Eric Leshikar
@leshikar.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Psychology. I study how you remember (episodic memory), but am also interested in other areas of science (astronomy, geology, astrophysics, paleobiology, ecology, meteorology, etc) and other things too (architecture, birds, transit, etc).
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Eric Leshikar
@leshikar.bsky.social
· Nov 15
We performed a theoretical review and meta-analysis of 40 years of research on the generation effect, which is the memory effect where self-generated information is better remembered than information simply read (i.e.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-020-01762-3
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-020-01762-3
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
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Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Vivid memories are all over the BBC website front page! It takes just a few minutes to complete our public survey: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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This miss might just make me crash out... how many times must we be cursed with the farside G5 CME 😪
Btw this eruption is spectacular. I think we could have easily seen G4-G5 storming if it were directed towards Earth. Alas...
Btw this eruption is spectacular. I think we could have easily seen G4-G5 storming if it were directed towards Earth. Alas...
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This miss might just make me crash out... how many times must we be cursed with the farside G5 CME 😪
Btw this eruption is spectacular. I think we could have easily seen G4-G5 storming if it were directed towards Earth. Alas...
Btw this eruption is spectacular. I think we could have easily seen G4-G5 storming if it were directed towards Earth. Alas...
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New Speculative Article — I'm happy Andrew Budson invited me to write an article with him. We wondered what happens in our minds when we're sleeping? --> Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness
Insights into the mysteries of dreaming and waking conscious experience can be gained by considering fundamental concepts in memory research. To support this assertion, we first provide an overview...
www.tandfonline.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
New Speculative Article — I'm happy Andrew Budson invited me to write an article with him. We wondered what happens in our minds when we're sleeping? --> Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin.
Simply incredible.
Simply incredible.
August 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin.
Simply incredible.
Simply incredible.
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Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
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Over the moon that our work on changing emotions with electrical facial muscle stimulation (recently published in Emotion, shorturl.at/YRS9d) was featured in ScientificAmerican @sciam.bsky.social. Thank you so much @RachelNuwer for the interview, and thank you Heather Lench for endorsing us.
APA PsycNet
shorturl.at
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Over the moon that our work on changing emotions with electrical facial muscle stimulation (recently published in Emotion, shorturl.at/YRS9d) was featured in ScientificAmerican @sciam.bsky.social. Thank you so much @RachelNuwer for the interview, and thank you Heather Lench for endorsing us.
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On the evolution of intelligence and new evidence that birds evolved complex brain circuits independently of mammalian intelligence: www.quantamagazine.org/intelligence... via @quantamagazine.bsky.social
Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals | Quanta Magazine
Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On the evolution of intelligence and new evidence that birds evolved complex brain circuits independently of mammalian intelligence: www.quantamagazine.org/intelligence... via @quantamagazine.bsky.social
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What can give meaning to life? I remember responding to James Bailey's invitation to write on this about a year ago, & I'm honoured to be included in his collection @guardian (& my mother is still with us 🙏🏽) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more
I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on Earth
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
What can give meaning to life? I remember responding to James Bailey's invitation to write on this about a year ago, & I'm honoured to be included in his collection @guardian (& my mother is still with us 🙏🏽) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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🌿🧠 Can Our Environment Protect Against Dementia?
A new study finds that air pollution & busy roads increase dementia risk, while green/blue spaces & walkable streets support cognitive health.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Dementia #PublicHealth 🧪
A new study finds that air pollution & busy roads increase dementia risk, while green/blue spaces & walkable streets support cognitive health.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Dementia #PublicHealth 🧪
Objectively measured environmental features and their association with cognition and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Dementia affects millions of people worldwide. Since effective treatments are still lacking, it is important to identify factors that may help prevent…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🌿🧠 Can Our Environment Protect Against Dementia?
A new study finds that air pollution & busy roads increase dementia risk, while green/blue spaces & walkable streets support cognitive health.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Dementia #PublicHealth 🧪
A new study finds that air pollution & busy roads increase dementia risk, while green/blue spaces & walkable streets support cognitive health.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Dementia #PublicHealth 🧪
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This is our best in vivo AP propagation movie so far. Recorded at 1k Hz from the axonal branches of a fly CNS neuron, using voltage indicator pAce.
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is our best in vivo AP propagation movie so far. Recorded at 1k Hz from the axonal branches of a fly CNS neuron, using voltage indicator pAce.
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Alone but not Lonely!
New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Alone but not Lonely!
New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
New study finds "people with negative beliefs about being alone experience a steep increase in loneliness after spending time alone in daily life, whereas those with positive beliefs feel less lonely after spending time alone."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The May 2024 #SolarFlare sequence remains the most impressive series of events in Solar Cycle 25.
Over the course of four days (May 8-11):
-8 X Class flares
-13 flares of M5+
G5 conditions on Earth first since 2003.
IMF peaked at Bt +73 with the Bz down to -50. Very geoeffective! #SpaceWeather
Over the course of four days (May 8-11):
-8 X Class flares
-13 flares of M5+
G5 conditions on Earth first since 2003.
IMF peaked at Bt +73 with the Bz down to -50. Very geoeffective! #SpaceWeather
December 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
The May 2024 #SolarFlare sequence remains the most impressive series of events in Solar Cycle 25.
Over the course of four days (May 8-11):
-8 X Class flares
-13 flares of M5+
G5 conditions on Earth first since 2003.
IMF peaked at Bt +73 with the Bz down to -50. Very geoeffective! #SpaceWeather
Over the course of four days (May 8-11):
-8 X Class flares
-13 flares of M5+
G5 conditions on Earth first since 2003.
IMF peaked at Bt +73 with the Bz down to -50. Very geoeffective! #SpaceWeather
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Interesting New Feature in @nature.com
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI might do.
www.nature.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Interesting New Feature in @nature.com
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67.
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
a picture of the earth and an asteroid with the national geographic logo
Alt: a picture of the earth and an asteroid heading towards it
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67.
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
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Leaf infiltration is a widely used technique in plant science for delivering Agrobacterium or chemicals directly to plant cells 🍃🧬
For those who do it regularly, there’s a satisfaction in watching the liquid flow seamlessly through the leaf's airspaces—when done well..
For those who do it regularly, there’s a satisfaction in watching the liquid flow seamlessly through the leaf's airspaces—when done well..
December 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Leaf infiltration is a widely used technique in plant science for delivering Agrobacterium or chemicals directly to plant cells 🍃🧬
For those who do it regularly, there’s a satisfaction in watching the liquid flow seamlessly through the leaf's airspaces—when done well..
For those who do it regularly, there’s a satisfaction in watching the liquid flow seamlessly through the leaf's airspaces—when done well..
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Fascinating paper from Roddy Roediger on the fuzzy boundary btwn cognitive and social psychology. As someone who now finds herself living on that boundary it was cool to realize that my undergraduate research mentor lived there too. 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Reflections on intersections between cognitive and social psychology: A personal exploration
I appreciate the opportunity offered by the editor to reflect on the relationship between cognitive and social psychology. This topic has interested me my entire professional life, because I was admi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fascinating paper from Roddy Roediger on the fuzzy boundary btwn cognitive and social psychology. As someone who now finds herself living on that boundary it was cool to realize that my undergraduate research mentor lived there too. 1/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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🔭 Tomorrow Earth is at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its orbit. This makes the Sun look slightly larger than it does in July, when it is at its farthest point (known as aphelion). Here's a comparison showing this with images I took of the Sun in 2024.
January 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🔭 Tomorrow Earth is at perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its orbit. This makes the Sun look slightly larger than it does in July, when it is at its farthest point (known as aphelion). Here's a comparison showing this with images I took of the Sun in 2024.
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I keep updating the DBS starter pack – and super happy we have already 109 folks on here!
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
December 19, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I keep updating the DBS starter pack – and super happy we have already 109 folks on here!
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
Am I missing somebody?
go.bsky.app/B9A9Cho
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This paper is magical.
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
December 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
This paper is magical.
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We recently published a book of articles where neuroscientists, medics, and psychologists with neurological disorders discussed their own conditions.
Narinder Kapur organised an online conference where some of the authors presented. It's now online in full:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wfy...
Narinder Kapur organised an online conference where some of the authors presented. It's now online in full:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wfy...
Injured Brains of Medical Minds: Views from Within (online conference) - supported by UCL CNR
YouTube video by UCL QS IoN
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
We recently published a book of articles where neuroscientists, medics, and psychologists with neurological disorders discussed their own conditions.
Narinder Kapur organised an online conference where some of the authors presented. It's now online in full:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wfy...
Narinder Kapur organised an online conference where some of the authors presented. It's now online in full:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wfy...
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I love when personal histories and anecdotes are interspersed with scientific discussions – so it was a delight to read these pieces by Lynn Nadel and Daniel Schacter.
Nadel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Schacter: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nadel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Schacter: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Some Memories of Stalking the Seahorse
Early influences that led to the development of the cognitive map theory of hippocampal function, and the multiple trace theory, are discussed. Some details are provided, many are left out.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM
I love when personal histories and anecdotes are interspersed with scientific discussions – so it was a delight to read these pieces by Lynn Nadel and Daniel Schacter.
Nadel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Schacter: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Nadel: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Schacter: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Hey space folks! If you’re into breathtaking space images, here’s a list of Bluesky accounts run by talented space image processors. They share original content, no need for dodgy content aggregators on Bluesky. Let’s support and share the original sources, shall we? ;)
🔭
go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf
🔭
go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf
November 8, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Hey space folks! If you’re into breathtaking space images, here’s a list of Bluesky accounts run by talented space image processors. They share original content, no need for dodgy content aggregators on Bluesky. Let’s support and share the original sources, shall we? ;)
🔭
go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf
🔭
go.bsky.app/PUXRaYf
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Added to the #psychsky list of starter packs developed @drspringflorjo.bsky.social #academicsky
Latinx Psychology
go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
Black in Neuro
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
LGBTQ+ Psych
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
Personality Psych
go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi
Women Clinical Psych
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP
Latinx Psychology
go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
Black in Neuro
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
LGBTQ+ Psych
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
Personality Psych
go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi
Women Clinical Psych
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP
November 24, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Added to the #psychsky list of starter packs developed @drspringflorjo.bsky.social #academicsky
Latinx Psychology
go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
Black in Neuro
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
LGBTQ+ Psych
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
Personality Psych
go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi
Women Clinical Psych
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP
Latinx Psychology
go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
Black in Neuro
go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe
LGBTQ+ Psych
go.bsky.app/LsshH49
Personality Psych
go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi
Women Clinical Psych
go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP
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Joining the club! A social and affective neuroscience starter pack! go.bsky.app/MXAKEYN
A very partial list. Let us know if you would like to be added.
A very partial list. Let us know if you would like to be added.
November 12, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Joining the club! A social and affective neuroscience starter pack! go.bsky.app/MXAKEYN
A very partial list. Let us know if you would like to be added.
A very partial list. Let us know if you would like to be added.