Yashvin Seetahul
@yashvin.bsky.social
Psychology Postdoctoral Researcher
Aggression, Emotion, Methods, Cumulative Science, Partially Overlapping Density Plots, Pizza, Nontrailblazing Discoveries
Aggression, Emotion, Methods, Cumulative Science, Partially Overlapping Density Plots, Pizza, Nontrailblazing Discoveries
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🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
My Shiny app containing 3530 Open Science blog posts discussing the replication crisis is updated - you can now use the SEARCH box. I fixed it as my new PhD Julia wanted to know who had called open scientists 'Methodological Terrorists' :) shiny.ieis.tue.nl/open_science...
Open Science Blog Browser
Open Science Blog Browser
shiny.ieis.tue.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My Shiny app containing 3530 Open Science blog posts discussing the replication crisis is updated - you can now use the SEARCH box. I fixed it as my new PhD Julia wanted to know who had called open scientists 'Methodological Terrorists' :) shiny.ieis.tue.nl/open_science...
Check out this really cool multilab project about the difference in short-term memory between musicians and non-musicians! By @masssimo006.bsky.social, @francescatalamini.bsky.social, and researchers from 33 institutions around the world.
Finally, our 4-year long project has been published! We have conducted a multi-lab study comparing STM of musicians and nonmusicians, collecting many other cognitive, personality, musical, and demographic variables!
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A big thank you to all collaborators!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Musicians Have Better Short-Term Memory Than Nonmusicians? A Multilab Study - Massimo Grassi, Francesca Talamini, Gianmarco Altoè, Elvira Brattico, Anne Caclin, Barbara Carretti, Véronique Drai-Zer...
Musicians are often regarded as a positive example of brain plasticity and associated cognitive benefits. This emerges when experienced musicians (e.g., musicia...
journals.sagepub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Check out this really cool multilab project about the difference in short-term memory between musicians and non-musicians! By @masssimo006.bsky.social, @francescatalamini.bsky.social, and researchers from 33 institutions around the world.
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
I'm always keen to read research where an intervention's success depends on individual differences.
Here, science-relevant info on videogame (VG) use & aggression:
✳️ WORKS among low VG users
✳️ FAILS among high users (i.e, no change)
✳️ BACKFIRES among very high users!
I'm always keen to read research where an intervention's success depends on individual differences.
Here, science-relevant info on videogame (VG) use & aggression:
✳️ WORKS among low VG users
✳️ FAILS among high users (i.e, no change)
✳️ BACKFIRES among very high users!
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
I'm always keen to read research where an intervention's success depends on individual differences.
Here, science-relevant info on videogame (VG) use & aggression:
✳️ WORKS among low VG users
✳️ FAILS among high users (i.e, no change)
✳️ BACKFIRES among very high users!
I'm always keen to read research where an intervention's success depends on individual differences.
Here, science-relevant info on videogame (VG) use & aggression:
✳️ WORKS among low VG users
✳️ FAILS among high users (i.e, no change)
✳️ BACKFIRES among very high users!
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Need faire une vidéo sur cet article.
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Need faire une vidéo sur cet article.
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🚨Just published in PSPB:
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
When heavy violent video game players read research that say “these games increase aggression”, they often shift their beliefs in the *opposite* direction.
Open Access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
New blog post: Why we should stop using statistical techniques that have not been adequately vetted by experts in psychology daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/10/why-... where I reflect on how we should check the quality of novel statistical techniques.
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
New blog post: Why we should stop using statistical techniques that have not been adequately vetted by experts in psychology daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/10/why-... where I reflect on how we should check the quality of novel statistical techniques.
Does anyone I know have access to this paper? 🥺 I can't access it from my university.
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Does anyone I know have access to this paper? 🥺 I can't access it from my university.
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
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🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
October 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🟢 OSF is back online with a refreshed design.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
We’ve rolled out the updated OSF design, making it faster, easier to navigate, and ready for future improvements. Log in, explore the new experience, and see what’s changed: osf.io.
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
I unfortunately think demand characteristics are an underappreciated cause of a lot of effects in the lit
New 📰
Demand characteristics are a fundamental methodological concern in research with humans
Yet little is known about the magnitude and consistency of these effects
In a new paper, I, M. Wyatt, and @mcxfrank.bsky.social take stock of what we’ve learned via meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Demand characteristics are a fundamental methodological concern in research with humans
Yet little is known about the magnitude and consistency of these effects
In a new paper, I, M. Wyatt, and @mcxfrank.bsky.social take stock of what we’ve learned via meta-analysis
doi.org/10.1525/coll...
A Meta-Analysis of the Impact and Heterogeneity of Explicit Demand Characteristics
Demand characteristics are a fundamental methodological concern in experimental psychology. Yet, little is known about the direction, magnitude, and consistency of their effects. We conducted a three-...
doi.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I unfortunately think demand characteristics are an underappreciated cause of a lot of effects in the lit
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New code review response just dropped:
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New code review response just dropped:
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Anyone familiar with robust regression for heavy-tailed residuals? Seems there are many alternatives. The only method I've learned is Bayesian regression with regularizing priors (from @rmcelreath.bsky.social book) and for the moment I want a frequentist alternative (sorry Bayesians) #stats #rstats
September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Anyone familiar with robust regression for heavy-tailed residuals? Seems there are many alternatives. The only method I've learned is Bayesian regression with regularizing priors (from @rmcelreath.bsky.social book) and for the moment I want a frequentist alternative (sorry Bayesians) #stats #rstats
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Was it worth it? #massshootings #schoolshootings #charliekirk #guncontrol Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons
September 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Was it worth it? #massshootings #schoolshootings #charliekirk #guncontrol Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons
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Want to know what a sample of 200+ editorial board members think about citing practices in psychology? That and much more in this AMPPS article. We had a lot of fun pulling it together. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Want to know what a sample of 200+ editorial board members think about citing practices in psychology? That and much more in this AMPPS article. We had a lot of fun pulling it together. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
For those interested, here's our full preprint on the call for more transparent pilot study reporting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@ihandleyminer.bsky.social #OpenScience #PilotStudies
@ihandleyminer.bsky.social #OpenScience #PilotStudies
"Don't seat the baby near the door" 👶 Thanks to @infantstudies.bsky.social for the chance to discuss our task force work on making pilot study insights more transparent to improve psyc science!
@agataboch.bsky.social #OpenScience #DevPsySky #PilotStudies #PsychScience #Transparency
@agataboch.bsky.social #OpenScience #DevPsySky #PilotStudies #PsychScience #Transparency
New on the Baby Blog - Making pilots public and improving developmental science by @agataboch.bsky.social and @mbneff.bsky.social #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #infantstudies infantstudies.org/making-pilot...
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
For those interested, here's our full preprint on the call for more transparent pilot study reporting: osf.io/preprints/ps...
@ihandleyminer.bsky.social #OpenScience #PilotStudies
@ihandleyminer.bsky.social #OpenScience #PilotStudies
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Feel free to write us an e-mail at pilotreportingtf@gmail.com, join the conversation on here or visit our website for more information: pilotreportingtf.github.io. 2/4
Pilot Reporting Task Force
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pilotreportingtf.github.io
September 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Feel free to write us an e-mail at pilotreportingtf@gmail.com, join the conversation on here or visit our website for more information: pilotreportingtf.github.io. 2/4
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As part of the Pilot Reporting Task Force, founded at @improvingpsych.org conference 2023, I would like to share a preprint with you: osf.io/preprints/ps.... We are looking for feedback on our perspective piece, promoting more transparency in the reporting of piloting in psychological science. 1/4
OSF
osf.io
September 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As part of the Pilot Reporting Task Force, founded at @improvingpsych.org conference 2023, I would like to share a preprint with you: osf.io/preprints/ps.... We are looking for feedback on our perspective piece, promoting more transparency in the reporting of piloting in psychological science. 1/4
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
New paper by @bsiepe.bsky.social & WARN-D team out now in JoPACS, on the (lack of) relation between EMA selfreport and Garmin passive data.
Guardian @theguardian.com coverage:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Paper:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #EpiSky
Guardian @theguardian.com coverage:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Paper:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #EpiSky
Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find
Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
New paper by @bsiepe.bsky.social & WARN-D team out now in JoPACS, on the (lack of) relation between EMA selfreport and Garmin passive data.
Guardian @theguardian.com coverage:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Paper:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #EpiSky
Guardian @theguardian.com coverage:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Paper:
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
🧪 #PsychSciSky #StatsSky #EpiSky
Reposted by Yashvin Seetahul
Do I know any experienced wikipedia editors? I'm confused about why a submission is being rejected (without specificity as to what content doesn't meet guidelines).
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Do I know any experienced wikipedia editors? I'm confused about why a submission is being rejected (without specificity as to what content doesn't meet guidelines).
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Reminder to donate to Wikipedia every time the Trump regime tries to censor them
donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to...
donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to...
April 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reminder to donate to Wikipedia every time the Trump regime tries to censor them
donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to...
donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ways_to...
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New study on #BlueSky for #SciComm.
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”
🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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10 years ago?! Holy smokes.
August 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
10 years ago?! Holy smokes.
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It’s fascinating to argue that LLMs mimic humans when they’re producing effects that aren’t replicated in humans.
August 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s fascinating to argue that LLMs mimic humans when they’re producing effects that aren’t replicated in humans.
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So, as evidence of "mimicry", we have the LLM exhibiting effect sizes in the 90th-98th percentile of effects seen in studies of human beings in a paradigm where humans do not replicably show the effect. Not very compelling IMO.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
If researchers find Cohen's *d* = 8, no they didn't
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the plausibility of standardized effect sizes in the last year. From a trustworthiness assessment perspective, (standardized) effect sizes have a great combinat...
mmmdata.io
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So, as evidence of "mimicry", we have the LLM exhibiting effect sizes in the 90th-98th percentile of effects seen in studies of human beings in a paradigm where humans do not replicably show the effect. Not very compelling IMO.
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
mmmdata.io/posts/2025/0...
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not at all surprising: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
not at all surprising: arstechnica.com/science/2025...