Jonathan M. Fawcett
@jmfawcet.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland specializing in forgetting, distinctive encoding, eyewitness memory, meta-analysis, and general academic survival.
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A meta-analytic review of 16 studies found that body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptoms were significantly more strongly correlated with symptoms of social media addiction than with the number of hours spent on social media per day.
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A meta-analytic review of 16 studies found that body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptoms were significantly more strongly correlated with symptoms of social media addiction than with the number of hours spent on social media per day.
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1521...
Did you know your pupils get bigger when you're thinking harder? Are you interested in understanding why reading something aloud helps you remember it better? Check out this recent paper by multiple current and former NeuroFoggies using pupil dilation to study the production effect!
New research from Drs. Jonathan Fawcett and Kathleen Hourihan, alumni Hannah Willoughby and Jenny Tiller, and team found that reading aloud triggers larger pupil dilation than reading silently, suggesting that speaking aloud enhances attention and encoding.
See full article:
shorturl.at/MRQRA
See full article:
shorturl.at/MRQRA
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Did you know your pupils get bigger when you're thinking harder? Are you interested in understanding why reading something aloud helps you remember it better? Check out this recent paper by multiple current and former NeuroFoggies using pupil dilation to study the production effect!
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My Shiny app containing 3530 Open Science blog posts discussing the replication crisis is updated - you can now use the SEARCH box. I fixed it as my new PhD Julia wanted to know who had called open scientists 'Methodological Terrorists' :) shiny.ieis.tue.nl/open_science...
Open Science Blog Browser
Open Science Blog Browser
shiny.ieis.tue.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My Shiny app containing 3530 Open Science blog posts discussing the replication crisis is updated - you can now use the SEARCH box. I fixed it as my new PhD Julia wanted to know who had called open scientists 'Methodological Terrorists' :) shiny.ieis.tue.nl/open_science...
Congratulations to former NeuroFoggies Brooke and @noahpevie.bsky.social on their recent paper (it is Brooke's inaugural first author paper)!
A new study finds that despite what previous research suggests, problematic cannabis use and internet gaming are only weakly connected. Additionally, problematic gaming is linked most to escape & competition motivations for playing.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Congratulations to former NeuroFoggies Brooke and @noahpevie.bsky.social on their recent paper (it is Brooke's inaugural first author paper)!
If you're interested in OCD, particularly aggressive obsessions, here is a new meta-analysis from NeuroFog and AWE lab members exploring the prevalence of such obsessions in youth! Proud of the hard work everyone put into this one.
Olivia Bishop, Brooke Hiscock, Quinn Morris, Chelsea Lahey, Dr. Jonathan Fawcett, and Dr. Emily Fawcett conducted the first-ever meta-analysis on the prevalence of aggressive obsessions in youth with OCD, finding a lifetime prevalence of 65.1%.
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
See the full paper: shorturl.at/tFvaN
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If you're interested in OCD, particularly aggressive obsessions, here is a new meta-analysis from NeuroFog and AWE lab members exploring the prevalence of such obsessions in youth! Proud of the hard work everyone put into this one.
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Congratulations to Drs. Lindsey Cahill and Sohrab Zendehboudi on becoming members of the prestigious @src-rsc.bsky.social’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! 🎉 We could not be prouder!
Read more about their backgrounds and research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/int...
Read more about their backgrounds and research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/int...
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Congratulations to Drs. Lindsey Cahill and Sohrab Zendehboudi on becoming members of the prestigious @src-rsc.bsky.social’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! 🎉 We could not be prouder!
Read more about their backgrounds and research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/int...
Read more about their backgrounds and research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/int...
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Maliha Dew, a recent undergraduate honours recipient in @munpsych.bsky.social took home the Donald O. Hebb Student Award from the recent CSBBCS/ @exppsychsoc.bsky.social conference in Dundee, Scotland!
Congratulations Maliha, and all the best in pursuing your Masters in Clinical Psychology! 🧠
Congratulations Maliha, and all the best in pursuing your Masters in Clinical Psychology! 🧠
September 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Maliha Dew, a recent undergraduate honours recipient in @munpsych.bsky.social took home the Donald O. Hebb Student Award from the recent CSBBCS/ @exppsychsoc.bsky.social conference in Dundee, Scotland!
Congratulations Maliha, and all the best in pursuing your Masters in Clinical Psychology! 🧠
Congratulations Maliha, and all the best in pursuing your Masters in Clinical Psychology! 🧠
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I welcome the death of google scholar so that h-index can also die - a weird proxy metric ("the largest h such that h articles have at least h citations each") that become ubiquitous seemingly because some google engineer added it to a side project
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I welcome the death of google scholar so that h-index can also die - a weird proxy metric ("the largest h such that h articles have at least h citations each") that become ubiquitous seemingly because some google engineer added it to a side project
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It's like an episode of black mirror in which, instead of fixing the poisonous two-sided market that favors oligopoly publishers, funding orgs decide to try out *price controls*.
NIH is considering changes in supporting publication costs--some ideas are quite radical and would endanger our ability to publish at all. I don't love the cots from the big for-profits but it does cost$ to run a journal. Please repost. Comment at:
osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form....
osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form....
August 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
It's like an episode of black mirror in which, instead of fixing the poisonous two-sided market that favors oligopoly publishers, funding orgs decide to try out *price controls*.
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Our new meta-science collaboration on @lhb-apls.bsky.social, Statistical Reporting Practices within Forensic Psychology, under the lead of Dr. Joseph Eastwood, Dr. Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social, and Dr. Brent Snook. We examined the stats evolution of field over 20 years doi.org/10.1037/lhb0...
July 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our new meta-science collaboration on @lhb-apls.bsky.social, Statistical Reporting Practices within Forensic Psychology, under the lead of Dr. Joseph Eastwood, Dr. Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social, and Dr. Brent Snook. We examined the stats evolution of field over 20 years doi.org/10.1037/lhb0...
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“The extremity of this implicit rule needs to be recognized: academia, the industry whose main purpose is truth discovery, is surprisingly uncomfortable with people pointing out things that are not true.”
I am often told that public critique of published articles must also solve the issues found. I think this frequently enforced requirement hinders scientific self-correction.
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
Blog post:
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
July 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“The extremity of this implicit rule needs to be recognized: academia, the industry whose main purpose is truth discovery, is surprisingly uncomfortable with people pointing out things that are not true.”
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“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' … is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas and undermine scholarly discussions. It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research & engagement with society.” openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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The 1.2.0 version of my #brms + #tidyverse translation of Kruschke’s "Doing Bayesian data analysis" is up!
bookdown.org/content/3686/
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#rstats
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Doing Bayesian Data Analysis in brms and the tidyverse
bookdown.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The 1.2.0 version of my #brms + #tidyverse translation of Kruschke’s "Doing Bayesian data analysis" is up!
bookdown.org/content/3686/
1/3
#rstats
bookdown.org/content/3686/
1/3
#rstats
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"Simpson's gender-equality paradox" surely deserve some award for best title 👑
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Simpson's gender-equality paradox" surely deserve some award for best title 👑
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The gender-equality paradox seems really central to some narrative people have constructed (and successfully sold). I absolutely wouldn't be surprised if it turned out 100% confounding.>
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Support local and come see The Ames Window (a psychedelic instrumental rock band made up of people from the Psychology Department) perform at the Black Sheep to kick off #CPA2025! All attendees will get 50% off cover, and if you're a student at MUN or CPA2025, it's free!
June 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Support local and come see The Ames Window (a psychedelic instrumental rock band made up of people from the Psychology Department) perform at the Black Sheep to kick off #CPA2025! All attendees will get 50% off cover, and if you're a student at MUN or CPA2025, it's free!
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If you've not encountered it, this is a very insightful paper on ~this topic
By @psmaldino.bsky.social and McElreath.
By @psmaldino.bsky.social and McElreath.
The natural selection of bad science | Royal Society Open Science
Poor research design and data analysis encourage false-positive findings. Such poor
methods persist despite perennial calls for improvement, suggesting that they result
from something more than just m...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you've not encountered it, this is a very insightful paper on ~this topic
By @psmaldino.bsky.social and McElreath.
By @psmaldino.bsky.social and McElreath.
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Brains, heart, and a whole lot of hard work! Congratulations to the Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience Class of 2025. Wishing you all the best in every chapter ahead.
May 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Brains, heart, and a whole lot of hard work! Congratulations to the Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience Class of 2025. Wishing you all the best in every chapter ahead.
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How does the brain stop thoughts? Find out in my article in @natrevneuro.nature.com with Subbu Subbulakshmi & Maite Crespo-Garcia www.nature.com/articles/s41... that integrates 25 yrs of psychology and neuroscience on this vital function.@mrccbu.bsky.social sky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience
Brain mechanisms underlying the inhibitory control of thought - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The capacity to prevent unwanted thoughts is important for cognitive function and mental health. Anderson et al. describe insights into the neural mechanisms of the inhibitory control of thought that ...
www.nature.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How does the brain stop thoughts? Find out in my article in @natrevneuro.nature.com with Subbu Subbulakshmi & Maite Crespo-Garcia www.nature.com/articles/s41... that integrates 25 yrs of psychology and neuroscience on this vital function.@mrccbu.bsky.social sky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience