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Jean Luo @jeanieluo.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to share that my first paper, with Peter Mende-Siedlecki and @leorhackel.bsky.social, is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com! ☺️

Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Rewards bias self-evaluations of ability - Communications Psychology

People often receive rewards for good performance, but what happens when rewards do not reflect ability? Two behavioral studies suggest that rewards can impact how we evaluate our own ability, above and beyond the impact of actual performance.

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Marginalia Science @marginaliascience.bsky.social · 7d

check out our october newsletter featuring @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social 🎃

open.substack.com/pub/marginal...

newsletter: october 2025

introducing our guest editor, kirstan brodie 🎃

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 7d

In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory

www.vox.com/politics/463...

The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.

www.vox.com

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ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · 13d

We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism

Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state

See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Sara Constantino @smconstantino.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are hiring - come work with us! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)

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Ava Ma de Sousa @avamadesousa.bsky.social · Aug 28

So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉

In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
(1/4)

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Aug 15

Looking for a postdoc? Apply for Cornell’s Klarman Fellowship with me! I’m interested in rules, rule-breakers, and curiosity, broadly construed.

Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)

Email me directly if you’re interested!

Klarman Fellowships

The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...

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Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social · Aug 8

@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

Everyday Revenge

We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it. Pl...

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Aug 8

Share your revenge stories with us!!

Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social · Aug 8

@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

Everyday Revenge

We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it. Pl...

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Setayesh Radkani @setayeshradkani.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨Out in PNAS🚨
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social

Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.

Our computational cognitive model explains why!

Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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ana gantman @anagantman.bsky.social · Aug 6

@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social, and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully got back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it:

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#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

Everyday Revenge

We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it. Pl...

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João Guassi Moreira @jfguassimoreira.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!

psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...

Joao Guassi Moreira – Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Dr. Joao Guassi Moreira – Information for Prospective Graduate Students Website: https://psych.wisc.edu/staff/guassi-moreira-joao/ Current research: Dr. Guassi Moreira’s Computational Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory (CDNLab) studies the neurodevelopment of affective and social phenomena between late childhood and emerging adulthood. Currently, CDNLab is particularly interested in the development of emotion regulation and decision-making, and the nexus between the two.…

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Jul 1

What wonderful news! Congratulations!!

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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: [email protected]
RTs appreciated 💫

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Julia Marshall @juliamarshall.bsky.social · May 28

🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola

When development constricts our moral circle

Nature Human Behaviour - Although many believe our moral circles expand with age, this Perspective discusses an early-emerging tendency to care for others.

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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · Apr 27

The idea that pursuing moral excellence leads to the most authentic life contains an annoying conflict—how can we be authentic if constrained by morals?
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 27

Ugh I’m so sorry Marianna!!

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 25

I use JsPsych! In my opinion, it is a little easier to use out of the box than PsychoPy. It is really customizable (incl complex randomization), works with DataPipe, and is open source!

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 24

But another key piece to that original framing comes from philosophy, where the idea that people should prioritize moral pursuits (e.g., Peter Singer) and that morality is overriding are explicitly argued for.

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 24

So I do think the idea that morality shapes how people judge others, including judgments about the true self follows from that work—but I also think it’s a fair point that we may have overstated the "dominance" of that view some (& how much our results conflict with it).

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 24

From the psych side, we were drawing both on the person perception lit (e.g., Geoff Goodwin’s work, which I agree is more about person perception) and the true self lit (e.g., Strohminger: “Moral traits are the strongest contributor to identity, the self, and the soul”).

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thanks so much for sharing this work Josh! These convos are exactly the kind that make preprints so valuable.

A newer draft of the paper (not yet posted) softens that "dominant view" framing a bit.

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Jordan Wylie @jowylie.bsky.social · Apr 17

We are starting to plan next year’s SPSP Morality Preconference—tell us who you want to hear from!!!

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 16

Moral Psych community: @jowylie.bsky.social & I will be organizing the pre-con at SPSP again! This past year was sold-out and we expect next year to be even bigger!

Who do you YOU want to hear from next year? Recommend a speaker with this quick form: tinyurl.com/moralpsychrecs

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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · Apr 10

Why do scientists still struggle to answer basic questions about the safety of digital tech from AI to social media, even as families point to rising evidence of individual harm with concern & grief?

@orbenamy.bsky.social & I have a new article in @science.org:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Fixing the science of digital technology harms

Technology development outpaces scientific assessment of impacts

www.science.org

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