Peter Sokol-Hessner
@p1sh.bsky.social
Studies decision-making & emotions. Assoc. Prof. at Univ. of Denver, PI of the Sokol-Hessner Lab, Exec. Dir. of ASFP (www.asfp.io, @asfp.io), dad to 6 y.o. twins. He/Him
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Please consider making a public comment opposing the possibility of making NIH directors, program officers, and other staff (e.g. SRO, GMS) political appointees. This only took me ~90 seconds. Please repost. Thanks 👍
The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
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April 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Please consider making a public comment opposing the possibility of making NIH directors, program officers, and other staff (e.g. SRO, GMS) political appointees. This only took me ~90 seconds. Please repost. Thanks 👍
“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025
What's with the revival of "limbic"? In recent cog neuro textbooks, papers, and scientific talks, I've seen more of the "limbic system" than I have for years.
Affective neuroscientists argued that this idea should be thrown out *25 years ago*. Why are we backsliding? #friendsdontletfriendssaylimbic
Affective neuroscientists argued that this idea should be thrown out *25 years ago*. Why are we backsliding? #friendsdontletfriendssaylimbic
April 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What's with the revival of "limbic"? In recent cog neuro textbooks, papers, and scientific talks, I've seen more of the "limbic system" than I have for years.
Affective neuroscientists argued that this idea should be thrown out *25 years ago*. Why are we backsliding? #friendsdontletfriendssaylimbic
Affective neuroscientists argued that this idea should be thrown out *25 years ago*. Why are we backsliding? #friendsdontletfriendssaylimbic
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For those who think more data just means more headcount, here’s a quirky twist: the number of data points per individual actually matters--a lot. If you're into a bit of rigor, this article highlights a factor that’s often overlooked. Thanks for the shoutout!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For those who think more data just means more headcount, here’s a quirky twist: the number of data points per individual actually matters--a lot. If you're into a bit of rigor, this article highlights a factor that’s often overlooked. Thanks for the shoutout!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
AI can be helpful with programming & writing, but *the better you are at those things, the more useful AI is.* Early on, when you're just starting out with either, it can "actually be very disruptive to the learning process" to use AI instead of doing it yourself. @markthornton.bsky.social #SANS2025
April 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
AI can be helpful with programming & writing, but *the better you are at those things, the more useful AI is.* Early on, when you're just starting out with either, it can "actually be very disruptive to the learning process" to use AI instead of doing it yourself. @markthornton.bsky.social #SANS2025
"Highlight, don't hide" @gangchen6.bsky.social makes an impassioned argument that thresholding (reflective of a "binary" yes/no approach to analysis) holds back our science, making it less transparent and less reproducible.
Instead, be a facilitator - share uncertainty and evidence! #SANS2025
Instead, be a facilitator - share uncertainty and evidence! #SANS2025
April 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Highlight, don't hide" @gangchen6.bsky.social makes an impassioned argument that thresholding (reflective of a "binary" yes/no approach to analysis) holds back our science, making it less transparent and less reproducible.
Instead, be a facilitator - share uncertainty and evidence! #SANS2025
Instead, be a facilitator - share uncertainty and evidence! #SANS2025
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Really interesting to consider how taking (& reporting!) all the forking paths in analytical decisions gives a more robust picture of effects, as a “multiverse analysis” approach (h/t Dani Cosme) details here: dcosme.shinyapps.io/explore-sca/ #SANS2025 #commscience
April 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Really interesting to consider how taking (& reporting!) all the forking paths in analytical decisions gives a more robust picture of effects, as a “multiverse analysis” approach (h/t Dani Cosme) details here: dcosme.shinyapps.io/explore-sca/ #SANS2025 #commscience
@gangchen6.bsky.social making a strong case that statistical power is related to the number of participants, but ALSO to the number of datapoints *per person* (i.e. number of trials).
An excellent point we often have to argue for in my lab's own work!! Couldn't agree more. #SANS2025
An excellent point we often have to argue for in my lab's own work!! Couldn't agree more. #SANS2025
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@gangchen6.bsky.social making a strong case that statistical power is related to the number of participants, but ALSO to the number of datapoints *per person* (i.e. number of trials).
An excellent point we often have to argue for in my lab's own work!! Couldn't agree more. #SANS2025
An excellent point we often have to argue for in my lab's own work!! Couldn't agree more. #SANS2025
At #SANS2025, enjoying the first debate on how to approach our science: big consortia or small labs? @thaliawheatley.bsky.social beautifully frames small labs as a kind of "collective intelligence." #ScrappyAudaciousNimbleScience
April 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
At #SANS2025, enjoying the first debate on how to approach our science: big consortia or small labs? @thaliawheatley.bsky.social beautifully frames small labs as a kind of "collective intelligence." #ScrappyAudaciousNimbleScience
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At #SANS25? 🤗 Von Monteza, advised by @p1sh.bsky.social & myself, is presenting "Temporal contexts of effort and arousal: decision speed and pupillometry illuminate the experience of choice difficulty during a novel risky decision-making paradigm" 👁️ Poster P3A6, Sat 12-3 @sansmeeting.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
At #SANS25? 🤗 Von Monteza, advised by @p1sh.bsky.social & myself, is presenting "Temporal contexts of effort and arousal: decision speed and pupillometry illuminate the experience of choice difficulty during a novel risky decision-making paradigm" 👁️ Poster P3A6, Sat 12-3 @sansmeeting.bsky.social
Von's work is super cool - uses a novel task we've built, the Denver Bespoke Gambling Paradigm (DBGP) to quantify and manipulate decision difficulty on a per-person basis, giving us unique opportunities to control and study how folks respond to variations in decision difficulty!
Stop by!
Stop by!
We're at #SANS2025 in Chicago! 🧠
Come hear lab PhD student @jvonmonteza.bsky.social present his poster on Saturday afternoon!
Von uses a cool novel task to study how effort during risky decision-making is sensitive to recent effort context. Stop by for modeling, decision times, & pupillometry!
Come hear lab PhD student @jvonmonteza.bsky.social present his poster on Saturday afternoon!
Von uses a cool novel task to study how effort during risky decision-making is sensitive to recent effort context. Stop by for modeling, decision times, & pupillometry!
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Von's work is super cool - uses a novel task we've built, the Denver Bespoke Gambling Paradigm (DBGP) to quantify and manipulate decision difficulty on a per-person basis, giving us unique opportunities to control and study how folks respond to variations in decision difficulty!
Stop by!
Stop by!
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At the opening remarks of #SANS2025, which are 🔥 on doing science on identity, emotion, community, our brains & wellbeing in the current climate is still necessary and beneficial, even when actively being threatened. @sansmeeting.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At the opening remarks of #SANS2025, which are 🔥 on doing science on identity, emotion, community, our brains & wellbeing in the current climate is still necessary and beneficial, even when actively being threatened. @sansmeeting.bsky.social
This was lots of fun. So much great energy and excitement, and so, so many excellent questions.
Day 1 of #SANS2025 kicks off with the Mentor Match Event 🤝!
Huge thanks to all our mentors for sharing your time and insight, and to our amazing trainees for building the future of social & affective neuroscience 💡🧠
Huge thanks to all our mentors for sharing your time and insight, and to our amazing trainees for building the future of social & affective neuroscience 💡🧠
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This was lots of fun. So much great energy and excitement, and so, so many excellent questions.
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“Riveting storytelling” practically begs for stories that are only loosely tethered to the truth
The new WaPo slogan ("Riveting Storytelling for All of America") is terrible, in that it embodies everything awful about the Post's humiliating abandonment of journalistic standards, & perfect, in that it embodies everything awful about the Post's humiliating abandonment of journalistic standards.
New Frontiers of Darkness
The Washington Post has unveiled its new slogan to supplement (in practice, supplant) the old "Democracy Dies in Darkness": "Riveting Storyt...
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January 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Riveting storytelling” practically begs for stories that are only loosely tethered to the truth
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You can actually see the sci comm win in the transcript of the two hosts talking:
BARBER: Wow. OK, so no lizard brain.
SELYUKH: Forget it. Our brains are too complex for these basic metaphors.
BARBER: Wow. OK, so no lizard brain.
SELYUKH: Forget it. Our brains are too complex for these basic metaphors.
NPR's Shortwave featured Jorge Barraza & Carolyn Yoon on the consumer neuro behind holiday sales.
Barraza shuts down an attempt to make it about lizard brains: "that simplification can be oversimplified and creates a caricature of something that's not really true."
❤️
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Barraza shuts down an attempt to make it about lizard brains: "that simplification can be oversimplified and creates a caricature of something that's not really true."
❤️
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
www.npr.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:46 AM
You can actually see the sci comm win in the transcript of the two hosts talking:
BARBER: Wow. OK, so no lizard brain.
SELYUKH: Forget it. Our brains are too complex for these basic metaphors.
BARBER: Wow. OK, so no lizard brain.
SELYUKH: Forget it. Our brains are too complex for these basic metaphors.
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#ASFP2024 Roll Call! I’m an Associate Prof. of Psych at the Univ. of Denver, and I co-founded, lead, and edit with @asfp.io. I'm proud to help PhD applicants in psych who are underrepresented or without informed mentorship, because I believe our field is better when it's inclusive!
October 29, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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APPLICANTS, it's time! asfp.io/applicants/s...
Submit your statement before Thursday evening to get fast, free, double-blind expert feedback on your application statements to Psychology PhD programs in Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, or Social psychology!
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Prepare your statements and get ready to submit! Tell your friends & colleagues! Please share this post!
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Prepare your statements and get ready to submit! Tell your friends & colleagues! Please share this post!
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October 26, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Prepare your statements and get ready to submit! Tell your friends & colleagues! Please share this post!
#CogPsych #ClinicalPsych #SocialPsych #DevelopmentalPsych #AcademicSky
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Prepare your statements and get ready to submit! Tell your friends & colleagues! Please share this post!
#CogPsych #ClinicalPsych #SocialPsych #DevelopmentalPsych #AcademicSky
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October 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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