Rob Ross
@robert-m-ross.bsky.social
Cultural evolution, delusions, metascience, misinformation, reasoning, and religion. Macquarie University, Sydney. (Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/5f2udu5p)
Reposted by Rob Ross
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
Reposted by Rob Ross
In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025
Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...
journals.sagepub.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My collaborator Alessandro Sparacio is leading a new multisite study examining the effectiveness of self-administered mindfulness meditation for stress reduction. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alessa...
Research Scientist | Alessandro Sparacio
🤝 Join Our Global Study on Mindfulness & Mental Health! 🌍
We are seeking international collaborators for a funded, multi-site study: "Building Resilience Across Socioeconomic Contexts."
This projec...
www.linkedin.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My collaborator Alessandro Sparacio is leading a new multisite study examining the effectiveness of self-administered mindfulness meditation for stress reduction. More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/alessa...
Reposted by Rob Ross
Those experiencing delusions were more likely to jump to conclusions on certain tasks.
🤔 But the *strength* of delusional beliefs did not correlate with propensity to jump to conclusions.
Open access link below.
#logic #psychiatry #criticalThinking #cogSci #decisionScience
🤔 But the *strength* of delusional beliefs did not correlate with propensity to jump to conclusions.
Open access link below.
#logic #psychiatry #criticalThinking #cogSci #decisionScience
Is there a relationship between delusional ideation and a jumping to conclusions cognitive bias? Our new meta-analysis led by Rose Doherty (wisely not on social media) syntheses evidence from 42 studies and finds... nothing! First publication from her PhD research 🎉
August 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Those experiencing delusions were more likely to jump to conclusions on certain tasks.
🤔 But the *strength* of delusional beliefs did not correlate with propensity to jump to conclusions.
Open access link below.
#logic #psychiatry #criticalThinking #cogSci #decisionScience
🤔 But the *strength* of delusional beliefs did not correlate with propensity to jump to conclusions.
Open access link below.
#logic #psychiatry #criticalThinking #cogSci #decisionScience
Reposted by Rob Ross
APS's journal AMPPS has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review. @dsbarra.bsky.social
AMPPS Accepts First Manuscript From Innovative Peer Review System
The APS journal Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review.
www.psychologicalscience.org
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
APS's journal AMPPS has accepted its first manuscript through a collaboration with a nonprofit that offers decentralized, community-driven peer review. @dsbarra.bsky.social
Reposted by Rob Ross
Is there a relationship between delusional ideation and a jumping to conclusions cognitive bias? Our new meta-analysis led by Rose Doherty (wisely not on social media) syntheses evidence from 42 studies and finds... nothing! First publication from her PhD research 🎉
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Is there a relationship between delusional ideation and a jumping to conclusions cognitive bias? Our new meta-analysis led by Rose Doherty (wisely not on social media) syntheses evidence from 42 studies and finds... nothing! First publication from her PhD research 🎉
Reposted by Rob Ross
Our recently published paper in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on #reasoning styles and #belief in God is now featured by @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social!
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.
📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.
📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
June 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Our recently published paper in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on #reasoning styles and #belief in God is now featured by @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social!
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.
📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.
📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Reposted by Rob Ross
Mysterious ways our reasoning styles relate to belief in God. #psynomPBR paper by @omidghasemi.bsky.social @onurcanyilmaz.bsky.social @jennyterry.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social. Post by J Caballero
Reflecting on godly matters … and on cognitive reasoning styles
Our world is incredibly vast and culturally diverse. One of the evident ways in which cultures differ includes their religious beliefs, creating a rich array of expressions and practices. Wandering…
wp.me
June 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mysterious ways our reasoning styles relate to belief in God. #psynomPBR paper by @omidghasemi.bsky.social @onurcanyilmaz.bsky.social @jennyterry.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social. Post by J Caballero
I had hoped AI could unlock the secrets of the universe. Sadly, I was wrong...
May 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I had hoped AI could unlock the secrets of the universe. Sadly, I was wrong...
Reposted by Rob Ross
Why do scientists disagree with each other? This new study from @justinsulik.bsky.social et al. surveys psychologists to find that scientific divides are associated with differences in researcher cognitive traits. @mi3lab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides - Nature Human Behaviour
Scientific disagreements are not just a matter of using different methods or having conflicting data. Sulik et al. surveyed psychological scientists and found that disagreements are also associated wi...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why do scientists disagree with each other? This new study from @justinsulik.bsky.social et al. surveys psychologists to find that scientific divides are associated with differences in researcher cognitive traits. @mi3lab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just in time for Easter lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/apri...
Atheists have a soft spot for God, new study shows
lighthouse.mq.edu.au
April 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Just in time for Easter lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/apri...
Reposted by Rob Ross
new preprint available!
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
OSF
osf.io
April 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
new preprint available!
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
Wendy Higgins (@wchiggins.bsky.social), who developed all these projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has just been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for more cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science!
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Wendy Higgins (@wchiggins.bsky.social), who developed all these projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has just been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for more cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science!
Dr Wendy Higgins, who developed several brilliant projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science as she begins the next stage of her academic carer! 😀
Introducing Dr Wendy Higgins and the Reading the Mammal in the Eyes Test.
April 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Dr Wendy Higgins, who developed several brilliant projects that interrogated the validity of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, has been awarded her PhD and joined BlueSky! Follow her for cutting-edge research on measurement and meta-science as she begins the next stage of her academic carer! 😀
Is Publons defunct? It got bought by Clarivate Analytics several years ago (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publons). When I dig around on their webpage attempting to access it I go round in circles. I was thinking of mentioning it in a metascience paper as an example of an attempt to reward peer review.
April 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Is Publons defunct? It got bought by Clarivate Analytics several years ago (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publons). When I dig around on their webpage attempting to access it I go round in circles. I was thinking of mentioning it in a metascience paper as an example of an attempt to reward peer review.
Reposted by Rob Ross
I’ve seen philosophers citing work on the RMET. Might be a good time to stop doing that.
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I’ve seen philosophers citing work on the RMET. Might be a good time to stop doing that.
Reposted by Rob Ross
Reposted by Rob Ross
Yes, constantly
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yes, constantly
Reposted by Rob Ross
Reading the Mind in the Eyes test... Ugh.
Uninterpretable is an understatement - check thread with links for why this test should never be in your social cognition battery. Ever.
Uninterpretable is an understatement - check thread with links for why this test should never be in your social cognition battery. Ever.
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reading the Mind in the Eyes test... Ugh.
Uninterpretable is an understatement - check thread with links for why this test should never be in your social cognition battery. Ever.
Uninterpretable is an understatement - check thread with links for why this test should never be in your social cognition battery. Ever.
Reposted by Rob Ross
worst fight I ever got into in grad school was me borderline losing my shit completely at autism dev researchers about this kind of thing
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
worst fight I ever got into in grad school was me borderline losing my shit completely at autism dev researchers about this kind of thing
Reposted by Rob Ross
Really dig this paper and kudos to the authors on a methodologically rigorous, transparent evaluation of a widely used measure of social cognition across nine (!) existing datasets. Well worth checking out
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Really dig this paper and kudos to the authors on a methodologically rigorous, transparent evaluation of a widely used measure of social cognition across nine (!) existing datasets. Well worth checking out
Reposted by Rob Ross
If there was a March Madness for measure I most loathe, this would wear the crown
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If there was a March Madness for measure I most loathe, this would wear the crown
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
April 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
Reposted by Rob Ross
🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS
We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over
atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...
www.pnas.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution