Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!
Now we wrote a piece about many things we always wanted to say about replications.
How they are used, tracked and valued by the science community. And how we can evaluate their results, whatever those may be 🤔
Read the preprint 📃 osf.io/preprints/me...
Browse the Hub 🌐 forrt.org/replication-...
It has been a while since @flavioazevedo.bsky.social asked me to take over the Reversals project at @forrt.bsky.social...
It has since evolved beyond my wildest dreams, mostly thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social & @lukaswallrich.bsky.social.
We are very proud of the Replication Hub & Database ♥️
Transparent and comprehensive statistical reporting is critical for ensuring the credibility, reproducibility, and interpretability of psychological research. This paper offers a structured set of guidelines for reporting statistical analyses in quantitative psychology, emphasizing clarity at both the planning and results stages. Drawing on established recommendations and emerging best practices, we outline key decisions related to hypothesis formulation, sample size justification, preregistration, outlier and missing data handling, statistical model specification, and the interpretation of inferential outcomes. We address considerations across frequentist and Bayesian frameworks and fixed as well as sequential research designs, including guidance on effect size reporting, equivalence testing, and the appropriate treatment of null results. To facilitate implementation of these recommendations, we provide the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology (TSRP) Checklist that researchers can use to systematically evaluate and improve their statistical reporting practices (https://osf.io/t2zpq/). In addition, we provide a curated list of freely available tools, packages, and functions that researchers can use to implement transparent reporting practices in their own analyses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. To illustrate the practical application of these principles, we provide a side-by-side comparison of insufficient versus best-practice reporting using a hypothetical cognitive psychology study. By adopting transparent reporting standards, researchers can improve the robustness of individual studies and facilitate cumulative scientific progress through more reliable meta-analyses and research syntheses.
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Last minute spots became available for this year's @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social Young Scientist Retreat🧠!
If you want to come to Hamburg next week register vie email:
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🔍 Have we solved the replication crisis?
Join us for an IGOR panel discussion on the state of Open Science in biological psychology more than a decade after the crisis first hit.
📅 Friday, 10 Oct | 10:00–11:00 CET
💻 Online (contact us for the link)
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If you are interested in doing a PhD/Postdoc in computational psychiatry (starting Sept 2026), do get in touch by October 4th at ondrej.zika@pm.me :)
Any inquiries are welcome. To apply, please attach your CV, half page motivation and half page research statements.
Huge congrats, Ondrej! This is fantastic news! 🎉
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🧵 New study alert!
How does 🌡️ room temperature relate to how our body reacts to 😰 psychosocial stress?
We looked at everyday indoor temperature variation (17–28 °C) and measured stress markers in the body.
We mapped neural error processing across 7 major mental disorders using EEG data from over 10,000 participants.
A transdiagnostic network meta-analysis with @hpcrstn.bsky.social, Kai Härpfer & Kaja B. Hansen.
📖 find the preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Poster with key data for the Young Scientist Retreat 2025. Dates: October 21–24, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. Costs: €100 for members of DGPA and bioDGPS, €150 for members of DGPA or bioDGPS, €200 for non-members. Includes: 3 nights with meals and coffee breaks at a&o Hamburg City in a 2-bed room (Spaldingstr. 160, 20097 Hamburg). Eligibility: Doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors (up to 8 years after PhD). Registration deadline: September 29, 2025, 16:00 CET. Note: Membership can be obtained with the YSR application to benefit from discounts."
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📅 October 21–24, 2025
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Serious concerns about a new cortical biomarker for pain sensitivity
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
We (with @tspisak.bsky.social, @christianbuchel.bsky.social) published a commentary on Chowdhury, Bi et al. (2025, JAMA Neurology) raising serious concerns about their reported results.
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We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
💡Useful info for anyone tracking symptoms or evaluating interventions! Data + code to reproduce our manuscript in R Markdown are available on Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
2️⃣ We provide further evidence that the STAI-T isn't just about anxiety – it shares substantial variance with other constructs that (broadly) measure negative emotionality (like depression). Hence, the STAI-T is less "anxiety-specific" than its name suggests.
1️⃣ We found that the temporal stability of the STAI-T is pretty similar to that of related constructs, with higher stability over shorter time intervals (r = .81–.87 up to 1 year) compared to longer ones (r = .42–.67 over ~2–3.5 years).
We wanted to know:
1️⃣ How stable is the STAI-T over time (5 months to 3.5 years, also compared to related constructs)?
2️⃣ Is there more evidence that the STAI-T in fact does not specifically measure trait anxiety, as claimed?
Huge thanks to Franziska Reiser, Naemi Brandt, Dirk Schümann, @gamerlab.bsky.social, @kalischlab.bsky.social, @tobiassommers.bsky.social & @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social - amazing collaboration (and patience)!👏
WOW, what a journey! Finally, our new paper is published in the Journal of Personality Assessment! 🥳 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1️⃣ We found that the temporal stability of the STAI-T is pretty similar to that of related constructs, with higher stability over shorter time intervals (r = .81–.87 up to 1 year) compared to longer ones (r = .42–.67 over ~2–3.5 years).
We wanted to know:
1️⃣ How stable is the STAI-T over time (5 months to 3.5 years, also compared to related constructs)?
2️⃣ Is there more evidence that the STAI-T in fact does not specifically measure trait anxiety, as claimed?
Huge thanks to Franziska Werner, Naemi Brandt, Dirk Schümann, @gamerlab.bsky.social, @kalischlab.bsky.social, @tobiassommers.bsky.social & @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social - amazing collaboration (and patience)!👏
Final talk of the IGOR Symposium at #PuG2025 by @mreutter.bsky.social @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social. Wondering how we are doing in terms of open science in biopsychology? What comes to mind when thinking of open science? What are benefits and costs?
Look how the audience replied to our polls! 📊
Honoured to step in the shoes of @alinakoppold.bsky.social for the day at #PuG2025 and present the latest results from the systematic review and multiverse analysis from the Data Transformation project.
Thanks to IGOR for the opportunity to contribute to such cool projects!
IGOR Symposium
Fri, 20.06, 10:30-12:00 📍 Audimax
Topic: Open Science initiatives in biopsychological research ♻️🧠
With @ocklenburg.bsky.social C. Artemenko @mariame.bsky.social @alinakoppold.bsky.social @caggursoy.bsky.social @ufangyang.bsky.social @mreutter.bsky.social @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social
IGOR Social Event
Thu, 19.06, from 20:30 📍 Location tba
👥 Whether you are an IGOR member or wish to become one, join us for a relaxed evening of informal chats, networking, and a fun pub quiz - with prizes! 🏆
Contact us to register!
Only about a week until @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social #PuG2025 @pug2025.bsky.social in Würzburg! So excited for our IGOR @igor-dgps.bsky.social symposium with @mreutter.bsky.social @caggursoy.bsky.social @mariame.bsky.social @ufangyang.bsky.social @alinakoppold.bsky.social @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social
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