Cillian McHugh

This year, in response to GenAI concerns, I made one of my assessments a recorded presentation. Currently grading them, and so far, this has been one of the most enjoyable grading sessions I've had.
Finally some good from GenAI

We replicated one of the oldest experiments in Psychology (Triplett, 1898) as a registered report. Children completed a task faster in pairs than when they were alone.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-25608-x

Some day I'll write a paper on dual-processes in cognition that draws on Hemispheres by Rush for inspiration and illustration

I mean the first verse ends with:

"The gods of Love and Reason sought alone to rule the fate of Man"

https://youtu.be/J0zN0VjA3As?si=MqxOSuhQpk8iubwg

New Paper:

The Moral Dilution effect:
Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bdm.70034

Paper Accepted:

The Moral Dilution Effect: Irrelevant Information Influences Judgments of Moral Character

Started writing this one at a writer's retreat in 2022, very happy to get it over the line!

Pre-print available: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/z5ug6_v2

Wild rabbits in the garden this morning causing great excitement!

Lovely day in Denver ahead of #SPSP2025
Cold but got to see plenty!

Poster for #SPSP2025 in #Denver sent to print. Now back to working on the slides... Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
#psychology

Today's todo list failure:
I really need to do Task A
Before I can start task A, I need to finish Task B,
And to do Task B I need to finish Task C
But Task C involves this really annoying problem that needs solving.
The problem is not solved.
Task C is not finished.
Tasks A and B are not started

Took the opportunity to make a snow lantern this evening. #snow #sneachta

Dear Adobe, I have no interest in Chatting to my documents. I'm afraid an AI Assistant is not what is needed to improve usability of Acrobat Reader

Looks like one of my students is confused about who their lecturer is...