Richard Huskey
@richardhuskey.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UC Davis. PI, Cognitive Communication Science Lab. Associate Editor, Journal of Communication. Ski bum at heart. https://cogcommscience.com/
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In Jan 2022, over 🌮s, Jason & I kicked off a project on sequential media selection. A theory article (doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...) laid the foundation. Now, a new preprint using real-world data, careful experimentation, & computational modeling shows how curiosity modulates exploration. Way to go Jason!
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Who’s feeling it?
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Who’s feeling it?
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Out now in Scientific Reports! Despite high correlations, ChatGPT models failed to replicate human moral judgments. We propose tests beyond correlation to compare LLM data and human data.
With @mattgrizz.bsky.social @andyluttrell.bsky.social @chasmonge.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @mattgrizz.bsky.social @andyluttrell.bsky.social @chasmonge.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ChatGPT does not replicate human moral judgments: the importance of examining metrics beyond correlation to assess agreement - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - ChatGPT does not replicate human moral judgments: the importance of examining metrics beyond correlation to assess agreement
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Out now in Scientific Reports! Despite high correlations, ChatGPT models failed to replicate human moral judgments. We propose tests beyond correlation to compare LLM data and human data.
With @mattgrizz.bsky.social @andyluttrell.bsky.social @chasmonge.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @mattgrizz.bsky.social @andyluttrell.bsky.social @chasmonge.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Being Interdisciplinary feels like practicing non-attachment. Different disciplines come in & out of focus in waves, each a whole world. Engaging with philosophy gives access to different ontologies than engaging in neuroscience or AI. This helps us evaluate each field from within & outside itself.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Being Interdisciplinary feels like practicing non-attachment. Different disciplines come in & out of focus in waves, each a whole world. Engaging with philosophy gives access to different ontologies than engaging in neuroscience or AI. This helps us evaluate each field from within & outside itself.
This is going to ruin the tour www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is going to ruin the tour www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Beyond honored to speak as keynote for the Comm Horizons Conference at UC Davis!! Triple shout-outs to @richardhuskey.bsky.social, Jorge Peña, and @soojongkim.bsky.social Soojong Kim for organizing efforts. Please consider sending your work and attending the conference (+a short visit to Napa! 🍇🍷)
Excited to announce the third annual Comm Horizons @ucdavis.bsky.social Conference:
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Comm Horizons @ UCD 2026: Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
communication.ucdavis.edu
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Beyond honored to speak as keynote for the Comm Horizons Conference at UC Davis!! Triple shout-outs to @richardhuskey.bsky.social, Jorge Peña, and @soojongkim.bsky.social Soojong Kim for organizing efforts. Please consider sending your work and attending the conference (+a short visit to Napa! 🍇🍷)
Excited to announce the third annual Comm Horizons @ucdavis.bsky.social Conference:
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Comm Horizons @ UCD 2026: Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
communication.ucdavis.edu
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excited to announce the third annual Comm Horizons @ucdavis.bsky.social Conference:
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
Communication in the Age of AI and Algorithms
Featuring cutting-edge research and keynotes from Jeff Hancock and @angelhwang.bsky.social
Hope you'll submit and share! communication.ucdavis.edu/horizonconf2...
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If you don’t have the means to donate, even a quick share would mean the world to my pup & I. ❤️🩹 Ninook lost her ability to walk this weekend, but a simple (yet expensive) surgery can restore it. I got her when I started this PhD program & she motivates me to finish it. Thank you for your help.
Hi everyone. A grad in my lab (@rachaelkee.bsky.social) could use your help. Her dog needs surgery. If you can, even a little help goes a long way gofund.me/0ebf78a49
Donate to Help Ninook Walk Again: Emergency TPLO Surgery Needed, organized by Rachael Kee
Hi friends, family, and animal lovers everywhere. My name is Rachael… Rachael Kee needs your support for Help Ninook Walk Again: Emergency TPLO Surgery Needed
gofund.me
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you don’t have the means to donate, even a quick share would mean the world to my pup & I. ❤️🩹 Ninook lost her ability to walk this weekend, but a simple (yet expensive) surgery can restore it. I got her when I started this PhD program & she motivates me to finish it. Thank you for your help.
Hi everyone. A grad in my lab (@rachaelkee.bsky.social) could use your help. Her dog needs surgery. If you can, even a little help goes a long way gofund.me/0ebf78a49
Donate to Help Ninook Walk Again: Emergency TPLO Surgery Needed, organized by Rachael Kee
Hi friends, family, and animal lovers everywhere. My name is Rachael… Rachael Kee needs your support for Help Ninook Walk Again: Emergency TPLO Surgery Needed
gofund.me
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hi everyone. A grad in my lab (@rachaelkee.bsky.social) could use your help. Her dog needs surgery. If you can, even a little help goes a long way gofund.me/0ebf78a49
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The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. n.pr/4hYa0pY
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. n.pr/4hYa0pY
Woke up to half a dozen e-learning trainings that are either due or overdue and it makes me wonder what awful things I did in some past life to deserve this
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Woke up to half a dozen e-learning trainings that are either due or overdue and it makes me wonder what awful things I did in some past life to deserve this
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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This whole thread owes me royalties for all the bad writing of mine they’re plagiarizing.
“Indeed”
Academic tip: sometimes you have to write "Importantly," to get a sentence started and then you can go back and delete it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This whole thread owes me royalties for all the bad writing of mine they’re plagiarizing.
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seeking contributors for an edited volume
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
seeking contributors for an edited volume
🧵 What does it take to build a small, scrappy, and successful communication neuroscience lab? Our lab, @gongxuanjun.bsky.social, @rachaelkee.bsky.social, Allyson Snyder, Ziyu Zhao, and I put out heads together to answer this question. Here's what we came up with: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧵 What does it take to build a small, scrappy, and successful communication neuroscience lab? Our lab, @gongxuanjun.bsky.social, @rachaelkee.bsky.social, Allyson Snyder, Ziyu Zhao, and I put out heads together to answer this question. Here's what we came up with: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Fireworks in LA rn
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Fireworks in LA rn
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
Twenty years of edits later, my lasagna barely resembles my mother-in-law’s original. Philosophically speaking, am I still making _her_ lasagna?
October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Twenty years of edits later, my lasagna barely resembles my mother-in-law’s original. Philosophically speaking, am I still making _her_ lasagna?
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This is a great NPR piece for anyone looking for quick, science-based tips on how to build a healthier relationship with media.
Fantastic work by @richardhuskey.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social and Robin Nabi !
#psychsky #healthymedia
Fantastic work by @richardhuskey.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social and Robin Nabi !
#psychsky #healthymedia
We say we want uplifting media, but our revealed preferences tell another story. We often pick darker, more intense content. This @npr.org piece covers our lab’s research on why, and includes great advice from @aeden.bsky.social on building intentional media habits.
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress. n.pr/4quxZB8
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a great NPR piece for anyone looking for quick, science-based tips on how to build a healthier relationship with media.
Fantastic work by @richardhuskey.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social and Robin Nabi !
#psychsky #healthymedia
Fantastic work by @richardhuskey.bsky.social @aeden.bsky.social and Robin Nabi !
#psychsky #healthymedia
We say we want uplifting media, but our revealed preferences tell another story. We often pick darker, more intense content. This @npr.org piece covers our lab’s research on why, and includes great advice from @aeden.bsky.social on building intentional media habits.
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress. n.pr/4quxZB8
Got 3 minutes? This habit may help boost hope and reduce stress
Social media can push us to the dark side, with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just 3 minutes a day is on par with meditation for boosting mood and reducing stress.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We say we want uplifting media, but our revealed preferences tell another story. We often pick darker, more intense content. This @npr.org piece covers our lab’s research on why, and includes great advice from @aeden.bsky.social on building intentional media habits.
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🆕 New open neuroimaging dataset released!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🆕 New open neuroimaging dataset released!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
I’m happy to share that our Naturalistic Neuroimaging Database (NNDb3T+) is now publicly available! NNDb3T+ captures rich, multimodal brain activity in a naturalistic setting with 40 participants and over 160 hours of scanning!
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You're telling me a DESK rejected this paper?
October 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You're telling me a DESK rejected this paper?
Tired: mindfulness
Wired:
Wired:
From @theathletic.com: "There’s something wholesome about this movement, despite the partial nudity," our columnist writes about the shirtless men taking over college football. Maybe it can help cure male loneliness. nyti.ms/47q71lh
College football’s ‘shirtless dudes’ trend is all the rage. And could be curing male loneliness?
There's something wholesome about this movement, despite the partial nudity.
nyti.ms
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tired: mindfulness
Wired:
Wired:
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
What’s it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What’s it like inside your head?