Charlie Rioux, Ph.D.
@charlierioux.bsky.social
Asst Prof. Health & Human Science. Texas Tech U.
Mental health promotion. Developmental psychology. Quantitative methodology. Opinions my own.
🇨🇦 Eng/Fr She/Elle
peanutsresearchlab.com
Mental health promotion. Developmental psychology. Quantitative methodology. Opinions my own.
🇨🇦 Eng/Fr She/Elle
peanutsresearchlab.com
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Cost of recruiting pregnant participants online
YouTube video by PEANUTs Lab
youtu.be
In a recent paper, my undergrad student Zoe Childers-Rockey examined the cost and representativeness of recruiting a pregnancy cohort via social media ads and Zoom calls. She made this great video summarizing the findings! youtu.be/7wwAokOsRLc?...
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Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
September 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Academia.edu is changing its Terms and Conditions, and they're so outrageous (AI training; signing over ownership to them etc) I closed my account today.
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
A thread with some practical tips if you want to delete your account (5 steps):
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How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real
How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real
When Indigenous communities shape how health professionals are trained, it’s a path toward trust, equity and a health system that finally reflects the people it serves.
theconversation.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real
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📣 Call for unpublished studies on discrimination of bisexual people!
⬇️ Please see the full call below
We are very grateful for all contributions!
#SocialPsych #PsychSciSky
⬇️ Please see the full call below
We are very grateful for all contributions!
#SocialPsych #PsychSciSky
September 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
📣 Call for unpublished studies on discrimination of bisexual people!
⬇️ Please see the full call below
We are very grateful for all contributions!
#SocialPsych #PsychSciSky
⬇️ Please see the full call below
We are very grateful for all contributions!
#SocialPsych #PsychSciSky
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Call for Papers: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is calling for proposals for manuscripts that discuss, demonstrate, and work to enhance replicability and reproducibility of methods research in psychology.
Proposals are due by September 15!
Proposals are due by September 15!
<em>AMPPS</em> Call for Papers on Replicability and Reproducibility in Methodological Research
Methodological reform has shaped the last decade of psychological research. Researchers have undertaken replication studies, journals and funders have emphasized registration and data sharing, and aut...
www.psychologicalscience.org
September 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Call for Papers: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science is calling for proposals for manuscripts that discuss, demonstrate, and work to enhance replicability and reproducibility of methods research in psychology.
Proposals are due by September 15!
Proposals are due by September 15!
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RFK Jr has promised to release a report on the causes of autism in September. To prepare, it's a good idea to make sure we know what the common types of observational research biases are. First up: confounding by indication.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Confounding by Indication: A Research Bias You Should Know
It’s September which means RFK Jr will soon be releasing his promised report on the ‘causes’ of autism. We can prepare by learning some key types of research bias.
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
RFK Jr has promised to release a report on the causes of autism in September. To prepare, it's a good idea to make sure we know what the common types of observational research biases are. First up: confounding by indication.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Why Teachers Say Yes (or No) to Research Participation—and What Researchers Can Learn From It
From SRI International
studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...
From SRI International
studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Why Teachers Say Yes (or No) to Research Participation—and What Researchers Can Learn From It
From SRI International
studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...
From SRI International
studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...
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3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
August 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity.
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws
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Are you working on issues of replication and reproducibility of methodological research in psychology? Consider submitting a proposal to my call for papers, happy to chat about your ideas or answer any questions! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
<em>AMPPS</em> Call for Papers on Replicability and Reproducibility in Methodological Research
Methodological reform has shaped the last decade of psychological research. Researchers have undertaken replication studies, journals and funders have emphasized registration and data sharing, and aut...
www.psychologicalscience.org
July 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Are you working on issues of replication and reproducibility of methodological research in psychology? Consider submitting a proposal to my call for papers, happy to chat about your ideas or answer any questions! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Very excited (w/ @omarjcamanto.bsky.social) to share our preprint tutorial for using our R 📦 dySEM for #dyadic data analysis with latent variables, in cross-sectional data sets.
This paper has been literal years in the making, and provides three distinct tutorials.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Very excited (w/ @omarjcamanto.bsky.social) to share our preprint tutorial for using our R 📦 dySEM for #dyadic data analysis with latent variables, in cross-sectional data sets.
This paper has been literal years in the making, and provides three distinct tutorials.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
July 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Very excited (w/ @omarjcamanto.bsky.social) to share our preprint tutorial for using our R 📦 dySEM for #dyadic data analysis with latent variables, in cross-sectional data sets.
This paper has been literal years in the making, and provides three distinct tutorials.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Very excited (w/ @omarjcamanto.bsky.social) to share our preprint tutorial for using our R 📦 dySEM for #dyadic data analysis with latent variables, in cross-sectional data sets.
This paper has been literal years in the making, and provides three distinct tutorials.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Happy to share my new study, publ. in Social Science Research 🎉 Bottom line: Yes, adolescents use their phones a lot 🤳 But I find no support for the notion that this use displaces reading, homework, hobbies, physical act., sleep... Instead: Changing media preferences 📺 ->📱. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
July 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Happy to share my new study, publ. in Social Science Research 🎉 Bottom line: Yes, adolescents use their phones a lot 🤳 But I find no support for the notion that this use displaces reading, homework, hobbies, physical act., sleep... Instead: Changing media preferences 📺 ->📱. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🧵 addressing the argument: "AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and make them more effective.”
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse
Efforts to simplify teachers’ jobs through technology can backfire without a strong focus on teacher well-being.
theconversation.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🧵 addressing the argument: "AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and make them more effective.”
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
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every year my lab does a re-read + edit of our Handbook, a documentation resource for how we do science
this year we also updated our Public Handbook, an open-access version for folks wanting to improve their own docs
it's at handbook-public.themusiclab.org and available for noncommercial re-use
this year we also updated our Public Handbook, an open-access version for folks wanting to improve their own docs
it's at handbook-public.themusiclab.org and available for noncommercial re-use
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
every year my lab does a re-read + edit of our Handbook, a documentation resource for how we do science
this year we also updated our Public Handbook, an open-access version for folks wanting to improve their own docs
it's at handbook-public.themusiclab.org and available for noncommercial re-use
this year we also updated our Public Handbook, an open-access version for folks wanting to improve their own docs
it's at handbook-public.themusiclab.org and available for noncommercial re-use
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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📱 Want to know when to schedule your #EMA / #ESM beeps for the highest completion rates?
⏰ Timing matters: some moments during the day and week are more receptive than others.
See: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
⏰ Timing matters: some moments during the day and week are more receptive than others.
See: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
June 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
📱 Want to know when to schedule your #EMA / #ESM beeps for the highest completion rates?
⏰ Timing matters: some moments during the day and week are more receptive than others.
See: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
⏰ Timing matters: some moments during the day and week are more receptive than others.
See: link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Has our scientific writing gotten better or worse since the 1950s? Some cool data here.
#acwri #scipub
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#acwri #scipub
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The evolution of scientific writing: an analysis of 20 million abstracts over 70 years in health and medical science - Scientometrics
For at least a century, scientists have been concerned with the need for clear scientific writing. This concern has grown with the advent of the internet allowing for global, interdisciplinary collabo...
link.springer.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Has our scientific writing gotten better or worse since the 1950s? Some cool data here.
#acwri #scipub
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#acwri #scipub
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Here’s a screenshot of the “addictive use” trajectories from the JAMA paper cited below. My educated guess from the details of the measure is that none of these lines comes close to bona fide “addictive” use
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June 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Here’s a screenshot of the “addictive use” trajectories from the JAMA paper cited below. My educated guess from the details of the measure is that none of these lines comes close to bona fide “addictive” use
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Scientists have come under pressure in the information age; with fascist myth-making and autocratic political movements leading the anti-science aggression.
@lewan.bsky.social put together a team to provide key info & guidance.
I have some thoughts:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/the-anti-a...
1/
@lewan.bsky.social put together a team to provide key info & guidance.
I have some thoughts:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/the-anti-a...
1/
www.protagonist-science.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Scientists have come under pressure in the information age; with fascist myth-making and autocratic political movements leading the anti-science aggression.
@lewan.bsky.social put together a team to provide key info & guidance.
I have some thoughts:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/the-anti-a...
1/
@lewan.bsky.social put together a team to provide key info & guidance.
I have some thoughts:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/the-anti-a...
1/
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We will soon be hiring a research assistant in Calgary to work on projects related to brain imaging, prenatal alcohol exposure, and mental health. Please reach out if you're interested, and I will share the posting once it's live. @ucalgary.bsky.social @mathisoncentre.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We will soon be hiring a research assistant in Calgary to work on projects related to brain imaging, prenatal alcohol exposure, and mental health. Please reach out if you're interested, and I will share the posting once it's live. @ucalgary.bsky.social @mathisoncentre.bsky.social
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I'm trying to find someone to teach a short course helping SAS users (specifically) transition to #Rstats. If you are such a person or are willing to recommend someone, my DMs are open!
June 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm trying to find someone to teach a short course helping SAS users (specifically) transition to #Rstats. If you are such a person or are willing to recommend someone, my DMs are open!
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Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now officially out with nice formatting and all 🥳 "Thinking clearly about age, period, and cohort effects" -- a gentle introduction to the age-period-cohort problem and how to "solve" it through various types of assumptions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Special issue of Perspectives - Psychology in 100 years! Love the idea, @draehernandez.bsky.social
Abstracts by August 1! Get your creative juices flowing this summer!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Abstracts by August 1! Get your creative juices flowing this summer!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Call for Papers: Psychology in 2125 – A Century Forward
Editor: Arturo E. HernandezWhat will psychological science look like in the year 2125?This special issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science invites contributors to imagine the long arc of our di...
www.psychologicalscience.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Special issue of Perspectives - Psychology in 100 years! Love the idea, @draehernandez.bsky.social
Abstracts by August 1! Get your creative juices flowing this summer!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Abstracts by August 1! Get your creative juices flowing this summer!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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New website up & running! (with an up-to-date team section) www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca
@courtneygilchrist.bsky.social @bryce-g.bsky.social @kathrynmanning.bsky.social @xiangyuloong.bsky.social @mervsingh.bsky.social
@courtneygilchrist.bsky.social @bryce-g.bsky.social @kathrynmanning.bsky.social @xiangyuloong.bsky.social @mervsingh.bsky.social
Developmental Neuroimaging Lab | Neuroscience | Calgary, AB, Canada
Catherine Lebel leads the Developmental Neuroimaging Lab, a neuroscience research team at the University of Calgary. Our mission is to generate & share knowledge of brain development across childhood ...
www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca
June 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New website up & running! (with an up-to-date team section) www.developmentalneuroimaginglab.ca
@courtneygilchrist.bsky.social @bryce-g.bsky.social @kathrynmanning.bsky.social @xiangyuloong.bsky.social @mervsingh.bsky.social
@courtneygilchrist.bsky.social @bryce-g.bsky.social @kathrynmanning.bsky.social @xiangyuloong.bsky.social @mervsingh.bsky.social