For 99% of human history, children were free to roam their environments at will. No longer. So kids are roaming online worlds instead.
Today in Psyche, I write about how the Internet became the last refuge for childhood freedom, and why that might be okay.
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Grace Lindsay
he was so real for this
It's time for my favorite manuscript submission ritual! Scrolling through every single ManuscriptCentral login I've ever used in my career in a futile, fifteen-minute attempt to gain entry before I inevitably give up & reset my password to a new one which will also be lost to the sands of time.
Hyperfixation of the week: there is apparently a field called “forensic hairdressing” where people try to reconstruct ancient hair techniques. Below is one from Ancient Rome ca. 120 AD. The leading figure is a hairstylist-turned-archaeologist named Janet Stephens who also does video tutorials. Cool!
Meet @dorsaamir.bsky.social, director of the Mind & Culture Lab at Duke University & 2026 APS Spence Award recipient! #Psychology
Learn about her research, her career, & her advice for the upcoming generation of psychological scientists: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
