TODAY'S THE DAY! See you @3 in Hynes 102 for our interest group on aging/judgment/decision making and @4:30 in Hynes 102 for our sponsored/highlighted symposium on the same topic :)

Dr. Julia Nolte@dr-julia-nolte.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to see everyone at GSA (Gerontological Soc America) in Boston! As a reminder, the Judgment & Decision Making (JDM) Special Interest Group (SIG) will be meeting Friday @3pm in Room 102. The meeting is directly followed by our sponsored symposium on aging & decision making @4:30pm in 102!😃

Excited to see everyone at GSA (Gerontological Soc America) in Boston! As a reminder, the Judgment & Decision Making (JDM) Special Interest Group (SIG) will be meeting Friday @3pm in Room 102. The meeting is directly followed by our sponsored symposium on aging & decision making @4:30pm in 102!😃

New Aging x JDM Newsletter out! Featuring 53 (!) talks, posters, symposia and other events on aging and decision making you don't want to miss at this year's GSA meeting in Boston (Nov 12-15)! DM/email me for the newsletter: j.nolte@tilburguniversity.edu New Aging x JDM Newsletter out!

REMINDER: We are hosting a FREE online event on AGING + DECISION MAKING + TECHNOLOGY next week Tuesday!

Dr. Julia Nolte@dr-julia-nolte.bsky.social · last yr.

We are super excited to invite you to our FREE research & networking event @ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM) on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne : geron.org/News-Events/... (@geronsociety.bsky.social‬)

We are super excited to invite you to our FREE research & networking event @ Sep 30 (11AM EDT, on ZOOM) on the intersections of aging, technology, and decision research with Dr. Wally Boot & Dr. Kaileigh Byrne : geron.org/News-Events/... (@geronsociety.bsky.social‬)

Next JDM newsletter out! We are excited to host an in-person meeting in Boston on Nov 14, 2025, and welcome Dr. Ryan Best as our newest convener! The newsletter also packs podcasts, funding, a workshop & new call for papers. Interested? Email me: j.nolte@tilburguniversity.edu

So proud of everyone at Tilburg University, the Department of Social Psychology, and all of the Tilburg citizens outside of academia who participated in today's protest march in Tilburg to signal that we are against the academic/educational budget cuts proposed by the Dutch government!

How do changes in memory and experience across the lifespan shape our judgments and decisions? Together with @yeeleeshing.bsky.social @yanafandakova.bsky.social we have edited a special issue on the theme, check it out here: tinyurl.com/EPSpecial @dr-julia-nolte.bsky.social @loeckenhoff.bsky.social

The Interplay of Memory and Decision Making – Developmental and Aging Processes: A Special Issue of European Psychologist: European Psychologist: Vol 29, No 4

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My department celebrated our big achievement with a surprise cake breakfast this morning! Proud to be part of the faculty offering the #1 ranked Psychology Master's Program in the Netherlands <3

Super proud that my department's Master's Program in Social Psychology at @tilburg-university.bsky.social has been ranked #1 in the Netherlands! www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/news...

Keuzegids Masters: two excellent and six #1 programs at Tilburg University | Tilburg University

In Keuzegids Masters 2025, two programs at Tilburg University achieve the maximum score on all items, earning them the title of excellent Master’s programs. These are the Master in Business Law (Onder...

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My awesome friend @georghenning.bsky.social from the German Centre of Gerontology/Deutsche(s) Zentrum für Altersfragen will appear on Austria's ORF3 to share his expertise on aging and retirement on April 9!

Georg Henning@georghenning.bsky.social · last yr.

‪Wenn ihr euch für das Thema Altern / Ruhestand interessiert, für österreichische Politik, und / oder sehen wollt wie ich mich vor Publikum blamiere: Der Sender ORF3 überträgt am 9.4. die Enquete des österreichischen Bundesrats, bei der ich auch einen Vortrag halte tv.orf.at/program/orf3...

In our new paper, @loeckenhoff.bsky.social and I examine why older adults are more likely to avoid making decisions. We find that a writing intervention makes choosing less taxing and stressful (yay us!), but does not decrease avoidance tendencies (boo!). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What Factors are Associated with Age Differences In Intentional Decision Avoidance?

To examine why older adults avoid choices more, two pre-registered, U.S.-based studies (N1 = 164, Mage_1 = 50.71, N2 = 485, Mage_2 = 51.08) evaluated the roles of cognitive load and affect. In Stud...

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Just migrated here & want to introduce myself! I am an Assistant Professor of Economic and Social Psychology at Tilburg University (NL) and a Heidelberg (GER) and Cornell (US) Psych alumna. I study age differences in how people engage with information, take risks, fall for fraud, and make choices.