Wendy Higgins
@wchiggins.bsky.social
Post Doctoral Research Fellow at UniMelb. Metascience, psychological measurement validity, social cognition, philosophy of science
Btw, those leonine eyes in my mammal identification test belong to a Chow Chow (dog) – notice any parallels?
April 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Btw, those leonine eyes in my mammal identification test belong to a Chow Chow (dog) – notice any parallels?
Stay tuned for the final paper from my thesis, which takes a step back to rethink validity itself.
April 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Stay tuned for the final paper from my thesis, which takes a step back to rethink validity itself.
It includes a series of papers critiquing the validity of the widely used Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. Conclusion: The Eyes Test is unsubstantiated, and thus, uninterpretable as a measure of social cognitive ability www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Construct validity evidence reporting practices for the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test: A systematic scoping review
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) is one of the most influential measures of social cognitive ability, and it has been used extensively in …
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April 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It includes a series of papers critiquing the validity of the widely used Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test. Conclusion: The Eyes Test is unsubstantiated, and thus, uninterpretable as a measure of social cognitive ability www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
scholar.google.com.au/citations?us...
scholar.google.com.au/citations?us...
My thesis - Measurement in Crisis? A Critical Evaluation of Measurement Validation Practices in the Psychological Sciences - was awarded the Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence.
April 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
My thesis - Measurement in Crisis? A Critical Evaluation of Measurement Validation Practices in the Psychological Sciences - was awarded the Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence.
My PhD was conferred today 🎉 A huge thank you to my amazing supervisors @robert-m-ross.bsky.social @davidmkaplanx.bsky.social, @suttonprofessor.bsky.social, and Alexander Gillett and collaborators @dredeschrijver.bsky.social, @vsavalei.bsky.social, and Vince Polito
April 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My PhD was conferred today 🎉 A huge thank you to my amazing supervisors @robert-m-ross.bsky.social @davidmkaplanx.bsky.social, @suttonprofessor.bsky.social, and Alexander Gillett and collaborators @dredeschrijver.bsky.social, @vsavalei.bsky.social, and Vince Polito