Lauren Girouard, PhD
@laurengh.bsky.social
NSF SBE Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard and UMich • Interdisciplinary researcher studying what kids think about AI • Science Communicator • R Stats nerd • Passionate about Pedagogy • FirstGen 🏳️🌈 • On the academic job market!
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Hello! A little bit of a re-introduction since there’s an influx of new faces (yay!) here. I’m an NIH/NSF postdoc at University of Michigan currently studying children’s health-related usage of generative AI chatbots with Drs. Susan Gelman, Ying Xu, and Jenny Radesky.
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Whatever powers-that-be decided CDS, MPA, and AERA could all be the same weekend really had a thing against me personally, I fear.
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Whatever powers-that-be decided CDS, MPA, and AERA could all be the same weekend really had a thing against me personally, I fear.
Feeling so proud of my 14!!! research assistants this week. Four submitted abstracts to MPA, our regional conference, yesterday and tomorrow 10 of them are joining me for a quarterly book club on @mcxfrank.bsky.social and colleagues’ fantastic Experimentology text (Chapters 1-4). What a good group.
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Feeling so proud of my 14!!! research assistants this week. Four submitted abstracts to MPA, our regional conference, yesterday and tomorrow 10 of them are joining me for a quarterly book club on @mcxfrank.bsky.social and colleagues’ fantastic Experimentology text (Chapters 1-4). What a good group.
Had a great time a few weeks ago talking about OpEds with MIT graduate students!
👏 Huge shoutout to Nathan Sanders, @laurengh.bsky.social and @mackenziewhite.bsky.social from #ComSciCon!
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Had a great time a few weeks ago talking about OpEds with MIT graduate students!
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Hello! R-Ladies Boston is hosting a #dataviz virtual round robin where we show off some cool figures we made or working on! Come join us for a fun time! www.meetup.com/rladies-bost...
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hello! R-Ladies Boston is hosting a #dataviz virtual round robin where we show off some cool figures we made or working on! Come join us for a fun time! www.meetup.com/rladies-bost...
Times is running out! ⏳
Submit your 5-min video for the CogSci Mind Challenge by Oct 17 📅
Question: How do different minds (humans, animals, AI) learn language, if at all?
💰Prizes up to $1000!
👉 Don’t miss it: cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...
#CogSciMindChallenge
Submit your 5-min video for the CogSci Mind Challenge by Oct 17 📅
Question: How do different minds (humans, animals, AI) learn language, if at all?
💰Prizes up to $1000!
👉 Don’t miss it: cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...
#CogSciMindChallenge
October 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A friend of mine gave my website a refresh and now it is so pretty. More features to come, but for now you can see my basic overview at laurengirouard.com. So spiffy!
an elderly woman says you can google it
Alt: an elderly woman says you can google it
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A friend of mine gave my website a refresh and now it is so pretty. More features to come, but for now you can see my basic overview at laurengirouard.com. So spiffy!
Started my own little rejection collection for this job cycle and it officially has its first entry. Hopefully I’ll get to balance it out in the coming weeks. And if not, more pizza for me! ;)
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Started my own little rejection collection for this job cycle and it officially has its first entry. Hopefully I’ll get to balance it out in the coming weeks. And if not, more pizza for me! ;)
Are Platforms Making Us Evil?
Working my way through Nicolas Carr via the lens of teaching.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s job market season & I’m back on the market for the first time since leaving grad school. It’s quite gratifying to give my materials a full refresh & see how much I’ve grown as a scholar. If you’re looking for a cog/dev researcher who maybe also loves a stats class, you know where to find me! 😉
August 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It’s job market season & I’m back on the market for the first time since leaving grad school. It’s quite gratifying to give my materials a full refresh & see how much I’ve grown as a scholar. If you’re looking for a cog/dev researcher who maybe also loves a stats class, you know where to find me! 😉
The second half of my dissertation is officially in press at Child Development. I hear I’ve successfully avoided the curse of carrying your dissertation around for years. These studies have some of my favorite findings from my time in graduate school, so I can’t wait to see them out in the world!
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The second half of my dissertation is officially in press at Child Development. I hear I’ve successfully avoided the curse of carrying your dissertation around for years. These studies have some of my favorite findings from my time in graduate school, so I can’t wait to see them out in the world!
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Due to a recent influx of problematic submissions, PsyArXiv has switched to pre-moderating its content. If your submitted preprint had not yet been approved, it will be temporarily inaccessible to the public (you can still view your preprint when logged into your OSF account). #PsychSciSky
August 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Due to a recent influx of problematic submissions, PsyArXiv has switched to pre-moderating its content. If your submitted preprint had not yet been approved, it will be temporarily inaccessible to the public (you can still view your preprint when logged into your OSF account). #PsychSciSky
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The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at NSF are no more?
But hopefully I misunderstand?
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
But hopefully I misunderstand?
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
August 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at NSF are no more?
But hopefully I misunderstand?
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
But hopefully I misunderstand?
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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music lessons don't make kids smarter, but many people have assumed that music lessons would have near-transfer effects, e.g. improving aspects of auditory perception
big new study led by Andrew Oxenham says "nope".
music lessons make kids better at music & that's good enough reason to do 'em !
big new study led by Andrew Oxenham says "nope".
music lessons make kids better at music & that's good enough reason to do 'em !
Large-scale multi-site study shows no association between musical training and early auditory neural sound encoding - Nature Communications
Widely cited studies have claimed that musical training is associated with enhanced neural encoding for sound at early stages of the auditory system. Results from this large-scale multisite study do n...
www.nature.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
music lessons don't make kids smarter, but many people have assumed that music lessons would have near-transfer effects, e.g. improving aspects of auditory perception
big new study led by Andrew Oxenham says "nope".
music lessons make kids better at music & that's good enough reason to do 'em !
big new study led by Andrew Oxenham says "nope".
music lessons make kids better at music & that's good enough reason to do 'em !
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Notes from @noranewcombe.bsky.social 's beautiful Rumelhart Prize "tasting menu" - congratulations Nora!!! #CogSci2025
August 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Notes from @noranewcombe.bsky.social 's beautiful Rumelhart Prize "tasting menu" - congratulations Nora!!! #CogSci2025
I’m back from #DISI25 in Scotland just in time to fly to #cogsci2025 in SF and I would love to connect while there! I’m moderating the Science Communication Luncheon and presenting a poster on virtuous ignorance and digital voice assistants on Friday morning. If you see me, please say hello!
July 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m back from #DISI25 in Scotland just in time to fly to #cogsci2025 in SF and I would love to connect while there! I’m moderating the Science Communication Luncheon and presenting a poster on virtuous ignorance and digital voice assistants on Friday morning. If you see me, please say hello!
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Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Summer in St Andrew’s, Scotland? Not half bad. I’m here for the rest of the month as part of a summer fellowship on diverse intelligences, and it’s never a bad thing to work on a research project with a good view.
July 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Summer in St Andrew’s, Scotland? Not half bad. I’m here for the rest of the month as part of a summer fellowship on diverse intelligences, and it’s never a bad thing to work on a research project with a good view.
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The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) now features over 100 published articles! Editors-in-Chief @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social share their vision for this open, online reference developed to guide the next generation of exploration in cognition & intelligence:
A conversation with the editors of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Editors-in-Chief Michael C. Frank and Asifa Majid share their vision for the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science as it surpasses 100 published articles.
mitpress.mit.edu
June 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) now features over 100 published articles! Editors-in-Chief @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social share their vision for this open, online reference developed to guide the next generation of exploration in cognition & intelligence:
I can’t wait to add this to my weekly routine!
Welcome to the first issue of RDM Weekly, a weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources!
To kick off this newsletter, I will be doing a drawing for 1 free @rfortherestofus.com course for anyone who subscribes by Friday! Winner will be notified via email.
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To kick off this newsletter, I will be doing a drawing for 1 free @rfortherestofus.com course for anyone who subscribes by Friday! Winner will be notified via email.
open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...
RDM Weekly - Issue 001
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
open.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I can’t wait to add this to my weekly routine!
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🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
June 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Just a gentle reminder that kids and teens are sometimes more capable of evaluating their own feelings on technology than we give them credit for. What a beautiful encapsulation of issues teens are facing with AI. {GIFT ARTICLE}
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/l...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/l...
We Need to Chat(GPT)
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just a gentle reminder that kids and teens are sometimes more capable of evaluating their own feelings on technology than we give them credit for. What a beautiful encapsulation of issues teens are facing with AI. {GIFT ARTICLE}
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/l...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/l...
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But they're depressed because of smart phones and social media, right?
WSJ: “.. The overall national unemployment rate remains around 4%, but for new college graduates looking for work, it is much higher: 6.6% .. the highest level in a decade”, ex-COVID.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
June 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
But they're depressed because of smart phones and social media, right?