BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).
Gordon Hodson is a psychology professor at Brock University, where he directs the Brock Lab of Intergroup Processes. He is known for his research on political ideology and its relationship to prejudice, intelligence, and climate change denial. .. more
Iconic Steve's Music (Toronto) is closing after decades & decades.
This is like losing that old special bookstore. Irreplaceable. The sounds, the vibe, the culture, the people.
For some, one of the best reasons to visit #Toronto!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We hear a LOT about how athletes are excellent role models (especially for youth).
Question: shouldn't be we concerned if prominent athlete insists on competing even though they have a substantial physical injury?
(whether skiing, football/hockey concussions, etc)
I'm sure my message doesn't get through.
But I tell students that by using AI they are helping to train the very algorithms that they'll be competing against in the job market.
(and robbing themselves of growth opportunities, of course)
Also: No lie, I heard academic once admit that they do crummy reviews, and are late, ON PURPOSE, so they look like a bad reviewer and don't get asked!
Psychologists are presumably especially bad for these "hacks".
I slightly worry that requiring reviews means people do really crummy reviews. Short, weak
Not sure how to work that into a revised system. I suppose editors could "grade" the review. But yikes, that's putting a lot on the editor
I've also had editorial board members routinely refuse to review. Some don't even reply.
Sorry, but that's not on. You want your name on journal and get status credit etc? Roll up those sleeves!
With consequences if you don't. Such as, you can't submit your revision if you didn't do a review when asked.
I know this would be a groan. But, aren't we groaning with the status quo??
If you get rejected at Journal 1, and now submitting to Journal 2, that's ANOTHER 3 articles you should be reviewing (total = 6).
Me, when I get a paper rejected, chanelling Motorhead's The Ace of Spades:
"You win some, lose some. It's all the same to me"
(but it's all an act, and you know it. Rejection stings, in any form)
Who handles a cold better, according to men...
No difference: 49%
Women do: 33%
Men do: 9%
" " according to women...
Women do: 76%
No difference: 16%
Men do: 1%
Well, there you go.
Self-reported: men (vs women) better able to handle a cold.
SETTLED.
🙄
#ManFlu
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Who handles a cold better, according to men...
No difference: 49%
Women do: 33%
Men do: 9%
" " according to women...
Women do: 76%
No difference: 16%
Men do: 1%
Me, as a dehumanization researcher & theorist:
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...
(I'm deliberately not showing the image here. But you can see it in this news article).
I mean, for eg, they might not know the literature as well as you do. Or know how to frame an argument at your level. Or write English at your level.
Be careful how you criticize those things. Be constructive.
Half my time on this platform is me thinking precisely this 👇
Stop doing their lifting.
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Follow up: When you write your review, imagine the author as an ECR. Strong chance they are.
Will your language jar them, turn them off science or publishing?
Are you holding them to your (senior) standard?
Is there an opportunity to HELP IMPROVE the paper? To mentor the author?
I think we all should:
1. Review three papers for every one that we submit.
2. Promptly declined to review a paper when the request arrives.
#AcademicChatter
It's an important reminder to the field.
When you routinely decline review requests, you're likely stalling the training & career potential of ECRs.
Value science? Review science.
Absolutely. I get frustrated at the gaps between what we teach students, and what we do as researchers.
It's like parental hypocrisy, where parents tell children X but behave Y themselves.
From my 2021 paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
When restrictive economic zoning leads to racial segregation - https://cup.org/4ti5BDM
"results indicate that land use regulations contribute to the maintenance of racial segregation across neighborhoods"
- @trounstine.bsky.social
#FirstView
Why am I one social media, if it's so toxic and depressing?
I do value the community... but I also love that I get to stumble across papers like this that I'd have missed. Looking forward to digging in!
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I think we all should:
1. Review three papers for every one that we submit.
2. Promptly declined to review a paper when the request arrives.
#AcademicChatter
I cringe when politicians or laypeople dismiss university-based research as "niche"
Let's face it, they have no way of knowing
Sometimes it's hard for me to know if a topic is niche, or "too niche", right in my own area of expertise! Who am I to say?
It's all about marginalizing.
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When restrictive economic zoning leads to racial segregation - https://cup.org/4ti5BDM
"results indicate that land use regulations contribute to the maintenance of racial segregation across neighborhoods"
- @trounstine.bsky.social
#FirstView
Writing it yourself, even imperfectly, feels better 💌
buff.ly/h3HkNhJ
We good?
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Writing it yourself, even imperfectly, feels better 💌
buff.ly/h3HkNhJ