Come discuss new insights into emotion development at this year's Developmental Affective Science preconference at SAS!

Michele Morningstar@profmorningstar.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Excited to share this: @eriknook.bsky.social and I are hosting a pre-conference on Developmental Affective Science before this year's @affectscience.bsky.social (March 12, 2026). If you're thinking of attending #SAS2026, consider joining us for the pre-con too! ✨

Wooo one of my favorite events of the year!! ✨ This year, we’ve got a new half-day format and some exciting panel discussions planned! 🤩 @affectscience.bsky.social

Society for Affective Science@affectscience.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Explore new ideas in emotion regulation—featuring talks on social and group processes, panels on emerging science, and opportunities to connect across career stages at the Emotion Regulation Pre-conference at SAS 2026! bit.ly/3Mx0778

Excited to share my 1st grad school preprint w/ @eriknook.bsky.social We review how AI is used in mental health research & treatment (from detecting symptoms w/ language to powering therapy chatbots) and highlight ethical/safety issues w/ rapidly bringing AI into this space. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Managing emotions is not easy - we often get by with a little help. In the NEW Social Interaction and Emotion Lab at Rutgers-Newark, we’ll study how social interactions regulate emotion using experiments, naturalistic data, and multi-modal approaches. ✨ Now recruiting! ✨🙌 Learn more: raziasahi.com

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

Tomorrow at 7:30pm! ✊📣 YOU are the union! Join us 9/30 for an all-union Town hall. We can overcome the challenges we face & win a strong new contract if we ALL get involved. We'll discuss the path forward & what we need to do to safeguard & build on what we won in 2023.✊ Register: loom.ly/2A_cWC8

Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union@ruaaup-ptl.bsky.social · 11mo ago

✊📣 YOU are the union! Join us 9/30 for an all-union Town hall. We can overcome the challenges we face and win a strong new contract if we ALL get involved. We'll discuss the path forward & what we need to do to safeguard & build on what we won in 2023.✊ Register: https://loom.ly/2A_cWC8

Loved presenting at SRP for the first time and connecting with new people! Let's stay in touch!! 🤝

Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈@eriknook.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Three cheers to @raziasahi.bsky.social for a *fantastic* talk on her work with @veravine.bsky.social investigating emotion vocabulary in therapy! And keep an eye out for opportunities to join her in her new lab at Rutgers!

Proud mentee moment for the @logicemotionlab.bsky.social! Awesome seeing all of @eriknook.bsky.social’s fascinating research over the years woven beautifully together in this talk. And so amazing to see him honored with the SRP ✨Early Career Award!! ✨👏

Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

New paper in CPsy 📢 - from Mostafa Abdou, @raziasahi.bsky.social, Thomas Hull, @eriknook.bsky.social and @nathanieldaw.bsky.social - cpsyjournal.org/articles/10....

Leveraging large language models to estimate clinically relevant psychological constructs in psychotherapy transcripts | Computational Psychiatry

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Logic of Emotion Lab@logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We have a new paper published in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social! We used large-language models (LLMs) to estimate linguistic distance in psychotherapy text and found that these ratings tracked with clients’ symptoms in treatment over time, more strongly than word-counting techniques did.

Really pleased with how this turned out, giving new insight into the linguistics of therapy: Found that LLMs estimate psychological distance better than dictionary-based methods used in prior work (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...), also finding that therapists who *encourage* distance fare better

Linguistic measures of psychological distance track symptom levels and treatment outcomes in a large set of psychotherapy transcripts | PNAS

Using language to distance oneself from negative stimuli (e.g., by reducing use of the word “I” and present-tense verbs) is associated with effecti...

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Logic of Emotion Lab@logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We have a new paper published in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social! We used large-language models (LLMs) to estimate linguistic distance in psychotherapy text and found that these ratings tracked with clients’ symptoms in treatment over time, more strongly than word-counting techniques did.

My website is official 🙌 Excited to share that I am interested in reviewing applications for Harvard’s Clinical Science PhD program this fall as I look for the first student to join my lab! I appreciate it if you can share with your network :) psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mark-...

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We're hiring TWO social psychologists (one health, one any area of social) at U of Utah! Pls share widely, and reach out if you have any questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle! We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate. It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations. Spread the words!

My department is hiring an assistant professor of educational psychology who researches and teaches motivation in schools! My contact info is in the job posting, please reach out if you have any questions. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Perceived community alignment increases information sharing - Nature Communications

Information sharing is a ubiquitous and consequential behavior. Here, the authors use neuroimaging and behavioral studies to show that people are driven to share information that they believe will be ...

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How do we regulate each other's emotions? We talk big strategies (reappraisal, validation) and subtle mechanisms (acoustics, linguistics) in this new ep of @mindsmatter.bsky.social! Thanks for the fun convo @avamadesousa.bsky.social!

Minds Matter Podcast@mindsmatter.bsky.social · last yr.

New Episode! Dr. Razia Sahi (@raziasahi.bsky.social) joins Ava and Beth to discuss the details of social emotion regulation, including the use of reappraisal and validation to help navigate difficult emotions! Links in 🧵

Huge congrats to Razia on spearheading this excellent work! And thanks to Derrick Hull and @veravine.bsky.social for being such awesome collaborators!

Razia Sahi@raziasahi.bsky.social · last yr.

Does linguistic diversity when talking about emotions track wellbeing? In a new pre-print with @eriknook.bsky.social, we link emotion vocabularies to mental health in a large real-world psychotherapy dataset. Highlight: therapist emo vocab may help clients get better over time! shorturl.at/TKPN1

Does linguistic diversity when talking about emotions track wellbeing? In a new pre-print with @eriknook.bsky.social, we link emotion vocabularies to mental health in a large real-world psychotherapy dataset. Highlight: therapist emo vocab may help clients get better over time! shorturl.at/TKPN1

Wrapping up #ica25 with @rzhprfshr.bsky.social presenting our work with @joebayer.bsky.social reviewing the research under the broad umbrella of “social connection”. And perfect timing because the paper was published TODAY at @natrevpsychol.nature.com 🥳 rdcu.be/erayE

I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside. Sharing would be much appreciated! jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189

University of California, Riverside - Jobs

UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!

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We're hiring a postdoc in the FEEL lab at the University of Melbourne. Deadline May 12: get in touch if you have questions! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...

Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FEEL Lab) : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

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🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025 🚨📣 Please share widely and spread the word to interested candidates! 🧵 🗓 Application review begins April 30 Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)

Tax Day next up: NSF! 🛰️ $40 a year. That’s what the average U.S. taxpayer pays annually to fund the National Science Foundation. 💡 Science isn’t luxury - it’s infrastructure. From disaster prediction to cybersecurity to the tech in your phone, NSF powers the systems that keep society running.

Kristina Olson and I have a truly incredible advisee who won an NSF but had no luck on clinical psych PhD applications this round. Anyone able to consider another candidate this late in the process? Trust me, you won't regret it!

It's that time of year again: I'm teaching Linear Regression. As such I've updated my writing guide for linear regression. Tips and tricks for writing accurate and clear interpretations and inferences in regression. You can check it out on OSF osf.io/aeqn6

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Marginalia Science@marginaliascience.bsky.social · last yr.

need a break from doom scrolling? check out this month's feature @raziasahi.bsky.social 🤩 open.substack.com/pub/marginal...

Join us in congratulating our lab’s incredible poster presenters at SAS 2025! We’re so proud of their hard work and accomplishments. @raziasahi.bsky.social @claire-whiting.bsky.social @hennavartiainen.bsky.social @smesquiti.bsky.social @milkawaniak.bsky.social Angie Challman

We’re thrilled to celebrate Erik for co-authoring the Best Paper at SAS (Nencheva et al., 2024) and Dan for winning the Diversity Award! Beyond these achievements, our lab members gave fantastic talks: @eriknook.bsky.social @raziasahi.bsky.social @danmirea.bsky.social @claire-whiting.bsky.social

I spent the weekend a little obsessed about getting word to tenured professors at the 60 targeted schools who are also U.S. citizens, but the organizers have now provided an even easier way to share: sites.google.com/umass.edu/we...