You know when you have a perfect container of strawberries but there is one moldy one that could make the rest of the batch go moldy? Aging cells are like that! When one cell starts to age biologically, it will send out molecular signals to other cells to start aging faster.

NEW #OA article out now! - "Mobility and Inequality in the Professoriate: How and Why First-Generation and Working-Class Backgrounds Matter" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23… #openscience

Proud advisor moment: my grad student Stephen Anderson published a new first author paper on creativity & empathy, in collaboration with cognitive psychologist Roger Beaty. Excellent work, Stephen! tandfonline.com/eprint/XNWWJ94… Penn State Psychology Penn State College of the Liberal Arts @RockEthicsPSU Society for Personality and Social Psychology

No English subtitles unfortunately, but some *very* interesting info in this Israeli Channel 13 reporting from last year about the ongoing Dan Ariely scandal. A few things I didn’t know: 1/ 13tv.co.il/item/news/hama…

🚨In press JEPG🚨 Remember the paper showing that it’s specifically *low-conscientious* conservatives who share fake news? It got lots of coverage Well it seems NOT TRUE We fail to replicate it 5x times & show the original data don't support the claim: psyarxiv.com/8fkpy

"Wellbeing and emotional intelligence are part of the puzzle to build a thriving organization, however, the glue to keeping everything in place is empathy." forbes.com/sites/colleenr…

Seeking data for meta-analysis on animal exposure (own pets, animal programs, zoo / farm visits, vet students) & prosocial outcomes (empathy, prosocial traits, prosocial beliefs / attitudes, prosocial behaviors / intentions). Contact me if you have relevant data. Alison Jane Martingano, Ph.D.

i need a hobby. please help inspire me by sharing your hobbies that *aren’t* a bookclub or social sport 🙏🏻

"Racial Variations in the #XR Experience: Findings and Implications" - In this #vMed23 talk, @IAmSusanPersky describes her work at NIH to examine variations in cybersickness and other experiences among users of #VR: youtube.com/watch?v=d4bLTF…. Illuminating insights!

🚨🚨🚨New paper alert! Do people violate their goals because they fail to exert self-control or because they decide not to exert self-control? w/ Helena Kilger & Dorota Reis | @[email protected] OA paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11031… (1/4)

In a new meta-analysis, Yongzheng Yang & I found that more economic inequality is associated with less prosocial behaviors like giving & volunteering. The dataset includes 192 effect sizes representing 2.5+ million people. Nature Human Behaviour #metaanalysis nature.com/articles/s4156…

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month this coming September, @UWGB will host a one-day, outdoor, family-friendly festival to celebrate Hispanic heritage on September 16. go.uwsa.edu/820233

Yesterday I tried to help a lab member with an experiment and totally screwed it up for her, and then slunk back to my office in shame. I am now well and truly a PI.

Noah Smith 🐇 "The 1% of the population accountable for 63% of all violent crime convictions" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24173408/

My last episode as host of Psychology and Stuff , as Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges and I pass the show on to its new host, Dr. Alison Jane Martingano (Alison Jane Martingano, Ph.D.). AJ will do amazing work with this show (and she promised to have me back on as a guest often). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

The Limited Benefits of Using #VirtualReality 360° Videos to Promote #Empathy and Charitable #Giving Alison Jane Martingano (Alison Jane Martingano, Ph.D.), Sara Konrath (Dr. Sara Konrath), Evan Henritze, & Adam D. Brow journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…