Nora Skjerdingstad
@noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social
🌻PhD(DPhil) student | University of Oxford | Department of Experimental Psychology | Social anxiety in CYP | Social media | Quant
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Excited to share our new publication out in Depression and Anxiety! A network analysis of dimensions of anhedonia, depression symptoms, and social anxiety symptoms in university students 🧵
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Differential Associations of Anticipatory and Consummatory Anhedonia With Depression and Social Anxiety Symptoms: A Network Analysis of University Students
Background Depression and social anxiety are frequently co-occurring conditions that significantly impact young people. Anhedonia may be important to consider in early interventions for these condit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Excited to share our new publication out in Depression and Anxiety! A network analysis of dimensions of anhedonia, depression symptoms, and social anxiety symptoms in university students 🧵
doi.org/10.1155/da/5...
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doi.org/10.1155/da/5...
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Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
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Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
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I'm beyond words honoured to receive the Doctoral Thesis of the Year Award by the Norwegian Psychological Association!
Deeply grateful to my supervisors and the wonderful colleagues I've had the privilege of working with.
Interview about findings and a 🧵:
www.psykologforeningen.no/aktuelt/pand...
Deeply grateful to my supervisors and the wonderful colleagues I've had the privilege of working with.
Interview about findings and a 🧵:
www.psykologforeningen.no/aktuelt/pand...
September 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm beyond words honoured to receive the Doctoral Thesis of the Year Award by the Norwegian Psychological Association!
Deeply grateful to my supervisors and the wonderful colleagues I've had the privilege of working with.
Interview about findings and a 🧵:
www.psykologforeningen.no/aktuelt/pand...
Deeply grateful to my supervisors and the wonderful colleagues I've had the privilege of working with.
Interview about findings and a 🧵:
www.psykologforeningen.no/aktuelt/pand...
Had a great time at #EABCT presenting work from both my clinical training and my PhD. Grateful to my fantastic symposium teams for making it such a rewarding experience🥰! @sophie-grant.bsky.social @sakshirajesh.bsky.social @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Had a great time at #EABCT presenting work from both my clinical training and my PhD. Grateful to my fantastic symposium teams for making it such a rewarding experience🥰! @sophie-grant.bsky.social @sakshirajesh.bsky.social @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social
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How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
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Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
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Accuracy and Consistency of Visual Analog Scales in Ecological Momentary Assessment and Digital Studies
The ubiquity of digital technologies has increased assessments of thoughts, behaviors, and experiences via electronic devices. Surveys on smartphones or laptops often implement Visual Analogue Scales ...
online.ucpress.edu
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
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Examined in a massive EMA study (N = 3,761), our new #OpenAccess piece on this is just out:
online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky
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Paper is out!🌼
Happy to share that our article, led by @xinkaidu.bsky.social, on confirmatory network modeling has been published in Psychological Methods!
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APA PsycNet
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June 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Paper is out!🌼
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How does where we live – urban, rural, or in-between – relate to our mental health? 🌆🏞️
In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
How does where we live – urban, rural, or in-between – relate to our mental health? 🌆🏞️
In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this cross-national study, we investigate the links between urbanicity, anxiety and depressive disorders in 500,000 adults across the UK, Norway, and New Zealand 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Very excited to speak at the Network Science Conference in Maastricht this week about the utility of psychometric networks in the precision diagnostics field.
Come to our session on Friday at 2pm & check out the program for the many great talks at the conference
@netsciconf.bsky.social #NetSci2025
Come to our session on Friday at 2pm & check out the program for the many great talks at the conference
@netsciconf.bsky.social #NetSci2025
June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very excited to speak at the Network Science Conference in Maastricht this week about the utility of psychometric networks in the precision diagnostics field.
Come to our session on Friday at 2pm & check out the program for the many great talks at the conference
@netsciconf.bsky.social #NetSci2025
Come to our session on Friday at 2pm & check out the program for the many great talks at the conference
@netsciconf.bsky.social #NetSci2025
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Our new paper in Depression and Anxiety contrast the impact of theory-driven transdiagnostic mechanisms on anxiety symptoms.
With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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Mapping the Dynamics of Generalized Anxiety Symptoms and Actionable Transdiagnostic Mechanisms: A Panel Study
Background: The long-term dynamic interaction between symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and their theorized mechanistic processes derived from three treatment models of GAD—the emotion d...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Our new paper in Depression and Anxiety contrast the impact of theory-driven transdiagnostic mechanisms on anxiety symptoms.
With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
With @sachaepskamp.bsky.social, @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social, @renefreichel.bsky.social and Skyless colleagues.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
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Many congratulations to TOPIC's Emily Whitaker on leading this review paper now out in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review! 🎉 This review is supported by Chloe Chessell & Maxwell Klapow.
Read below👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Psychsky #Psychology
Read below👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Psychsky #Psychology
A Systematic Review of Guided, Parent-Led Digital Interventions for Preadolescent Children with Emotional and Behavioural Problems - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Emotional and behavioural problems (EBP) are prevalent amongst children, and guided, parent-led digital interventions offer one method of improving access to effective treatments. This systematic revi...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Many congratulations to TOPIC's Emily Whitaker on leading this review paper now out in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review! 🎉 This review is supported by Chloe Chessell & Maxwell Klapow.
Read below👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Psychsky #Psychology
Read below👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Psychsky #Psychology
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We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
May 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈
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After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to give a talk at University of Cambridge's Psychiatry Department about precision diagnostics and profiles of depression, this Thursday at 12:30 BST.
The talk is hybrid, so feel free to DM me for a link if you wish to attend.
The talk is hybrid, so feel free to DM me for a link if you wish to attend.
May 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to give a talk at University of Cambridge's Psychiatry Department about precision diagnostics and profiles of depression, this Thursday at 12:30 BST.
The talk is hybrid, so feel free to DM me for a link if you wish to attend.
The talk is hybrid, so feel free to DM me for a link if you wish to attend.
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For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Developing a qualitative and quantitative ambulatory assessment-based feedback system within cognitive behavioural interventions for people with persecutory beliefs
Although the application of self-monitoring (ambulatory assessment) and visual feedback in psychological interventions has yielded promising results, …
www.sciencedirect.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
For those who are interested ESM feedback, happy to announce that a new paper is out, in which we combine qualitative and quantitative feedback! Innovations include clock graphs, stacked graphs, and word clouds with sentences. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw
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Why I'm Increasingly Worried About Boys, Too
Since the 1970s, boys have been pushed away from the real world and pulled into the virtual.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Jonathan Haidt has written about the potential harms of social media to girls, but what about boys (currently being widely discussed following the Netflix drama 'Adolescence')? This blog from 2023 discusses the tendency of boys to retreat and withdraw
substack.com/@jonathanhai...
substack.com/@jonathanhai...
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Excited to share our BMC Medicine article on Modifiable Risk Factors of Vaccine Hesitancy
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Modifiable risk factors of vaccine hesitancy: insights from a mixed methods multiple population study combining machine learning and thematic analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic - BMC Medicine
Background Vaccine hesitancy, the delay in acceptance or reluctance to vaccinate, ranks among the top threats to global health. Identifying modifiable factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy is cruc...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excited to share our BMC Medicine article on Modifiable Risk Factors of Vaccine Hesitancy
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
With 2 independent teams of authors blind to each others procedures, we combine gradient boosting machines & thematic analysis, & replicate results in 2 nations 🧵
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Put down the phone! Escape the noise!
Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...
From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."
Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...
From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."
Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits
A month-long randomized control trial confirms that reducing the time spent on smartphones to access the internet makes people happier and more focused.
medicalxpress.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Put down the phone! Escape the noise!
Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...
From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."
Taking a break from smartphones: Study confirms its benefits medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02...
From study: "The intervention improved mental health, subjective well-being, and objectively measured ability to sustain attention..."
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Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
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We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
February 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
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On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I want to share an inspiring example: Anne Bülow, who defended her PhD cum laude on Jan 31st with her dissertation "Parenting Adolescents, One Day at a Time."
February 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I want to share an inspiring example: Anne Bülow, who defended her PhD cum laude on Jan 31st with her dissertation "Parenting Adolescents, One Day at a Time."
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How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:
Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:
February 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
How Accurate & Consistent are Self-Report responses via Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) in Ecological Momentary Assessment & Digital Studies?
Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:
Examined in a large EMA study (N = 3,761) w/L. Cloos @bsiepe.bsky.social @marilynpicciri1.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social @shirleybwang.bsky.social ... 🧵:
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Preprint on using SEM fit indices & conventional cutoffs in confirmatory network analysis updated! Now with a Shiny app for results display.
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
(PDF) Moving from exploratory to confirmatory network analysis: An evaluation of SEM fit indices and cutoff values in network psychometrics
PDF | Network models are well-suited for phenomena detection, and most empirical network studies have been exploratory so far. Yet, due to the close... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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February 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Preprint on using SEM fit indices & conventional cutoffs in confirmatory network analysis updated! Now with a Shiny app for results display.
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
PsyArXiv: osf.io/preprints/ps...
RG: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Shiny app: github.com/xinkaidupsy/...
See 🧵 for the summary of results
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We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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Adolescent girls’ explanations of high rates of low mood and anxiety in their population: a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Women's Health
Background From early adolescence, girls face greater risk of experiencing low mood and anxiety relative to boys, with recent evidence that this may be worsening. There is a paucity of mental health r...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse.
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know.
So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
1/8
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So excited to see this in print! A manifesto paving the way for responsible generalisation and co-authorship practices in open science - with an incredible team of scholars!
Very much inspired by the benchmark Munafò et al. manifesto for reproducible science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Very much inspired by the benchmark Munafò et al. manifesto for reproducible science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science - Communications Psychology
Psychology must embrace more responsible practices in design, reporting, generalisation, and evaluation of research to counteract the spectre of Questionable Generalisability Practices and the issue o...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:16 AM
So excited to see this in print! A manifesto paving the way for responsible generalisation and co-authorship practices in open science - with an incredible team of scholars!
Very much inspired by the benchmark Munafò et al. manifesto for reproducible science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Very much inspired by the benchmark Munafò et al. manifesto for reproducible science
www.nature.com/articles/s44...