Gordon Hodson
@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).
I think some people need to see this today.
You know who you are.
You know who you are.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I think some people need to see this today.
You know who you are.
You know who you are.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDLife
When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDLife
When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology
New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #SocialPsychology
New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
"But if I'm UNPLUGGED, I might miss something"
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"But if I'm UNPLUGGED, I might miss something"
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #Metascience
Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).
Next....
I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).
Next....
I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #Metascience
Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).
Next....
I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).
Next....
I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#AcademicSky
NEVER name your file "final.doc".
It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
NEVER name your file "final.doc".
It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#AcademicSky
NEVER name your file "final.doc".
It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
NEVER name your file "final.doc".
It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
#AcademicSky
Sometimes I wonder if the "mad scientist" trope was a deliberate attempt to undermine knowledge
Sometimes I wonder if the "mad scientist" trope was a deliberate attempt to undermine knowledge
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#AcademicSky
Sometimes I wonder if the "mad scientist" trope was a deliberate attempt to undermine knowledge
Sometimes I wonder if the "mad scientist" trope was a deliberate attempt to undermine knowledge
Imagine a professional organization having to ask its own government to dial back the prejudice bc of its real impact.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Imagine a professional organization having to ask its own government to dial back the prejudice bc of its real impact.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#AcademicSky
University grades up (⬆️)
Student performance down (⬇️)
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This ought to really concern you, whether you're student, prof, parent, or member of society.
University grades up (⬆️)
Student performance down (⬇️)
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This ought to really concern you, whether you're student, prof, parent, or member of society.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#AcademicSky
University grades up (⬆️)
Student performance down (⬇️)
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This ought to really concern you, whether you're student, prof, parent, or member of society.
University grades up (⬆️)
Student performance down (⬇️)
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
This ought to really concern you, whether you're student, prof, parent, or member of society.
#AcademicSky
Me, when Editor indicates he/she will accept a revised manuscript... but says it's unlikely to be accepted.
Challenge on.
Me, when Editor indicates he/she will accept a revised manuscript... but says it's unlikely to be accepted.
Challenge on.
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#AcademicSky
Me, when Editor indicates he/she will accept a revised manuscript... but says it's unlikely to be accepted.
Challenge on.
Me, when Editor indicates he/she will accept a revised manuscript... but says it's unlikely to be accepted.
Challenge on.
.... as a function of whether they endorsed Cavalier Humour Beliefs (CHBs), or dismissed jokes as "just jokes"
At JESP: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
At JESP: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
.... as a function of whether they endorsed Cavalier Humour Beliefs (CHBs), or dismissed jokes as "just jokes"
At JESP: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
At JESP: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
by: @redpenblackpen.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
by: @redpenblackpen.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#AcademicSky
New study
Democrats & Republicans each moving from the centre. Looks like Republicans did so earlier, Democrats have caught up
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New study
Democrats & Republicans each moving from the centre. Looks like Republicans did so earlier, Democrats have caught up
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#AcademicSky
New study
Democrats & Republicans each moving from the centre. Looks like Republicans did so earlier, Democrats have caught up
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New study
Democrats & Republicans each moving from the centre. Looks like Republicans did so earlier, Democrats have caught up
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Congrats to all the new SPSP Fellows!
(special shoutout to collaborator @mocraig.bsky.social)
See me BIRGING there? You gotta, right?
Congrats to all the new SPSP Fellows!
(special shoutout to collaborator @mocraig.bsky.social)
See me BIRGING there? You gotta, right?
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
Congrats to all the new SPSP Fellows!
(special shoutout to collaborator @mocraig.bsky.social)
See me BIRGING there? You gotta, right?
Congrats to all the new SPSP Fellows!
(special shoutout to collaborator @mocraig.bsky.social)
See me BIRGING there? You gotta, right?
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch
Lots in the news about whether jokes are "just jokes"
If you're looking for some science on this 👇
psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-...
(punchline: humour can provide cover & thus release group dominance motives, prejudice etc.)
Lots in the news about whether jokes are "just jokes"
If you're looking for some science on this 👇
psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-...
(punchline: humour can provide cover & thus release group dominance motives, prejudice etc.)
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch
Lots in the news about whether jokes are "just jokes"
If you're looking for some science on this 👇
psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-...
(punchline: humour can provide cover & thus release group dominance motives, prejudice etc.)
Lots in the news about whether jokes are "just jokes"
If you're looking for some science on this 👇
psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-...
(punchline: humour can provide cover & thus release group dominance motives, prejudice etc.)
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
In that paper we DIDN'T find within-person changes across different longitudinal intervals (daily, weekly, monthly)
But there we *suggested* that major events, or what we now call "ruptures", might better induce detectable within-person changes (see 👇)
In that paper we DIDN'T find within-person changes across different longitudinal intervals (daily, weekly, monthly)
But there we *suggested* that major events, or what we now call "ruptures", might better induce detectable within-person changes (see 👇)
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky
In that paper we DIDN'T find within-person changes across different longitudinal intervals (daily, weekly, monthly)
But there we *suggested* that major events, or what we now call "ruptures", might better induce detectable within-person changes (see 👇)
In that paper we DIDN'T find within-person changes across different longitudinal intervals (daily, weekly, monthly)
But there we *suggested* that major events, or what we now call "ruptures", might better induce detectable within-person changes (see 👇)