SO excited to share that I'll be joining Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Psychology starting September 2027!! I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior. www.heffner-lab.com

This was a cool project to be a part of, and in my opinion represents a key piece of evidence in understanding how affect (valence) tracks value learning in decision-making. Great work Yang!

Yang Teoh@yyangteoh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The typeset version of our paper (w/ Sam, @jpheffne.bsky.social & @orielf.bsky.social ) in @commspsychol.nature.com is now up: www.nature.com/articles/s44.... We show that affective valence tracks value learning independent of canonical RPEs, in both social and non-social (risky) decision-making. 🧵

I am SO excited to share my latest #preprint with @robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind: "Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence" arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091 A short 🧵 1/7

Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence

Chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly become a significant part of everyday life, with over a quarter of American adults using them multiple times per week. While these tools o...

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I'm finally making the switch from the old one to the new one. Looking forward to connecting and sharing research on emotions, language, decision-making, mental health, and artificial intelligence!