Linda Skitka

a pig is sticking its head out of a car window and holding a red stick with the words freedom written on it ALT: a pig is sticking its head out of a car window and holding a red stick with the words freedom written on it

Free at last!!!

A step in the right direction for Chicago—>

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

Resistance to authoritarianism is a coordination game. That's why universities and law firms and nonprofits can't let themselves be picked off one by one. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Just Asking Questions: Can an Implication Generate an Illusory Truth Effect? Ira E. Hyman, Jr., Jasmine Balmelli-Morales, Macallan Enns-Ford, Annika Fiala, Zoe Gadbow, Macy Kneipp, Isabel Nguyen, Gwen Pane Western Washington University Madeline Jalbert University of Washington

A Just Asking Questions Effect for spreading false information.
This thread is an overview of my lab’s research that I presented at Psychonomics this morning. #psynow24

TLDR: Getting people to generate their own false answers leads them to believe that info. 1/

If true, this is a very scary development—>

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

We're recruiting PhD students to join us at Nebraska! Spreading word:

Whether you (or your student's) current home is in Psych or PoliSci, if you're interested in political psych, you could be a great fit.

I run a joint lab (www.pierceekstrom.com/ekstromlab) with Ingrid Haas (paclab.unl.edu). 1/3

It’s just a joke, it’s just a joke, it’s just a joke…

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain. Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.

New from me and @brendannyhan.bsky.social

Why Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence" is a devil's bargain and should be rejected in all forms

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

New PSPR Special Issue Highlights Personality and Social Psychological Theory from the Majority World

📣Just announced: Personality and Social Psychology Review has published a Special Issue focused on elevating theoretical perspectives from non-Western societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Learn more: ow.ly/6Z1O50X4Uug

Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...

Yup. Up in smoke now, because China has been forced to source their soybeans elsewhere.

This is catastrophically bad.

Are we winning yet?

Sadly, in the U.S., we can only say we used to fund important discoveries like this.

Dems absolutely should filibuster any relief unless it is combined with legislation to end the tariffs that caused the problem in the first place.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Family friendly waiting room for participants

Family friendly waiting room, picture shows children's play area

Room for Research Assistants

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Announcement for a virtual research talk by Emily Dix from Lake Forest College on racial bias denial, scheduled for September 26, 1-2 PM ET.

Tomorrow, 1-2 PM ET: Join Dr. Emily Dix from Lake Forest College as she presents her research on racial bias recognition as part of our PUI Invited Research Talk Series, highlighting scholars from Primarily Undergrad Institutions.

Register: ow.ly/JxWp50X2cV9

Nails it.

I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!

Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration The Trump administration also plans to launch a $1 million “gold card” visa for wealthy foreigners in a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s paths to legal immigration.

Misleading WaPo headline: “Trump unveils $100k fee…”

Fact buried in paragraph 13: “Under federal law, only Congress has the power to create new visa entry programs and add fees to existing categories”

This fee will never happen

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

So much for “academic freedom” and the protections of tenure.

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Three conversations I'm excited to be a part of this week 🧪:

1) Fri Sept 19th 2pm ET join me, @frankikung.bsky.social, Jon Freeman and Cynthia Pickett for an @spspnews.bsky.social virtual conversation on grant terminations and research funding challenges spsp.org/professional...