Steve Most
@sbmost.bsky.social
Psychology everywhere! • Friendly neighborhood psychology professor • Empowerment through education • Researching attention, memory, & emotion at UNSW Sydney • A little piece of NJ Down Under • Teaching through excitement about other people's dreams
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Steve Most
@sbmost.bsky.social
· Feb 17
Teaching and the vanishing art of connection | Steven Most | TEDxUNSW Salon
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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I recently gave a talk arguing -- through the lens of cognitive psychology -- for the irreplaceableness of human connection in teaching & learning.
Bluesky's connected me to a community studying and thinking deeply about education. Do elements of this talk add meaningfully to the conversation?
Bluesky's connected me to a community studying and thinking deeply about education. Do elements of this talk add meaningfully to the conversation?
I wonder if any alien civilizations out there celebrate another revolution around their sun like this. Sydney really does do New Year's Eve spectacularly. Happy New Year!
Sydney New Year's Eve 2025 midnight fireworks – the official full-length video
YouTube video by City of Sydney
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 9:48 AM
I wonder if any alien civilizations out there celebrate another revolution around their sun like this. Sydney really does do New Year's Eve spectacularly. Happy New Year!
Things aren’t always black and white. These horses are identically bright.
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Things aren’t always black and white. These horses are identically bright.
Academics who love doing public outreach and #scicom don't always get this level of support from their universities. That's a shame because the more we share knowledge and passion, the more it encourages investment in what we do. Thanks to #UNSW for investing energy and time in this profile!
Turning knowledge into influence: the case for outreach
Outreach is often framed as something “extra”, a nice addition to an academic career, but not the core of it. Yet for many researchers, sharing their work beyond the university is one of the most valu...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Within a week of the tragic and terrorist events that targeted the Jewish community here in Sydney, the Australian Prime Minister has announced a gun buy-back scheme to get guns off our streets.
This is just one action item, there are more in the works (like license regulations, max caps, etc.)
This is just one action item, there are more in the works (like license regulations, max caps, etc.)
Breaking: PM announces 'largest' gun buyback scheme since Howard era
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national gun buyback scheme, days after a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration.
www.abc.net.au
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Within a week of the tragic and terrorist events that targeted the Jewish community here in Sydney, the Australian Prime Minister has announced a gun buy-back scheme to get guns off our streets.
This is just one action item, there are more in the works (like license regulations, max caps, etc.)
This is just one action item, there are more in the works (like license regulations, max caps, etc.)
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Super figure-ground confusion here!
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Super figure-ground confusion here!
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Compare this to the United States, where the 1st graders shot at Sandy Hook in 2012 could have been students at Brown shot 13 years later, and where we have done nothing.
It's not impossible to make gun violence rare.
We just keep choosing not to try.
It's not impossible to make gun violence rare.
We just keep choosing not to try.
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Compare this to the United States, where the 1st graders shot at Sandy Hook in 2012 could have been students at Brown shot 13 years later, and where we have done nothing.
It's not impossible to make gun violence rare.
We just keep choosing not to try.
It's not impossible to make gun violence rare.
We just keep choosing not to try.
Who needs brain training apps when, for free, I can just never use reference management software?
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Who needs brain training apps when, for free, I can just never use reference management software?
Picture this: You're teaching a cognitive psychology class and decide to show this clip of the 1972 hit song, 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘭.
What's the topic of the day, and what point are you illustrating with this song?
What's the topic of the day, and what point are you illustrating with this song?
Adriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973
YouTube video by Rai
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Picture this: You're teaching a cognitive psychology class and decide to show this clip of the 1972 hit song, 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘭.
What's the topic of the day, and what point are you illustrating with this song?
What's the topic of the day, and what point are you illustrating with this song?
𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦's idealization of 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦's energy and competence is a problem. Because 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 is 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 to 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦, and AUGHH, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 has left 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 a sh%t ton to do.
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦's idealization of 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦's energy and competence is a problem. Because 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 is 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 to 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦, and AUGHH, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 has left 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦 a sh%t ton to do.
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**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
**How distributed is the brain-wide network that is recruited
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
for cognition?**
That goes to the top of the list!
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Fantastic day for a lab hike!
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fantastic day for a lab hike!
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
From Spit Bridge to Manly Beach, featuring all stages of the lab life cycle: 1st year undergrad -> honours thesis student -> PhD scholar -> visiting international student -> old professor.
#LabLife #UNSW #Sydney #Australia
Why yes, I did just try to reverse pinch the back of a cake mix box in order to increase the font size of the directions.
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Why yes, I did just try to reverse pinch the back of a cake mix box in order to increase the font size of the directions.
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I have refined
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have refined
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
The uranium
That was in
The centrifuge
And which
You were probably
Saving
For power generation
Forgive me
It was so powerful
I am
Become death
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These clips are great
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
These clips are great
UNSW maintains a 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘴𝘦 repository where teachers share 2-minute videos describing something they've tried that seems to work.
Here's my contribution this year: a little something to help build interpersonal connection even in large lectures.
#EduSky
Here's my contribution this year: a little something to help build interpersonal connection even in large lectures.
#EduSky
Building Community with 3 minute Q and A - Steven Most
YouTube video by UNSW eLearning
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
UNSW maintains a 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘴𝘦 repository where teachers share 2-minute videos describing something they've tried that seems to work.
Here's my contribution this year: a little something to help build interpersonal connection even in large lectures.
#EduSky
Here's my contribution this year: a little something to help build interpersonal connection even in large lectures.
#EduSky
Food for thought: "Students are more capable than their anxiety tells them they are."
Schools Are Accommodating Student Anxiety — and Making It Worse
Removing stressors robs students of growth opportunities, writes TC's Ben Lovett and his co-author Alex Jordan
www.tc.columbia.edu
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Food for thought: "Students are more capable than their anxiety tells them they are."
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It is our great honour to announce the APCV Keynote at #epc-apcv-2026: Prof. Hakwan Lau from the Institute for Basic Science in Korea!
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It is our great honour to announce the APCV Keynote at #epc-apcv-2026: Prof. Hakwan Lau from the Institute for Basic Science in Korea!
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
The call for member-initiated symposia & abstracts is now open: visualneuroscience.auckland.ac.nz/epc-apcv-2026
#psychscisky #visionscience #neuroskyence
Seriously???!!!
Ottocast | New Plav2Video Ultra! Wireless CarPlay & Android auto with pre-installed apps. #carplay
YouTube video by OTTOCAST
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Seriously???!!!
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Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
One of the world’s most dangerous spiders: the Sydney funnel-web! This large one seems bereft of life. Otherwise, the done thing is to scoop it into a container and bring it where its fangs can be milked to create antivenom.
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
One of the world’s most dangerous spiders: the Sydney funnel-web! This large one seems bereft of life. Otherwise, the done thing is to scoop it into a container and bring it where its fangs can be milked to create antivenom.
Love this.
But maybe,
like islands,
we are connected underneath,
more deeply than we care to look
But maybe,
like islands,
we are connected underneath,
more deeply than we care to look
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Love this.
But maybe,
like islands,
we are connected underneath,
more deeply than we care to look
But maybe,
like islands,
we are connected underneath,
more deeply than we care to look
Bad news, folks. I just discovered something 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴. Notice a common pattern among these (and other) supposed giants of literature?
My gawd. Look at the em-dashes.
They all used ChatGPT!
My gawd. Look at the em-dashes.
They all used ChatGPT!
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Bad news, folks. I just discovered something 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴. Notice a common pattern among these (and other) supposed giants of literature?
My gawd. Look at the em-dashes.
They all used ChatGPT!
My gawd. Look at the em-dashes.
They all used ChatGPT!
The world seems even larger when family is on the other side of the globe. But every now and then, something makes the distance feel smaller — like when a class assignment led my niece to ask me for a letter of life advice.
Heck, I even got to build on my childhood love of the computer game #Zork.
Heck, I even got to build on my childhood love of the computer game #Zork.
www.mostbecoming.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The world seems even larger when family is on the other side of the globe. But every now and then, something makes the distance feel smaller — like when a class assignment led my niece to ask me for a letter of life advice.
Heck, I even got to build on my childhood love of the computer game #Zork.
Heck, I even got to build on my childhood love of the computer game #Zork.
I like to start and end my lectures with music to set the energy level — often selections that students aren't like to have heard. This week's was an oldie but a goodie, and I can't get it out of my head. Enjoy!
New Order - True Faith (1987) (Official Music Video) [HD REMASTERED]
YouTube video by New Order
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I like to start and end my lectures with music to set the energy level — often selections that students aren't like to have heard. This week's was an oldie but a goodie, and I can't get it out of my head. Enjoy!
Edible fractals!
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Edible fractals!