Sabrina Norwood
@sabrinanorwood.bsky.social
Postdoc at Oxford Internet Institute. Researching digital technologies, digital behaviour and well-being.
and other lies I tell myself
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
and other lies I tell myself
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🎉 📣 Out now in Communication Research! 📣 🎉
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎉 📣 Out now in Communication Research! 📣 🎉
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
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New release of PowerLMM.js! Browser-based power analysis for longitudinal models with dropout.
Now includes:
- Power analysis summary report
- Reproducible & shareable configs (URL/JSON)
- Calculations validated against R
- Hypothesis region visualization
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Now includes:
- Power analysis summary report
- Reproducible & shareable configs (URL/JSON)
- Calculations validated against R
- Hypothesis region visualization
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New release of PowerLMM.js! Browser-based power analysis for longitudinal models with dropout.
Now includes:
- Power analysis summary report
- Reproducible & shareable configs (URL/JSON)
- Calculations validated against R
- Hypothesis region visualization
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
Now includes:
- Power analysis summary report
- Reproducible & shareable configs (URL/JSON)
- Calculations validated against R
- Hypothesis region visualization
powerlmmjs.rpsychologist.com
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My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)!
We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.
See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...
We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.
See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...
Universität Graz
jobs.uni-graz.at
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My lab is looking for a Senior Scientist (= PostDoc with option of permanency)!
We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.
See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...
We are looking for someone interested in doing cutting-edge computational social science + helping us with data & software engineering 🤓.
See job ad for details jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7d14...
Me to the OSF website when it stops responding
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Me to the OSF website when it stops responding
Behaviour doesn’t occur in a vacuum. If social media is meeting a need in young people’s lives, that need won’t just disappear if we ban the platforms. It will go unmet. We need to address the need, not just the tool.
Australia's children's commissioner Anne Hollonds has seen "nothing" to address gaps in community and support left by the teen social media ban.
A year after first raising the alarm, Hollonds says we need to take a "good, hard look at the unmet needs" of vulnerable kids.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
A year after first raising the alarm, Hollonds says we need to take a "good, hard look at the unmet needs" of vulnerable kids.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Behaviour doesn’t occur in a vacuum. If social media is meeting a need in young people’s lives, that need won’t just disappear if we ban the platforms. It will go unmet. We need to address the need, not just the tool.
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I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social.
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social.
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
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Just a few more days until our FREE workshop: "Demystifying Data Donation Methods to Advance Digital Health Research" sponsored by TYDE and CERES
tyde.virginia.edu/event/demyst...
Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11am-5pm ET / 8am - 2pm PT
Learn more about using passive data in mental health research
tyde.virginia.edu/event/demyst...
Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11am-5pm ET / 8am - 2pm PT
Learn more about using passive data in mental health research
Demystifying Data Donation Methods to Advance Digital Health Research - TYDE
Curious about teens’ digital lives? There’s a better way than guessing. Ask them directly and let them share their data with you. Join TYDE and CERES for a free, intensive virtual workshop designed ...
tyde.virginia.edu
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just a few more days until our FREE workshop: "Demystifying Data Donation Methods to Advance Digital Health Research" sponsored by TYDE and CERES
tyde.virginia.edu/event/demyst...
Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11am-5pm ET / 8am - 2pm PT
Learn more about using passive data in mental health research
tyde.virginia.edu/event/demyst...
Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11am-5pm ET / 8am - 2pm PT
Learn more about using passive data in mental health research
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New hobby:
Remaking article abstracts as movie trailers to expose hype and fearmongering.
Remaking article abstracts as movie trailers to expose hype and fearmongering.
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New hobby:
Remaking article abstracts as movie trailers to expose hype and fearmongering.
Remaking article abstracts as movie trailers to expose hype and fearmongering.
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Results of the replication are in!
Chocolate is more desirable than poop:
Cohen's d_rm = 6.20, 95%CI [5.63, 6.78]
N = 486, two single item 1-7 Likert scales of desirability.
w/
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
Chocolate is more desirable than poop:
Cohen's d_rm = 6.20, 95%CI [5.63, 6.78]
N = 486, two single item 1-7 Likert scales of desirability.
w/
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
Make an effect size prediction!
@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)
Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.
@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)
Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Results of the replication are in!
Chocolate is more desirable than poop:
Cohen's d_rm = 6.20, 95%CI [5.63, 6.78]
N = 486, two single item 1-7 Likert scales of desirability.
w/
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
Chocolate is more desirable than poop:
Cohen's d_rm = 6.20, 95%CI [5.63, 6.78]
N = 486, two single item 1-7 Likert scales of desirability.
w/
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
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Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Against Publishing: universonline.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Preprints are read, shared, and cited, yet still dismissed as incomplete until blessed by a publisher. I argue that the true measure of scholarship lies in open exchange, not in the industry’s gatekeeping of what counts as published.
Reposted by Sabrina Norwood
ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
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My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
LnuOpen
| Meta-Psychology
open.lnu.se
October 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
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@science.org just dropped a story covering this preprint! Check it out below, and thanks to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for the great write-up! www.science.org/content/arti...
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
@science.org just dropped a story covering this preprint! Check it out below, and thanks to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for the great write-up! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Just a thought but academics on limited contracts doing major teaching and research load at universities want stability and transparent rules on job prospects not a “postdoc appreciation week” #ichbinhanna
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just a thought but academics on limited contracts doing major teaching and research load at universities want stability and transparent rules on job prospects not a “postdoc appreciation week” #ichbinhanna
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I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue for The Psychologist magazine called "Psychology needs a ... revolution".
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
Psychology needs… an AI revolution | BPS
Psychology is in the midst of an AI revolution. But it’s not the one it needs, argues Jamie Cummins.
www.bps.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I was thrilled to be invited to contribute to a forthcoming special issue for The Psychologist magazine called "Psychology needs a ... revolution".
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
I wrote about AI and its use in psychology: particularly how we can learn lessons from the past to avoid repeating old mistakes.
@psychmag.bsky.social
What if we thought about digital behaviour not in terms of the form that it takes but the psychological functions that it serves?
In this preprint we introduce technological behaviourism, a theoretical approach grounded in operant conditioning.
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
In this preprint we introduce technological behaviourism, a theoretical approach grounded in operant conditioning.
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What if we thought about digital behaviour not in terms of the form that it takes but the psychological functions that it serves?
In this preprint we introduce technological behaviourism, a theoretical approach grounded in operant conditioning.
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
In this preprint we introduce technological behaviourism, a theoretical approach grounded in operant conditioning.
@shuhbillskee.bsky.social
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Asking the users themselves, how does social media affect their well-being?
In a large-scale study we find: Social media has a negative but small effect. Other aspects s/a listening to music appear more relevant. Effects differ across users and countries. 🧵1/6
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In a large-scale study we find: Social media has a negative but small effect. Other aspects s/a listening to music appear more relevant. Effects differ across users and countries. 🧵1/6
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Global Analysis of Perceived Social Media Effects on Well-Being | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
What impact do people think social media has on their well-being? To answer this question, we adopted a global perspective, analyzing 7.1 million observations from 191,672 users across 182 countries. ...
www.liebertpub.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Asking the users themselves, how does social media affect their well-being?
In a large-scale study we find: Social media has a negative but small effect. Other aspects s/a listening to music appear more relevant. Effects differ across users and countries. 🧵1/6
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In a large-scale study we find: Social media has a negative but small effect. Other aspects s/a listening to music appear more relevant. Effects differ across users and countries. 🧵1/6
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/...
CSU is my alma mater and I cannot recommend it enough. If you’re a clinical psychologist, definitely apply when the ads go up🐏
Relatedly, we will have two searches for new faculty in the Psychological Clinical Science Program this fall - one at the Assistant Professor level and another at Associate or Full Professor level. Ads forthcoming.
I am pleased to announce that our APA accredited Counseling Psychology program at Colorado State University has officially transitioned to an APA accredited Clinical Psychology program, adopting the clinical science training model. psychology.colostate.edu/clinicalscie...
August 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
CSU is my alma mater and I cannot recommend it enough. If you’re a clinical psychologist, definitely apply when the ads go up🐏
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood.
Very glad that these voices and stories have a home.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood.
Very glad that these voices and stories have a home.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
Frontiers | “It's a good distraction from the mayhem of reality”: a reflexive thematic analysis on the role of video games to support coping during a crisis
IntroductionVideo games have been shown to offer psychological benefits to gamers during times of stress. One recent, salient example of a stress-inducing ev...
www.frontiersin.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood.
Very glad that these voices and stories have a home.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
This project has truly been a labour of love, but I'm eternally grateful for the support and guidance of my co-authors @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social and Chris Fullwood.
Very glad that these voices and stories have a home.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
If you need someone to teach you R skills, Ian and his adorably-logo’d package are your guy
{truffle} is an R package for teaching users to process data.
Semi-realistic psychological datasets with predetermined effects (via `truffles_` functions) are then hidden in common data processing headaches (via `dirt_` functions) for students to clean and analyze.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
Semi-realistic psychological datasets with predetermined effects (via `truffles_` functions) are then hidden in common data processing headaches (via `dirt_` functions) for students to clean and analyze.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
August 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you need someone to teach you R skills, Ian and his adorably-logo’d package are your guy
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I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Creating and validating standardized R project structures that are psych-DS compliant-ish
Making psychological code and data FAIR is hard, in part because different projects organize their code and data very differently.
Sometimes this is for good reasons, such as due to the demands of a g...
mmmdata.io
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wrote an R package that creates standardized R project structures that are compliant with @mekline.bsky.social's psych-DS...ish.
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
It also creates additional features for reproducibility and teaching like a readme, license, .gitignore and Quarto templates
+ can validate existing projects
Reposted by Sabrina Norwood
I'll take this opportunity to re-share my most cherished work, originally written one day in 2020 to avoid doing the stuff I actually needed to do. It is a quick read, and you might get a laugh: osf.io/preprints/ps...
August 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'll take this opportunity to re-share my most cherished work, originally written one day in 2020 to avoid doing the stuff I actually needed to do. It is a quick read, and you might get a laugh: osf.io/preprints/ps...