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@socialneuro.bsky.social

Social psychology/social neuroscientist/former wrestling champion.

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SocialNeuro | Eric Vanman | Substack Exploring human psychology in the digital age. Click to read SocialNeuro, by Eric Vanman, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.

I have launched my SocialNeuro substack, focusing on the psychology of technology — how smartphones, AI, and social media are invisibly rewiring our minds. socialneuro.substack.com?r=9qkkp&utm_...

12.09.2025 04:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Excerpt from the article. Black text on white background with a few links in blue text. Excerpt as follows: “Under the ARC board’s proposals, most stand-alone fellowships would be replaced by “embedded fellowships” funded through other grant schemes and capped at two years. “Traditional four-year fellowships concentrate a significant amount of funds on a small number of individual researchers,” a discussion paper explains. Observers fear this could inadvertently deny many ECRs a toehold in academia because current fellowship schemes such as the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Decra) and the mid-career Future Fellowships are available to researchers without positions at universities. This could change under the proposals. The discussion paper implies that recipients of embedded fellowships must already be in “the university workforce” – suggesting that ECRs must obtain employment in the sector before gaining eligibility for ARC grants. That is an “unrealistic” expectation, according to Sharath Sriram, president of Science and Technology Australia. “The assumption is all those who apply are already…in academic roles. That might have been true in the 1990s. It’s not the case anymore. “There’s no stability of employment for people until they are six, seven years out of their PhDs. Universities often use success in grants and fellowships to determine who to employ.” A researcher who monitors grant schemes, using the social media handle “ARC Tracker”, was unconvinced that the proposals would improve opportunities for ECRs. They said changes to fellowship schemes needed to avoid closing “pathways” for young researchers and leaving them “overshadowed by the established group leaders”. ARC Board chair Peter Shergold acknowledged the fellowship changes as one of the “stings in the tail” of his proposals, but said a primary goal of his reforms was “contributing to the development of the next generation of researchers”.

Excerpt from the article. Black text on white background with a few links in blue text. Excerpt as follows: “Under the ARC board’s proposals, most stand-alone fellowships would be replaced by “embedded fellowships” funded through other grant schemes and capped at two years. “Traditional four-year fellowships concentrate a significant amount of funds on a small number of individual researchers,” a discussion paper explains. Observers fear this could inadvertently deny many ECRs a toehold in academia because current fellowship schemes such as the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Decra) and the mid-career Future Fellowships are available to researchers without positions at universities. This could change under the proposals. The discussion paper implies that recipients of embedded fellowships must already be in “the university workforce” – suggesting that ECRs must obtain employment in the sector before gaining eligibility for ARC grants. That is an “unrealistic” expectation, according to Sharath Sriram, president of Science and Technology Australia. “The assumption is all those who apply are already…in academic roles. That might have been true in the 1990s. It’s not the case anymore. “There’s no stability of employment for people until they are six, seven years out of their PhDs. Universities often use success in grants and fellowships to determine who to employ.” A researcher who monitors grant schemes, using the social media handle “ARC Tracker”, was unconvinced that the proposals would improve opportunities for ECRs. They said changes to fellowship schemes needed to avoid closing “pathways” for young researchers and leaving them “overshadowed by the established group leaders”. ARC Board chair Peter Shergold acknowledged the fellowship changes as one of the “stings in the tail” of his proposals, but said a primary goal of his reforms was “contributing to the development of the next generation of researchers”.

Here’s a report by John Ross in @timeshighered.bsky.social on ARC Board’s proposal to change grant schemes ▶️

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Both @scienceau.bsky.social's & I am worried about opportunities & unintended consequences for early-career researchers👇

16.03.2025 23:00 — 👍 42    🔁 21    💬 4    📌 7
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Welcome to ISRE's Bluesky account!

26.01.2025 20:14 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 3
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The 22nd World Congress of Psychophysiology #IOP2025 is set to take place in the historic city of Kraków, Poland, from July 8–11, 2025. www.iop2025.pl

Key Dates:
Symposia Proposal Deadline: January 31, 2025
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 28, 2025
Early-Bird Rego Deadline: April 15, 2025

31.12.2024 06:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Do we behave differently when robots are watching? Fascinating stuff from @socialneuro.bsky.social at #ASP2024

04.12.2024 04:33 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The U.S. Green Party’s Flawed Strategy and Problematic Leader is Failing Progressives and the Planet The U.S. Green Party claims to champion progressive change and push Democrats leftward, but reality paints a far different picture. Led by a problematic figure financially tied to the polluters she…

Its time for the American Greens to make some changes. thegateuchicago.com/2024/12/03/t...

04.12.2024 02:51 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Jacob Cohen never meant for his effect size thresholds to be used as a default across all fields.

Calculate field-specific small, medium, and large effect size thresholds with our R package 📦

11.11.2024 07:03 — 👍 67    🔁 23    💬 4    📌 0

I’m really enjoying the new EOI process for Australian Research Council grants. I am spending more time thinking about the project and its pitch than I did under the old system. Good on ya, ARC!

12.11.2024 00:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 My colleague, Jason Tangen, has just dropped an up-to-date YouTube video on how #AI can revolutionize academia! 🎓🤖 It’s a deep dive into the core models, capabilities, and prompts. 📸✍️🎥 A must-watch for students and researchers alike. 🔥🔗 [https://youtu.be/mkBfwtVg7SY]

28.10.2023 01:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Have you come across a recent review article about the Stanford marshmallow studies on delayed gratification? Failed replications, small effect sizes, and alternative explanations are scattered throughout the literature. Yet, the original conclusions seem to persist.

10.09.2023 02:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AIMOS2022 conference will be held in sunny Brisbane this year. For all the details & CFP, see: bit.ly/aimos2023

07.09.2023 04:58 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

So this is where all the cool kids went! It took me a while to find you. 😎

10.09.2023 01:28 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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