Laura Bringmann 🟥
@bringmannlaura.bsky.social
Psychological methods; Philosophy of psychology; Time series data; Experience sampling method in clinical practice; Psych Networks: more than a pretty picture?
https://www.laurabringmannlab.com/
https://www.laurabringmannlab.com/
Pinned
The future of dynamic networks in research and clinical practice
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
A new look at networks! With these two new papers published in World Psychiatry (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) and Advances.in (advances.in/psychology/1...) I hope we can think about including context, changes in the means, and how the network may be moderated by contextual factors.
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Thrilled to share a new paper in @jamapsychiatry.com on path asymmetry in complex dynamic systems of psychopathology! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
Path Asymmetry in Complex Dynamic Systems of Psychopathology
This article illustrates the assumption of path symmetry in current theories of psychopathology and calls for the development of dynamical systems of mental illness that incorporate asymmetry.
jamanetwork.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thrilled to share a new paper in @jamapsychiatry.com on path asymmetry in complex dynamic systems of psychopathology! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
With amazing collaborators @tfblanken.bsky.social, Han van der Maas, & Denny Borsboom 🥳
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1st day of #MITNB meeting at @tesc-tilburgu.bsky.social. Excited for the week ahead, where we'll tackle measurement issues in #ESM, e.g. modeling processes across timescales, building a formal theory on measurement, and evaluating statistical assumptions in #ESM data.
Go teamwork <3
Go teamwork <3
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1st day of #MITNB meeting at @tesc-tilburgu.bsky.social. Excited for the week ahead, where we'll tackle measurement issues in #ESM, e.g. modeling processes across timescales, building a formal theory on measurement, and evaluating statistical assumptions in #ESM data.
Go teamwork <3
Go teamwork <3
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🚨 New preprint: We compared 13 methods for detecting momentary careless responding in the WARN-D data (206k+ obs.). Tutorials guide you through each method. The takeaway? Diverging results, inherent subjectivity (to varying degrees), and a clear need for further validation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 New preprint: We compared 13 methods for detecting momentary careless responding in the WARN-D data (206k+ obs.). Tutorials guide you through each method. The takeaway? Diverging results, inherent subjectivity (to varying degrees), and a clear need for further validation.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
If you have two measures of the same confounder, you can just include both of them in your regression model
Sometimes, researchers worry about multicollinearity in situations where it’s actually a non-issue. Here’s one such scenario.
Imagine a situation where you are interested in the effect of X on Y (X...
www.the100.ci
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New blog post!
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?
(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)
www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...
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I'm starting to explore {simDAG}, a nifty #rstats package that has a nice API for specifying DAGs and then simulating data from them: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/
Simulate Data from a DAG and Associated Node Information
Simulate complex data from a given directed acyclic graph and information about each individual node. Root nodes are simply sampled from the specified distribution. Child Nodes are simulated according...
robindenz1.github.io
October 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm starting to explore {simDAG}, a nifty #rstats package that has a nice API for specifying DAGs and then simulating data from them: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/
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We're searching for a tenure track assistant professor in clinical psychology here at the University of Arizona! Come to Tucson-- great place to live and work! 🌄🌵🏀 @uarizona.bsky.social
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor, Psychology (T/TE)
The candidate will be
expected to build and sustain an externally funded, nationally recognized
research program, provide effective instruction at the...
arizona.csod.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We're searching for a tenure track assistant professor in clinical psychology here at the University of Arizona! Come to Tucson-- great place to live and work! 🌄🌵🏀 @uarizona.bsky.social
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Experts with theoretical traditions, researchers experienced in approaches to theory construction, educators and policymakers work on the first steps toward creating a mature subfield of theoretical psychology. bit.ly/4nLOWoE @annemscheel.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Experts with theoretical traditions, researchers experienced in approaches to theory construction, educators and policymakers work on the first steps toward creating a mature subfield of theoretical psychology. bit.ly/4nLOWoE @annemscheel.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social
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How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
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Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
🧵:
Accuracy and Consistency of Visual Analog Scales in Ecological Momentary Assessment and Digital Studies
The ubiquity of digital technologies has increased assessments of thoughts, behaviors, and experiences via electronic devices. Surveys on smartphones or laptops often implement Visual Analogue Scales ...
online.ucpress.edu
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
🧵:
Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
🧵:
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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Does your smartwatch say you’re stressed? It may often be wrong
Consumer grade smartwatches may not be as accurate as promised when measuring tiredness or stress. That conclusion is drawn by researchers Björn Siepe and Eiko Fried based on a comparison between smar...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
July 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Press release @unileiden.bsky.social about our upcoming JoPACS paper led by @bsiepe.bsky.social, showing that the overlap of similar constructs assessed via wearable vs EMA data is surprisingly low (n~850, 3 months).
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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New blog post 📣 by @ccp-kuleuven.bsky.social's @millapihlajamaki.bsky.social on six things you can do with your ESM items apart from your main, substantive analyses. Check it out here: esmitemrepositoryinfo.com/blog-posts#M... #ESM #OpenScience #Measurement
Blog posts | ESM Item Repository
esmitemrepositoryinfo.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New blog post 📣 by @ccp-kuleuven.bsky.social's @millapihlajamaki.bsky.social on six things you can do with your ESM items apart from your main, substantive analyses. Check it out here: esmitemrepositoryinfo.com/blog-posts#M... #ESM #OpenScience #Measurement
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Cool perspective on depression recurrence
>19,000 observations, n=37 discontinuing anti-depressants
Recurrence in ~1/3rd preceded by early warning signals in affect
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Smit et al. @mahelmich.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @eveliensnippe.bsky.social
>19,000 observations, n=37 discontinuing anti-depressants
Recurrence in ~1/3rd preceded by early warning signals in affect
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Smit et al. @mahelmich.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @eveliensnippe.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Cool perspective on depression recurrence
>19,000 observations, n=37 discontinuing anti-depressants
Recurrence in ~1/3rd preceded by early warning signals in affect
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Smit et al. @mahelmich.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @eveliensnippe.bsky.social
>19,000 observations, n=37 discontinuing anti-depressants
Recurrence in ~1/3rd preceded by early warning signals in affect
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Smit et al. @mahelmich.bsky.social @bringmannlaura.bsky.social @eveliensnippe.bsky.social
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2 weeks left to apply to join #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at as senior scientist. More information ⬇️ #PsychJob #PhDJob #HealthPsych
#HPGVienna is hiring! We are looking for a senior scientist to join our team and to manage the department's Ecological Momentary Assessment lab. We offer a lovely team, lots of support, and a potentially tenured position!
Apply by 27 July: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
#HealtPsych #BehSci
Apply by 27 July: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
#HealtPsych #BehSci
July 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
2 weeks left to apply to join #HPGVienna @univie.ac.at as senior scientist. More information ⬇️ #PsychJob #PhDJob #HealthPsych
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What is more useful for explaining human behavior, neuroscience or folk psychology? In this new book chapter, co-authored with Laura Bringmann, we argue for the latter. Featuring mirror neurons, tiny worms, and Steve buying a banana! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) On worms, mirror neurons and explaining human behavior
PDF | A key challenge for psychological theorizing is: At what level(s) should we look for the best explanations and predictions of human behavior? The... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What is more useful for explaining human behavior, neuroscience or folk psychology? In this new book chapter, co-authored with Laura Bringmann, we argue for the latter. Featuring mirror neurons, tiny worms, and Steve buying a banana! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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I wrote a blog post to celebrate 10 years of loo package 🎉 (R package implementing fast Pareto smoothed importance sampling cross-validation and many other useful methods for cross-validation)
June 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I wrote a blog post to celebrate 10 years of loo package 🎉 (R package implementing fast Pareto smoothed importance sampling cross-validation and many other useful methods for cross-validation)
Want to learn about dynamic modeling for daily diary, experience sampling, ecological momentary assessment data? 😎
Register for our online course ‘Modeling the dynamics of intensive longitudindal data’ which starts in October 2025! 🤩
utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...
Register for our online course ‘Modeling the dynamics of intensive longitudindal data’ which starts in October 2025! 🤩
utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...
Modelling the Dynamics of Intensive Longitudinal Data (e-learning) 2025 | Utrecht Summer School
This online course covers how time series models can be used to model the dynamics of intensive longitudinal data (ILD).
utrechtsummerschool.nl
June 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Want to learn about dynamic modeling for daily diary, experience sampling, ecological momentary assessment data? 😎
Register for our online course ‘Modeling the dynamics of intensive longitudindal data’ which starts in October 2025! 🤩
utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...
Register for our online course ‘Modeling the dynamics of intensive longitudindal data’ which starts in October 2025! 🤩
utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...
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We asked people to reflect on this at each EMA beep for 25 days using open text boxes (100 answers/person). We also conducted 4 interviews in the same time. Currently still coding but comparing with previous ratings or events happens far less often that literature suggests. See design osf.io/md9xa/
How do people decide how they feel? Response Processes in ESM Studies
The Experience Sampling Method (ESM), a technique to study emotions in daily life, is booming among researchers and clinicians. To justify its use, valid measurements are crucial, but recently concern...
osf.io
June 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We asked people to reflect on this at each EMA beep for 25 days using open text boxes (100 answers/person). We also conducted 4 interviews in the same time. Currently still coding but comparing with previous ratings or events happens far less often that literature suggests. See design osf.io/md9xa/
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Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Say you have a simple multilevel model: y ~ 1 + (1 | group).
What references are there to say (or contend with) the mean of the group-level means (group-level intercepts) is the same as the population mean (population-level intercept)?
What references are there to say (or contend with) the mean of the group-level means (group-level intercepts) is the same as the population mean (population-level intercept)?
June 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Say you have a simple multilevel model: y ~ 1 + (1 | group).
What references are there to say (or contend with) the mean of the group-level means (group-level intercepts) is the same as the population mean (population-level intercept)?
What references are there to say (or contend with) the mean of the group-level means (group-level intercepts) is the same as the population mean (population-level intercept)?
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I very much appreciate @leonievogelsmeier.bsky.social's openness about challenges in studying markers for careless responding and how to address them live while collecting data - among them lots of issues in dealing with participants' digital footprints #SAA2025
May 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I very much appreciate @leonievogelsmeier.bsky.social's openness about challenges in studying markers for careless responding and how to address them live while collecting data - among them lots of issues in dealing with participants' digital footprints #SAA2025
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Really happy that @leonieschorrlepp.bsky.social presented the results of our mixed-methods study uncovering response processes in ESM studies 📱.
Take-away: people are very inconsistent in how they come up with their answers. Talking to participants in key! 🔐 #SAA2025
Take-away: people are very inconsistent in how they come up with their answers. Talking to participants in key! 🔐 #SAA2025
May 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Really happy that @leonieschorrlepp.bsky.social presented the results of our mixed-methods study uncovering response processes in ESM studies 📱.
Take-away: people are very inconsistent in how they come up with their answers. Talking to participants in key! 🔐 #SAA2025
Take-away: people are very inconsistent in how they come up with their answers. Talking to participants in key! 🔐 #SAA2025
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Very exciting to see the work from @katiehoemann.bsky.social at #SAA2025! Participants were able to voice record a description of events. Katie clustered these over many different topics. 2 fun ones:
- Complaints about rain (study was in Belgium 😅)
- Complaints about the study itself (ESM...)
- Complaints about rain (study was in Belgium 😅)
- Complaints about the study itself (ESM...)
May 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Very exciting to see the work from @katiehoemann.bsky.social at #SAA2025! Participants were able to voice record a description of events. Katie clustered these over many different topics. 2 fun ones:
- Complaints about rain (study was in Belgium 😅)
- Complaints about the study itself (ESM...)
- Complaints about rain (study was in Belgium 😅)
- Complaints about the study itself (ESM...)
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We have a new group of Editorial Fellows at @psychscience.bsky.social journals-- check out their bios here: www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2025-ma...
10 Early Career Researchers Join APS’s 2025 Cohort of Editorial Fellows
APS welcomes 10 researchers from across the globe to the second cohort of APS Editorial Fellows.
www.psychologicalscience.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We have a new group of Editorial Fellows at @psychscience.bsky.social journals-- check out their bios here: www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2025-ma...
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To really know what is going on in people's daily life, quantitative data is not enough - we need qualitative data, too! Important talk by @bringmannlaura.bsky.social at #SAA2025 👏
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
To really know what is going on in people's daily life, quantitative data is not enough - we need qualitative data, too! Important talk by @bringmannlaura.bsky.social at #SAA2025 👏