Don Lynam
@drlynam.bsky.social
Professor of Psychological Sciences / Music, cocktails, personality, & open science / Perpetually disappointed in the field / Opinions are often strongly stated
https://sites.google.com/view/donald-lynam/home
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-498
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8306-498
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Don Lynam
@drlynam.bsky.social
· Mar 1
To my new followers: You may be disappointed.
I post more music/cocktail/anime reccs than scientific papers.
All of the papers I post are mine (personality/PD stuff).
I can be a little sarcastic
I am definitely opinionated.
I am a bit of an open science/transparency scold.
Feel free to unfollow.
I post more music/cocktail/anime reccs than scientific papers.
All of the papers I post are mine (personality/PD stuff).
I can be a little sarcastic
I am definitely opinionated.
I am a bit of an open science/transparency scold.
Feel free to unfollow.
Patterson seemed happy to see the snow. But he is just a dumb dog.
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Patterson seemed happy to see the snow. But he is just a dumb dog.
Wow. Charlie Parr (and his 9-string resonatorl at tiny Duncan Hall. This guy is the real deal. Lyrically clever. Great guitarist. Modern primitive folk blues. Master. Listen to him. Go see him.
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Wow. Charlie Parr (and his 9-string resonatorl at tiny Duncan Hall. This guy is the real deal. Lyrically clever. Great guitarist. Modern primitive folk blues. Master. Listen to him. Go see him.
Another good show. The Infamous Stringduster at Moontown Brewery. Good space (and beer). Wicked fun band--bluegrass jam (or jazz) band. Catch them if you can and bring your dancing shoes.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Another good show. The Infamous Stringduster at Moontown Brewery. Good space (and beer). Wicked fun band--bluegrass jam (or jazz) band. Catch them if you can and bring your dancing shoes.
I am prelistening to Charlie Parr. And getting very excited for the show. I love his sound--primitive, gospel infused, modern blues folk. Twelve-string resonator. Sometimes with a slide. Really interesting sound.
November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I am prelistening to Charlie Parr. And getting very excited for the show. I love his sound--primitive, gospel infused, modern blues folk. Twelve-string resonator. Sometimes with a slide. Really interesting sound.
Prelistening for an upcoming show. What a fun band, the Infamous Stringdusters. Bluegrass jam band extraordinaire.
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Prelistening for an upcoming show. What a fun band, the Infamous Stringdusters. Bluegrass jam band extraordinaire.
This animal was bred, in part, to desire to please humans. Well done, selection.
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This animal was bred, in part, to desire to please humans. Well done, selection.
I really want to see @hayescarll.bsky.social again. He is a clever songwriter and I like his sound and vibe. Also, he and his band were outstanding.
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I really want to see @hayescarll.bsky.social again. He is a clever songwriter and I like his sound and vibe. Also, he and his band were outstanding.
Reposted by Don Lynam
🚨 We're hiring in the Clinical Psychology Program at Pitt! 🚨Looking for tenure-stream faculty at the Assistant/Associate level, and the job ad is below. Contact info for search committee chairs is in the ad, but I'm also on the search committee and am more than happy to field any questions.
Faculty Professor Associate - Full-Time
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 We're hiring in the Clinical Psychology Program at Pitt! 🚨Looking for tenure-stream faculty at the Assistant/Associate level, and the job ad is below. Contact info for search committee chairs is in the ad, but I'm also on the search committee and am more than happy to field any questions.
It's night. Dark. My porch light is off. I think it should be obvious that I do not want to be bothered. By boy/girl scouts, athletes/band members, or the robotics team. Parents teach your children. Or am I the asshole here?
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It's night. Dark. My porch light is off. I think it should be obvious that I do not want to be bothered. By boy/girl scouts, athletes/band members, or the robotics team. Parents teach your children. Or am I the asshole here?
Reposted by Don Lynam
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
@otisgibbs.bsky.social at @thehifiindy.bsky.social. Great show. Folk rock with punk exuberance. Gibbs is a terrific singer songwriter and the band was outstanding. But the crowd in the back was rude AF. Maybe don't come to the bar to chat with friends (yell over the artist) on a music night.
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@otisgibbs.bsky.social at @thehifiindy.bsky.social. Great show. Folk rock with punk exuberance. Gibbs is a terrific singer songwriter and the band was outstanding. But the crowd in the back was rude AF. Maybe don't come to the bar to chat with friends (yell over the artist) on a music night.
Remember that if you don't have any hypotheses prior to engaging with your data, you don't have any hypotheses.
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Remember that if you don't have any hypotheses prior to engaging with your data, you don't have any hypotheses.
Time for my next hearing check. I learned a year or so ago that I have reverse-slope hearing loss--low frequency hearing loss. We talked hearing aids. I asked what I was missing. They said "Machinery. Deep, droning noises." I said "I'm good."
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Time for my next hearing check. I learned a year or so ago that I have reverse-slope hearing loss--low frequency hearing loss. We talked hearing aids. I asked what I was missing. They said "Machinery. Deep, droning noises." I said "I'm good."
New commentary accepted at Psychological Assessment led by @mojtabaelhamiathar.bsky.social with support from @jdmiller.bsky.social and myself on the new Psychopathic Boldness Scale (PBS)
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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OSF
osf.io
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New commentary accepted at Psychological Assessment led by @mojtabaelhamiathar.bsky.social with support from @jdmiller.bsky.social and myself on the new Psychopathic Boldness Scale (PBS)
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Heineken? F#$% THAT SH$%! Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Great art collab @pabstblueribbon.bsky.social
Great art collab @pabstblueribbon.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Heineken? F#$% THAT SH$%! Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Great art collab @pabstblueribbon.bsky.social
Great art collab @pabstblueribbon.bsky.social
I finally got to see Elvis Costello and the Attractions. I don't usually do nostalgia shows, but I was happy I did this one.
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I finally got to see Elvis Costello and the Attractions. I don't usually do nostalgia shows, but I was happy I did this one.
Reposted by Don Lynam
APCS (www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/)-- the Academy-- is a major training organization in clinical psychological science. We worked with the Academy's leadership team to craft this letter and to encourage programmatic self-study in open science training. Let's get to work!
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
APCS (www.acadpsychclinicalscience.org/)-- the Academy-- is a major training organization in clinical psychological science. We worked with the Academy's leadership team to craft this letter and to encourage programmatic self-study in open science training. Let's get to work!
Exciting news from the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science--a joint effort to enhance open science training in clinical psychology!
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Exciting news from the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science--a joint effort to enhance open science training in clinical psychology!
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
If you are interested, you can the papers mentioned in the email here:
Van Til et al. osf.io/h34jg/files/...
OSC paper (Lynam et al.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
I'm not the first to say this, but we could improve the field greatly (increase credibility) if we, as editors, reviewers, and consumers, simply required all "hypothesis driven" research (confirmatory) to be preregistered. If it is not preregistered, it's not confirmatory.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm not the first to say this, but we could improve the field greatly (increase credibility) if we, as editors, reviewers, and consumers, simply required all "hypothesis driven" research (confirmatory) to be preregistered. If it is not preregistered, it's not confirmatory.
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Billy Bragg, Wilco, and Woody Guthrie. The possibility for something amazing is there. And realized in this album. Bragg invited to go through Guthrie's archives. Calls in Wilco as reinforcements. Great, great, grest album.
October 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Billy Bragg, Wilco, and Woody Guthrie. The possibility for something amazing is there. And realized in this album. Bragg invited to go through Guthrie's archives. Calls in Wilco as reinforcements. Great, great, grest album.
Given how well my field (psychology) has police his research arena thus far, I'd say we're screwed. I welcome the occupiers.
Dr. Oransky warned of consequences for self-governance failure: "If you don't self-police, if you don't correct the record, if you don't sanction people who commit fraud, [...] someone else will come in and do that. And it very well could be a government that you don't like."
Is Science Retracting Enough Papers?
As paper mills and fraud proliferate, experts warn the retraction rate should reach 2% of published literature—ten times current levels.
conexiant.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Given how well my field (psychology) has police his research arena thus far, I'd say we're screwed. I welcome the occupiers.
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Upton Sinclair, 1935 from I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.
Apropos of nothing, of course.
Upton Sinclair, 1935 from I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.
Apropos of nothing, of course.
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Upton Sinclair, 1935 from I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.
Apropos of nothing, of course.
Upton Sinclair, 1935 from I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked.
Apropos of nothing, of course.
Interactions are difficult to detect in field studies as they are typically tiny--very small to start with and made smaller by the joint unreliabilities of the components. Here, we find some but the contribution to explained variance is negligible. Call off the search. It is not worth the effort.
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Additive and Interactive Relations of Personality and Cognition With Externalizing Behaviors - Nathaniel L. Phillips, Nathan T. Carter, Kevin M. King, Courtland S. Hyatt, Max M. Owens, Donald R. Lynam...
Personality and cognition offer robust frameworks to understand the individual differences associated with externalizing behaviors. However, these literatures h...
journals.sagepub.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Interactions are difficult to detect in field studies as they are typically tiny--very small to start with and made smaller by the joint unreliabilities of the components. Here, we find some but the contribution to explained variance is negligible. Call off the search. It is not worth the effort.
Reposted by Don Lynam
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Additive and Interactive Relations of Personality and Cognition With Externalizing Behaviors - Nathaniel L. Phillips, Nathan T. Carter, Kevin M. King, Courtland S. Hyatt, Max M. Owens, Donald R. Lynam...
Personality and cognition offer robust frameworks to understand the individual differences associated with externalizing behaviors. However, these literatures h...
journals.sagepub.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 | "Although interaction effects were detected, they were small and practically negligible in their explanation of variance in externalizing behaviors" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Another great rock and roll show. @hayescarll.bsky.social at the Turntable. Such a great singer songwriter. Terrific band. Awesome venue. I am expanding my travel radius for Carll and looking for another show at Turntable. Check them both out.
October 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Another great rock and roll show. @hayescarll.bsky.social at the Turntable. Such a great singer songwriter. Terrific band. Awesome venue. I am expanding my travel radius for Carll and looking for another show at Turntable. Check them both out.