Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
@joscelinrocha.com
(she/her/ella) 🎓Ph.D. | Assistant Research Professor @penn_state | @BlackinPsych co-founder | ISDP DEI Committee | ❤️ #rstats
Pinned
🔧 Giving resourcesdatabase.com a much-needed summer upgrade!
Started as a GitHub wiki, then a #Quarto site… & now finally looks how I imagined. Only 50% done, but it's been fun revisiting 6 years' worth of #r resources.
Hoping it still helps someone out there. 💛
#openscience #academiclife #rstats
Started as a GitHub wiki, then a #Quarto site… & now finally looks how I imagined. Only 50% done, but it's been fun revisiting 6 years' worth of #r resources.
Hoping it still helps someone out there. 💛
#openscience #academiclife #rstats
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The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc (and this link should work!)
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
Postdoctoral Fellow Visual Attention Lab
Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts t...
massgeneralbrigham.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Visual Attention Lab @visualattentionlab.bsky.social is recruiting for a postdoc (and this link should work!)
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
So, if you know an about-to-finish PhD (or recent PhD) interested in search and why we fail to find what we're looking for...
#VisionScience #PsychSciSky #CogPsych
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
🚨 📣 Summer Fellows Program Call for undergraduates interested in education research: What are the barriers to effective learning in college? How can we support motivated learning?
For more details, visit: sites.edb.utexas.edu/slam/fellows/
#cogscisky #edusky #academicsky #psychscisky
For more details, visit: sites.edb.utexas.edu/slam/fellows/
#cogscisky #edusky #academicsky #psychscisky
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
🚨 📣 Summer Fellows Program Call for undergraduates interested in education research: What are the barriers to effective learning in college? How can we support motivated learning?
For more details, visit: sites.edb.utexas.edu/slam/fellows/
#cogscisky #edusky #academicsky #psychscisky
For more details, visit: sites.edb.utexas.edu/slam/fellows/
#cogscisky #edusky #academicsky #psychscisky
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I'm very excited to announce that the Psychology Department at Brooklyn College of CUNY is hiring a tenure-track line in Cognitive Neuroscience. Applications are being accepted now, and review will begin on or after February 23rd, please repost!
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm very excited to announce that the Psychology Department at Brooklyn College of CUNY is hiring a tenure-track line in Cognitive Neuroscience. Applications are being accepted now, and review will begin on or after February 23rd, please repost!
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/...
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
I’ve just published {typeR}, a small R package that lets you simulate live typing. It prints code
To install:
devtools::install_github("fgazzelloni/typeR")
If you teach or demo R, I’d love your feedback on how it works for you. #rstats #rpackages
To install:
devtools::install_github("fgazzelloni/typeR")
If you teach or demo R, I’d love your feedback on how it works for you. #rstats #rpackages
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I’ve just published {typeR}, a small R package that lets you simulate live typing. It prints code
To install:
devtools::install_github("fgazzelloni/typeR")
If you teach or demo R, I’d love your feedback on how it works for you. #rstats #rpackages
To install:
devtools::install_github("fgazzelloni/typeR")
If you teach or demo R, I’d love your feedback on how it works for you. #rstats #rpackages
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
The @isdp.org Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee invites all ISDP members to join us for our annual self-reflection meeting this Friday, January 23rd from 1PM-2PM ET.
Please join us and share w your colleagues! @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @efcardenas.bsky.social #ISDP #DEI
Please join us and share w your colleagues! @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @efcardenas.bsky.social #ISDP #DEI
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The @isdp.org Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee invites all ISDP members to join us for our annual self-reflection meeting this Friday, January 23rd from 1PM-2PM ET.
Please join us and share w your colleagues! @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @efcardenas.bsky.social #ISDP #DEI
Please join us and share w your colleagues! @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social @efcardenas.bsky.social #ISDP #DEI
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
This team is seeking interview participants for a study of the experiences of Two Spirit, transgender, non-binary, otherwise gender expansive people who have received medical misinformation from a clinician. Use the QR code or email greyson.lab@ubc.ca #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #2SLGBTQIA #Trans
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This team is seeking interview participants for a study of the experiences of Two Spirit, transgender, non-binary, otherwise gender expansive people who have received medical misinformation from a clinician. Use the QR code or email greyson.lab@ubc.ca #MadStudies #AcademicChatter #2SLGBTQIA #Trans
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
Recruiting! If you're in the US, between 18 and 35 y/o, and a caregiver for someone 40 years+, please consider my survey. It helps me learn about your experiences as a caregiver; I am trying to build a research foundation rooted in the realities and the dreams/desires of care! #AcademicSky
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Recruiting! If you're in the US, between 18 and 35 y/o, and a caregiver for someone 40 years+, please consider my survey. It helps me learn about your experiences as a caregiver; I am trying to build a research foundation rooted in the realities and the dreams/desires of care! #AcademicSky
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
📊 New research on femcels and sexual well-being with @alexandrazidenberg.bsky.social
Femcels reported significantly:
⬇️ lower sexual esteem, satisfaction, and agency
⬆️ higher sexual preoccupation, anxiety, depression, and fear of sexual relationships
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Femcels reported significantly:
⬇️ lower sexual esteem, satisfaction, and agency
⬆️ higher sexual preoccupation, anxiety, depression, and fear of sexual relationships
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
(PDF) The Sexual Well-Being of Female Involuntary Celibates (Femcels)
PDF | Femcels (female involuntary celibates) are an online collection of women united by their shared frustrations in forming romantic and sexual... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
This book is a {gt} treasure trove!
rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective...
Written by @richmeister.bsky.social, and shoutout to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for telling me about it.
#RStats
rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective...
Written by @richmeister.bsky.social, and shoutout to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for telling me about it.
#RStats
Creating Effective Display Tables with the gt Package
rich-iannone.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This book is a {gt} treasure trove!
rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective...
Written by @richmeister.bsky.social, and shoutout to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for telling me about it.
#RStats
rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective...
Written by @richmeister.bsky.social, and shoutout to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for telling me about it.
#RStats
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
This week on What's New in R, we're featuring:
✅ A dive into {ggplot2}’s geoms and stats by @mattansb.msbstats.info
✅ New book on spatial data viz. by @jakubnowosad.com & Martijn Tennekes
✅ Demo of AI features in Positron by @ryjohnson09.bsky.social
Read the issue: buff.ly/bA4ar3v
#rstats
✅ A dive into {ggplot2}’s geoms and stats by @mattansb.msbstats.info
✅ New book on spatial data viz. by @jakubnowosad.com & Martijn Tennekes
✅ Demo of AI features in Positron by @ryjohnson09.bsky.social
Read the issue: buff.ly/bA4ar3v
#rstats
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This week on What's New in R, we're featuring:
✅ A dive into {ggplot2}’s geoms and stats by @mattansb.msbstats.info
✅ New book on spatial data viz. by @jakubnowosad.com & Martijn Tennekes
✅ Demo of AI features in Positron by @ryjohnson09.bsky.social
Read the issue: buff.ly/bA4ar3v
#rstats
✅ A dive into {ggplot2}’s geoms and stats by @mattansb.msbstats.info
✅ New book on spatial data viz. by @jakubnowosad.com & Martijn Tennekes
✅ Demo of AI features in Positron by @ryjohnson09.bsky.social
Read the issue: buff.ly/bA4ar3v
#rstats
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
📚 R for the Rest of Us is offering a 50% discount on all self-paced courses (with lifetime access) from Nov 28 to Dec 2 for #BlackFriday, using discount code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
This year, 50% of the revenue will support the National Immigration Law Center.
Explore: buff.ly/sOSso7H
#Rstats
This year, 50% of the revenue will support the National Immigration Law Center.
Explore: buff.ly/sOSso7H
#Rstats
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📚 R for the Rest of Us is offering a 50% discount on all self-paced courses (with lifetime access) from Nov 28 to Dec 2 for #BlackFriday, using discount code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
This year, 50% of the revenue will support the National Immigration Law Center.
Explore: buff.ly/sOSso7H
#Rstats
This year, 50% of the revenue will support the National Immigration Law Center.
Explore: buff.ly/sOSso7H
#Rstats
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
posit::conf(2025) Quarto talks
https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2025-11-24-conf-talk-videos/
#rstats #datascience
https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2025-11-24-conf-talk-videos/
#rstats #datascience
posit::conf(2025) Quarto talks
Summary: Videos of posit::conf(2025) talks showcase Quarto features, extensions, workflows, teaching, and publishing
quarto.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
posit::conf(2025) Quarto talks
https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2025-11-24-conf-talk-videos/
#rstats #datascience
https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2025-11-24-conf-talk-videos/
#rstats #datascience
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
Wishing everyone a peaceful Thanksgiving!
Reflecting on gratitude, my family found safety here after fleeing Eastern Europe pogroms a century ago. Not everyone has that security today.
From Nov 28 through Dec 2, save 50% on any self-paced course at R for the Rest of Us with code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
Reflecting on gratitude, my family found safety here after fleeing Eastern Europe pogroms a century ago. Not everyone has that security today.
From Nov 28 through Dec 2, save 50% on any self-paced course at R for the Rest of Us with code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wishing everyone a peaceful Thanksgiving!
Reflecting on gratitude, my family found safety here after fleeing Eastern Europe pogroms a century ago. Not everyone has that security today.
From Nov 28 through Dec 2, save 50% on any self-paced course at R for the Rest of Us with code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
Reflecting on gratitude, my family found safety here after fleeing Eastern Europe pogroms a century ago. Not everyone has that security today.
From Nov 28 through Dec 2, save 50% on any self-paced course at R for the Rest of Us with code BLACKFRIDAY2025.
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
One of the things that has been on my to do list for a very long time, is building a gallery of all of the charts I've made across #TidyTuesday, #30DayChartChallenge, #30DayMapChallenge, and other miscellaneous projects 📊
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
Data Visualisation Gallery
Gallery of data visualisations created by Nicola Rennie.
nrennie.rbind.io
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One of the things that has been on my to do list for a very long time, is building a gallery of all of the charts I've made across #TidyTuesday, #30DayChartChallenge, #30DayMapChallenge, and other miscellaneous projects 📊
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
To be effective, data science agents need to be able to read plots reliably. @sara-altman.bsky.social and I wrote about some concerning findings on LLMs' ability to interpret plots when the content contradicts their expectations on the @posit.co blog.
posit.co/blog/introdu...
posit.co/blog/introdu...
When plotting, LLMs see what they expect to see - Posit
Data science agents need to accurately read plots even when the content contradicts their expectations. Our testing shows today's LLMs still struggle here.
posit.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
To be effective, data science agents need to be able to read plots reliably. @sara-altman.bsky.social and I wrote about some concerning findings on LLMs' ability to interpret plots when the content contradicts their expectations on the @posit.co blog.
posit.co/blog/introdu...
posit.co/blog/introdu...
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
🤖 Introducción a #Tidymodels
Aprendé a usar tidymodels para crear y evaluar modelos de #MachineLearning en #RStats
Con Francisco Cardozo y Edgar Ruiz
📅 1 Dic, 18:00–20:00 UTC-3 – Online
💵 Estudiantes USD 5 · Académicos USD 10 · Industria USD 15
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/1962543491...
#LatinR2025
Aprendé a usar tidymodels para crear y evaluar modelos de #MachineLearning en #RStats
Con Francisco Cardozo y Edgar Ruiz
📅 1 Dic, 18:00–20:00 UTC-3 – Online
💵 Estudiantes USD 5 · Académicos USD 10 · Industria USD 15
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/1962543491...
#LatinR2025
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🤖 Introducción a #Tidymodels
Aprendé a usar tidymodels para crear y evaluar modelos de #MachineLearning en #RStats
Con Francisco Cardozo y Edgar Ruiz
📅 1 Dic, 18:00–20:00 UTC-3 – Online
💵 Estudiantes USD 5 · Académicos USD 10 · Industria USD 15
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/1962543491...
#LatinR2025
Aprendé a usar tidymodels para crear y evaluar modelos de #MachineLearning en #RStats
Con Francisco Cardozo y Edgar Ruiz
📅 1 Dic, 18:00–20:00 UTC-3 – Online
💵 Estudiantes USD 5 · Académicos USD 10 · Industria USD 15
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/1962543491...
#LatinR2025
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
How Family Assets and Debts Relate to Children's Achievement and Behavior Problems Across Development onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How Family Assets and Debts Relate to Children's Achievement and Behavior Problems Across Development
Wealth matters for children's academic achievement and behavioral functioning; however, little is known about how the components of wealth, particularly assets and debts, uniquely relate to children'...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How Family Assets and Debts Relate to Children's Achievement and Behavior Problems Across Development onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
Had the pleasure of organizing a symposium on how the timing of adversity exposure modulates neurodevelopmental outcomes. Such a great line up of speakers 🤩 #ISDP2025
@kieran-od.bsky.social, Lucinda Sisk, Annie Aitken, & @madrelabutd.bsky.social
@kieran-od.bsky.social, Lucinda Sisk, Annie Aitken, & @madrelabutd.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Had the pleasure of organizing a symposium on how the timing of adversity exposure modulates neurodevelopmental outcomes. Such a great line up of speakers 🤩 #ISDP2025
@kieran-od.bsky.social, Lucinda Sisk, Annie Aitken, & @madrelabutd.bsky.social
@kieran-od.bsky.social, Lucinda Sisk, Annie Aitken, & @madrelabutd.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
So excited to present at this conference! First time at San Diego, second time at ISDP🎊 #ISDP2025
Our lab manager, Kayla Brown, is presenting research at the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology conference in San Diego this week! Kayla and Dr. Markant will be at ISDP and would love to talk to any prospective Ph.D. students!🧠🌊 #ISDP2025
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So excited to present at this conference! First time at San Diego, second time at ISDP🎊 #ISDP2025
Reposted by Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈
- @joscelinrocha.com, Ostlund et al. (2025) assessed infants pre-/post-pandemic onset. Negative affect ⬆️ as expected pre-pandemic but ⬇️ afterward. Yet contextual risk (maternal anxiety, neighborhood disadvantage) still predicted ⬆️ neg affect #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
- @joscelinrocha.com, Ostlund et al. (2025) assessed infants pre-/post-pandemic onset. Negative affect ⬆️ as expected pre-pandemic but ⬇️ afterward. Yet contextual risk (maternal anxiety, neighborhood disadvantage) still predicted ⬆️ neg affect #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...