Wonderful summary in Forbes of our recent qualitative study: "Researchers found that lone wolves have a mindset that values the benefits of solitude and its potential for self-expansion. They view it as a state of infinite, inherently rewarding possibilities." www.forbes.com/sites/traver...

3 Signs Of The ‘Lone-Wolf Effect,’ According To A Psychologist

Here’s how to tell if you’re truly good at being alone.

What does prejudice have in common with smoking? More than we might think! Since MI and SDT have great ideas on how to tackle unhealthy behaviors, we might learn something about attitude change by recognizing the similarities. Nikki Legate and I explored this in Perspectives. doi.org/10.17605/OSF...

Hurrah for industry supporting open science practices. Good going, Meta!

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The Center for Open Science and Meta are partnering on a pilot project to share social media data related to well-being for academic research. We hope that this will provide a model for industry-academia partnerships to increase access of important data. www.cos.io/about/news/m...

Meta Partners with the Center for Open Science to Share Data to Study Well-being Topics

Using innovative methods from the open science movement to promote rigor and transparency of research, Meta and the Center for Open Science will pilot a new approach to industry-academia partnerships ...

The Center for Open Science and Meta are partnering on a pilot project to share social media data related to well-being for academic research. We hope that this will provide a model for industry-academia partnerships to increase access of important data. www.cos.io/about/news/m...

Meta Partners with the Center for Open Science to Share Data to Study Well-being Topics

Using innovative methods from the open science movement to promote rigor and transparency of research, Meta and the Center for Open Science will pilot a new approach to industry-academia partnerships ...

You saw the headline, now look at what happened when scientists actually evaluate the headline

Cutest psych study of the year award goes to Skinner's learning principles applied to rat selfies. Makes me think we should all be taking more selfies. Clearly these rats know how to have a good time... www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/s...

Our Research England/UKRI research with @jameswilsdon.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting UKRI-commissioned study finds that we need to improve research culture by building “environments where all individuals are free to be themselves… feel well supported and confident to express their views.” www.ukri.org/publications...

Research culture initiatives in the UK report

A report on the current and past activity aiming to improve culture in the research and innovation (R&I) sector.

Interesting UKRI-commissioned study finds that we need to improve research culture by building “environments where all individuals are free to be themselves… feel well supported and confident to express their views.” www.ukri.org/publications...

Research culture initiatives in the UK report

A report on the current and past activity aiming to improve culture in the research and innovation (R&I) sector.

Cool article! "Ten years ago, @simine.comwww.economist.com/science-and-...

Simine Vazire hopes to fix psychology’s credibility crisis

Her new job editing the field’s most prestigious journal should help