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In one of our soon-to-be-published studies we ran on Prolific, we found that interpersonal reappraisal is often more effective than empathy and validation at helping people down-regulate negative emotions, even though people generally expect the opposite to be true

The Psych Dept Bryn Mawr College is searching for an Asst Prof or Associate Prof in Cultural Psychology to begin August 1, 2024. Apply here apply.interfolio.com/128240 Please RT! #AcademicTwitter #psychtwitter

New preprint with Michael C. Frank and Maya Mathur: Eleven years of student replication projects provide evidence on the correlates of replicability in psychology (psyarxiv.com/dpyn6/) reporting 176 replications from students in a grad methods class Stanford Psychology. (1/5)

Why should affective science expand its grip and study affect not only in wakefulness, but also across the whole wake-sleep cycle (mind-wandering, sleep, and dreaming)? Here is a li'l piece I wrote together with the amaaazing James J. Gross 🙏🙏🙏 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to share our new chapter, "Emotion regulation in self and others" for the forthcoming book "Emotion Regulation and Parenting"! doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…

We have just published a 6-item short form of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (called the ERQ-S). It is a brief measure of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Authors: Kate Petrova, Ashish Mehta, and James Gross. You can download here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It’s official - we are going to NEW ORLEANS!! Save the date for #AffectScience2024 from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3, 2024. Abstract submissions will open in late September. See our 2024 SAS Annual conference website for regular updates: society-for-affective-science.org/conferences/20…

Interested in a PhD or post-bacc research coordinator position in Psychology? Applications close THIS FRIDAY (September 22nd, midnight PT) for our annual Paths to PhD free webinar and 1:1 workshops. See thread below for more details! ⬇️

#paths2phd is happening now! Excited about talks, panels, and Q&As all about applying and getting into psychology PhD programs! 🧠🧠

Do you want to master the art of rethinking? Check out this fantastic new blog post on Psychology Today by Kate Petrova! Here, she outlines the Three E's of successful rethinking to help you overcome any challenges you may be facing in daily life. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feel-b…

Last year, a paper in Science claimed to have directly measured neural activity (the DIANA response) with line-scan MRI. Replicability is contested. Here, we document the unique noise profile of the acquisition sequence and discuss the future of DIANA. 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hey #AcademicTwitter, what are your favorite tricks or tools for making a ~40-60 student UG lecture course more interactive?

🧵1/10 🎮Final Results Alert! We've conducted the largest experimental study on gamers to date, exploring how affect regulation impacts performance. 🤔Why does it matter? We believed that affective responses during stressful, high-stakes performances can undermine or optimize it.

HOPE FOR CYNICS is out today! Its protagonist, Emile Bruneau, was one of my heroes. I hope this book can pass on a tiny fraction of his wisdom along with the science. Thank you, Emile, and all who supported this labor of love. jamil-zaki.com/hope-for-cynics youtube.com/watch?v=kJvfqf…

Are you thinking of applying to PhD programs in psychology but unsure about how to start or whether it's a good fit? Apply by Sep 29th to Stanford Psychology's 8th annual Paths to PhD info-session/workshop to have all of your questions answered! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

NEW SPECIAL EPISODE OUT! In the latest episode of our Meet the Hosts series, Adani chats with Kate Petrova! They talk about how Kate joined the podcast, her journey into & through grad school, what affective science is, and where it might go in the future! buzzsprout.com/admin/1801436/…

A very overdue announcement of our new paper! We used a unique longitudinal sample from the Harvard Study of Adult Development—spanning over 60 years of data collection!—to see how social networks change across the entire adult lifespan: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pa…

🚀 Unlock Research Opportunities Always wanted to explore emotions, physiology, or esports but lacked resources? The CEPAV dataset is here! Ready-to-use and described in detail in our paper published in Scientific Data . Dive in and start discovering today!

New preprint with Tobias Gerstenberg! Regret isn’t just about what happened—it’s about how we think about what could have happened. Our model quantifies how strongly people update beliefs about counterfactual outcomes. Stronger updates = more intense regret! doi.org/10.31234/osf.i…