Gordon Hodson

‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts

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That's news to me.

I wasn't aware that American chocolate contained chocolate.

(you've tried it, right?)

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Every animal is someone, not something 🐷🐥🐮🐶🐱🐠

Being around negativity (hasslers in your network), or generating it yourself (being aggressive), are literally bad for you!

Here, aggression in youth ==> greater biological aging in adulthood

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Negative social ties as emerging risk factors for accelerated aging, inflammation, and multimorbidity | PNAS Negative social ties, or “hasslers,” are pervasive yet understudied components of social networks that may accelerate biological aging and morbidit...

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Remember recent study showing hasslers in your life accelerates your aging process?

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

When, another study has related (but different) findings.....

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We could all do with a reminder about what can happen when we allow politics to steamroller over science.

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I'm already planning out my summer writing schedule. And it's only March.

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If you're not following @profsamperry.bsky.social & @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social ....

....ummmm, why not?

They're always chasing down very interesting, culturally relevant topics.

Check out this latest.

"If you don't know what to say, say nothing at all"

All else being equal, what % of the time do you think this is the correct course of action?

(If, in response, you're going to argue that war-is-no-time-for equality, please refrain. Disadvantaged groups are always told that, no matter what is going on, now is the not the time for equality. Just wait a bit longer, etc etc).

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Fond of Churchill? The more I read, the less I like.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Imagine threatening to resign, during war (!), if women were paid (gasp).... the same as men.

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I always stress to my students in the lab:

Mistakes happen. What's key is to own it, do your best to fix it. Be transparent. Learn from it.

And if showed "baby pig".

Much of the animal-based food people eat are essentially babies (relative to natural life of the species).

Combine people don't like to hurt animals with people don't like to hurt babies.

It's very exciting that Journal of Environmental Psychology is now so open to meat-eating studies.

Meat consumption is one of THE leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions.

In fact, it's hard to see how we'll solve climate change without reducing/eliminating meat consumption.

Further evidence that people don't like hurting animals.

Reminding people that the food they might eat are/is animals ==> more avoidance of flesh-based foods.

My fav part is we used actual cafeteria sales to measure behaviour, rather than asking for intentions. #applied

#vegan #vegetarian

Seeing animals, choosing plants: Evidence from a cafeteria field study on food choice Reducing meat consumption is a priority for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the climate crisis. Past research reveals that reminders …

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#OpenAccess URL here
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Looking for field study, for class, using unobtrusive observation for DV?

Our new paper, led by Siobhan Murray (w Rose Meleady) is for you!

Cafeteria allowed menu boards with & without animal images

Odds of choosing vegetarian meals rose 22% if animal image present.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

— Jimi Hendrix

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Pleading with (American) researchers to stop describing their samples in American-centric terms.

"Mid-Atlantic city?"

What, do you mean Lisbon, Portugal?
Lagos, Nigeria?

😆

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/272403/1-s2....

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I think I've done multi-factor authentication 5-6 times already this morning.

You'd be forgiven for thinking I work at a nuclear power plant or something.

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It's good to have someone like this in your research group

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Preaching to the choir here. I learn so much from working with ECRs.

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At the time, however, I felt that Comps ruined my life.

But I'm actually (now) grateful for the serious, truly comprehensive grounding it gave me for my discipline of study.

Sometimes #education is about being required to master things you'd ordinarily not gravitate toward.

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After my PhD comprehensive exams (3300 pages of primary source reading, & all abstracts from 3 years of JPSP, PSPB, JESP, for 8-hour written exam plus 1-hour verbal exam)...

I promised myself I'd never feel "bored" again.

And it's worked.

Thanks Comps, for new lease on life.

If I know Brits, they'll love nothing more than a US president chastising Brits for showing up late to a war that is already won.

Thanks.

How about either actual footage or reenactments/demonstrations?

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#SocialPsychology peers, know of a URL for good video demonstration of Sherif's autokinetic effect?

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Hits a bit close to home for me

When I read the first part of this sentence, I thought it would end "walk into a bar...."