Bethany Growns
@bethanygrowns.bsky.social
Cognitive psychologist studying decision-making in the legal system | senior lecturer @ the University of Canterbury in NZ | queer(she/her)🏳️🌈 aussie | foodie🍽 Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
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POSTDOC Opening: I'm hiring a postdoc to work with me, @ayeletlandau.bsky.social, and Yuval Benjamini on a 4-year NSF funded project to understand timing and memorability in the visual system. fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking all included.
If interested, please DM or email me for more information!
If interested, please DM or email me for more information!
Thanks to NSF and BSF, we've received a CRCNS grant!! 🎉
I'll be working with the amazing @ayeletlandau.bsky.social and Yuval Benjamini to explore and understand how our sense of time and image memorability are linked. ⌛🧠
We have 2(!) post-doc opportunities available - details coming soon!
I'll be working with the amazing @ayeletlandau.bsky.social and Yuval Benjamini to explore and understand how our sense of time and image memorability are linked. ⌛🧠
We have 2(!) post-doc opportunities available - details coming soon!
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
POSTDOC Opening: I'm hiring a postdoc to work with me, @ayeletlandau.bsky.social, and Yuval Benjamini on a 4-year NSF funded project to understand timing and memorability in the visual system. fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking all included.
If interested, please DM or email me for more information!
If interested, please DM or email me for more information!
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Life goals: uncontactable 🙏
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Life goals: uncontactable 🙏
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I do not want, or see any value, in an AI review of any paper I submit to a journal.
If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.
Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.
If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.
Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.
Oh FFS. Because what overburdened peer review systems really need is more noise between the reviewers & ACs. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I do not want, or see any value, in an AI review of any paper I submit to a journal.
If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.
Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.
If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.
Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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"no worries if not!"
But they were, all of them, deceived. For there were some worries if not
But they were, all of them, deceived. For there were some worries if not
September 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"no worries if not!"
But they were, all of them, deceived. For there were some worries if not
But they were, all of them, deceived. For there were some worries if not
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okay, malcolm gladwell says he was “cowed” into saying trans girls and women belong in girls’ and women’s sports. well i won’t be bullied or pressured into taking that position!
i took it based on the evidence. like for example:
www.liberalcurrents.com/do-trans-wom...
i took it based on the evidence. like for example:
www.liberalcurrents.com/do-trans-wom...
Do Trans Women Belong In Sports?
The question of trans women in sports has little to do with the cultural practice of sport itself. Rather, it’s merely a convenient way of normalizing transphobia.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs
September 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
July 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/
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Fantastic talk by David White showing that super-recognizers don't pay extra attention to all social cues (e.g. bodies), just to faces #ecp2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Fantastic talk by David White showing that super-recognizers don't pay extra attention to all social cues (e.g. bodies), just to faces #ecp2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Great talk by @bethanygrowns.bsky.social looking at overlap between face super-recognizers and object super-matchers #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Great talk by @bethanygrowns.bsky.social looking at overlap between face super-recognizers and object super-matchers #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social
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Hey ECRs at @expsyanz.bsky.social this week - if you're interested in object perception and/or neural decoding, come find me for a chat about an upcoming postdoc spot at the @marcsinstitute.bsky.social 👀
June 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey ECRs at @expsyanz.bsky.social this week - if you're interested in object perception and/or neural decoding, come find me for a chat about an upcoming postdoc spot at the @marcsinstitute.bsky.social 👀
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Brilliant talk by @andyperfors.bsky.social at #epc2025 encouraging psychology to study the effects of disinformation at the systemic level @expsyanz.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Brilliant talk by @andyperfors.bsky.social at #epc2025 encouraging psychology to study the effects of disinformation at the systemic level @expsyanz.bsky.social
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In an absolutely barbaric move, the Trump administration is officially cutting off specialized 988 suicide prevention support for LGBTQ+ youth. This is murder.
From NPR: "SAMHSA announced Tuesday it was ending these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on July 17."
From NPR: "SAMHSA announced Tuesday it was ending these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on July 17."
Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
www.npr.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
In an absolutely barbaric move, the Trump administration is officially cutting off specialized 988 suicide prevention support for LGBTQ+ youth. This is murder.
From NPR: "SAMHSA announced Tuesday it was ending these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on July 17."
From NPR: "SAMHSA announced Tuesday it was ending these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on July 17."
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Walking across UNSW campus for a conference, I found myself thinking about how I love academia (for all its flaws) because of what it reflects about humanity. We all decided that it's worth creating and resourcing an entire cultural institution devoted to the acquisition and spread of knowledge.
June 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Walking across UNSW campus for a conference, I found myself thinking about how I love academia (for all its flaws) because of what it reflects about humanity. We all decided that it's worth creating and resourcing an entire cultural institution devoted to the acquisition and spread of knowledge.
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Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference/Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision kicks off tomorrow! We're all very excited. See the programme it looks fantastic drive.google.com/file/d/1d0KE... website: conference.unsw.edu.au/en/epc-apcv-... follow us here: @expsyanz.bsky.social
EPC & APCV Joint Meeting 2025 | UNSW Conferences
conference.unsw.edu.au
June 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference/Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision kicks off tomorrow! We're all very excited. See the programme it looks fantastic drive.google.com/file/d/1d0KE... website: conference.unsw.edu.au/en/epc-apcv-... follow us here: @expsyanz.bsky.social
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the psych department at Waikato (in Hamilton, New Zealand) is recruiting at the junior level, in developmental and/or perception/cognition
(in NZ 'lecturer' means 'assistant professor', and is a permanent role)
(in NZ 'lecturer' means 'assistant professor', and is a permanent role)
Lecturer in Psychology - Hamilton, New Zealand job with UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO | 394487
We are looking for a stellar individual who will bring professional and academic experience to facilitate our portfolio of research ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
the psych department at Waikato (in Hamilton, New Zealand) is recruiting at the junior level, in developmental and/or perception/cognition
(in NZ 'lecturer' means 'assistant professor', and is a permanent role)
(in NZ 'lecturer' means 'assistant professor', and is a permanent role)
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Pride is in full bloom.
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Pride is in full bloom.
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Last chance for applications!
May 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Last chance for applications!
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Since the release of the HHS report, both Copilot and ChatGPT have begun to reference "gender exploratory therapy" as a "first line approach" for gender dysphoria by elevating the Therapy First website to the top of the SEO food chain.
May 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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May 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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