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/3Q794po #BookSky #PsycSci

Searching for spiritual renewal: Award-winning research explores a new path to lasting faith formation

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Searching for spiritual renewal: Award-winning research explores a new path to lasting faith formation.' What helps spiritual growth move beyond good intentions and become lasting change? 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/41gABXM. #PsycSci

Social Science Matters: bridging the knowledge gap in men’s mental health Prof Richard Feynman is widely hailed as a genius. That may be true, but what about when he said that “Social science is an example of a science which is not a science... They haven’t found out anything”?

#SocialScienceMatters: 'bridging the knowledge gap in men’s mental health.' Challenges the view that social sciences lack rigor, arguing that narrow models of masculinity limit understanding of men’s mental health and calling for more balanced, evidence-based approaches. bit.ly/4dybQha #PsycSci

💙📚 'The Praxis Of Insight,' an #OpenAccess book, offers a critical appraisal of psychological research on creativity and insight, challenging the tautology that creative people have creative ideas. bit.ly/4rOyvcL #PsycSci

Cognitive Processing International Quarterly of Cognitive Science

In 'Cognitive Processing', this #OpenAccess study supports the hyper-systemizing hypothesis, showing that systemizing tendencies, rather than autistic traits alone, contribute to conspiracy belief endorsement. bit.ly/4spEN3x #SocialPsyc #PsycSci

Conferences are always on the lookout for cities to avoid (due to union disputes, etc.). Here’s a city we should seek out because it’s awesome.

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Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Citizenship

Feeling overwhelmed by climate news? This #OpenAccess book explores eco‑anxiety as a rational response to our changing planet and reveals how ecological citizenship can transform fear into motivation. 🌎bit.ly/3N2Gnsy #PsycSci

Psychopharmacologys

In Psychopharmacology, a “two-hit” model shows that prenatal infection combined with adolescent alcohol exposure increases alcohol-seeking behavior in adulthood—particularly in males. Prenatal antioxidant treatment suppressed this effect. bit.ly/46VcTni #PsycSci #ResearchPublishing

Frontiers | Future in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology Psychological science is at a crossroads. The last two decades has brought a range of fundamental issues into focus, including the replication crisis highlig...

📃 Call for Papers 📃

“How conceptual analysis, philosophical argument, and theoretical modelling can inform and reshape psychological inquiry across cognitive, developmental, and social domains”

Summary Due: 24/05/26

Submission Due: 11/09/26

Editor: @kennycoventry.bsky.social

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Seen today at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK.

"Still Life" By Silvia Levenson (2015)

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"The case representing a realistic psychology field study, in which researchers have limited control over variables, stabilized at n = 3,800, requiring 72% statistical power."

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Also calling on a couple of feeds - thanks to all who already participated! 😊 #socialpsyc #psycsci #psychscisky #psychologie #academicsky #OpenSci #PhDSky

Behavioural science is unlikely to change the world without a heterogeneity revolution - Nature Human Behaviour Behavioural science increasingly informs policy, but findings are not always replicated. Bryan et al. describe an emerging heterogeneity revolution. They recommend that researchers use heterogeneity i...

For more on the "heterogeneity revolution" see Bryan et al. (2021).

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Psychology needs a… humility revolution | BPS Madeleine Pownall argues that Psychology is ‘necessarily limited and incomplete’.

Humility Revolution

"Humility is not a threat to scientific authority; it is a strength. It shows disciplinary maturity, intellectual honesty, and methodological pluralism. A humility revolution must, surely, lead to better science."

By @maddipow.bsky.social

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Psychology’s Recurring Crises: Lessons from History and Philosophy of Science We examine what generated crisis discussions, how they tended to unfold, and how they were resolved. And we derive some lessons from history for the current replication crisis.

“Methodological and administrative solutions are valuable, but they are not enough. Rather, we need to engage with the epistemic processes and ideals at the heart of psychological knowledge production and engage very closely with critical perspectives...”

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2026 – Second Biennial Conference – The Society for the Study of Measurement

Deadline today!! Society for the Study of Measurement, June 22-25, 2026, University of Edinburgh. 500-word abstract. #histsci #philsci #PhilSky #MLSky #psycsci #PsychSciSky #dataethics 🧪measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-con...

Co-created data governance frameworks for youth mental healthcare: Values, principles, and implementation—A scoping review - Sebastian Rodriguez Duque, Eran Tal, Taite Beggs, Genevieve Gore, Mary Hann... Background The collection, storage, and use of data are essential elements for advancing mental health services, clinical care, and policy. Data governance is t...

Co-created mental health services aren't new. But there is little evidence that youth are engaged in co-creating the principles that govern their mental health data. New paper with Sebastian Rodriguez Duque and @skyebarbic.bsky.social #philsci #psycsci journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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"What can be done about effects of demand characteristics is acknowledging their potential contribution to the effect, and discussing in good faith how a demand account – as any other competing account – represents a sensible alternative for the interpretation of the data."

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‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking Child sex traffickers are typically white, wealthy men who often insulate themselves from detection and charges, according to a sexual exploitation scholar.

Read the article here: theconversation.com/jeffrey-epst...
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IN THE NEWS Jeffrey Epstein is not unique': What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking THE CONVERSATION

"Jeffrey Epstein is not unique. This is absolutely a classic case, for four primary reasons. Child sex trafficking perpetrators are primarily white merm with wealth and power. Epstein was, granted, among the uber rich and really powerful men. But power is relative to whatever context in which a child is being exploited. The most powerful person in a small town may not be a billionaire like Epstein, but they have disposable income and high socioeconomic status for the area, or they may hold a prominent position in government, church or a civic organization."

Associate Research Scientist Kate Price spoke with @theconversation.com about the similarities the Jeffrey Epstein case shares with the majority of child sex trafficking cases, how child sex trafficking happens, and how it can be prevented.
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Labubu, Pokémon Go and Other Tiny Creatures Controlling Our Lives Or, successfully hacking into the little wet computers that control the world

Labubu, Pokémon Go, and the realization that both have us running on a dopamine hamster wheel that's more similar than might appear: moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/labubu-pok... #PsycSci #popculture #Labubu #PokemonGo #InternetCulture #DopamineLoops

Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? This Researcher Watched Hundreds of Videos to Find Out What happens in parking lots reveals how we think about obligation, decency, and one another.

It turns out the parking lot is a surprisingly sharp x-ray of how we treat one another. This is a fascinating little window into the norms we follow—and quietly break—every day. www.zmescience.com/science/news... #PsycSci

Introduction to the new Handbook of Social Identity Research by Kate Reynolds and Nyla Branscombe

Open Access: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

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Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

Study in 'Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology' tests the Late Pleistocene Arctic origins of East Asian psychology using ancient and modern DNA, showing climate-linked selection on Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism across the Late Quaternary. bit.ly/43DRa1z #AcademicSky #DevPsy #PsycSci

Psychological theories should meet scientific criteria such as objectivity, coherence, and nontautology. We argue that theories formulated as verbal narratives often fail to meet these standards and propose that all psychological theories should be formally specified to ensure compliance with these requirements. We recommend: (i) requiring authors of new theories to provide sufficient formal specification before publication by changing standards and extending publication manuals; (ii) increasing incentives for the specification of existing theories by introducing a dedicated category of theory specification papers; (iii) encouraging researchers who aim to empirically test a theory to specify the relevant aspects before doing so, if required; (iv) fostering the development of improved theory specification methodologies through methodological debates and consensus-building processes; and (v) enhancing psychology education by incorporating fundamental philosophy of science concepts and formal theory specification techniques. We review theory specification approaches in psychology that can be used to implement these recommendations.

Part of the Topical Issue “Theory Specification and Theory Building in Psychology”
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Attention to issues of sample diversity and generalizability has increased dramatically in the past 15 years, as psychological scientists have confronted the limitations of relatively homogeneous samples. Though this reckoning was perhaps overdue and has undoubtedly shined a light on some poor research practices, recommendations surrounding sample diversity are sometimes applied to research that does not aim for generalizability across peoples. In this article, I seek to promote discussion about when and why sample diversity and generalizability matter. In doing so, I address problems with language surrounding generalizability, the broader question of generalizability beyond samples, challenges for determining sufficient generalizability, and the inherent question of moderation in psychological science, given the reality of limited time and resources. I then discuss the important roles that basic research plays in understanding group differences, producing generalizable knowledge, and developing applied interventions. Finally, I address issues of equity surrounding sample diversity, emphasizing the distinction between WEIRD samples and convenience samples and the importance of convenience samples for globalizing psychological science.

@jwsherman.bsky.social’s article…

“When the goal is to test a theoretical prediction, convenience samples are sufficient, keeping in mind that no claims should be made as to the generalizability of the findings across peoples.”

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