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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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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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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! 🚀🚀

@msupsychology.bsky.social

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Sep 1

Honored to be among a fantastic lineup of moral psychologists!

Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Moral Psychology Research Group will host an Online Gathering this fall November -- all are welcome! Speakers include Joshua Greene, Meltem Yucel, and Paul Bloom as inaugural recipient of the The Stephen P. Stich Award for Career Achievement in Moral Psychology

sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...

MPRG - Online Events

An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025* Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST) Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)

sites.google.com

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Aug 25

New pub alert ‼️

Dr. Jessie Stern @jessastern.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨New paper: Do young children think about environmental actions as moral?🌎
We find that children's environmental moral reasoning strengthens with age & predicts their pro-environmental choices in a trade-off task...
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www.tandfonline.com/eprint/II3SE... @cogdevsoc.bsky.social

Environmental Moral Cognition in Children and Adults

How does environmental moral cognition emerge in childhood? The present research examined individuals’ moral judgments of environmental actions and their choices in an environmental trade-off task ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 25

We just had our first ever lab meeting!! Excited to meet everyone in person and to kick off a wonderful semester with wonderful scientists!

Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Big news, Spartans! 💚🤍 The Moral Minds Lab has officially opened its doors @michiganstateu.bsky.social! We can’t wait to kick off our very first semester of research on how we become moral beings. Here’s to new beginnings!

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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Aug 22

Big news, Spartans! 💚🤍 The Moral Minds Lab has officially opened its doors @michiganstateu.bsky.social! We can’t wait to kick off our very first semester of research on how we become moral beings. Here’s to new beginnings!

@msupsychology.bsky.social

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Jul 30

New preprint out by the wonderful @vbojarskich.bsky.social.

Check it out!

Vladimir Bojarskich @vbojarskich.bsky.social · Jul 30

💥 New preprint out:
"Ideological (A-)Symmetries in Moral Judgments of Online Hate"
with Meltem Yucel, Lindsay Hahn, Tobias Rothmund & myself.

How do liberals & conservatives morally evaluate online hate?

👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are hiring research assistants for Fall 2025!

Are you an @msupsychology.bsky.social undergraduate interested in gaining hands-on experience in developmental and social psychology research?

Fill out the interest form and we’ll be in touch soon!

www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Apr 30

Moral Minds Lab is at #SRCD25!

Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Apr 29

See you all tomorrow at #SRCD25!

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Feb 28

We also ran confirmatory experiments to see if people correctly estimate others' preferences.

Results? People tend to overestimate how much others enjoy being gossiped about—but only when the gossip is positive.

Check out the full study here:
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky

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Openness to being gossiped about: understanding gossip from the target’s perspective

It is often assumed that, if given the choice, people would prefer not to be gossiped about. We address this assumption by investigating reactions to gossip from the perspective of its potential ta...

www.tandfonline.com

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Feb 28

However, some individuals stand out: A meta-analytic summary revealed that men and those higher in narcissism are more likely to want to be gossiped about, even negatively.

Meanwhile, older adults showed a lower preference for positive gossip about themselves.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Feb 28

Using two nationally representative samples, we found that, in general, people dislike being talked about—unless the gossip is positive.

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Moral Minds Lab @moralmindslab.bsky.social · Mar 1

Check out our new paper on gossip!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Marjorie Prokosch @mlprokosch.bsky.social · Feb 23

Yes. Women tend to infer gossipiness at higher rates than men, may have their information sharing perceived more as gossip, and may sometimes suffer likability penalities for gossiping. However, context matters. (3/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Feb 20

Today's the day! See you all at 4:10 pm MT at the Evolutionary Psychology preconference to hear about our (@erinwestgate.bsky.social) work on gendered lay beliefs of #gossip!

#SPSP2025

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Marjorie Prokosch @mlprokosch.bsky.social · Feb 23

Gossip has many useful functions from info spreading to norm enforcement. Men & women tend to info share at similar rates. But are there gendered differences in what we perceive as gossip, & our social perceptions of gossipers? Does context matter? (2/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Jan 18

If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources

The PB&J Lab - Resources

Resources

www.pbandjlab.com

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Dec 27

Many thanks to Medipol University in Istanbul, Turkey for inviting me for a talk!

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Dec 11

My lab will explore morality across different stages of life and in cultures around the world, learning how our social and moral thinking is shaped by the environments we grow up in.

www.moralmindslab.com
@moralmindslab.bsky.social <-- give us a follow!

Meltem Yucel

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · Dec 11

Excited to announce that I will be joining Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor of Psychology!!!!

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