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Assistant Professor at Lake Forest College Department of Psychology | Clinical Affective Science | he/him πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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a drawing of an open book and a cup of tea with the words drink tea read books be happy ALT: a drawing of an open book and a cup of tea with the words drink tea read books be happy

Counterpoint:

10.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stand Up For Science Founder and CEO Colette Delawalla speaking at the Washington D.C. Take Back Our Science Rally!

Stand Up For Science Founder and CEO Colette Delawalla speaking at the Washington D.C. Take Back Our Science Rally!

Stand Up For Science Founder & CEO Colette Delawalla states three demands:

1. Remove RFK Jr.

2. Reinstate the American Dream of Science.

3. Science should be driven by scientists not political appointees.

Join the fight!
standupforscience.net/march7

07.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1619 πŸ” 368 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7
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The Future DSM: Bold Redesign, Lingering Blind Spots | Psychiatric Times The future DSM revamp is coming, weaving social context, biomarkers, functioning and symptom dimensions into faster, evidence-based diagnosis.

In the March cover story for Psychiatric Times, I provide an overview of the proposed changes to the future DSM, accompanied by some personal commentary and suggestions of my own.

www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-fut...

02.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

We shouldn't be basing higher ed decisions solely on numbers like these because higher ed isn't a business, but we *definitely* shouldn't let people use 'run higher ed like a business' as a pitch and then bury the numbers that show they're killing profitable programs.

26.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 443 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

Yes! I was annoyed enough by this that I actually submitted a response on their "Suggest a Word" form. "Concomitant" is a perfectly cromulent word, especially if you're going to accept words like "cichlid"

21.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects
doi.org/10.1177/2515...

20.02.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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19.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is on fire, but let me take a second to send good vibes to everyone awaiting Match Day this week. Y’all have worked so hard, and no matter what Friday brings, you will be ok.

17.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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New preprint! We investigate the risk of algorithmic bias (across race/ethnicity, gender, and their intersection) in machine learning models predicting suicide attempts across 3 clinical settings in over 1.2 million patients.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

10.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
APA PsycNet

New viewpoint article, "It is time to take chronic suicidal ideation seriously", with Evan Kleiman and @katieleedg.bsky.social now published in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!
psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...

09.02.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Recent paper to read on this:

By @jinxungoh.bsky.social and team.

drive.google.com/file/d/1_MbT...

30.01.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

24.01.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 40031 πŸ” 12714 πŸ’¬ 556 πŸ“Œ 534

My specific experience is with NIH, but I’ll stand up and say it:

The people who work at NIH are together one of the great wonders of the world. US biomedical science, cancer cures, dementia research all are built on their talent and dedication.

18.01.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

so this is a crime against humanity not a study we all agree right

16.01.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
Conservation of matter with cat food
Conservation of matter with cat food YouTube video by Rebecca Peretz-Lange

want new content for your conservation of matter slides? I caught my toddler claiming that we could give our cat "more food" by spreading out his existing food in his bowl to cover a wider area.

youtube.com/shorts/DJBdV...

13.01.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're an educator and feel anything from disgust to discomfort with AI please consider joining.

23.11.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

We are excited to announce our partnership with @inclivio.com's software for #SAS2026.
We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts.
Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)!
#SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics

08.01.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations!!

06.01.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

23.12.2025 01:51 πŸ‘ 24550 πŸ” 5241 πŸ’¬ 283 πŸ“Œ 119

Amazing news! Congratulations!

22.12.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations Abstract. Large-scale cross-sectional and cohort studies have transformed our understanding of the genetic and environmental determinants of health outcome

My boss did that already: academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

21.12.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Knowledge Is Worth Your Time A few thoughts about why we must embrace the hard work of learning.

I really hope you read this entire essay because it addresses the flaw in your rationale and you should at least contend with it:
news.chanda.science/archive/know...

09.12.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

New paper! We show how diet culture & weight stigma are baked into eating disorder treatmentβ€”leading to missed diagnoses in higher-weight people, BMI-based denial of care, thin-centric programs, and clinicians unintentionally reinforcing fear of weight gain.

www.jandonline.org/action/showP...

08.12.2025 01:58 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
08.12.2025 05:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, even without scrutinizing the means and SDs stats, the overrepresentation of sample sizes ending in '0' or '5' is an immediate flag. πŸ€₯

07.12.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: β€˜Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

07.12.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 14096 πŸ” 4324 πŸ’¬ 249 πŸ“Œ 98

I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.

Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.

05.12.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 592 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8

Amazing! They're so lucky to have you!

06.12.2025 19:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My wife is going to be teaching Intro to Counseling/Intro to Psychotherapy next semester. Does anyone have slides they'd be willing to share with her?

22.11.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another reminder that if you got students who wanna do a social psych PhD focusing on identities (specifically Asian, Latine, MENA Americans), I’m recruiting! I’m hustling hard here so pls send people my way πŸ˜…
see website for details www.pbandjlab.com

18.11.2025 04:34 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0