Alexandra Morrison

Associate Prof at Sacramento State | Cognitive Psych | she/her/hers

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

@amy_nusbaum You two are hilarious, and my daughter is absolutely going to do this to me a year from now

[Austin Young Shull is also at 🟦 ☁️ @YoungShull]

You have to serve many roles when you’re a professor and advisor…

[Adrienne Sheares @AdriSheares]

As an elder millennial who came of age when Google became a verb, I had difficulty grasping that ~40% of Gen Zers use TikTok for search.

So I hosted a mini-focus group with Gen Zers to learn more.

Here are 3 takeaways:

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

- 2 justices stand very credibly accused of sexual assault

And that’s the tip of the iceberg.

Election or not, the Supreme Court has a legitimacy crisis and the public reaffirms it: 75% of the US public reports lacking confidence in SCOTUS, & those numbers were *pre-Roe ruling*

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

Both parents solved the wordle.

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

On the phone with my parents who are having an all out yelling argument about a Wordle. I think im learning a lot about my origin story.

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

My mom just yelled, "I've reached an impasse". I may have given her part of my problem solving lecture from cognitive psych.

[Ira -- worried and hopeful for democracy -- Hyman @ira_hyman]

A 🧵on the misrepresentation and misuse of science by an expert witness. In this case, research on inattentional blindness (IB). Let me introduce you to William Lewinski at the Force Science Institute who misuses IB to defend police who shoot unarmed people. 1/

[Bharat Venkat @bhar_venkat]

I read this and almost started crying. This line especially: "she was offered only 'self-care' when she asked for help."

[The State Hornet @TheStateHornet]

BREAKING: @calstate and @CFA_United have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract after months of negotiations. Faculty will receive a 4% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2021 and up to a 4% increase on July 1, 2022 dependent on the state’s budget allocation to CSU

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

New paper! Series of studies with findings suggesting rehearsal is not necessary for the irrelevant sound effect in working memory.

[Experimental Psychology - @exppsychjournal.bsky.so @ExpPsychJournal]

New Advance Article out now!

Doubts About the Role of Rehearsal in the Irrelevant Sound Effect

Jamielyn @SampStat Samper, @MorrisonAlexb, @jason_chein

https://t.co/zc2e9r1RwE

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

@kelleymwick We gotta get you out of 2021 ASAP.

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

@AndrewRAConway This trip is looking great on you two!!

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

@AndrewRAConway @Kane_WMC_Lab @Kristof__Kovacs Cool work! The rethinking of the domain specific contribution in the same data set is sort of breaking my brain this am (in a good way).

[The State Hornet @TheStateHornet]

.@CFA_United protested @CalState Chancellor @JosephICastro’s visit to @SacState Wednesday asking for fairer contracts for professors. Read more here: https://t.co/aaIpPanMYo

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

“you’re not actually rich if all your money goes to maintaining the lifestyle of a rich person” is an opinion i would love to stop seeing every couple of months

[Brooke N. Macnamara @BrookeMacnamara]

Looking for 2 PhD students beginning 2022! 1 is for someone interested in AI+human learning/performance, co-advised by a CS prof and me (NSF funded). 1 is for someone interested in skill acquisition/expertise (uni funded). Both positions fully supported (tuition+stipend). Pls RT!

[Catherine D. Tan @Catherineoscopy]

Every semester I develop new ice breaker questions that try to avoid revealing class background (this is the issue with ‘what did you do over the summer?’ ‘what are your hobbies?’). Here are some from this/previous semesters (many are food related): (1/4)

[Alexandra Morrison @MorrisonAlexb]

@ll_richmond @Lois_K_Burnett @Ball_AMAlab Our pandemic project sees the light of day! A pleasure to collab with you all as always and congrats to @Lois_K_Burnett for her (I think?) first paper as a grad student.