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Post-doctoral researcher in clinical psychology at the University of Göttingen, focussing on positive mental imagery and translational research methods. All tweets are in a personal capacity. He/him. More info: http://tinyurl.com/sebtrace

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✨️Preprint: Awareness & Use of Open Research Practices: An International Survey of Researchers Across Disciplines

📝We surveyed >3,000 researchers (45 countries; 24 disciplines)

📌We show variation in open research adoption across regions, disciplines, methodology, & career level🌎

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09.03.2026 08:29 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
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Not just spontaneous remission: Time-dependent and independent effects in pre-intervention symptom reduction Psychological symptoms tend to change over time, even in the absence of clinical intervention. For example, self-ratings are often higher at screening…

🎉 I just published my second paper! Woo!
In psychotherapy trials we often see that symptoms reduce between screening and start of treatment. A plausible idea about that is that patients self-refer when their fluctuating symptoms are extra bad. We checked! (we tried to check) //

05.03.2026 09:11 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 2
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A crowdsourced megastudy of 12 digital single-session interventions for depression in US adults Nature Human Behaviour - An online experiment compared 12 brief online interventions for depression. Most improved mental health immediately, but these gains decreased over time, with only two...

Our crowdsourced megastudy comparing a diverse set of 12 single-session interventions for depression is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com!

Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/e6pzz (no paywall)

We also published a brief non-academic piece about the study today: theconversation.com/free-10-minu...

02.03.2026 15:41 👍 39 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 3
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Maternal information sampling targets children's knowledge gaps According to recent computational approaches, when children are presented with information by knowledgeable others, children can make the pedagogical …

New @sfb1528.bsky.social and @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social publication. We show that mothers are worthy of the pedagogical assumption: they preferentially sample information that fills their child's knowledge gaps and children learn best from maternal sampling: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

27.02.2026 07:56 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Uptake, Barriers, and Facilitators of Open Science in Clinical Psychology: Findings from an Exploratory Survey in German-speaking Countries: https://osf.io/cyfqv

27.02.2026 08:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP

Last call for submissions to #BABCP2026 in Warwick! Make sure you get in your posters, open papers, and 3MTs today and join us for another amazing conference in July!

babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com

27.02.2026 08:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like double-bling to me.

I hope they report on whether there were any lapses of bling.

22.02.2026 20:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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There's still time to take part in #BABCP2026 at the University of Warwick from 14-16 July. You can submit Open papers, Posters or 3-minute talks, but hurry, the deadline is only one week away, closing on 27 Feb. Find out more about taking part at our Annual Conference👇
https://ow.ly/jNTu50Yi4L0

20.02.2026 09:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A digital imagery-competing task intervention for stopping intrusive memories in trauma-exposed health-care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a Bayesian adaptive randomised clinical trial Psychological trauma, such as witnessing an untimely or gruesome death, commonly provokes intrusive memories that might persist for days to years with…

Great to see another RCT out showing promising results for an imagery-competing task (Tetris) in reducing intrusive memories amongst healthcare workers. Also nice to see another sequential Bayeisan design!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

20.02.2026 12:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There’s still time to submit your proposals, including symposia, skills classes, panel debates, clinical roundtables, and in‑congress workshops, for EABCT 2026 in Brussels!

➡️ Submit here: eabctcongress.org/index.php/su...
➡️ Deadline: 8 March 2026

#EABCT2026

17.02.2026 05:31 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The ‘how to draw an owl’ meme

The ‘how to draw an owl’ meme

Some tutorial papers be like

16.02.2026 07:06 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Some reflections on my work from an interview with APA www.apa.org/topics/depre...

13.02.2026 18:04 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Charles Darwin at his most relatable...

13.02.2026 05:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher Study of Affective Disorders’ Classification and Treatment (SADCAT) Lab  Dr. Lorenzo-Lorenzo LuacesDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Blooming...

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on our NIH-funded R01 which is a longitudinal cohort of adolescents (13-20) doing EMA and passive text sensing! Please apply, especially if you have experience in the analysis OR collection of these data.

PLEASE SHARE!!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32132

11.02.2026 18:10 👍 47 🔁 54 💬 0 📌 2

What a great set of submissions! The scientific comittee is now busy evaluating these, but in the meantime here's a reminder about our deadline for posters, open papers and 3 minute talks for #babcp2026 - 27th February (i.e. 2 weeks today)!

Details here: babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com

06.02.2026 12:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The WCCBT and ABCT recognize that the results of some research may not have been available in time to meet the Call for Abstracts. We are temporarily calling for late-breaking submissions in Poster, Open Paper, and Individual Three Minute Open Paper types. www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/l...

03.02.2026 21:40 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Confronting crisis and reclaiming purpose in psychological science - Nature Mental Health This Perspective study highlights the necessity for paradigm shifts in psychopathology research, emphasizing resourcefulness, coalition-building and outreach to enhance assessment, diagnosis and treat...

Check out our Perspective now published in Nature Mental Heath:

Confronting Crisis and Reclaiming Purpose in Psychological Science

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00575-4

03.02.2026 17:48 👍 19 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 3
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tCBT New Paper: The UK Northern Talking Therapies Practice Research Network: lessons from 10 years of generating practice-based evidence

Full free text at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

03.02.2026 09:12 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Today's the day! Don't forget to submit your symposia, skills classes, panels for #babcp2026 in Warwick: deadline today

(posters, open papers and 3 minute talks due 27th February)

30.01.2026 11:30 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

📣 Registration is now open for the 2026 BABCP Annual Conference!

📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026

Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.

🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT

27.01.2026 14:02 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Registration – BABCP

And... registration is now open, so book now to get a space in one of the workshops! #BABCP2026

babcp.com/conference/r...

27.01.2026 07:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Keynotes – BABCP

We now have a full listing of our keynote speakers and workshop presenters on the website (here for the keynotes: babcp.com/conference/p...)

More details to come soon... #BABCP2026

27.01.2026 07:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP

Last week to submit a symposium, skills class, panel or roundtable to #BABCP2026 in Warwick, July 14-16th!

Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!

babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com

27.01.2026 07:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!

23.01.2026 09:21 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Very pleased to share this meta-analysis on the relationship between interpretation biases and anxiety. This was a huge team effort, and it’s great to see it finally out. Happy reading!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

13.01.2026 08:43 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Instructed increase in fear activation during exposure exercises does not enhance treatment effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia The efficacy of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for panic disorder and agoraphobia (PD/AG) is well established, but the mechanisms …

Another EXCELLENT paper about exposure. But this supports my claim that we have to study recommendations that come from basic science and often we don't find they improve outcomes... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.01.2026 18:00 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Last call for abstracts! Present your research at the WCCBT World Congress alongside 25+ keynote presentations. Register now, submit to the Call for Abstracts and be part of the future of #CBT. See you in San Francisco! wccbt2026.org
#WorldCongress26 #SanFrancisco #WCCBT #ABCT

09.01.2026 22:07 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Submissions – BABCP

Read the submission guidelines and submit here:

babcp.com/conference/s...

Deadline for posters, open papers, and 3 minute talks is 27th February.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social

09.01.2026 12:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Keynotes – BABCP

Just 3 weeks to submit symposia, skills class, and panels to #BABCP2026 in Warwick!

We're delighted to have recently confirmed a keynote from Liz Marks, expert on eco-distress and CBT in the context of climate and ecological crisis!

Check out the current listing here:

babcp.com/conference/p...

09.01.2026 12:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
BABCP Annual Conference 2026 – BABCP

A final reminder before the Christmas break (well, mine at least) - check out the updated list of keynotes and workshops for #BABCP2026 in Warwick (more still to come!) and get your submissions ready for the 31st January deadline!

babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com @drjodaniels.bsky.social

19.12.2025 09:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0