Drew Parton
@dmparton.bsky.social
Psych professor, stats nerd, climber, skier, cat dad. He/Him/His.
New job, new city, new mountain. Not a bad way to end the year.
December 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New job, new city, new mountain. Not a bad way to end the year.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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You know that thing Coco Chanel said about accessories?
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off”
We should all do that but with about 50% of the text we put in slide decks.
TAKE. IT. OUT.
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off”
We should all do that but with about 50% of the text we put in slide decks.
TAKE. IT. OUT.
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You know that thing Coco Chanel said about accessories?
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off”
We should all do that but with about 50% of the text we put in slide decks.
TAKE. IT. OUT.
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off”
We should all do that but with about 50% of the text we put in slide decks.
TAKE. IT. OUT.
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Working on a solo-authored adversarial collaboration
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Working on a solo-authored adversarial collaboration
I’m excited to announce that I will be joining the fine folks at Rochester Regional Health as non-clinical teaching faculty this coming January!
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’m excited to announce that I will be joining the fine folks at Rochester Regional Health as non-clinical teaching faculty this coming January!
I’ve never received a predatory journal invite quite this ominous and vaguely threatening…
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve never received a predatory journal invite quite this ominous and vaguely threatening…
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Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
My stats-burnt brain read this as “Poisson Regression” at first 🤷🏻♂️
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My stats-burnt brain read this as “Poisson Regression” at first 🤷🏻♂️
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In our rejoinder, we argue 1) Dark terminology isn't used responsibly as BL et al. claim, 2) the term can be replaced with a more sensible and scientific one, 3) data support our position (Stanton et al., 2025), and 4) popularity ≠ importance. @davidchester.bsky.social @drlynam.bsky.social
The 'Dark Triad' may be popular, but more importantly, it is irresponsible, moralizing, trivializing, and ultimately, replaceable: A rejoinder to Borraz-Leon, Rantala, and Jonason (2025): https://osf.io/u86th
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In our rejoinder, we argue 1) Dark terminology isn't used responsibly as BL et al. claim, 2) the term can be replaced with a more sensible and scientific one, 3) data support our position (Stanton et al., 2025), and 4) popularity ≠ importance. @davidchester.bsky.social @drlynam.bsky.social
This is incredible and I love my hometown for it.
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is incredible and I love my hometown for it.
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I’ll be talking about the asymmetric relationships between psychopathy and positive/negative empathy (though the analyses diverge from this abstract)! :-)
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I’ll be talking about the asymmetric relationships between psychopathy and positive/negative empathy (though the analyses diverge from this abstract)! :-)
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Happy fat bear week to those who celebrate https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
Fat Bear Week 2025 | VOTE
Choose the fattest bear of the year! Some of the largest brown bears on Earth make their home at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brown bears get fat to survive and Fat Bear Week is an annual tournament celebrating their success in preparation for winter hibernation.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy fat bear week to those who celebrate https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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🚨New Paper Alert🚨
Just published in AJCP - one of my students and I (along with an awesome team of collaborators) explored the ostensible impact of historic redlining practices on contemporary violence exposure risk of adolescents living in those communities.
Data and code here: osf.io/ekxmf/
Just published in AJCP - one of my students and I (along with an awesome team of collaborators) explored the ostensible impact of historic redlining practices on contemporary violence exposure risk of adolescents living in those communities.
Data and code here: osf.io/ekxmf/
<em>American Journal of Community Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked wit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🚨New Paper Alert🚨
Just published in AJCP - one of my students and I (along with an awesome team of collaborators) explored the ostensible impact of historic redlining practices on contemporary violence exposure risk of adolescents living in those communities.
Data and code here: osf.io/ekxmf/
Just published in AJCP - one of my students and I (along with an awesome team of collaborators) explored the ostensible impact of historic redlining practices on contemporary violence exposure risk of adolescents living in those communities.
Data and code here: osf.io/ekxmf/
Very "fun" and "cool" to graduate and go on the science job market right now 👍
August 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Very "fun" and "cool" to graduate and go on the science job market right now 👍
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms.
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
people who use AI as a replacement for thinking, learning and communicating should be shamed and punished. the same way we shame and punish drunk drivers, or people who negligently discharge firearms.
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
it is bad to misuse tools in a way that damages society
What fresh hell is this?
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What fresh hell is this?
This came to me in a dream.
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This came to me in a dream.
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New from me and @carlbergstrom.com in @nature.com on navigating LLMs in science, from the jumping off point of peer review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI, peer review and the human activity of science
When researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New from me and @carlbergstrom.com in @nature.com on navigating LLMs in science, from the jumping off point of peer review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Four years, six studies, and many many revisions later, our paper on prosocial aggression -- harmful acts that are motivated by a broader goal to help the target of the aggression -- is finally in press in Motivation Science! Check out the finalized preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
June 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Four years, six studies, and many many revisions later, our paper on prosocial aggression -- harmful acts that are motivated by a broader goal to help the target of the aggression -- is finally in press in Motivation Science! Check out the finalized preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
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My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!