What can 2000+ experimental sessions consisting of 100,000+ movements teach us about motor learning?
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Good feeling to start the year with a new publication.
Results from EMA pilot to guide the main Glucog study on cognitive and glycemic variability. Thanks to , , and all collaborators
diabetes.jmir.org/2023/1/e39750
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A research team tested the reliability of the dot-probe task across 36 versions in 9,000 people.
“Conclusions: The emotional dot probe task is not an adequately reliable measure of individual differences in attentional bias to threat. We (1/3)
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Check at our new preprint! We looked at reliability in 36 versions of the emotional dot probe task in 9000+ people, including those with high anxiety. We found lots of noise and not much signal, even among anxious participants. Congrats on the excellent work!
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Excited to share my first first-authored preprint on the reliability of the emotional dot probe task in measuring attentional bias towards threat! Spoiler: it's not reliable. psyarxiv.com/58z4n/ Thanks to my amazing mentors @LauraGermine @LizGrinspoon!!
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I did it and am now on mastodon at @LauraGermine@med-mastodon.com. (Thanks to for posting a link for joining that didn’t require me to figure anything out!). So… what’s the fastest way to look for all the great people I was following on twitter?
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Kicking off our 2nd day ☀️ Great talks yesterday on precision psych, healthcare data, therapeutics, SDoH & industry w/ etc. Lots ahead on methods, tools, genomics w/ & more!
🔗 mghcme.org/precision2022
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Our roundtable webinar recording is now online! Check out the insightful presentations on #psychopathology and watch field experts discuss the development of precision diagnostics within #mentalhealth research; nimh.nih.gov/news/events/20 #RDoC
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If you can do one thing!
Sign up to be an field advocate
Here's the link afsp.org/become-a-suici
Do it now, before you click away!
I just did and so can you.
I am doing this for my niece, Isabel Grinspoon.
Who are you doing this for?
No more #suicide
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Registration is open for the 2022 Technology in Psychiatry Summit! Held on 10/26-10/28, this virtual event will bring together thought leaders from health care and other fields to discuss technology in the diagnosis and delivery of mental health care.
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Our webinar is less than a week away. Check out the STELLAR lineup of panelist and moderators. Don’t miss out. Register today! nimh.nih.gov/news/events/an
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We are excited to announce our upcoming webinar focused on data-driven refinement of #psychopathology. Join us as field experts will also discuss the development of precision diagnostics within #mentalhealth research. Register & stay tuned for updates! nimh.nih.gov/news/events/an
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One of the best talks at #SRP2022 (among many excellent ones) from . Really great stuff and (I hope) the future of clinical psychological science!
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Happy Saturday @srp_science! Come join me at the 'Methodological Innovations' symposium (Ormandy East) at 10:45am. I'll present my recent work building a formal mathematical model of suicide, alongside other amazing speakers @e_edershile, Jonathan Stange, and Zachary Rodriguez 
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13/ For those interested in using the test, we are sharing the test under an open source license (CC-BY-SA) to ensure this resource can be widely disseminated. You can contact me, , or info@manybrains.net (the nonprofit Many Brains Project) for more information. 😊
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12/ This project would not have been possible without the vision and insight of Jasmine Kaduthodil and first author @AllyKim33. Thanks also to Sarah Cohan who created the video database, Roger Strong, and who had the final vision of what this paper could be.
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11/ Despite having evolved to a relatively minor author on this project (as others stepped forward to take the lead on various parts, particularly @AllyKim33 and ), I consider it to be one of the most rewarding and important projects of my career.
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10/ Our goal was to create a version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes with diverse faces. The final validation data look great! Between-test and within-test correlations were essentially the same, indicating strong convergence and similar reliability to the original test.
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9/ From there, we collected data through TestMyBrain.org on these new items that allowed us to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of each item and select items for inclusion in our final test.
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8/ We then created hundreds of items using still images taken from many, many videos, combined with emotion words that were much simpler than the original test (5th grade reading level or lower). Item creation and selection was led by Jasmine Kaduthodil.
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7/ But, for a test with such widespread use, we can do better! We created a new test with the help of a diverse community of Boston actors recruited through , a theater organization devoted to justice, equity & social change (you should check them out!).
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6/ I'm sure the original test creators had very good intentions. They likely never expected the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test to be used as widely as it has, even 20 years later. For their original purposes (testing in Cambridge, UK in the 90s), it was reasonable.
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5/ We discussed this lack of diversity of faces in the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test -- and psychometric implications -- in this paper from a few years ago: labsites.rochester.edu/scplab/wp-cont
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4/ The faces in this test are all the faces of White folks. We've had participants of color tell us that taking this test as a measure of social cognition is offensive - it overtly centers the emotional experiences and expression of White people as the standard
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3/ Among these issues are the reliance of the original test on complex vocabulary and the large number of female faces (and no male faces) that are "flirtatious", "excited", "interested", "fantasizing". But the biggest issue is the lack of racial/ethnic diversity of the faces.
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2/ The original Reading the Mind in the Eyes test is a widely used measure of social cognition - one of the most widely used in psychology/psychiatry. Yet, there are aspects of the test that are highly problematic given its broad use.
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1/ Very excited to say we've just posted a preprint validation study for our new Multiracial Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (MRMET). This test of social cognition was meant to improve on the orig Mind in the Eyes test, thru inclusion of diverse faces.
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Join us for the 2nd Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry! Grateful to our amazing speakers and more!
RT & Register here: mghcme.org/precision2022/
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Another edition of #tinymeasurementlessons: Did you know there are non-psychometric things you can do to gather some validity evidence for the items you want to include on a scale? Let's talk item review and qualitative data 1/n 🧵
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For those of you at #ADA2022, come to 343 at 11:30 to catch our EMA in diabetes symposium! Will be presenting on machine learning to predict cognitive performance from continuous glucose monitor (sensor) data from the Glucog study with
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Sharing the OSF link to slides from our #apschi22 symposium for those who weren't able to attend (w/ a curated recording from on the way! 🙏)
osf.io/k4g3j/
Loved talking ESM w/ you all!
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Sent out a statement to my lab and company today expressing my horror re the slaughter of children in Uvalde and support for anyone affected (i.e. people w/pulses). The last time I did this was LAST WEEK after Buffalo (and Laguna Woods).
This is not ok. #BanAssaultWeaponsNow
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And before the dead
from last week’s calamity
have even been laid to rest
we find ourselves
digging fresh graves.
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Forgot to mention - this is a hybrid position! Likely 1-2 days in office, the rest working remotely ☺️
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Our mission is to create and disseminate high quality, accessible, and open tools for assessing cognitive function. So far we've reached over 3 million people (through TestMyBrain) and supported over 500 research groups (Many Brains). Please reach out to me if interested!
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My program is a bit unique as it spans both an academic lab (Harvard/McLean) and external tech nonprofit (Many Brains). This is a lab role, but open to all different sorts, from talented project mgrs to doctoral level scientists interested in academic program building (2/3)
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My group is looking for a new lab manager! Rather than a trad'l admin position, this role is more a program director or staff scientist, with specifics depending on candidate. Please share with anyone interested in a science program building career (1/3) cognitivehealth.tech/lab-manager-at
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I'm a grad student in Quantitative Psychology. I believe in the utility of good psychological measurement and quantitative methods. I also believe that most psychological studies would benefit from at least one chill qualitative element. Here's why, with anecdote:
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For research purposes (e.g., publishing an article), if a de-identified dataset is posted publicly (e.g., osf), one can use the data:
- Freely w/ citations63.7%
- Author contact required9.8%
- Author approval required7.1%
See results19.4%
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Really appreciate this thread from . This in particular was EXACTLY how I felt (+ was perceived - most know me as “the TestMyBrain.org person”). It was convo w/Brian at that critical stage that helped me see another “mold” for an academic that fit what I was.
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Backchannel feedback to my advisor from places I applied confirmed that I wasn't quite fitting the mold. I was a "techie" My prominent contribution was "just a website"
That made me mad not sad. I felt good about how I was doing my work and had my own vision for its importance.
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THREAD: As Roe v Wade trends.
The people of Ireland deeply remember Savita Halappanavar. If the people of the United States have not heard this story, please read. If you feel comfortable.
In Oct 2012, Savita arrived in an Irish hospital, complaining of lower back pain that…
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