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Meltem Yucel

@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor @msupsychology.bsky.social • studying evolution, gossip, morality • Previously @ Duke, UVA, IMPRS LIFE • she/her • Founder: @psychresearchlist.bsky.social • Lab: @moralmindslab.bsky.social • www.meltemyucel.com

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Family friendly waiting room for participants

Family friendly waiting room, picture shows children's play area

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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 TT job alert! 🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Psychology; open to ALL AREAS within social psych.

Review begins 10/10.

Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

I'm co-chair of the search committee and happy to answer questions! 🧵

Payne's Prairire, where you could watch the sunset every evening if you came to UF

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Abby Cassario @abbycassario.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone ever written an LOR for a medical school app and know what committees tend to look for? I’m writing one for an absolute rockstar of an RA and want to make sure I’m highlighting the right things!

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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · 5d

Did you hear the news? New interview dropped!

Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social!

Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website.

psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 5d

man, academic science. you'll be plodding along editing a revision and then BAM your reviewer hits you with this citation

pubmed screenshot of the paper "Chickens prefer beautiful humans"

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! I’ll note down the function. The general consensus seems to be getting to know the red cap admin team. So I’ll do that next week. 🙏

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 6d

🙏 Thanks, Armen! Most of my studies will be single visit, those children can participate in different studies, depending on eligibility criteria. In this case, would we just need one project to house all contact information, participation dates etc and great subgroups for each study?

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

I'll attend their office hours next week. Thank you!!

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

🥹 Yes, please! I'll msg you!

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

These are all examples from FileMaker Pro, but I'm interested in seeing if I could achieve this level of usability with RedCap.

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

Here's another screenshot of a system I've used in the past (not RedCap). Each button represented a study, & clicking on one gave you all the kids in that age range in the database that isn't already actively being contacted.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

Of course! Ideally, I'd like to have a way of keeping the contact information for families as well as record keeping for prior study participation (separate pages for siblings, but connected at the family level, similar to the screenshot here) that is searchable.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 7d

Does anyone use #RedCap for child participant database management? If so, would you be willing to share screenshots etc. of what your user interface looks like or share the template, whichever is easier.

#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky #cogsci

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, Jay! Grateful for our facilities team for fixing up the space!

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

fun!!

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

And dare I say, I'm starting to like Outlook.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 13d

Never thought I would say this, but I really enjoy using Microsoft Teams + SharePoint. It integrates well with various non-Microsoft apps as well.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15d

8% of US adults say they have no close friends
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Chart showing a narrow majority of adults (53%) say they have between one and four close friends, while a significant share (38%) say they have five or more. Some 8% say they have no close friends.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 21d

Wohooo!!!!! Congratulations 🎉🎊🍾🎈

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 27d

So happy to hear that! Thanks again for the invite!

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 29d

Cats are not dogs, says science:

"we believe it is time to change our research perspective on cats and find out more about what they can teach us about different ways of evolving mutually advantageous, but independence-based relationships with humans"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The biological irrelevance of ‘Cattachment’ – It’s time to view cats from a different perspective

Cats’ interactions with humans were traditionally conceptualized as a less-than-perfect attempt to reach the complexity of the dog-human bond. However…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yesterday I had the pleasure of giving a colloquium talk at @nmsu.edu’s psychology department. Big thanks to @jgrabman.bsky.social and all those who attended for making it such a memorable virtual visit!

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · Sep 3

The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar plot showing the number of psychology jobs posted each year by area. There are major dips in 2020 due to covid, and in 2025 (now).

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Sep 4

So excited to have Avery join us this semester!

Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thrilled to share that our newest undergraduate research assistant, Avery, has been awarded funding through the 2025 Pathways to Research Program @michiganstateu.bsky.social! 🚀🚀

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