Thomas McCarthy

Hons Student at University of Queensland
Developmental and Comparative Psych. Cognition and Cognitive Offloading. Reader of Philosophy. Will Learn Anything.

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

@SuttonProfessor It was my pleasure to hear your thoughts on my work!

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Getting ready for my first academic conference tomorrow. Excited but nervous about the idea of presenting my honours thesis at #ASPP2018! Ready to explore the worlds of psychology and philosophy

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

I'm not even a PhD student and I feel comforted by this!

[Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra]

Walking back into lab today to experiments not working? Your struggles and failures don’t disqualify you for a PhD - they are exactly what qualify you. Research is about overcoming challenges, and the resilience you build now is the foundation for your future success. #PhDchat

[Adam Bulley @Adamdbulley]

Awesome to be in Sydney for the inaugural #ASPP2018 conference. Treated to a public lecture by Andy Clark @fluffycyborg on what it means to be human - do our smartphone make us all cyborgs? Is my calendar part of my mind?

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Officially submitted my honours thesis! Really happy with the research project - couldn't have asked for a better supervisor than Jon Redshaw. 3 major assessments to go and I'll be finished with my whole degree!
Special thanks to @Adamdbulley for all his help this year

[Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc]

‘Jelly Drops’ are a new innovation to help people with dementia stay hydrated with brightly coloured liquid drops that contain over 90% water and electrolytes. See the inventor Lewis Hornby talk about his inspiration for the project:

[Eiko Fried @EikoFried]

One of my all-time favourite papers. Only 18 citations, so I thought I should share. An MD cracked his knuckles for 50 years — but only for one hand. He concludes by calling into question other parental beliefs …

https://t.co/KdhtD3nWa5

[Tawaki Project @TawakiProject]

Too lazy to read our paper on tawaki pre-moult dispersal the just came out on PLoS One (https://t.co/l6kEP0nxb2 …)? We've got a 4-part comic for that courtesy of @giselledraws

[John McCormack @LAevolving]

#Evolution is this:

🐜🦎🐒🙍🏻‍♀️ (today)
| | |__|
| |___💀 (ancestor)
|_____| ↑
| Time

Not this:

Time →
🐜→🦎→🐒→🙍🏻‍♀️

#phylomoji

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Scary implications for the future of research publishing https://t.co/xRgkB7PKsh

[Kording Lab 🦖 @KordingLab]

Science is about overcoming failures. List: (1) once I got to be professor, my first 23 grant proposals we're rejected. I am very comfortable now. (2) I was mediocre at school (~B) and particularly bad at stats. Much of my lab's work is close to stats now.

[Conrad Hackett @conradhackett]

Watch the income distribution in America change
#ASA18

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Always create a scatterplot!

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Older (but not younger) preschoolers reject incorrect knowledge claims https://t.co/cypAOjZzlG

[Rita McNamara @GuessRita]

I've been using R for almost 8 years, and I *just now* figured out how to make it spit out APA tables for me. I know I'm slow on the uptake here, but YOU GUYS - game changer #smallvictories
https://t.co/hBt9JB7c4F

[Christian Nawroth @GoatsThatStare]

Captive gibbons use different referential cues in an object-choice task: insights into lesser ape cognition and manual laterality
https://t.co/8aqqzB7cUT

[James N. Kirby @JamesNKirby]

I was working with a 17 year old male on compassion. Asked him to consider 5 different scenarios where failure was experienced. On left is what what he would say to a friend. On right what he’d say to himself. Devastating. #365daysofcompassion

[Thomas McCarthy @thetommc]

Not sure about using self-report measures of physical activity - interesting if true that video games involving physical activity don't improve attitudes towards physical activity

[Elsevier Psychology @ELSpsychology]

Does Pokémon Go lead to a more physically active life style? https://t.co/nhaHDRs6Mf @matthieuguitton

[Dr. Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini @dr_skc]

"Re-evaluating the neonatal imitation hypothesis", our response to Meltzoff et al's (2017) commentary is now in press in Developmental Science. You can read it here: https://t.co/U8rY6kESoc . Please share widely! @UQPsych @ECDC_UQ @jactopsy