Research by @artsci.utoronto.ca PhD student Elia Q. Y. Lam & Prof. Rebecca Neel suggests that feelings of invisibility are dynamic, shaped by who we are & whom we interact with. 👥 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/invisib...

As technology evolves, cybercriminals continue to develop new ways to target online accounts. Beginning Aug. 7, #UofT will introduce updates to the university sign-in experience to help keep your accounts secure. Learn more: security.utoronto.ca/news/upcomin...

Upcoming changes to your U of T sign-in experience - Information Security at University of Toronto

Beginning Aug. 7, U of T sign-ins will include UTORMFA Verified Push and no longer offer the Keep me signed in option for Microsoft 365 applications.

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If AI can solve loneliness, should it? Eric Bombicino speaks with @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social (@uoftpsychology.bsky.social) on why discomfort, missteps, and even rejection play a role in shaping who we are.

AI Could End Loneliness. Is That a Problem? | The Rundown

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Psychologists @utoronto.ca have found that people expect to be more productive in visually pleasing offices & are more likely to want to work in them, but aesthetic appeal is not associated with productivity gains. 🖥️ www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/are-wor...

@ygirme.bsky.social and I are very happy to announce that the first set of chapters from our new Oxford Handbook of Singlehood are now available: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

To recognize Jewish Heritage Month, UTP has made a select list of journal articles free to read for the month May, covering topics in Jewish culture & history, graphic novels, language, urban cultural sites, and more. Find the full reading list online: bit.ly/3Pyy610

“Design can be informed by user preferences, and research can benefit from more ecological validity, from actually being in a space,” says @dirkbwalther.bsky.social @utoronto.ca. “This is potentially game-changing.” 🗼 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/neurosc...

Infants make nuanced moral character judgments as early as 12 months old, according to a new #UofT study 📚 uoft.me/cmv

“Single people who expected relationships to be more intimate & bring more benefits to their lives reported lower satisfaction with their status as a single person & a higher desire for entering a relationship,” says @utoronto.ca PhD student Tayler Wells. 💕 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/happily...

Happily ever after starts now: What single people think about romantic relationships shapes their happiness whether they stay single or not

What single people expect from romantic relationships is related to how satisfied they are with singlehood and partially predicts whether they stay single, according to new research by psychologists a...

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Does seeing partnership more negatively make singles happier? New paper by Tayler Wells explores this and more. Thread with the key takeaways.

TASC 2026 was a big success! Thanks to invited speakers Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva @psych.ubc.ca and Gerald Cupchik @utsc.utoronto.ca for their interesting presentations and David Rokeby @utoronto.ca for the Voice Scroll installation. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @uoftpsychology.bsky.social

Dozens of scientists, scholars, and artists came together last week at the University of Toronto's University College for the second edition of the Toronto Aesthetics Sciences and Creativity… | Un...

Dozens of scientists, scholars, and artists came together last week at the University of Toronto's University College for the second edition of the Toronto Aesthetics Sciences and Creativity Conferenc...

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"We’ve discovered the smallest timescale that our memories are divided into—the smallest chunks of our memories,” says Thomas Biba, a PhD candidate in the department of psychology @artsci.utoronto.ca. 🎥 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-psy...

U of T psychologists tune into the rhythms of memory for the first time

Research by psychologists at the University of Toronto finds that like a video camera, your brain captures approximately seven snapshots per second that get stitched together when we recall the past. ...

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A researcher at SickKids and #UofT, Sheena Josselyn explores how memories are encoded, stored & recalled - and even how they can be reprogrammed, implanted & erased 🧠 uoft.me/josselyn-s

“As adults, we think there are good people, bad people, and people who are somewhere in between,” says @jessicas.bsky.social, professor of psychology @artsci.utoronto.ca. “It seems like infants are thinking the same way.” 👶 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/infants...

Infants make nuanced moral character judgments as early as 12-months-old, study finds

Research by psychologists at the University of Toronto suggests that we begin to make moral character judgments as early as 12-months-old while also recognizing that individuals can exist along a mora...

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We propose a new experimental approach to characterize the context-dependency of impression management (IM), now published open-access in Molecular Autism, led by the amazing ECR Wei Ai at @camhnews.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social (1/4) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation - Molecular Autism

Molecular Autism - Some autistic people “camouflage” by modifying autistic characteristics in social situations. Operationalizations of camouflaging remain limited and inconsistent....

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“With both behavioural & neuroimaging findings, we find that people prioritize sharp edges & object boundaries more than other features like textures & surface information to process orientation,” says Seohee Han, a PhD student @artsci.utoronto.ca. 👓 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/edges-a...

Edges and object boundaries key to processing visual orientation

Research by psychologists at the University of Toronto has determined the visual features your brain relies on to determine the orientation of objects in a scene.

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Our brains cling to stability: when scenes slowly change, people still see the original for longer than expected. This AI-image study shows that perception lags behind reality -our minds favor continuity over constant reprocessing. doi.org/10.1037/xhp0... @uoftpsychology.bsky.social

#UofTArtSci psychologist Katy Tam has found that smartphones actually create more boredom. Tam's Life Hacks Research Lab provides evidence-based advice to those struggling with digital distraction. Read more: bit.ly/47qGup6

Get ready for the #TAMeG2026 feat @aliprestonphd.bsky.social, mentorship & leadership panel: Mr. Ike Okafor, @efriskouw.bsky.social, spectacular trainee talks, lunch 🥪, and reception🥂! www.tameg.ca @barense.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social @uoftpsychology.bsky.social

“We imagine a messenger walking through the hippocampus carrying packets of information,” says @drmack.bsky.social. “The more messengers that go through a particular pathway, the stronger the footprint is going to look.” 🐾 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/psychol...

Psychologists develop new way to study how we learn

Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new way to investigate how we learn by combining two brain imaging techniques and zeroing in on what they call “pathway footprints.”

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What makes a bridge aesthetically pleasing to members of the public? Psychologists and civil engineers @utoronto.ca have teamed up to find out in the first empirical study of its kind. 🌉 www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/empiric...

The MacLab makes an appearance on CBC's The National. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Xa...

2026 relationship goal: Stay single?

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You may not need a new job, relationship, or expensive hobby this year to find more meaning in life. You just need to pay more attention, according to a series of studies led by @artsci.utoronto.ca Prof. Katy Tam. 💡 www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/easy-sc...

An easy, science-backed way to find more meaning in life

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Need support during Reading Week? The Office of the Faculty Registrar is open! Find the OFR's hours here: https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/faculty-registrar

Are you a student or graduate of psychology @utoronto.ca? We want to hear from you! Complete the UTQAP Student Survey by Feb 20 to help shape our programs. In appreciation of your time, you will be entered into a draw to win a $50 VISA gift card. ✅ uotsurvey.forumresearch.com/SE/1/UTQAPPS...

We’ve been getting kinder. Even in 2024, four years after the onset of COVID-19, the frequency of benevolent acts such as volunteering, helping strangers, and donating to charity were over 10% above their pre-pandemic levels.👇

Since nobody else is talking about AI these days, check out my conversation w/ @azimshariff.bsky.social sponsored by the International Telecommunications Society & the Munk School. It’ll be fun! (Azim and I disagree about a few things.) Feb. 19, 9:30–10:30 AM EST www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-ai-cha...

How AI Changes Us

What happens to the human mind when we begin sharing the world with new kinds of intelligence?

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Big news on #SaferInternetDay: I’ve been elected as a Research Fellow with the AIChildSafety.org Childhood & AI Lab. Grateful to John Zoltner and the Lab for creating space for this kind of work. 🔗 lnkd.in/ggm6bgtv #AIChildSafety #ChildhoodAndAI #ResponsibleAI #DevSci

Population receptive field size in scene-selective visual cortex is related to the anterior-posterior organization. Spatial frequency preference is NOT related to pRF size! New results by Charlotte Leferink and @damianoc.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1162/IMAG... @uoftpsychology.bsky.social @utoronto.ca

Imaging Neuroscience@imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Charlotte A. Leferink, Claudia Damiano, and Dirk B. Walther: Population receptive field size does not correspond to spatial frequency processing in scene-selective cortex doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Are you a student or graduate of psychology @utoronto.ca? We want to hear from you! Complete the UTQAP Student Survey by Feb 20 to help shape our programs. In appreciation of your time, you will be entered into a draw to win a $50 VISA gift card. ✅ uotsurvey.forumresearch.com/SE/1/UTQAPPS...