Dr Kat
@KatLikesJam
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Former Feral child with a PhD. Co-organizer and occasional host for @SITP online and @merseyskeptics board member. In love with all things evolution. She/Her.
Liverpool, England
Joined June 2010
Look! It's my very first publication! . Justice is (Not So) Blind: Effects of Facial Masculinity and Agreeableness on Perceptions of Criminal Guilt. Currently available on the APA website as an online first article And here
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RT @TheSkepticMag: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price | Emma McClure. Matthew had been free from prison for almost 10….
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Matthew had been free from prison for almost 10 years, when the hopelessness of his situation led him to take his own life – another victim of the IPP prisoner scandal
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RT @BTnewsroom: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at 100. As the media prepares to sanitize his legacy, history will not f….
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This sign on the new Merseyrail trains bothers me so much. Surely, if you have managed to get a device to and onto the train it is, by definition, portable.
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RT @GordPennycook: I'll be recruiting a PhD student in the next cycle - please pass this along to anyone who might interested in joining my….
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RT @M1ke5myth: As there's a chance some of my old @QEDcon pals might be back here for the weekend, I should mention there's only a week lef….
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Help Mike Does Some Surprising Running raise money to support Grassroots Suicide Prevention
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RT @TheSkepticMag: This year's Rusty Razor award will be announced on Saturday, as part of the evening entertainment at @QEDcon. It remains….
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RT @awesome_ama: Here’s a CV template created by Harvard. I have uploaded the word form to a google drive so you don’t have to create fr….
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RT @MrMMarsh: Jim Humble, founder of Miracle Mineral Supplement, died this week. Back in 2010, I (along with @Hayleystevens) interviewed Ji….
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RT @QEDcon: Which skeptical activist deserves praise? .Which pseudoscientist deserves attention?. Two weeks left to nominate your best and….
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RT @davideglass: Eeek, only 50 tickets left for @QEDcon. If you are thinking of going, you better think fast!.
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RT @merseyskeptics: Down to the last 50 QED in-person tickets still available! Have you got yours?.
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RT @historyinmemes: In a strange event on April 19th, 1995, McArthur Wheeler executed a bank robbery while wearing a disguise consisting of….
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RT @merseyskeptics: #Placebo Effect Myths:.Branded painkillers work better?. Actually, the study found only a very small effect and the tri….
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The effect of branding--that is, the labelling and marketing--of a well-known proprietary analgesic used to treat headaches was studied in a sample of women given a branded or unbranded form with...
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RT @merseyskeptics: #Placebo Effect Myths:.Placebo surgery is effective for shoulder pain?. Many of these surgery studies actually demonstr….
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RT @merseyskeptics: #Placebo Effect Myths:.Exercise works better when you believe you’re exercising. This claim is based on a study which….
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RT @merseyskeptics: #Placebo Effect Myths:.Placebos work even when you know it’s a placebo?. Regression to the mean will happen regardless….
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RT @merseyskeptics: #Placebo Effect Myths:.Injections work better than pills?. In fact, according to a 2015 review, more dramatic placebos….
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In the studies included in this review, more intense placebos were not consistently associated with larger effects than less intense placebos.
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RT @merseyskeptics: From our podcast Skeptics with a K, we go back to the primary sources for claims made for the #placeboeffect, including….
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