Samantha Gregory

Summary of design and results from our three studies. (A: Design) Each study used a similar experimental design, measuring both positive and negative demand in an online experiment, with three commonly-used task types (dictator game, vignette, intervention). Our experiments had ns ≈ 250 per cell. (B: Results) Observed demand effects were statistically indistinguishable from zero. The plot shows means and 95% confidence intervals for standardized mean differences derived from frequentist analyses of each experiment and an inverse variance-weighted fixed-effect estimator pooling all experiments (solid bars). Prior measurements of experimenter demand from a previous dictator game experiment (de Quidt et al., 2018; standardized mean difference from regression coefficient) and a meta-analysis primarily including small-sample, in-person studies (Coles et al., 2025; Hedge’s g statistic) are also shown for comparison (striped bars). The main text includes Bayesian analyses that quantify our uncertainty.

We often hear from reviewers: "what about demand effects?" So we developed a method to eliminate them. Something weird happened during testing: We couldn’t detect demand effects in the first place! (1/8)

Aural Diversity Conference - University of Salford and online – 5 September 2025. A free event for people working in aural diversity from any disciplinary background. Learn more, including how to sign up here
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🚨 New study alert! We're excited to share our "Bestiary of Questionable Research Practices in Psychology" in #AMPPS. We tackle the credibility crisis in research by defining, collecting, and categorizing QRPs using a community consensus method. 🧵#OpenScience #QRPs @psychscience.bsky.social

No empirical support for 'Double Empathy' hypothesis from preregistered study:
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"We hypothesized that information transfer would deteriorate faster and rapport would be lower in mixed-neurotype compared with single-neurotype chains."
But no difference was found.

ONE MORE DAY til the #WorkingMemory event of the year! 👇

Speaker panel

Lauren and Scott discussing frailty

Jenni discussing social frailty

Keri talking about isolation in older adults

Tackling social isolation and promoting belonging in our older generation event today. At this event organised by Keri Furniss we are discussing frailty and isolation in our older population. @salforduni.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified

💥New postdoc position! 💥

Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.

Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
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We're back, with a fresh new lineup of talks and workshops!

Get your place while you still can to learn about how to make your research more robust and how to deal with scientific fraud!

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PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence at Birkbeck, University of London Find a PhD Studentship: Public Communication and Private Confidence on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board in higher education. Click to view more!

Looking for a PhD in #psychology or #cogneuro ? I’m recruiting a fully-funded @leverhulme.ac.uk PhD student to join my lab at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social. If you’re interested in metacognition, learning, social cognition and culture I’d love you to apply 🧠👇

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An early train up to LSE this morning for our panel on replication in qualitative methods with Matthew Hanchard, @kirstywallis.com and @maddipow.bsky.social ! Still time to sign up to attend in person or online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/should-rep...

On 24th June, we are hosting a 1 day event on Social Connections at UCL - come along to hear the latest research on wearable sensors and friendship and measuring social interaction. Please share widely
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I'm reading the report behind these headlines about glyphosate and it may be the most scientifically illiterate thing I've come across (although it's a close thing with the recent MAHA report). 1/n

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Are you interested in a PhD in Cognitive and Social Neuroscience? Join us! We are booking for highly motivated and inspired future researchers! Waiting for you in Rome!

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Young Children Spontaneously Appreciate the Perspectives of their Social Partners: https://osf.io/85ndq

Please distribute: PhD Position in Visual Perception -- joint opportunity in Iceland and Switzerland #visionscience #cogsci #neuroskyence #psychscisky #phd #academia

Webinar this Thursday, see link for details

🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.

Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.

Campaign groups in the US, UK and India claim that TV subtitles will help children learn to read. But our new research published in @psychscience.bsky.social shows that children don't even look at subtitles until they can already read at around 1 word per second.

Papers might as well declare "Data available upon victory in a duel."

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📣cog neuro postdoc opportunity! Interested in studying attention & exploration w/ cutting edge M/EEG? 🧠care about making vision science a bit more naturalistic? 🌱LandauLab is hiring! We seek resourceful, curious and creative researchers who can join the newly forming London-based team@ucl.ac.uk! ...

Interested in Aural Diversity? @leverhulme.ac.uk Funded Masters + PhD places available at University of Salford for UK students from a widening-participation background. Information here laura.salford.ac.uk/apply/apply-...

Brilliant event at @salforduni.bsky.social - 10th Anniversary of the #Psychology of #Democracy- Our first speaker - Dr Joe McDonagh reflected on the meaning of democracy & talked about the importance of listening to those we do not agree with

I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app

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Interested in Aural Diversity? @leverhulme.ac.uk Funded Masters + PhD places available at University of Salford for UK students from a widening-participation background. Information here laura.salford.ac.uk/apply/apply-...

Preregistration—creating a time-stamped, read-only research plan before a study begins—is an open science practice that can strengthen research transparency & integrity.

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Paper finally published in JEP General!

Individual variability in mental imagery vividness does not predict perceptual interference with imagery: A replication study of Cui et al., 2007: osf.io/preprints/os...

A study cited over 500 times couldn't be replicated, even in extreme imagery... a 🧵

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two muppets sitting on a balcony with the words see you soon behind them ALT: two muppets sitting on a balcony with the words see you soon behind them

Abstract submission is now open for WMS2025 (Deadline: May 31st)! Working memory ECRs, we look forward to receiving your submissions!!!
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Leading FASD research at the University of Salford, UK - FASD FASD research in the UK. University of Salford FASD research team. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Prevalence, criminal justice system, trauma, interventions, awareness.

We are the largest FASD research team in the UK. You can find out more about us and our research here: hub.salford.ac.uk/fasd/ #FetalAlcoholSpectrumDisorder

PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability at University of Salford Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!

Very cool looking PhD studentship in gaming and sustainability at Uni of Salford here, working with @cultsociologist.bsky.social and Tom Brock. Interested to see the outcomes of this one! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMU434/p... #PhD #studentship #funding #GameStudies #EcoGames