Science writer & Director of Education at Outsmarting Implicit Bias. I Write about animals, psychology, and neuroscience. Always improving my #SciComm! She/her
Boston, MA
Joined January 2019
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Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
This Friday (11/18), my friend and brilliant colleague Dr. Caitlyn Finton @BioBookworm and I will be chatting with @farahbala on ~the evolving science of implicit bias~. 🙌🙌 Want to join in on the conversation?! Easy. Register here: gofarsight.com/farsightfrida…
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Calling all Microbiologists and Molecular and Cellular Biologists! Our department has a cluster hire for 3 TT positions for next fall! Did I mention we're 45 minutes from the beach? 🦀🏄🏖️🧪🔬🧬🦠 PLZ RETWEET #AcademicTwitter #Microbiologist
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Do you know a scientist that’s doing incredible work that more folks should know about?
Encourage them to apply to our Nov writing workshop by Aug 15 - we offer v. v. personalized instruction by a longtime NYT editor, a $2k stipend, and years of support!
beyondtheivorytower.com/
Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
Two new writing workshops taking applications this fall!
This is an incredible opportunity - learn the craft of writing short ideas for wide audiences about big ideas. Attendance is fully funded by @templeton_fdn and instruction is by James Ryerson of @nytopinion.
Please share!
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Hello science Twitter, I'm looking for scientists doing field work this summer in western US/Can on ecological impacts of glacial recession.
For a feature I'm writing for @KnowableMag
Recommendations welcome. Please RT
Thank you!
Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
Welcome back to our interview series! This week we interview Dr. Caitlyn Finton (@BioBookworm, graduate of @Cornell and postdoc with @banaji).
Read about Caitlyn’s transition from scientist to science communicator, love of animals, and many hobbies! cogbites.org/2022/02/14/cogb…
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Check out the latest paper by @BioBookworm on the alloparenting behavior and associated #oxytocin and #vasopressin hypothalamic profiles in #PrairieVoles.
Take away: We think alloparental care is practice for later parenting
Out now in BBR
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Scicommer Caitlyn Finton (@BioBookworm) chatted with researcher Robert Strickgold all about dreams.
Check out their conversation to learn more about what goes into dream research, lucid dreaming, and even #DreamHacking.
#SciComm
Dream research began before Freud, REM sleep isn’t the only stage when we dream, how researchers study dream hacking, and more on the science of dreams with Robert Stickgold. behavioralscientist.org/what…
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New post by Caitlyn Finton: It’s getting hot in here: Temperature affects learning in velvet geckos cogbites.org/2020/08/24/its-…
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With the recent killings of African Americans by the police, the epidemic of this violence is again in the news. But, this history has existed since the formation of policing in America.
The origins of the police in the U.S.: apple.co/2sXkQ8c
Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
ATTN: if you need an example of what it looks like for Black ppl to be excluded from birding/outdoor exploration, here’s 1.
@zookeeperjake asked why his post about #BlackBirdersWeek was taken down from the Tennessee naturalist fb.
This is why #BlackBirdersWeek is NECESSARY.
Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
We’re practicing social distancing before #Rona can get us #OphirNoFear @OphirLab @alexophir @L_hiura @Wen_Yi_Wu @a2freema @JesusEMadrid @RiceisReal
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NEW post by Brendan Schuetze: Flipped Classrooms: The Benefits (or Lack Thereof) are in the Details cogbites.org/2019/10/28/flip…
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Start seeing sounds! Psychologists can tell you how. cogbites.org/2019/09/30/star…
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NEW post by Caitlyn Finton: Capuchin monkeys can learn new sounds that suggest a predator is nearby cogbites.org/?p=718
Caitlyn Finton, PhD retweeted
I am actively recruiting post-docs to join my lab @CornellPsychDpt, doors opening in January 2020. URMs encouraged to apply. I’ll be at SfN and would love to meet up. Feel free to DM me, and please RT!
tschidalab.org/
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NEW post by Charlie Fitzsimmons: Is a number more than the sum of its' digits? How digits influence number estimation cogbites.org/2019/08/19/how-…
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Celebrating summer #Ophirlab #OphirNoFear @JesusEMadrid @BioBookworm @L_hiura @LindsaySailer @a2freema @RiceisReal
