Michael Spoelma

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Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026!
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30.09.2025 06:56 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2

I Have Written You A Book On Forensic Metascience Use it to cause trouble

Friends, I have written you a book on forensic metascience.

It is free. You can have it. Happy St. Valentine's Day.

If you wish to give me a gift back, you can use it to cause trouble - the greatest gift of all.

open.substack.com/pub/jamescla...

14.02.2025 17:17 — 👍 364    🔁 153    💬 12    📌 16

Our JSS article is out!

And now I get to focus on {marginaleffects} 1.0.0. Stay tuned.

www.jstatsoft.org/article/view...

02.12.2024 04:00 — 👍 380    🔁 113    💬 13    📌 14

Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being Authors of this article:Jeffrey A Hall1 Author Orcid Image Article Authors Cited by Tweetations (1) Metrics Abstract References Abbreviations Copyright Abstract This viewpoint reviews the empirical evidence regarding the association between social media use and well-being, including life satisfaction and affective well-being, and the association between social media use and ill-being, including loneliness, anxiety, and depressive symptomology. To frame this discussion, this viewpoint will present 10 widely believed myths about social media, each drawn from popular discourse on the topic. In rebuttal, this viewpoint will offer a warranted claim supported by the research. The goal is to bring popular beliefs into dialogue with state-of-the-art quantitative social scientific evidence. It is the intention of this viewpoint to provide a more accurate and nuanced claim to

Well, this could hardly be more timely (and is very carefully written):

Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being
by Jeffrey A Hall

doi.org/10.2196/59585

02.12.2024 09:24 — 👍 69    🔁 27    💬 2    📌 5

Social media bans don't address youth mental health problems » Eiko Fried I co-wrote this piece with the fantastic Margarita Panayiotou, Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester who’s work focuses on psychometrics, measurement, social media & adolescent mental health...

In light of Australia’s social media ban, here a brief reminder why bans do not address the core issues they are meant to solve, w @margaritap.bsky.social.

eiko-fried.com/social-media...

29.11.2024 08:20 — 👍 132    🔁 53    💬 7    📌 4

Launched a new HiTOP YouTube channel to host some videos my RA Tash Turner-Cohen and I are working on.

We've just posted the first one, which gives a brief overview of some of the limitations of the DSM: youtu.be/4Kwu_1oMD9U

25.11.2024 02:28 — 👍 49    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 6

Stochastic interventions, sensitivity analysis, and optimal transport Recent methodological research in causal inference has focused on effects of stochastic interventions, which assign treatment randomly, often according to subject-specific covariates. In this work, we...

Interesting work on stochastic interventions: arxiv.org/abs/2411.14285

24.11.2024 07:05 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

The communications minister cited a study in support of a teen social media ban. Its co-author disagrees University of Oxford professor Andrew Przybylski says the government has 'misunderstood the purpose and findings of our research'.

Science misinterpreted again - this time by Australian govt to justify teen social media bans. Our work shows responses to social media vary individually. We never advocated for blanket bans. Happy to engage with MPs on evidence-based policy. Let's get this right!

www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/20/t...

20.11.2024 08:31 — 👍 53    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 0

AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably

OMG, who would have thought that publishing this paper on GPT and poetry would get me hate mail?

18.11.2024 23:47 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 5    📌 0

Simulation studies are essential for methods research. How well are they conducted & reported? How can we improve their quality? Out now in Psychological Methods, see 🧵 below.
With @fbartos.bsky.social, @timpmorris.bsky.social, @boulesteixlaure.bsky.social, @danielheck.bsky.social & Samuel Pawel

18.11.2024 09:25 — 👍 64    🔁 22    💬 4    📌 2

It's crazy how small changes in how social networks work can lead to very different experiences. For example, starter packs seem to drastically change how the social graph evolves. I've seen more new followers this week alone than in a full year on Twitter
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17.11.2024 22:37 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 1

go.bsky.app/MMeFFH6

15.11.2024 18:01 — 👍 82    🔁 41    💬 32    📌 5

Couldn't find a machine learning for health starter pack so I made one. 

DM/Reply if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/PJKJ8vK

17.11.2024 06:34 — 👍 109    🔁 29    💬 48    📌 0

Very happy to share on Bluesky my most recent publication, The Lancet Commission on Self-Harm, which is available for free via the link below until 28th November.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1jvLeV-4XO...

17.11.2024 06:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How can research posters be improved? Mike Morrison, creator of the Better Poster Project, shares his insights in this Q&A. Check out the blog for more on how his design is changing the way science is shared.

🔗 Read the full Q&A: www.cos.io/blog/rese...

29.10.2024 13:00 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

Not sure if I’m doing this right, but I’ve had a go at starting a ‘Reconceptualising psychopathology’ starter pack (e.g., HiTOP, RDoC, dynamic systems, clinical staging). Please do send me suggestions or requests to be added!

go.bsky.app/Pek9ycQ

22.10.2024 10:10 — 👍 156    🔁 52    💬 44    📌 3

Network analysis: An overview for mental health research Network approaches to psychopathology have become increasingly common in mental health research, with many theoretical and methodological developments quickly gaining traction. This article illustrat...

Our long didactic paper on #network analysis, written with many of the amazing scientists that work in the field is finally out in IJMPR and open access ! It was a long and collaborative effort two years in the making, but, it was worth it! Please repost onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

15.11.2024 07:42 — 👍 73    🔁 30    💬 4    📌 4