Rich Ramsey
@richramseyphd.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist, runner, footballer in sunny Zürich. Big love for dogs and David Bowie.
https://rich-ramsey.com/
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I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social.
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social.
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits.
tiu.nu/22989
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New blog post!
Ever wonder what geom_histogram is actually doing? How about geom_boxplot?
In celebration of the release of #ggplot2 4.0.0 (ggplot8?), I explore the relationships between the “geoms” and “stats” offered by the core {ggplot2} functions.
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Ever wonder what geom_histogram is actually doing? How about geom_boxplot?
In celebration of the release of #ggplot2 4.0.0 (ggplot8?), I explore the relationships between the “geoms” and “stats” offered by the core {ggplot2} functions.
#rstats
Exploring {ggplot2}’s Geoms and Stats – Stat’s What It’s All About
blog.msbstats.info
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
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A welcome - and long overdue - step. But while it’s necessary, it’s deeply insufficient - and must be accompanied by urgent action to help bring an end to the genocide in Gaza, including boycotts, sanctions and an end to all arms sales to Israel.
UK officially recognises Palestine as a state
Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK has officially recognised Palestine as a state.
news.sky.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A welcome - and long overdue - step. But while it’s necessary, it’s deeply insufficient - and must be accompanied by urgent action to help bring an end to the genocide in Gaza, including boycotts, sanctions and an end to all arms sales to Israel.
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Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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The TMS-RAT v1.0 is now being tested!
It's a checklist / guidance tool to help researchers report #TMS studies & to facilitate quantitative comparisons in #systematicreviews & #meta-analyses
All the data will be made freely available; an interactive website will be coming. Stay tuned!
tms-rat.org
It's a checklist / guidance tool to help researchers report #TMS studies & to facilitate quantitative comparisons in #systematicreviews & #meta-analyses
All the data will be made freely available; an interactive website will be coming. Stay tuned!
tms-rat.org
tms-rat.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The TMS-RAT v1.0 is now being tested!
It's a checklist / guidance tool to help researchers report #TMS studies & to facilitate quantitative comparisons in #systematicreviews & #meta-analyses
All the data will be made freely available; an interactive website will be coming. Stay tuned!
tms-rat.org
It's a checklist / guidance tool to help researchers report #TMS studies & to facilitate quantitative comparisons in #systematicreviews & #meta-analyses
All the data will be made freely available; an interactive website will be coming. Stay tuned!
tms-rat.org
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Speak out - name it as genocide - and then act. End all arms sales, impose a wide range of sanctions and call for the arrest and trial of all those guilty of war crimes, including prime minister Netanyahu.
Absolutely horrifying. Palestinians gunned down while trying to access food. Leaders across the world have a duty to speak out against these continuing atrocities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say
Gaza spokesperson says Israel fired with tanks and drones as Israeli military acknowledges troops shot at ‘suspects’
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Speak out - name it as genocide - and then act. End all arms sales, impose a wide range of sanctions and call for the arrest and trial of all those guilty of war crimes, including prime minister Netanyahu.
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Important new report out today ⬇️
‼️New IRR study warns of Europe's creeping authoritarianism with increased used of weaponry against racialised minorities ⤵️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says
Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Important new report out today ⬇️
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Our briefing today calls for parliamentarians to respond urgently to Israel's chilling plans for escalation - and to uphold Britain's basic legal, historic & moral obligations to the Palestinian people.
Read it here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77briefing
Read it here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77briefing
Nakba 77 Briefing — British Palestinian Committee
britpalcommittee.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our briefing today calls for parliamentarians to respond urgently to Israel's chilling plans for escalation - and to uphold Britain's basic legal, historic & moral obligations to the Palestinian people.
Read it here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77briefing
Read it here: britpalcommittee.co.uk/nakba77briefing
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Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
May 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.
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the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person
Here is a clip of the student's speech.
May 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person
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👁️💡 How much do we really see?
@marco-gandolfo.bsky.social reveals how our brains process the unexpected, with surprising differences across age and gender.
With over 14,000 participants at muZIEum, it’s the largest public #inattentional #blindness experiment to date.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
@marco-gandolfo.bsky.social reveals how our brains process the unexpected, with surprising differences across age and gender.
With over 14,000 participants at muZIEum, it’s the largest public #inattentional #blindness experiment to date.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Visitors muZIEum contribute to science | Radboud University
A study by Marco Gandolfo shows how our brain processes information and how this differs by gender and age. 14 thousand participants in this study were visitors to the muZIEum in Nijmegen who took par...
www.ru.nl
May 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
👁️💡 How much do we really see?
@marco-gandolfo.bsky.social reveals how our brains process the unexpected, with surprising differences across age and gender.
With over 14,000 participants at muZIEum, it’s the largest public #inattentional #blindness experiment to date.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
@marco-gandolfo.bsky.social reveals how our brains process the unexpected, with surprising differences across age and gender.
With over 14,000 participants at muZIEum, it’s the largest public #inattentional #blindness experiment to date.
🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
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New post: Examining the gap between psychedelic promises and scientific reality. Small, transient effects with major methodological issues don't justify the revolutionary claims. Recreational use? Fine. Mental health miracle? Not so fast. Evidence just isn't there.
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Against Psychedelics
I can already hear your gears turning, dear reader: “Wait, you’re pro-booze, pro-cannabis but anti-psychedelics?
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New post: Examining the gap between psychedelic promises and scientific reality. Small, transient effects with major methodological issues don't justify the revolutionary claims. Recreational use? Fine. Mental health miracle? Not so fast. Evidence just isn't there.
open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...
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🚨 Aid operations in #Gaza are on the brink of collapse.
The consequences are already deadly.
We call on world leaders to press for:
❗️Lifting the blockade
❗️A renewed ceasefire
❗️Letting aid organizations operate in line with humanitarian principles
#ActForHumanity
The consequences are already deadly.
We call on world leaders to press for:
❗️Lifting the blockade
❗️A renewed ceasefire
❗️Letting aid organizations operate in line with humanitarian principles
#ActForHumanity
April 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨 Aid operations in #Gaza are on the brink of collapse.
The consequences are already deadly.
We call on world leaders to press for:
❗️Lifting the blockade
❗️A renewed ceasefire
❗️Letting aid organizations operate in line with humanitarian principles
#ActForHumanity
The consequences are already deadly.
We call on world leaders to press for:
❗️Lifting the blockade
❗️A renewed ceasefire
❗️Letting aid organizations operate in line with humanitarian principles
#ActForHumanity
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Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.
April 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.
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I'm running a data upskilling workshop on using Quarto/Github Pages for dissemination. I cover books, presentations, and websites, and you can see all the materials here: bartlettje.github.io/disseminatio.... To quote @emilynordmann.bsky.social "For the love of god, share what you do"!
Dissemination using Quarto and Github Pages
bartlettje.github.io
March 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm running a data upskilling workshop on using Quarto/Github Pages for dissemination. I cover books, presentations, and websites, and you can see all the materials here: bartlettje.github.io/disseminatio.... To quote @emilynordmann.bsky.social "For the love of god, share what you do"!
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New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me shows that the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores have poor structural properties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Scores Demonstrate Poor Structural Properties in Nine Large Non-Clinical Samples - Wendy C. Higgins, Victoria Savalei, Vince Polito, Robert M. Ross, 2025
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is widely used in clinical and non-clinical research. However, the structural properties of RMET scores have yet to...
journals.sagepub.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New research by Wendy Higgins, @vsavalei.bsky.social, Vince Polito, and me shows that the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test scores have poor structural properties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Interested in using behavioural science to tackle pollution? I'm advertising a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD project at the Uni of Sheffield with @sheffielddust.bsky.social & Darpan Das (Uni of York), to start Sep 2025. Application deadline 4th April! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PsySciSky
ECOSOLUTIONS - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water: Understanding and reducing pollution caused by domestic solid fuel burning in urban environments. at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ECOSOLUTIONS - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water: Understanding and reducing pollution caused by domestic solid fuel burning in urban environments. at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAP...
www.findaphd.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interested in using behavioural science to tackle pollution? I'm advertising a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD project at the Uni of Sheffield with @sheffielddust.bsky.social & Darpan Das (Uni of York), to start Sep 2025. Application deadline 4th April! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PsySciSky
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💃🧠 Psyched to share my latest paper in Neuron on the past, present and future of dance neuroscience research! Crazy to think where this field will be in 20 more years 🚀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience
authors.elsevier.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
💃🧠 Psyched to share my latest paper in Neuron on the past, present and future of dance neuroscience research! Crazy to think where this field will be in 20 more years 🚀
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx...
#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience
New paper with @dredeschrijver.bsky.social. Discriminatory tendencies emerge when participants are not divided into groups and only interact with a single person that demonstrates a different quantity estimate, painting preference, or even coin flip.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New paper with @dredeschrijver.bsky.social. Discriminatory tendencies emerge when participants are not divided into groups and only interact with a single person that demonstrates a different quantity estimate, painting preference, or even coin flip.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A tutorial on analysing time-to-event data (e.g. response times). @svenpanis.bsky.social and I provide guidelines and R code that show you how to prepare data, fit multi-level regression models and plan future studies using data simulation.
#rstats
osf.io/preprints/ps...
github.com/sven-panis/T...
#rstats
osf.io/preprints/ps...
github.com/sven-panis/T...
OSF
osf.io
December 18, 2024 at 8:00 AM
A tutorial on analysing time-to-event data (e.g. response times). @svenpanis.bsky.social and I provide guidelines and R code that show you how to prepare data, fit multi-level regression models and plan future studies using data simulation.
#rstats
osf.io/preprints/ps...
github.com/sven-panis/T...
#rstats
osf.io/preprints/ps...
github.com/sven-panis/T...
How does learning to name or tie knots shape cognitive processes? Here we analyse old data from @escross.bsky.social to gain new insight into the computational mechanisms that govern experience-dependent plasticity.
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
code: github.com/rich-ramsey/...
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
code: github.com/rich-ramsey/...
GitHub - rich-ramsey/knot_dmc: About This project creates a reproducible manuscript for the knots dynamic models of choice (dmc) project using the R package papaja(). Resources Readme License MIT lic...
About This project creates a reproducible manuscript for the knots dynamic models of choice (dmc) project using the R package papaja(). Resources Readme License MIT license Activity Stars 0 stars...
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December 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
How does learning to name or tie knots shape cognitive processes? Here we analyse old data from @escross.bsky.social to gain new insight into the computational mechanisms that govern experience-dependent plasticity.
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
code: github.com/rich-ramsey/...
preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
code: github.com/rich-ramsey/...
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🤖 New Study on how people perceive Humanoid Robots!
How do we distinguish between humans and #humanoid robots?
Discover more about this work and big thanks to amazing people @escross.bsky.social @richramseyphd.bsky.social @scandle.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How do we distinguish between humans and #humanoid robots?
Discover more about this work and big thanks to amazing people @escross.bsky.social @richramseyphd.bsky.social @scandle.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are humanoid robots perceived as mindless mannequins?
The shape and texture of humans and humanoid robots provide perceptual information that help us to appropriately categorise these stimuli. However, it…
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November 22, 2024 at 8:13 AM
🤖 New Study on how people perceive Humanoid Robots!
How do we distinguish between humans and #humanoid robots?
Discover more about this work and big thanks to amazing people @escross.bsky.social @richramseyphd.bsky.social @scandle.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...(continue)
How do we distinguish between humans and #humanoid robots?
Discover more about this work and big thanks to amazing people @escross.bsky.social @richramseyphd.bsky.social @scandle.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...(continue)