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Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg
@alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
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She/Her/Elle | Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal | Forensic Psychology | @uSask, @OTfpsych and @LaurentianU alum | #FirstGen | Views are my own 🏳️‍🌈
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alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
Nous recherchons des professionnels de la #SantéMentale pour participer à une étude sur les clients ayant un intérêt sexuel pour les animaux. Si vous êtes un professionnel de santé mentale/étudiant dans un programme clinique, veuillez participer ! pacificu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #psych
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October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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We are looking for #MentalHealth professionals to participate in a study looking at clients with a sexual interest in animals. If you are a mental health care professional or a student in a clinical program, please consider participating! pacificu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Psych #SocialWork
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October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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canadianpsychology.bsky.social
There is very little evidence that criminal profiling works at all. However, television has made many of us far more confident in the process than is likely warranted. Listen to Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg on the newest episode of Mind Full wherever you get your podcasts.

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September 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
Our new study "Exploring motivations for using fantasy-themed and animal-shaped sex toys" is now published in Psychology & Sexuality. This is the first study of motivations behind non-traditional sex toy use. #PsychSciSky #SexToys #FantasyCreatures
50 free copies: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XSRU3...
A screenshot of the study described in the thread
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
👥 CONFÉRENCE
📌 La Zoophilie : Recherches Actuelles et Orientations Futures - Par Alexandra Zidenberg
📅 Mercredi 24 septembre 2025, de 11h45 à 13h
👉 La présentation sera en français
🔗 Détails et inscription : www.cicc-iccc.org/fr/evenement...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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canadianpsychology.bsky.social
Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg from Université de Montréal joins Mind Full to talk about criminal profiling. How much does binge-watching TV enhance our ability to profile a suspect? Do true-crime podcasts skew our beliefs about the effectiveness of law enforcement?

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September 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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meghanford.bsky.social
📢 Psychologists, psychological associates, trainees, and allies: Big changes proposed by CPBAO could erode psychologist registration standards in Ontario. I’ve partnered with Dr. Jenn Bossio to launch a petition in opposition. Sign & share: chng.it/6hKSNnJnkv #onpsych #ProtectOurProfession
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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maddipow.bsky.social
My comment about open research and qualitative methods is out! I argue that open research needs to take seriously the notion that "rigour" looks different for different methods and can learn from qualitative traditions. It feels very apt to be at #QMIP2025 for this publication day rdcu.be/evEpk
A screenshot of the paper, titled "Bridging qualitative methods and open research"
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
🧵 THREAD: New research in Crime Scene from the Criminal Justice section of @canadianpsychology.bsky.social challenges what we think we know about crime TV and real-world #profiling skills
cpa.ca/docs/File/Se...
#Research #CriminalJustice #ForensicPsychology #MediaLiteracy #MilitaryPsychology
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July 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
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📢 Thrilled to share that our paper "Understanding the Psychological Profile of Children and Youth Engaging in Sexual Contact with Non-Human Animals: A Scoping Review" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 🧠📄 #ChildProtection #Research #Psychology #OpenScience
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July 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
Presenting some pretty cool cat research at #ISAZ2025 😸
Dr. Zidenberg stands in front of a scientific poster
June 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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shannahe.bsky.social
Do you teach #selfcompassion or have completed #mindfulselfcompassion training? We’d love to hear from you! We are looking for #selfcompassionteachers to take part in an interview about your experiences. If you would like to participate, please see below. Please share! #MSC #selfcompassionresearch
June 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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dpmoriarity.bsky.social
"Awaiting Editor Decision"
June 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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jfallows.bsky.social
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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drstephcraig.bsky.social
Well this is terrifying. Canada, please please vote.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trump is freezing funding for universities they don't adr | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump has been threatening to cancel funding for some universities unless they accede to his demands to change ideological policy, similar to a pledge Pierre Poilievre has made f...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
This is dumb and harmful and false for so many reasons, but I also feel the need to point out that there's literally a very popular show called "Love on the Spectrum" about autistic people dating...
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · Apr 16
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes

Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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mattthiessen.bsky.social
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the US only if essential and necessary.

www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
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April 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
We're still recruiting women who identify as #Femcels for this study!
#PinkPill #RedPill #BluePill #PurplePill #femcel #incel #women #woman #PsychSciSky
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social · Mar 5
Do you identify as a #femcel ? You are invited to participate in our study. You will be asked to complete a survey on your mental health, attitudes, and experiences. If you would like to participate, click the following link: stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #incel @brandonsparks.bsky.social
A poster that says "are you a femcel?" There is a QR code for the study
March 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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amandafanniff.bsky.social
If you had a grant cancelled, consider submitting info about your terminated grant using this Google Form [Contact Scott Delaney with Qs on Signal (sdelaney.84)]
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Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants
#defendresearch
March 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
New research by some fabulous students (and myself) explores correlates of multiple perpetrator rape proclivity in women. Click here for access (or let me know you want a copy): connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrv...
A picture of the article titled Exploring Correlates of Multiple Perpetrator Rape Proclivity in Women by Michelle Schwier, Alexandra Zidenberg, and Saad Iqbal.
March 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
An absolutely brutal username assigned to me by a journal in CATS 😂 #Publishing #PsychSciSky #Academia
A username in the CATS system really "Alexanaly9" closely resembling "Alex Anally" in spelling
March 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
We're still recruiting women who identify as #Femcels for this study!
#PinkPill #RedPill #BluePill #PurplePill #femcel #incel #women #woman #PsychSciSky
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social Dr. Alexandra Zidenberg @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social · Mar 5
Do you identify as a #femcel ? You are invited to participate in our study. You will be asked to complete a survey on your mental health, attitudes, and experiences. If you would like to participate, click the following link: stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #incel @brandonsparks.bsky.social
A poster that says "are you a femcel?" There is a QR code for the study
March 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
Do you identify as a #femcel ? You are invited to participate in our study. You will be asked to complete a survey on your mental health, attitudes, and experiences. If you would like to participate, click the following link: stfx.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #incel @brandonsparks.bsky.social
A poster that says "are you a femcel?" There is a QR code for the study
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.

1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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lethalityjane.bsky.social
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children. Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. “Are you feeling all right?” I asked her. “I feel all sleepy,” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM