This list has been updated here. Psychologists (and a few stray neuroscientists) on Twitter, listed in order of number of followers. It’s a work in progress – please use comments to alert me to others. Follower counts are subject to change but were correct on 12 Nov, 2010. Shortcut URL to this list is http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2010/11/psychologists-on-twitter.html
Laura Kauffman. Child psychologist. Followers: 59,845
Richard Wiseman. Parapsychologist, magician, author. Followers: 53,363
George Huba. Psychologist. Followers: 16,468
Aleks Krotoski. Psychologist, tech journalist. Followers: 13,798
Marsha Lucas. Neuropsychologist. Followers: 11,170
Jonah Lehrer. Blogger, author. Followers: 8283
Jo Hemmings. Celebrity psychologist. Followers: 7880
Dan Ariely. Behavioural Economist, author. Followers: 6476
Graham Jones. Internet (cyber) psychologist. Followers: 6147
Steven Pinker. Psycholinguist, evolutionary psychologist, author. Followers: 6225
David Ballard. Psychologist, Head of APA marketing. Followers: 5918
Christian Jarrett. That’s me! Followers: 4000
Ciarán O’Keeffe. Parapsychologist. Followers: 3965
Petra Boynton. Psychologist, sex educator. Followers: 3598
Mo Costandi. Writer, blogger. Followers: 3485
Vaughan Bell. Clinical neuropsychologist, blogger. Followers: 3114
John Grohol. Founder of Psychcentral. Followers: 2875
Jeremy Dean. Blogger. Followers: 2431
Brian MacDonald. Clinical psychologist. Followers: 2338
Bruce Hood. Cognitive scientist. Followers: 2231
Rita Handrich. Psychologist, editor. Followers: 2174
Daniel Levitin. Psychologist, author. Followers: 2072
Sandeep Gautam. Blogger. Followers: 1810
David Webb. Psychology tutor, blogger. Followers: 1764
David Eagleman. Neuroscientist, author. Followers: 1687
Ana Loback. Psychologist. Followers: 1249
Maria Panagiotidi. Grad student. Followers: 1223
G. Tendayi Viki. Social psychologist. Followers: 1220
Wendy Cousins. Skeptic. Followers: 1219
Alex Linley. Positive psychologist. Followers: 1162
Rolfe Lindgren. Psychologist, personality expert. Followers: 1053
Chris Atherton. Cognitive psychologist. Followers: 968
Mark Changizi. Cognitive psychologist, author. Followers: 955
Jay Watts. Clinical psychologist, Lacanian. Followers: 901
Jesse Bering. Psychologist, blogger. Followers: 895
Anthony Risser. Neuropsychologist, blogger. Followers: 819
Joseph LeDoux. Neuroscientist, rocker. Followers: 804
Chris French. Anomalistic psychologist. Followers: 745
Jason Goldman. Grad student, blogger. Followers: 693
CoertVisser. Psychologist. Followers: 690
The Neurocritic. Blogger. Followers: 674
Ben Hawkes. Psychologist, comedian. Followers: 638
Sophie Scott. Neuroscientist. Followers: 637
Karen Pine. Psychologist, author. Followers: 629
Dorothy Bishop. Developmental neuropsychologist. Followers: 574
Mark Batey. Creativity expert. Followers: 566
Charles Fernyhough. Developmental psychologist, author. Followers: 529
Cary Cooper. Occupational psychologist. Followers: 526
Melanie Greenberg. Clinical health psychologist. Followers: 508
Monica Whitty. Cyberpsychologist. Followers: 492
James Neill. Psychology lecturer. Followers: 489
Olivia Wallis. Positive psychologist. Followers: 474
Eran Katz. Grad student (tweets in Hebrew). Followers: 467
Rob Archer. Organisational psychologist. Followers: 442
Christopher H. Ramey. Psychologist. Followers: 408
Hilary Bruffell. Social psychologist. Followers: 383
Manon Eileen. Clinical psychologist & criminologist. Followers: 369
Tom Stafford. Psychologist, author. Followers: 368
Nick Hartley. Trainee clinical psychologist. Followers: 359
Rory O’Connor. Health psychologist, suicide researcher. Followers: 358
Mike Garth. Sports psychologist. Followers: 349
Rachel Robinson. Child psychologist. Followers: 325
Atle Dyregrov. Psychologist, expert in crisis psychology. Followers: 323
Claudia Hammond. Radio presenter. Followers: 288
Uta Frith. Developmental neuropsychologist, autism expert. Followers: 268
Daryl O’Connor. Health psychologist. Followers: 258
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. Cognitive neuroscientist. Followers: 253
Sam Edwards. Health psychologist. Followers: 247
Wray Herbert. Writer for APS, author. Followers: 238
Caroline Watt. Parapsychologist. Followers: 236
David Matsumoto. Psychologist and judoka. Followers: 224
Tim Byron. Music psychologist. Followers: 213
Kevin McGrew. Intelligence expert. Followers: 206
Erika Salomon. Grad student. Followers: 206
Andy Fugard. Cognitive scientist. Followers: 187
Karen Franklin. Forensic psychologist. Followers: 176
Sean Nethercott. Psychologist. Followers: 171
Ciarán Mc Mahon. Psychologist. Followers: 155
Patrick Macartney. Psychologist and sociologist. Followers: 149
Daniel Simons. Cognitive psychologist, author. Followers: 145
Janet Civitelli. Counselling psychologist. Followers: 139
Adrian Wale. Cognitive scientist, writer. Followers: 137
Lorna Quandt. Grad student. Followers: 137
Talya Grumberg. Mental health counsellor. Followers: 131
Lila Chrysikou. Psychologist. Followers: 128
Steven Brownlow. Clinical and forensic psychologist. Followers: 124
Rebecca Symes. Sports psychologist. Followers: 115
Craig Bertram. Grad student. Followers: 114
Matteo Cantamesse. Social psychologist. Followers: 108
Mark Hoelterhoff. Experimental existential psychologist. Followers: 105
Johnrev Guilaran. Clinical psychologist trainee. Followers: 104
Gareth Morris. Grad student. Followers: 105
Sanja Dutina. Psychologist. Followers: 101
Valeschka Guerra. Psychology lecturer. Followers: 101
Jenna Condie. Environmental psychologist. Followers: 97
Emma Dunlop. Grad student. Followers: 92
Deb Halasz. Research psychologist. Followers: 90
Jon Simons. Cognitive scientist. Followers: 87
Suzanne Conboy-Hill. Clinical psychologist. Followers: 85
Victoria Galbraith. Counselling psychologist. Followers: 84
Romeo Vitelli. Psychologist in private practice. Followers: 81
Astrid Kitti. Grad student. Followers: 79
John Houser. School psychologist. Followers: 79
Ruthanna Gordon. Psychologist, sustainability expert. Followers: 78
Marc Scully. Social psychologist. Followers: 76
Ken Gilhooly. Cognitive psychologist. Followers: 72
Catriona Morrison. Experimental psychologist. Followers: 69
Jen Lewis. Grad student. Followers: 65
Daniela O’Neill. Developmental psychologist. Followers: 65
Kevin Friery. Psychologist, psychotherapist. Followers: 60
Simon Dymond. Behavioural neuroscientist. Followers: 58
Arvid Kappas. Emotion researcher. Followers: 58
Sue Hartley. Psychologist. Followers: 56
Bex Hewett. PhD student in occupational psychology. Followers: 56
Jui Bhagwat. Child psychologist. Followers: 54
Simon Knight. Psychologist. Followers: 44
Dylan Lopich. Clinical psychologist. Followers: 42
Tom Walton. Grad student. Followers: 40
John Hyland. Experimental psychologist. Followers: 37
Odette Beris. Psychologist and coach. Followers: 35
Gerald Guild. Psychologist, autism specialist. Followers: 33
Gillian Smith. Alcohol and drug researcher. Followers: 32
Nancy Hoffman. Neuropsychologist. Followers: 28
Chris Brand. Cognitive psychologist in training. Followers: 28
Alex Birch. Business psychologist. Followers: 26
Barry McGuinness. Psychologist, writer. Followers: 24
David Yates. Grad student. Followers: 24
David Hughes. Psychologist. Followers: 22
Kathryn Newns. Clinical psychologist. Followers: 21
Philip Collier. Sport & positive psychologist. Followers: 22
Paul Hanges. Organisational psychologist. Followers: 20
Andrew and Sabrina. Psychological scientists. Followers: 18
Bruce Hutchison. Clinical psychologist. Followers 18.
Caitlin Allison. Trainee counselling psychologist. Followers: 17
Margarita Holmes. Psychologist and sex therapist. Followers: 17
John Taylor. Cognitive psychologist. Followers: 16
Alison Price. Occupational psychologist. Followers: 16
Sian Jones. Grad student. Followers: 13
Scott Kaufman. Cognitive psychologist. Followers: 11
Victoria Mason. Psychology lecturer. Followers: 7
Helen Jones. Clinical psychologist. Followers: 7
Chelsea Walsh. Family & marriage therapist. Followers: 4
Lorraine Hope. Cognitive psychologist. Followers: 1
Further reading: @jonmsutton conducts world’s first (probably) psychology-themed Twinterview.
Nice list 🙂 Do I count? I'm a psychology student and a blogger 😉 (AstridKitti)
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My PhD supervisor is Dr. Mark Batey, one the worlds most prominent creativity researchers his name is @markbatey and he has 564 followers. He is a lecturer in occupational psychology at the University of Manchester's Business School. He is a must for this list.
I personally am a doctoral researcher in psychometric measurement of personality and financial behaviour (e.g. spending, saving, insurance claims behaviour). I have only 20 followers but only joined twitter several weeks ago.(I don't think i'll make the list but no harm in trying) My twitter name is @David_J_Hughes
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I'm missing Bruce Hood (Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre in the Experimental Psychology Department at the University of Bristol) with currently 2230 followers.
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Argh… Bruce Hood tweets as @profbrucehood
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I too am a psychologist albeit one that is just starting out. Have just completed my Masters.
Twitter – NickSmith147
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And Psychologists also tweeting via @ukskeptics (1217 followers this morning 🙂
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I'm a psychologist, behaviour analyst and sometime neuroscientist, and I'm not on the list. On Twitter as @zorroesque and currently have 57 followers. I blog at http://behaviourblog.blogspot.com/
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you may also include Dr. Margarita Holmes (@drmargieholmes)in the list. she's a clinical psychologist/ sex therapist/ author. she also teaches at the University of the Philippines Department of Psychology.
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I'm here too (Suzanne Conboy-Hill), in my guise as @DemTigerpaw (http://demtigerpaw.wordpress.com/). Clinical psychologist & visiting clinical research fellow with university of Brighton. Also here as @SussResCon on behalf of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust R&D.
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Arvid Kappas (@ArvidKappas), emotion researcher and a wonderful lecturer. Also, he blogs about psychology and neuroscience.
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do psychologist outside UK count? 🙂 freshly started psychologist and blogger, twitter nickname: sanjicak
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Not a professional psychologist, but as a psychology blogger, I might just make it to the list. Twitter id sandygautam, follower count: 1808, blog : http://the-mouse-trap.com
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Great idea and great list! I'm a developmental psychologist (U Waterloo) new to twitter since a couple of months. Twitter ID is @daniela_oneill. I tweet about research and information related to children's early language and thinking and narrative cognition. I've currently got 63 followers.
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And me! Well, us actually: me (Andrew D Wilson) and Sabrina Golonka are newly on Twitter, @PsychScientists (a whopping 17 followers) in tandem with our blog (Notes from Two Scientific Psychologists, http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/). I research perception/action and learning, and Sabrina researches similarity and categorisation.
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Hi there, good idea! I'm a psychologist too, my twitter ID is @AnaLoback
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I'm a cognitive psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. @MindDetective
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Gerald Guild, PhD: Licensed Psychologist (NY), Autism Specialist, Blogger (How Do You Think?) 32 followers @ gtguild
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Okay. me too.
Daniel Simons, prof at U. of Illinois
@prof.simons (145 followers)
I also tweet as @invisgorilla (314 followers)
That account is tweeted jointly with Chris Chabris (prof at Union College), but I do most of the tweeting.
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I am just a lowly graduate student but am shifting from using twitter for learning about teaching/education to psychology and am actively engaged and excited to learn from and with others in the field! @candacerachelle over 1300 followers
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I'm a cognitive psychologist, and I tweet about the psychology of sustainability. @green_minds
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John Hyland here. Experimental Psychologist. Liking this Twitter Psychologist idea.
Have aboout 35 followers or so @johnmph
J.
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@gtviki social psychologist 1200 followers
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Is there a network of psychologists already in existence? I know that teachers call it a “Professional Learning Network” and share ideas, strategies, articles, etc. Does this already exist in this field? I'm really excited about joining up, if so!
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Does a cognitive neuroscientist count? @j0ns1m0ns
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@intueri, with 312 followers, at http://twitter.com/#!/intueri
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@thelastpsych 1580followers
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@almostandy Andy Fugard, cognitive scientist, 186 followers. Cheers 🙂
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@Therapeutic1 … and me with a lowly 60 followers: Psychologist and Psychotherapist
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…and me – @lorraine_hope Currently mainly re-tweeting Alain deBotton so currently no followers! But am a Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology at University of Portsmouth with a particular interest in memory issues (eyewitness memory, interviewing, memory distortions and errors)… might start tweeting about it if anyone is interested!
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@cogphil – I'm a grad student with 27 followers. Very impressive list, thanks for putting it together!
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Jay Watts is on twitter as @Shrink_at_Large (Clinical Psychologist, Lacanian and Therapist)
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I'm an NHS Clinical Psychologist and a Clinical Tutor at Staffordshire University – with very few tweets or followers! I can't imagine anyone would want to follow me, and I know very few colleagues who use Twitter! But if you think I make the list then I'm @Zeta08
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Hi, I'm a cognitive scientist on Twitter. I'm @adrianwale and have 137 followers.
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I'd love to be included:
@DrMarsha (11,128 followers and counting!)
Thanks!
Marsha Lucas, PhD
Psychologist / Neuropsychologist
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DPsych Candidate at RMIT University, Melbourne: @AndyPo13 (21 followers) and a newish blog poface.tumblr.com
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I'm a counseling psychologist specializing in career/vocational development.
Janet Civitelli, Ph.D.
@VocationVillage
114 followers
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Hello,
My name is Talya Grumberg (M.A. Clinical Psych.)
I'm a mental health counselor specializing in crisis intervention. Also a neuroscience enthusiast and blogger.
@talyalovesmusic
130 followers
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Melanie Greenberg PhD @DrMelanieG Mindful Self-Expression Mill Valley, Marin County, CA
Cognitive-Behavioral, Mindful, Emotion-Focused
Compassionate, Informed, Current
481 followers
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Alison Price, Chartered Occupational Psychologist
@OccPsychologist
15 followers
Thanks,
Alison
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David Webb. Psychology tutor, blog writer and website host.
Twitter: 1,759 followers @psych101
Also on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/psychologyonline
(21,582 People Like This).
http://www.all-about-psychology.com
http://www.all-about-forensic-psychology.com
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@Researchpsych -Health Psychology tweets , 246 followers
Thanks for making us aware of all of these psychologists on twitter- great idea! Has anyone made a twitter list out of these?
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If possible, I'd like to be included on this list. Kris Burns, Certified Counselor, soon-to-be grad student in an MSW program. 9+ years of clinical experience in a rural community mental health center.
Thanks!
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Kris Burns here again. Forgot to add my number of Twitter followers: 2,540
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I'm a psychologist in Canada. Find me at @bjhutch2
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In answer to “has anyone made a list” – yes, at the very least, me:
http://twitter.com/@sjgknight/psychologists-who-tweet
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I'm a developmental psychologist and I tweet about child development and parenting. Find me at @JuiBee
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I'm a social psychologist grad student @ravi_polipsych and would like to be included…thanks!
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Hi,
I am a social Psychologist hilary_b currently with 382 followers
It seems that there are a lot of us out there and several different lists, maybe we need a twibe or something?
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I am a forensic psychologist with 200+ followers @kfranklinphd
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