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Bethany Growns

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Cognitive psychologist studying decision-making in the legal system | senior lecturer @ the University of Canterbury in NZ | queer(she/her)πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ aussie | foodie🍽 Trans rights are human rights πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Towards cumulative forensic science: a commentary on β€˜Methodological problems in every black-box study of forensic firearm comparisons’ Abstract. Cuellar et al. recently found that methodological flaws in black-box studies of forensic firearms analysis mean that validity cannot be determine

In late 2024, Cuellar et al published a review of all the studies purporting to validate firearms analysis (eg techniques associating a found bullet to a particular gun). They found 'fatal' errors in each one. Surprisingly, we disagree: doi.org/10.1093/lpr/...

03.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey I’m back in Sydney in a couple of months. Be great to catch up if you’re free. Shoot me a message, I can’t see to message you directly.

02.02.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Luiza Jarovsky, writes on LinkedIN

β€œAI philosophers in 2026”

Above a post by @elocitionn:

β€œWhy does my cabbage resemble the way the human brain folds (gyrification)?

Is my cabbage conscious?”

Luiza Jarovsky, writes on LinkedIN β€œAI philosophers in 2026” Above a post by @elocitionn: β€œWhy does my cabbage resemble the way the human brain folds (gyrification)? Is my cabbage conscious?”

β€œcorrelation is not cognition” β€” Guest & Martin (2023). doi.org/10.1007/s421...

@olivia.science @andreaeyleen.bsky.social

29.01.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 327 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Come join an absolutely amazing researcher here in stunning Christchurch ! πŸ““

07.12.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.10.2025 23:31 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

POSTDOC Opening: I'm hiring a postdoc to work with me, @ayeletlandau.bsky.social, and Yuval Benjamini on a 4-year NSF funded project to understand timing and memorability in the visual system. fMRI, EEG, eye-tracking all included.

If interested, please DM or email me for more information!

08.10.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Life goals: uncontactable πŸ™

07.10.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not want, or see any value, in an AI review of any paper I submit to a journal.

If you do this, I will withdraw my paper and submit elsewhere.

Or simply post as a preprint never to be reviewed. Fuck this enshittification of scholarship.

07.10.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I just saw someone use the abbreviation β€œAI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

06.10.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 7302 πŸ” 2399 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 98
Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Cover page of Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 1 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

Table 2 Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025, October 4). Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkrgj_v1

New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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04.10.2025 05:33 πŸ‘ 438 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 72
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05.10.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

You do matter.

05.10.2025 03:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"no worries if not!"

But they were, all of them, deceived. For there were some worries if not

30.09.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MG seems like just a dick on balance of evidence recently

04.09.2025 07:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

04.09.2025 04:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

03.09.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 10

"They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again."

Heart breaking πŸ’”

29.08.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/

18.07.2025 03:34 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Welcome πŸ‘‹

07.07.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do

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πŸ’…πŸ’…

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EPC Sydney #epc2025

21.06.2025 00:05 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantastic talk by David White showing that super-recognizers don't pay extra attention to all social cues (e.g. bodies), just to faces #ecp2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social

20.06.2025 05:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by @bethanygrowns.bsky.social looking at overlap between face super-recognizers and object super-matchers #epc2025 @expsyanz.bsky.social

20.06.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey ECRs at @expsyanz.bsky.social this week - if you're interested in object perception and/or neural decoding, come find me for a chat about an upcoming postdoc spot at the @marcsinstitute.bsky.social πŸ‘€

18.06.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brilliant talk by @andyperfors.bsky.social at #epc2025 encouraging psychology to study the effects of disinformation at the systemic level @expsyanz.bsky.social

19.06.2025 03:54 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.

In an absolutely barbaric move, the Trump administration is officially cutting off specialized 988 suicide prevention support for LGBTQ+ youth. This is murder.

From NPR: "SAMHSA announced Tuesday it was ending these specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth on July 17."

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