Linda Arrighi
@lindarrighi.bsky.social
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ∠ oh hey! • 🇮🇹/🇬🇧 • Career Development Fellow at @durhampsych.bsky.social studying sex and gender effects on cognition incl. developmental trajectories within a biopsychosocial approach • book lover • she/her
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
🚨 New publication alert‼️🔔
Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105...
This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)
Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105...
This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)
The Spectrum of Sex and Gender - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior -
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚨 New publication alert‼️🔔
Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105...
This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)
Check out my new commentary "The Spectrum of Sex and Gender" answering "How many sexes are there? How many genders are there?" at doi.org/10.1007/s105...
This open access commentary delves into some critical current issues, for more info see below or read via the link :)
New paper from the Jansen lab at @uniregensburg.bsky.social surprisingly found a positive relationship between stereotype-consistent associations and mental rotation accuracy in preschool girls, highlighting the complexities within this field of research.
Read more at
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Read more at
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Frontiers | No relationship between gender stereotypes and mental rotation in preschool girls
Gender stereotypes about spatial ability have been proposed as a contributing factor to the gender gap in STEM. This goal of this study was to investigate wh...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New paper from the Jansen lab at @uniregensburg.bsky.social surprisingly found a positive relationship between stereotype-consistent associations and mental rotation accuracy in preschool girls, highlighting the complexities within this field of research.
Read more at
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Read more at
doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Had a wonderful time at the @bpsdevsection.bsky.social annual conference at Royal Holloway UoL presenting my research, hearing about cutting edge & inspiring developmental psych research (with lots of talks on math anxiety which I loved), and meeting lovely people!! Thanks for having me 🥰✨🔢🧠💭
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Had a wonderful time at the @bpsdevsection.bsky.social annual conference at Royal Holloway UoL presenting my research, hearing about cutting edge & inspiring developmental psych research (with lots of talks on math anxiety which I loved), and meeting lovely people!! Thanks for having me 🥰✨🔢🧠💭
Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social has now ended! Had a great time in Dublin presenting my poster and learning about new & exciting developmental neuroscience research 🧠✨🔢🥰
September 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social has now ended! Had a great time in Dublin presenting my poster and learning about new & exciting developmental neuroscience research 🧠✨🔢🥰
Day 2 of Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social completed! I presented my poster on links between sex/gender, spatial/math anxiety and performance in 8-11yo today and got to speak with amazing researchers in the field 🤩✨🧠🔢
September 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Day 2 of Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social completed! I presented my poster on links between sex/gender, spatial/math anxiety and performance in 8-11yo today and got to speak with amazing researchers in the field 🤩✨🧠🔢
Day 1 of Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social completed! Attended some inspiring talks on bridging educational research with policy and the poster session was super interesting with some evidence supporting the mosaic theory for sex/gender differences 🧠🔢✨
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Day 1 of Flux @fluxsociety.bsky.social completed! Attended some inspiring talks on bridging educational research with policy and the poster session was super interesting with some evidence supporting the mosaic theory for sex/gender differences 🧠🔢✨
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🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Dr. Linda Arrighi. Her research aims to understand the underlying factors and developmental trajectories of observed cognitive sex/gender differences, primarily in spatial cognition.
Read about her journey now:
👉 buff.ly/jKNbuCf
#FLUXSociety #TraineeSpotlight
Read about her journey now:
👉 buff.ly/jKNbuCf
#FLUXSociety #TraineeSpotlight
July 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Dr. Linda Arrighi. Her research aims to understand the underlying factors and developmental trajectories of observed cognitive sex/gender differences, primarily in spatial cognition.
Read about her journey now:
👉 buff.ly/jKNbuCf
#FLUXSociety #TraineeSpotlight
Read about her journey now:
👉 buff.ly/jKNbuCf
#FLUXSociety #TraineeSpotlight
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A new study from our School of Government and International Affairs finds female politicians in the USA are judged more harshly than men. Is US politics trapped in a gender bias? Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
July 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A new study from our School of Government and International Affairs finds female politicians in the USA are judged more harshly than men. Is US politics trapped in a gender bias? Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Joint EPS X CSBBCS Meeting is now done! Presenting my work was a rewarding experience and I recommend these societies' meetings to all ECRs. I also got some inspiration for future studies from the amazing cogn psych research presented. Thanks to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social for having me! ✨
July 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The Joint EPS X CSBBCS Meeting is now done! Presenting my work was a rewarding experience and I recommend these societies' meetings to all ECRs. I also got some inspiration for future studies from the amazing cogn psych research presented. Thanks to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social for having me! ✨
Day 2 of the joint EPS X CSBBCS meeting completed! Today, I attended some super interesting talks on metacognition, mental imagery, visuospatial skills in progressive supranuclear palsy, as well as an anxiety-inducing but nevertheless great undergraduate prize talk (see below)! ✨
The 2025 EPS / BSA Undergraduate Prize Talk by Akilles Rechardt kicks off the EPS Prize talks in Dundee!
July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Day 2 of the joint EPS X CSBBCS meeting completed! Today, I attended some super interesting talks on metacognition, mental imagery, visuospatial skills in progressive supranuclear palsy, as well as an anxiety-inducing but nevertheless great undergraduate prize talk (see below)! ✨
Day 1 of joint EPS and CSBBCS meeting done! Attended a very interesting panel on math development, two prize talks and a poster session with, among others, a fascinating poster on the relationship between math anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and math performance 🤩
@exppsychsoc.bsky.social
@exppsychsoc.bsky.social
The first day of the joint EPS and CSBBCS meeting in Dundee ends, fittingly, with a joint poster session!
July 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Day 1 of joint EPS and CSBBCS meeting done! Attended a very interesting panel on math development, two prize talks and a poster session with, among others, a fascinating poster on the relationship between math anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and math performance 🤩
@exppsychsoc.bsky.social
@exppsychsoc.bsky.social
This is some real life Yellowface...
Fantastic yarn by @chloehadj.bsky.social this: about the falsehoods at the heart of a bestselling series of nature books:
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is some real life Yellowface...
Quite enjoyed The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie - a nonfiction book on causal inference that explores human intuition; delves into the sometimes-juicy history of statistics; has lots of causal diagrams to unpick; and reflects on the importance of AIs understanding causes and effects.
June 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Quite enjoyed The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie - a nonfiction book on causal inference that explores human intuition; delves into the sometimes-juicy history of statistics; has lots of causal diagrams to unpick; and reflects on the importance of AIs understanding causes and effects.
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In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
Next Meeting
EPS Meeting: University of Dundee. 8th – 11th July 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), and will include the 53rd B…
eps.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In July, we will be travelling to Dundee for our joint scientific meeting with the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, which will include many prize talks, symposia, posters and much, much more!
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
For full information, please visit:
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
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Richardson (2025) @profrichardson.bsky.social: "The debate over measuring variability in preclinical science shows that operationalizing “sex as a biological variable”... requires... contextual judgements at multiple decision points".
@ptpbio.bsky.social #psyscisky #neurosky 🧪
tinyurl.com/3vvah3x7
@ptpbio.bsky.social #psyscisky #neurosky 🧪
tinyurl.com/3vvah3x7
Sex and the Riddle of Variability
Scientific research associations, funders, and publishers have recently introduced sex inclusion mandates requiring the use of male and female specimens in preclinical research designs and the analysi...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
June 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Richardson (2025) @profrichardson.bsky.social: "The debate over measuring variability in preclinical science shows that operationalizing “sex as a biological variable”... requires... contextual judgements at multiple decision points".
@ptpbio.bsky.social #psyscisky #neurosky 🧪
tinyurl.com/3vvah3x7
@ptpbio.bsky.social #psyscisky #neurosky 🧪
tinyurl.com/3vvah3x7
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Trying to stay grounded here in America. Art is my safe place. 🎨
Artist: Sergiu Ciochină
Artist: Sergiu Ciochină
June 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trying to stay grounded here in America. Art is my safe place. 🎨
Artist: Sergiu Ciochină
Artist: Sergiu Ciochină
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Scholarship for Durham University Students
£15,000 for a full-time student from the North East of England and from a lower income household to study full-time for a STEM taught Masters degree for the year 2025-26.
Durham people please spread the word!
Application form 👇
£15,000 for a full-time student from the North East of England and from a lower income household to study full-time for a STEM taught Masters degree for the year 2025-26.
Durham people please spread the word!
Application form 👇
Microsoft Forms
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June 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scholarship for Durham University Students
£15,000 for a full-time student from the North East of England and from a lower income household to study full-time for a STEM taught Masters degree for the year 2025-26.
Durham people please spread the word!
Application form 👇
£15,000 for a full-time student from the North East of England and from a lower income household to study full-time for a STEM taught Masters degree for the year 2025-26.
Durham people please spread the word!
Application form 👇
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A common claim in #EvoPsych is that the persistence of psychological sex differences in gender-egalitarian* countries shows that the differences are innate. I've argued that ignores the highly-gender-unequal media environment. Now @larawood.bsky.social has proved me right!
#EHBEA
#HBES
#EHBEA
#HBES
Children’s animated films inaccurately and consistently portray predators as male and prey as female. Young children learn and maintain these gender stereotypes into adulthood.
See thread by @larawood.bsky.social or read the whole paper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
See thread by @larawood.bsky.social or read the whole paper
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Mr Predator and Mrs Prey: Gender Stereotypes in Children's Films Correlate With Explicit and Implicit Gender Stereotyping
Children acquire gender stereotypes at a young age and these subsequently influence cognition and behavior. Stereotypes may be learned through a child's direct observation of gender differences as we...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A common claim in #EvoPsych is that the persistence of psychological sex differences in gender-egalitarian* countries shows that the differences are innate. I've argued that ignores the highly-gender-unequal media environment. Now @larawood.bsky.social has proved me right!
#EHBEA
#HBES
#EHBEA
#HBES
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Paxson (2025): "Science has contributed to... discrimination through biological essentialism, either by assigning specific undesirable biological characteristics to socially-normed... groupings or... assigning a genetic basis for these phenotypic differences." 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Teaching developmental biology to drive social change: Pedagogy that challenges biologically deterministic views on phenotypic variation
Discrimination against groups of people based on socially-normed phenotypic variations is commonplace in many societies. The stigmatized phenotypic va…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Paxson (2025): "Science has contributed to... discrimination through biological essentialism, either by assigning specific undesirable biological characteristics to socially-normed... groupings or... assigning a genetic basis for these phenotypic differences." 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I will be presenting at University of Dundee in around a month's time at the EPS x CSBBCS meeting about topics relevant to EDI in STEM and the news below has reminded me how relevant this is...
The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant.
100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS!
Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.
100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS!
Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.
May 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I will be presenting at University of Dundee in around a month's time at the EPS x CSBBCS meeting about topics relevant to EDI in STEM and the news below has reminded me how relevant this is...
Two interesting new papers found that women tend to underestimate their abilities and exhibit more pronounced STEM-related gender-career associations - the latter also applies to AFABs and non-binary individuals. Both studies call the need for targeted interventions to mitigate these (self-)biases.
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Two interesting new papers found that women tend to underestimate their abilities and exhibit more pronounced STEM-related gender-career associations - the latter also applies to AFABs and non-binary individuals. Both studies call the need for targeted interventions to mitigate these (self-)biases.
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Public Lecture: Wednesday 19th March Dr Robert Chapman ‘Neurodiversity in the age of Late Fascism’ from 5pm and an exhibition ‘Autism through an Autistic Lens’ from Sarah Dantas 3:30-5pm. Register here: bit.ly/4hEiNeX
March 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Public Lecture: Wednesday 19th March Dr Robert Chapman ‘Neurodiversity in the age of Late Fascism’ from 5pm and an exhibition ‘Autism through an Autistic Lens’ from Sarah Dantas 3:30-5pm. Register here: bit.ly/4hEiNeX
Interesting paper about a novel mental rotation task best suited for 9-14yos: the Little Man Task 🕴️
Could be used cross-culturally and seems easy to explain and administer! Although has potential to be more inclusive?
Could be used cross-culturally and seems easy to explain and administer! Although has potential to be more inclusive?
March 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Interesting paper about a novel mental rotation task best suited for 9-14yos: the Little Man Task 🕴️
Could be used cross-culturally and seems easy to explain and administer! Although has potential to be more inclusive?
Could be used cross-culturally and seems easy to explain and administer! Although has potential to be more inclusive?
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Last push for participants for our study of sex/gender differences in cognition- we desperately need more autistic men and neurotypical men to take part. You will need a computer/laptop with a keyboard to complete the study.
www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...
www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...
PsyToolkit
PsyToolkit: Run psychological studies online.
www.psytoolkit.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Last push for participants for our study of sex/gender differences in cognition- we desperately need more autistic men and neurotypical men to take part. You will need a computer/laptop with a keyboard to complete the study.
www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...
www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.2/surv...