Katie Frey, Ph.D.
@professorfrey.bsky.social
Psychology professor. 👩🏼🏫 Childless cat lady. 🐈 Historical romance novel enthusiast. 📚 Adult development and aging researcher. 🧐 Anti-ageism advocate. 💻 (she/her)
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Since this is a beautiful echo chamber and all, I’d like to share unscientific and anecdotal evidence re: the political orientation of a professor and how that impacts their treatment of students from a different political orientation.
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“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.
A demography myth that won't die
jenndowd.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
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If you are attending a protest today, stay safe and know your rights ⬇️
June 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If you are attending a protest today, stay safe and know your rights ⬇️
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Newly Published:
Growney’s & English’s study explored how age and social closeness relate to how people view their relationships and interactions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
Growney’s & English’s study explored how age and social closeness relate to how people view their relationships and interactions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
Positive peripheral social partners: Relationship and social interaction evaluations across adulthood - Claire M. Growney, Tammy English, 2025
Older adults are theorized to prioritize relationships with close social partners who support their emotional goals. Throughout the lifespan, social partners of...
journals.sagepub.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Newly Published:
Growney’s & English’s study explored how age and social closeness relate to how people view their relationships and interactions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
Growney’s & English’s study explored how age and social closeness relate to how people view their relationships and interactions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology #FamilySci #ResearchPublishing
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Don't be mad at Kent State. Be angry with the GOP. Ohio is becoming one of the most hate-filled, least tolerant states in the country. It's awful here.
www.cleveland19.com/2025/06/03/k...
www.cleveland19.com/2025/06/03/k...
Kent State closing LGBTQ+, women’s, and multicultural centers to comply with new state law
The new law, which takes effect on June 27, prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at Ohio’s public universities.
www.cleveland19.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Don't be mad at Kent State. Be angry with the GOP. Ohio is becoming one of the most hate-filled, least tolerant states in the country. It's awful here.
www.cleveland19.com/2025/06/03/k...
www.cleveland19.com/2025/06/03/k...
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🧠 A sense of purpose may help protect the ageing brain.
In a 10-year study, older adults with stronger purpose showed better thinking skills – and slower cognitive decline.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
#SciComm #Ageing #BrainHealth 🧪
In a 10-year study, older adults with stronger purpose showed better thinking skills – and slower cognitive decline.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
#SciComm #Ageing #BrainHealth 🧪
Bidirectional Relationships Between Well-Being and Cognitive Function - Gabrielle N. Pfund, Bryan D. James, Emily C. Willroth, 2025
The current study examined bidirectional relationships between well-being and cognitive function using up to 10 annual assessments (M = 5.67, SD = 3.43) of diff...
doi.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🧠 A sense of purpose may help protect the ageing brain.
In a 10-year study, older adults with stronger purpose showed better thinking skills – and slower cognitive decline.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
#SciComm #Ageing #BrainHealth 🧪
In a 10-year study, older adults with stronger purpose showed better thinking skills – and slower cognitive decline.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0956...
#SciComm #Ageing #BrainHealth 🧪
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🎉 I am thrilled to launch the Dementia Journeys website - a new digital platform sharing powerful stories from carers, & exploring what better end-of-life dementia care looks like based on research from the UCL/KCL EMBED-Care programme
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
www.de
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🎉 I am thrilled to launch the Dementia Journeys website - a new digital platform sharing powerful stories from carers, & exploring what better end-of-life dementia care looks like based on research from the UCL/KCL EMBED-Care programme
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
👉 www.dementia-journeys.com
#DementiaActionWeek 1/8
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This paper makes important point that we're not talking about impact of AI on reading enough. Marking work that's full of AI is demoralising but in some ways, the threat AI poses to comprehension is bigger than the threat to what students produce...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky
May 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This paper makes important point that we're not talking about impact of AI on reading enough. Marking work that's full of AI is demoralising but in some ways, the threat AI poses to comprehension is bigger than the threat to what students produce...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#AcademicSky
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🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
🧵1/9
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
🧵1/9
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
🧵1/9
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
🧵1/9
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Reposted by Katie Frey, Ph.D.
A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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3. ACLU emergency motion presenting new evidence that mass removals from Bluebonnet to El Salvador may occur TODAY www.aclu.org/cases/aarp-v...
AARP v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district.
www.aclu.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
3. ACLU emergency motion presenting new evidence that mass removals from Bluebonnet to El Salvador may occur TODAY www.aclu.org/cases/aarp-v...
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Cognitive Biases Associated With Beliefs in Conspiracy Theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"...particularly anomalous perception, jumping to conclusions, intentionalizing, threatening event, and emotional reasoning, were correlated with beliefs ... beliefs in conspiracies."
"...particularly anomalous perception, jumping to conclusions, intentionalizing, threatening event, and emotional reasoning, were correlated with beliefs ... beliefs in conspiracies."
Cognitive Biases Associated With Specific and Generalized Beliefs in Conspiracy Theory
We hypothesized that certain cognitive biases associated with delusional ideation might be associated with a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. These biases were assessed using the Cognitive...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cognitive Biases Associated With Beliefs in Conspiracy Theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"...particularly anomalous perception, jumping to conclusions, intentionalizing, threatening event, and emotional reasoning, were correlated with beliefs ... beliefs in conspiracies."
"...particularly anomalous perception, jumping to conclusions, intentionalizing, threatening event, and emotional reasoning, were correlated with beliefs ... beliefs in conspiracies."
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Reposted by Katie Frey, Ph.D.
Reposted by Katie Frey, Ph.D.
“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”
—Madeleine L’Engle
—Madeleine L’Engle
March 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”
—Madeleine L’Engle
—Madeleine L’Engle
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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
Reposted by Katie Frey, Ph.D.
Reposted by Katie Frey, Ph.D.
Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
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"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
It can't get a distributor in the US.
Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.
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My nearly 80-year-old mom called our family doctor’s office this morning to book an appointment and they told her to book it online. This is not ok. Many seniors do not use the internet due to factors such as cost, lack of digital literacy and not seeing a need for internet access.
February 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My nearly 80-year-old mom called our family doctor’s office this morning to book an appointment and they told her to book it online. This is not ok. Many seniors do not use the internet due to factors such as cost, lack of digital literacy and not seeing a need for internet access.
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Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
February 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man
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Delirium is an underrecognised risk factor for future dementia...sometimes preventable, and perhaps treatable if we prioritise research in this area @amaclullich.bsky.social @proflizsampson.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/health/...
The overlooked cause of dementia that doctors can prevent
We are advised to cut risk of dementia through exercise and eating healthy – but are never warned to try to avoid an episode of delirium while in hospital, although it is linked with a three-fold high...
inews.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Delirium is an underrecognised risk factor for future dementia...sometimes preventable, and perhaps treatable if we prioritise research in this area @amaclullich.bsky.social @proflizsampson.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/health/...