Heather Urry
@heatherurry.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsUniversity (psychology) | open inclusive affective scientist | R enthusiast | she/her | say Urry: http://bit.ly/SayUrry | Black Lives Matter
Australia has fancy birds. Check out the tuxedos on the magpie lark and magpie.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Australia has fancy birds. Check out the tuxedos on the magpie lark and magpie.
“It was too lovely to watch a mind at ferocious work.” (Katabasis, R.F. Kuang)
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“It was too lovely to watch a mind at ferocious work.” (Katabasis, R.F. Kuang)
Kangaroos! They are real.
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Kangaroos! They are real.
I’m not gonna fall for the banana in the tailpipe, Australia.
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m not gonna fall for the banana in the tailpipe, Australia.
Rainbow lorikeet, just - bam - right there in the city. What a cutie.
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Rainbow lorikeet, just - bam - right there in the city. What a cutie.
People-watching paradise + beer at St Kilda beach
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
People-watching paradise + beer at St Kilda beach
Zoomed in view of my Jumbotron fame. Autographs only $5 each.
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Zoomed in view of my Jumbotron fame. Autographs only $5 each.
Made it on the Celtics Jumbotron at the preseason game against the Raptors. Peak Boston.
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Made it on the Celtics Jumbotron at the preseason game against the Raptors. Peak Boston.
Findings were consistent across the two studies, as demonstrated in this figure depicting meta-analytic results.
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Findings were consistent across the two studies, as demonstrated in this figure depicting meta-analytic results.
In brief, urgency messaging induced a state of threat marked by distress, which then hampered information processing efficiency and route efficiency but not accuracy in a route planning and tracing task. See (overwhelming) figure of Level 1 effects in two studies below.
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In brief, urgency messaging induced a state of threat marked by distress, which then hampered information processing efficiency and route efficiency but not accuracy in a route planning and tracing task. See (overwhelming) figure of Level 1 effects in two studies below.
Looks like you’re not alone! (These posts were positioned perfectly in my feed. Hahaha)
September 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Looks like you’re not alone! (These posts were positioned perfectly in my feed. Hahaha)
Late summer rules
August 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Late summer rules
Need a random distraction from p-curve discourse? Yesterday I hiked 6 miles and it nearly killed me. (OK, fine. It did not really nearly kill me but it was challenging AF. I should've believed the AllTrails "Hard" rating! Navigated/climbed many boulders over 9 hours and lived to tell the tale.)
August 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Need a random distraction from p-curve discourse? Yesterday I hiked 6 miles and it nearly killed me. (OK, fine. It did not really nearly kill me but it was challenging AF. I should've believed the AllTrails "Hard" rating! Navigated/climbed many boulders over 9 hours and lived to tell the tale.)
Gemini 2.5 Pro didn't fall for the banana in the tailpipe:
August 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Gemini 2.5 Pro didn't fall for the banana in the tailpipe:
Disagree! The author expressly addresses uncharitable, anti-feminist interpretations of his argument in the footnote below. I would’ve appreciated seeing this idea centered more obviously in the main text but it is there.
July 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Disagree! The author expressly addresses uncharitable, anti-feminist interpretations of his argument in the footnote below. I would’ve appreciated seeing this idea centered more obviously in the main text but it is there.
Yes, and our follow-up with Mike and Sam maybe even more so
July 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yes, and our follow-up with Mike and Sam maybe even more so
How age 55 is going so far.
May 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
How age 55 is going so far.
Still my favorite fortune cookie of all time… thanks?
November 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Still my favorite fortune cookie of all time… thanks?
From his days as a nuclear reactor operator at MIT, my son: (joke gift from grandparents)
October 13, 2024 at 11:41 AM
From his days as a nuclear reactor operator at MIT, my son: (joke gift from grandparents)
There's a set of 162 csv files if you don't use R or don't want to run the script yourself. Here are some more examples of png files and the plots that go with them:
September 29, 2024 at 1:39 PM
There's a set of 162 csv files if you don't use R or don't want to run the script yourself. Here are some more examples of png files and the plots that go with them:
Here's a fun way to encourage students to always look at their data. A few years ago, I wrote a script that converts a black and white png to data and plots it.
September 29, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Here's a fun way to encourage students to always look at their data. A few years ago, I wrote a script that converts a black and white png to data and plots it.