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 🎉

I had hoped AI could unlock the secrets of the universe. Sadly, I was wrong...

Have you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?

3/6: Moreover, when evidence was reported, it frequently failed to meet widely accepted validity standards. Despite these issues, the RMET continues to be used in a tremendous variety of clinical and non-clinical groups and to be translated into many languages, and its influence grows year by year.

2/6: We examined six categories of validly evidence and found that few studies calculated new evidence or cited earlier evidence. In fact, when we “combined” all six categories we found that 63% of studies didn’t report any validity evidence at all.