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Michelle Ellefson
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Professor of Cognitive Science @ University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
Runs the INSTRUCT Lab (https://sites.google.com/site/instructlab/)
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cghlewis.bsky.social
If you want your work to be reproducible, you have to remember that others don't have the insider knowledge you have. You have to be explicit.

This morning I was able to recreate a file made by someone else because they explicitly documented their definitions, calculations, and their assumptions. 🫶
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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jeffgreene.bsky.social
🌍Yes! The UNC School of Education is searching for a 9-month, tenure-track faculty member for a position in teacher education with a focus on elementary grade multilingual learners! So exciting!

🗣️ Apply by 1/5/26!

👀 Details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/309...
Faculty Position in Teacher Education with a focus on Elementary Grade Multilingual Learners
The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a position in teacher education with a focus on elementary grade multilingual learners starting July...
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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ukri.org
Applications open: New Generation Thinkers 2026

AHRC is partnering with BBC Radio 4 to offer five early-career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers, appear on air, and gain first-hand experience of how ideas make it to broadcast.

Apply by Jan 2026
AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2026
This scheme offers five early career researchers the opportunity to work with programme makers at BBC Radio 4. They will appear on a number of episodes and shadow the production process to understand ...
www.ukri.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
michellefson.bsky.social
Join us for an exciting afternoon of three professorial lecture on Monday (10 Nov) from
1-3pm (UK time) in-person or online.
pedalcam.bsky.social PEDAL Research Centre @pedalcam.bsky.social · 20d
Please join us on Monday 10 November for a Trio of A Trio of Inaugural Professorial Lectures from the Psychology and Education Group at @camedfac.bsky.social.

All welcome, register here for in-person and online:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

@michellefson.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
Join us at our virtual open day sessions this morning to find out about our two MPhil programmes running in 2026:

9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
sjblakemore.bsky.social
Talk in Cambridge this Friday at 4.30pm

Trust in “Moral” Machines
Prof Jim A.C. Everett, University of Kent

Details below

talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/2...
talks.cam : Trust in “Moral” Machines
talks.cam.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
profsanderlinden.bsky.social
Public health is under attack by a deluge of misinformation. We offer a consensus report from the American Psychological Association summarizing what we know & what interventions are effective in countering it. We provide 8 concrete recommendations. Open-access - awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
jonsimons.bsky.social
Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
sjblakemore.bsky.social
Brilliant episode of All in the Mind with @claudiahammond.bsky.social, who discusses autism with @utafrith.bsky.social, brain development with @catherineloveday.bsky.social, as well as memory, music and other interesting topics

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All in the Mind - Are there multiple subtypes of autism, and how vivid are your memories? - BBC Sounds
A new study suggests that autism’s genetic profile differs with age at diagnosis.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
retrievelearn.bsky.social
Make bite sized adjustments to what you're already doing with teaching tips from cognitive scientist Dr. Michelle Rivers
Make bite-sized adjustments to what you’re already doing
Read about these simple, bite-sized strategies from Dr. Michelle Rivers to use what you’re already doing in the classroom and boost student learning even more . Dr. Rivers’s strategies take little...
www.retrievalpractice.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
improvingpsych.org
PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!

Did one of your preprints get approved recently? Help us show our thanks by liking and sharing this post :)

#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
jeffgreene.bsky.social
Hey friends! Are you interested in the science of learning? Then check out all the cool SOL researchers in this starter pack! go.bsky.app/CBPm1dV

#academicsky #edusky #psychsky
August 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
improvingpsych.org
Want to help moderate preprints on PsyArXiv? We're hosting a training tomorrow morning. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8114764450... More trainings are coming as well! Already registered using the other form? Check your spam folder -- some of our email invitations are going to spam. #PsychSciSky
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PsyArXiv Moderator Training #2. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PsyArXiv Moderator Training #2. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
us06web.zoom.us
August 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
improvingpsych.org
More info about changes to moderation at PsyArXiv -
improvingpsych.org/2025/08/20/c...
Changes to Moderation at PsyArXiv Preprints
As you may be aware, a large number of previously-public preprints posted on PsyArXiv have become inaccessible in the past 24 hours. We know this is disruptive to many people and organizations who …
improvingpsych.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
alelazic.bsky.social
🌍 Glad to see our paper out!
How researchers in developing countries & other resource-constrained contexts (can) practice #OpenScience, with free tools, training, success stories, & more.

🔓 doi.org/10.1177/2515...
🛠 osf.io/gu7v4

More in this thread by @hcp4715.bsky.social 👇 #AcademicSky #PsychSky
August 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
reproducibilitea.org
📚 Resources - a new section on our website
reproducibilitea.org/resources

This section includes resources published by ReproducibiliTea journal clubs:
📽️ video recordings of past events
📊 presentations
📄 reading lists
✍️ blogs
Resources
ReproducibiliTea - Journal Clubs for Open Science
reproducibilitea.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
andrew.heiss.phd
See the latest version here! datavizs25.classes.andrewheiss.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
mh-christiansen.bsky.social
Happy to contribute an article on #LanguageEvolution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science @oecs-bot.bsky.social

Everything you ever wanted to know about language evolution in ~1K words—well just scratching the surface 😉 dig into the references for more info

oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
Language Evolution
oecs.mit.edu
July 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
amiyake.bsky.social
A month ago, I shared a draft of the teaching resources list for cog psych (& related) courses. Now that the fall semester is only 4 wks away 😱, I thought I'd ask you to share your favorite books, videos, demos, syllabi, etc., to make this list more complete & more useful for interested folks.
Teaching Resources for Cognitive Psychology
CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT (Last updated: June 27, 2025, 10) PLEASE SHARE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHING RESOURCES! Teaching Resources for Cognitive Psychology Assembled by: Akira Miyake University of Colo...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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jaspstats.bsky.social
A JASP short course at the World Statistics Congress in The Hague. Deadline for registration: August 1st. Hope to see you there! jasp-stats.org/2025/07/16/j...
JASP Short Course at the World Statistics Congress in The Hague: Sign Up Before August 1st! - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
On October 3rd, at the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague, Johnny van Doorn and I will teach the one-day course “Introduction to JASP“. Course description: This course provides a working ...
jasp-stats.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
timetit.bsky.social
Happy birthday Brenda Milner! 🧠🎉
Today is her 107th birthday, she's a legend, a superhero.
nicolecrust.bsky.social Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · May 13
My favorite account of the early history is this one:

www.jneurosci.org/content/jneu...

ALSO: AWARD BRENDA MILNER THE NOBEL PRIZE (for work with H.M. and the discovery that the hippocampus the structure that stores memories) - SHE'S 106!)
www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=25635
Heroes of the Engram In 1904, Richard Semon introduced the term “engram” to describe the neural substrate responsible for (or at least important in) storing and recalling memories (i.e., a memory trace). The recent introduction of a vast array of powerful new tools to probe and manipulate memory function at the cell and neuronal circuit level has spurred an explosion of interest in studying the engram. However, the present “engram renaissance” was not borne in isolation but rather builds on a long tradition of memory research. We believe it is important to acknowledge the debts our current generation of scientists owes to those scientists who have offered key ideas, persevered through failed experiments and made important discoveries before us. Examining the past can also offer a fresh perspective on the present state and future promise of the field. Given the large amount of empirical advances made in recent years, it seems particularly timely to look back and review the scientists who introduced the seminal terminology, concepts, methodological approaches, and initial data pertaining to engrams. Rather than simply list their many accomplishments, here we color in some details of the lives and milestone contributions of our seven personal heroes of the engram (Richard Semon, Karl Lashley, Donald Hebb, Wilder Penfield, Brenda Milner, James McConnell, and Richard Thompson). In reviewing their historic role, we also illustrate how their work remains relevant to today’s studies.
July 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
mcxfrank.bsky.social
Obituary for John Flavell, who passed away this spring. He was a wonderful guy.

news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
John H. Flavell, influential scholar of developmental psychology, has died
Remembered for his humility and generosity, Flavell was a giant in his field.
news.stanford.edu
July 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Calling all university administrators! We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to work at the new @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

💻Lead teaching & course operations
👩🏽Manage a team
⚙️Help shape academic policies & processes

Apply by 9 July 2025

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
July 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Michelle Ellefson
wmsymposium.bsky.social
Can you believe that WMS2025 (July 8-11) is less than a week away? If you are interested in Working Memory Research, WMS2025 is THE BEST online conference with THE AWESOMEST community of researchers across the globe! So DON'T FORGET TO CHECK IT OUT!
www.wmsymposium.org/home
Working Memory Symposium
Date: July 8-11 Program is now Available!
www.wmsymposium.org
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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cghlewis.bsky.social
Call for speakers for what looks like a very fun, FREE, online conference "Data, Behind the Scenes"! 👇

Tentatively planned for Wednesday, 2025-09-24.
Reach out to @randyau.com if you need more info!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Data Behind the Scenes Conf - Call for Speakers
What This Conference Is About "Data, Behind the Scenes" is a (free) online-only, single track conference centered on the real stories of data work from the folks in the trenches. We’re not here for th...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM