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📆 The next #psychoSoph #newsletter comes out tomorrow ca. 9 am (CET)!

📬 This time: The Rubber Hand of Horror! See the thread to find out what exactly you can look forward to.

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Psychology of Popular Media is accepting submissions that explore how media representations influence stereotypes and intergroup dynamics among diverse groups. Submit your proposal for consideration by April 24, 2026: https://bit.ly/4kfHGAB #CallforPapers #PsychSciSky

Mediating role of personality dysfunction and perceived stress on the relationship between stressful life events and psychological well-being among young adult women in India - Discover Psychology Background Young adult women in India often face significant stress from navigating education, careers, and societal expectations, which can impact their psychological well-being. This study investigates how stressful life events (SLEs) affect psychological well-being and examines the mediating roles of personality dysfunction and perceived stress. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 190 Indian women aged 18–24. Participants completed measures of SLEs, psychological well-being, personality dysfunction, and perceived stress. Structural equation modeling was used to explore direct and indirect relationships. Results SLEs were linked to increased perceived stress and lower psychological well-being. Personality dysfunction was also associated with higher stress levels and reduced psychological well-being. Mediation analysis showed that both personality dysfunction and perceived stress significantly explained the pathway between SLEs and psychological well-being. Conclusions The findings highlight the intertwined roles of stress and personality in shaping young women’s mental health. These insights support targeted interventions to reduce the negative impact of stressful life events. Addressing personality functioning and incorporating stress management strategies at the university level may help enhance psychological well-being. Future research should consider the limitations of the current study design and sample characteristics, which may affect generalizability, and examine these relationships across more diverse populations using longitudinal designs to clarify causality.

A study in Discover Psychology provides insights into the complex relationships between levels of personality functioning, stressful life events, perceived stress, and psychological well-being among young adult women in India.

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New on the Baby Blog - Every Baby Is Different: Using Personalised Brain Science to Understand How Infants Engage with Others by Anna Gui, @a-jordanbarros.bsky.social & Emily Jones infantstudies.org/every-baby-i... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #EEG #science #research

I have had a sudden influx of review requests, way more than usual. Possibly bc of my CNS talk? or social media posts? Further evidence that I should stay home and shut up. 🙊😶‍🌫️
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The image is a recruitment poster for a survey study - the text reads: Hearing loss, wellbeing and music do you have first hand experience of hearing loss? do you regularly listen to music? are you interested in taking part in a research study? You are eligible to take part if you: are 18 years old or older have experience of hearing loss listen to music in your day-to-day life The study will involve taking part in an online survey (about 20 minutes) answering questions about your hearing, how you engage with music, and questions about mental health and wellbeing For more information: Please email Addie Beckwith, PhD student at the University of Salford - a.m.beckwith@edu.salford.ac.uk Supervisors: Dr Duncan Williams and Dr Robert Bendall

The image is a QR code which links to the survey

Friday bump for my survey - still recruiting and only a few weeks left now #hearingloss #hearingdifference #music #musiclistening #everydaymusic #mentalhealth #wellbeing #qualityoflife #researchstudy #survey #musicscience #psychology #phdlife #phdsky #academicsky #psychscisky

Digital Media Use and Child Health and Development This study attempts to provide a meta-analytic synthesis of evidence on digital media use and health and developmental outcomes among individuals aged 0 to 18 years.

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Curious to hear from psychologists....

How do you respond to meta-analyses of longitudinal effects that presumably are relying on correlations or crossed-lagged panel models? (now rather dated)

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Screenshot of an article published in the journal "(nature) Scientific Reports" titled "AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning: an RCT introducing a novel research-based design in an authentic educational setting."

"We advise against the notion that AI...should entirely supplant in-class instructional methods...We advocate harnessing this capability to enable instructors to..." (1/2) #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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This week's sensorimotor superlab reading list is out https://superlab.ca/posts/2026-03-27-list327.html @andpru.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor

🕸️Communicating #science in an easy-to-understand way but still showing it in its complexity is something I have been trying ever since the start of #psychoSoph.

📽️Writing with Andrew shows how taking you audience's intelligence serioulsy leads to amazing #scicomm!

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The Palgrave Handbook of Consultancy in Health Psychology

Introducing 'The Palgrave Handbook of Consultancy in Health Psychology'. This handbook edited by Roseanna Brady, Judit Varkonyi-Sepp, and Jan Smith offers a practical guide for health psychologists seeking to develop and enhance their consultancy practice. bit.ly/4svpHJJ #BookSky #PsychSciSky

cc #mentalimagery #aphantasia #hyperphantasia #neuroskyence #visionscience #psychscisky

The association between community-based transportation use and depressive symptoms among older adults in Japan - Discover Mental Health The electric vehicle, called Green Slow Mobility (GSM) promoted in Japan as an age-friendly mobility solution. While interest in GSM has grown, evidence of

A Discover Mental Health study suggests that community-based transport systems such as Green Slow Mobility (GSM) electric vehicle can enhance mental health and social well-being and may promote healthy aging in urban populations in Japan.

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Any of my cool friends (or their labs) attending @psychscience.bsky.social in Barcelona? I have a trainee who needs a roomie (May 26-June 1st), please send them my way, and I can connect you!

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If you're considering whether to adapt your dissertation or thesis into a manuscript for submission to a journal, don't miss these tips:

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Female Leadership and the Gendered Impacts of Financial Crises: Are Female‐Led Governments Better Able to “Weather the Storm?” Objectives While studies have found that women are often more economically and politically vulnerable during economic crises and downturns, a growing body of work has found that increased female lea...

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Data shows:

More women in government ==> weather financial storms (crises) better.

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Now that we know this, of course, we'll elect tons of women to power!

Right?

RIGHT?

Screenshot of an article published in the journal "Review of Educational Research" titled "The Roles of Historical Imagination in History Learning: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature."

I love the idea of historical imagination and how it is explored here. In a time when people are struggling to learn from the past, this work can help us teach students to more deeply explore what the past can teach us about today & tomorrow. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky doi.org/10.3102%2F00...

"Past, Present and Future of Psychiatric Rehabilitation" ➡️ The March Special Issue of PRJ is out now! Topics include key processes of personal recovery, developmental considerations for community mental health models, and more: https://bit.ly/4cK9ED4 #PsychSciSky

Transcranial electrical stimulation during wakeful rest can support early memory consolidation in arithmetic learning There is increasing evidence that brief periods of quiet wakeful rest immediately after learning facilitate memory consolidation. Similar to consolida…

These guys report memory enhancement after applying slow oscillation frequency tDCS during post-learning waking rest.

This follows on other evidence that some mechanisms of memory consolidation studied in the context of #sleep might also be present in waking rest.

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Screenshot of the title page of an article published in the journal "Psychological Methods" titled "nmax and the Quest to Restore Caution, Integrity, and Practicality to the Sample Size Planning Process."

Do you do quantitative psychological research? Do you need to conduct power analyses? Then you'd better read this article. doi.org/10.1037/met0... #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

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The Real Reason Trump Talks Like an Idiot: Author Acclaimed journalist and author Kurt Andersen has unlocked the secret behind Donald Trump’s appeal to his own voters. Speaking to The Daily Beast Podcast’s Joanna Coles about the president’s actions o...

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Like Arrius Piso and others, psychopaths talk stupid on purpose, to disarm people & to get them to underestimate you. That puts the manipulator in the driver's seat.

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Mid-life thoughts: it may be time to start feigning incompetence. #PsychSciSKy #AcademicSky

Tunnels between neurons: How dendritic nanotubes are reopening an age-old debate Most neurons communicate by releasing chemicals across a small gap. But newly discovered tube-like structures are causing neuroscientists to reconsider whether direct connections between neurons ma…

Heated rivalries don't just happen on the ice. One early rivalry shaped modern neuroscience, but a new discovery suggests that the "loser" might have been onto something.

Learn all about it in this week's post by Stephen Wisser: pennneuroknow.com/2026/03/24/t...

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Examining the Effects of Integrated STEM Education vs. Nonintegrated STEM Education Rigorously: A Commentary on Chen et al.’s Meta-analysis - Antonio García-Carmona, Radu Bogdan Toma, Juan Quílez-Pardo, 2026 Chen et al. conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of integrated STEM education (iSTEMe) on K–12 achievement, reporting strong evidence of its superiority ove...

I appreciate it when journals publish commentaries on other published articles. The education research community must better embrace public discourse about how it does its work. Rather than a sign of trouble, this is a sign of a healthy scholarly community. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

Childhood electroencephalographic signatures predict distinct developmental trajectories to adolescent anxiety and depression Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the onset of anxiety and depression, yet their neurodevelopmental origins remain unclear.

My close friend/colleague (Dr Pengfei Xu) has published an impressive 7-yr prospective study with nearly 400 young people, showing that functional brain dynamics in early childhood relate to adolescent anxiety and depression. www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000... #PsychSciSky

Donald Trump Keeps Using This 1 Psychological Trick That Narcissists Use, And Experts Are Warning Us All It's helped "sustain his political career," one expert said.

#Discover @paulinsc.bsky.social @hermes61.bsky.social #DARVO #PsychSciSky #Psychology #Narcissism #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein-Trump #TrumpIsAPathologicalLiar @umaija.bsky.social #Politics #Political #PoliticalNews #News

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