Siri Leknes

Great thread

Hi early career researchers

I know job interviews can feel a bit like exams

But having done six in the last week, let me tell you

Chances are you’ve blown the minds of the interviewing panel 🤩🤩🤩

Valladolid pain conference crowd pretending to master social media (pouting) garden 😁 😂😂😂

A screenshot with the following Learning statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners. (Version 0.6.1) Danielle Navarro (bookdown translation: Emily Kothe) 2019-01-11 Overview Learning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class, as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students, focusing on the use of the R statistical software. The book discusses how to get started in R as well as giving an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts. From a statistical perspective, the book discusses descriptive statistics and graphing first, followed by chapters on probability theory, sampling and estimation, and null hypothesis testing. After introducing the theory, the book covers the analysis of contingency tables, t-tests, ANOVAs and regression. Bayesian statistics are covered at the end of the book.

A screenshot with the following Welcome! Welcome to the online version of “Doing Meta-Analysis with R: A Hands-On Guide”. This book serves as an accessible introduction into how meta-analyses can be conducted in R. Essential steps for meta-analysis are covered, including pooling of outcome measures, forest plots, heterogeneity diagnostics, subgroup analyses, meta-regression, methods to control for publication bias, risk of bias assessments and plotting tools. Advanced, but highly relevant topics such as network meta-analysis, multi-/three-level meta-analyses, Bayesian meta-analysis approaches, and SEM meta-analysis are also covered. The programming and statistical background covered in the book are kept at a non-expert level. A print version of this book has been published with Chapman & Hall/CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)

Here are two "I can't believe these are free" online stats texts books that cover both underlying principles and practical applications in R that I regularly refer to.

Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com

Doing Meta-Analysis with R bookdown.org/MathiasHarre...

Seriously word?

a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and screaming . ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and screaming .

You still need a really big problem/challenge for context (eg chronic pain) but keep it brief, one sentence

before defining the REAL PROBLEM, ie the specific challenge/gap you can actually fix (eg tackling heterogeneity in treatment responses with N-of1-1/ single case experimental designs)

a man and a woman are looking at each other with the words there was just one small hiccup though ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other with the words there was just one small hiccup though

Been working a lot on own & colleagues’ grants recently

Many great proposals define the problem so narrowly that it leads directly to the solution the project offers

Eg 1/

When I was an undergrad, I saw a talk by Oliver Sacks about music. During the Q&A, someone asked Sacks if he thought science would reveal the deepest mysteries of art. Sacks (a rare humanist among scientists) said that he doubted it, at which Eric Kandel (the host) leaped up and grabbed the mic.

Our systematic review and meta-analysis is now published in Neurobiology of Stress 🍾

Main takeaway: glucose increases cortisol stress reactivity (robust, small effect), but effects of progesterone and estradiol are weak and rather inconsistent. Read more about it here 👇🏻

Great advice on universities at risk of accepting the Compact: "Really all you need to do is get your campus to hand this issue over to a very, very slow committee!"

Point of view, Norwegian time optimist

Optimal arrival for 6 pm dinner: 6.10
Earliest polite: 6
Latest polite:6.20? With message, 6.35 🤷‍♀️

a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette . ALT: a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .

Interesting how companies and the financial world is racing to spend mindboggling amounts of money to build the infrastructure to train computers. But we are leaving the infrastructure to train and educate humans crumbling. The question is who will train who?

Norway!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

A green background with white and bright green text that reads "Help shape the future of the CogSci Society and apply to be a member of the STUDENT COMMITTEE". To the right of the text, there are two simple, light green icons of people. An arrow connects the top icon to a graduation cap icon, which then connects to the bottom icon, symbolizing a path of learning and development.

The Cognitive Science Society is looking for new members for its Student Committee!

Open to current members enrolled in MA or PhD programs (any country 🌍)

Apply by November 14!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/get-involved/

Can I trust nature research assistant by springer??

The Nobel Prizes, 5 of 6 having so far gone to US based scientists, are a reminder of why we must stand up for science against this horrid administration. Here are some great Scientist Activists to follow.

go.bsky.app/14W5Rdk

It has been an amazing experience to be President of @improvingpsych.org for the past year. There aren't many societies that would engage early career researchers in leadership, but SIPS is very special 🧡✨

One week left to apply!

Brilliant thread summarising this field - perfect for those in other fields 🙏

Thanks, I enjoyed that read!

“Added value” 🙄

Interested in brain-body interactions but unsure where to start?

🎮 Choose your character

👩🏻‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬 Current scientists: a new review by @michaelgaebler.com A. Villringer & V. Nikulin

🧒🏼👧🏾 Future scientists (and people of all ages): our scicomm article with @agatapatyczek.bsky.social & @el-rei.bsky.social

Thanks, Dani! We miss you over here 😸

So many policies meant to improve conditions for ECRs end up with a penalty for the ECR. My university makes us do this too, issue open calls for projects designed by a PhD or postdoc candidate even when named in grant 🤦‍♀️
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬

Next up, @honglab.bsky.social!

Mice show prosocial behaviors and coordinate with each other to achieve mutual rewards. 🐭

Mice also get better at coordinating over time (waiting for the other, nose poking to time their behaviors)! 🐁

#S4SN2025

Thanks, Jan! Be sure to forward to any promising trainees from your lab, they'd have great training

Thanks for sharing, Daniel! And for adding the important information about the deadline. Most of us academics are very deadline oriented after all 😆😂

Thanks for sharing and recommending, Micah! 🤩

PhD Research Fellow (286164) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Research Fellow (286164), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Link to PhD call (for experienced MDs):
Both positions entail super cool projects 🤩🤩

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!

Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!

We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...