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Dr Ben Gibson
@bgibson49.bsky.social
Trainee Health Psychologist and Lecturer in Applied Psychology at DMU. I'm interested in long-term physical health conditions, intervention development & evaluation, optimal wellbeing, and supporting advocacy efforts.
Wouldn't it be lovely to run one's own little private practice?
May 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The DOI is now available! If you haven't checked out Carly's excellent new paper yet, now's your chance: doi.org/10.1177/1359...
The plight of prestige: The subjective experiences of women managing chronic physical illnesses and their emotional well-being in the context of the prestige hierarchy - Carly Hook, Zoe Palfreyman, Be...
Chronic illnesses, such as Diabetes and Epilepsy, impact millions globally. Despite the burden of chronic illnesses, a medical hierarchy exists, with many illne...
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I love him!?
April 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This was actually Carly's UG dissertation(!!) so though I didn't have the pleasure of supporting the analysis, it was great to help get this work publication-ready - I learnt a lot about illness and prestige along the way! Plus, it's great to contribute to research into women's health!
April 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Have a great day, team!
March 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am, thanks Ian! This is really interesting work, and I think that critical engagement with "AI" output will be really important going forwards.
March 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Don't you know that AI is bullshit?*

*that's actually the academic term. See Hicks et al. (2024): doi.org/10.1007/s106...
ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persist...
doi.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Did I mention, by the way, that we (@profmarkforshaw.bsky.social + @dr-katschneider.bsky.social) submitted our latest 'crisis' manuscript on Friday?

This time we've conducted a *scoping* review, one that will be touching on themes around activism and online engagement... 👀
March 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanks, Kaitlyn 😭
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM