tend to think of courage as dramatic acts of bravery. But every day there are little moments of courage. Pressing SEND. Risking making a mistake. Saying NO. #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDforum

Meta-Analysis: Trigger warnings don’t help people emotionally prepare for distressing material, or lead them to avoid it – the two things they’re intended to do. Their main effect seems to be to make people more anxious about encountering the material. doi.org/10.1177/216770…

Pls share with your networks: we’re recruiting uni students in Australia with insomnia for to test a new 4 week group CBT intervention led by a lovely psychologist, tailored for uni students. If you’re interested pls apply via link below. Black Dog Institute UNSW

#ResearchResources: Lots of great free resources for researchers & research students. Thesis planners, goal setting tools, agendas, To-Do lists. Completely customisible and free. No login, no catches. Just download & use. From: buff.ly/2L0YISj #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc

Diminishing returns: You don't feel you've done enough so you work late So you get less rest and sleep Which means you get tired and run down And you become less productive So you work late the next day too. You work longer and longer hours and get less and less done.

When someone has paper published or wins an award or gets promoted you only see the final success. You don't see the earlier rejections, revisions and setbacks. You might assume they found it easy but that is rarely so. @sylviaduckworth #PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc #gradschool

Today is your LAST day to submit an abstract for #ASBHM2024 in Adelaide. Don't miss out and submit here before 5pm AEST. asbhm.com/asbhm-2024-abs…

Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world: 1. My experience is a reasonable reference. 2. I make correct assessments of the world. 3. I am good. 4. My group is a reasonable reference. 5. My group is good. 6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes.

Today, I've written a blistering 1700 word analysis of how #StAndrews school has responded to the brutal death of #LilieJames, but also to previous cases where their students &staff were caught upskirting, sexually assaulting & even choking teen girls. /1 news.com.au/lifestyle/real…

A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat. The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

Great to see medical journals and magazines increasingly interested in the psychological aspects of physical health. Thanks to InSight+ by MJA for inviting A/Prof Kate Faasse and I to publish about the role of side effect information on medication uptake. insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/2/too-muc…

A little while ago @KeithPetrie & A/Prof Kate Faasse had the crazy idea that open label placebos might cause side effects. So, we decided to conduct a study... the results might surprise you 💊😳 Paper coming soon!! Dr Jane Choi #AnnaBorgmann Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Health Psychology Auckland UNSW

Our new MA by #CSaunders & Winston Tan on socially-induced #nocebo effects Surprising me: social nocebo as strong as conditioned nocebo (but k=4 for this comparison so caution required) Sydney Placebo Lab Louise Sharpe A/Prof Kate Faasse #KBarnes Health Psychology Review tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A recent study in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition challenges the notion that believing implausible claims is rooted in a general lack of effortful thinking. #OpenAccess article from Robson, A/Prof Kate Faasse, & colleagues: bit.ly/4frFh2i Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition

Do open label placebos cause side effects? The results might surprise you! Our study shows that OLPs increased symptoms & negative mood immediately after & 24 h later 💊 A/Prof Kate Faasse @keithpetrie Health Psychology Auckland Journal of Psychosomatic Research doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsy…

⭐️ We're hosting the 2025 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium on 14 Feb! ⭐️ This one-day program will showcase advances in #placebo and #nocebo research and build collaborative networks between researchers and clinicians. To submit an abstract/register: eventbrite.com.au/e/2025-austral…

Reminder about the first Australian #Placebo #Nocebo Symposium A/Prof Kate Faasse and I are organising next Friday with WRief and Luana Colloca Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Still time to register!