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Richard Huskey
@richardhuskey.bsky.social
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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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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Dec 8
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!
Six panel scientific figure. Summary: We gathered two datasets of people’s book selections from real-world and experimental settings. The real-world dataset comprises large-scale records of sequential reading choices and subjective reading experience ratings. These book choices can be arranged in a multidimensional semantic embedding space which numerically represents the semantic meaning of the book synopsis. The experimental dataset collects book selection records from a multi-armed bandit task, which simulates the real-world book selection environment. Panel A: real world books are embedded in a semantic space and labeled according to their genre. Books are naturally clustered by their genre in this semantic embedding space. Panel B: Readers make sequential book selection trajectories in the semantic book space. These selections vary in terms of enjoyment, and distance (in semantic space) traveled. Panel C: Probability distributions show that the distance (in semantic space) between book selections is lower than random. Panel D: The experiment, a total of 15x15 options were arranged in a grid and presented for participants to make book selections. Each point encodes a book option, and the color encodes the genre of the books. Panel E: The experimental procedure. Participants completed a total of 15 trials of a click-read-rate task, where they clicked one option from the grid, read the synopsis of the book, and then rated their reading enjoyment. Panel F: Participant sequential book selection trajectories in the experiment. As in the real-world data, readers on the experiment make sequential book selection trajectories in the semantic book space. These selections vary in terms of enjoyment, and distance (in semantic space) traveled.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 1d
Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
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JoCNForum @jocnforum.bsky.social · 2d
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"

doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Principles for proper peer review
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JoCNForum @jocnforum.bsky.social · 2d
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"

doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Principles for proper peer review
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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 7d
I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.
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Jamie Cummins @jamiecummins.bsky.social · 8d
@science.org just dropped a story covering this preprint! Check it out below, and thanks to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for the great write-up! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Matthieu Chidharom @matthieu-mx.bsky.social · 10d
1/ Why are we so easily distracted? 🧠 In our new EEG preprint w/ Henry Jones, @monicarosenb.bsky.social and @edvogel.bsky.social we show that distractibility is associated w/ reduced neural connectivity — and can be predicted from EEG with ~80% accuracy using machine learning.
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Alireza Modirshanechi @modirshanechi.bsky.social · 10d
New in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

We study how humans explore a 61-state environment with a stochastic region that mimics a “noisy-TV.”

Results: Participants keep exploring the stochastic part even when it’s unhelpful, and novelty-seeking best explains this behavior.

#cogsci #neuroskyence
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · 12d
Perfect email? Or perfectest email?
Screenshot of an email. The email begins with: “25-Sep-2025 Dear Dr. Richard Huskey,” Then, after the date and salutation, there are several line breaks where the body should be, and then an email signature. The email has no body. It does not ask for anything to be read, or done.
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · 12d
Thank you @jingjinghan.bsky.social for the wonderful invitation to visit. I learned so much talking with the faculty and students at Fudan University!
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Jingjing Han @jingjinghan.bsky.social · 12d
Huge thanks to Dr. Richard Huskey for visiting us in person and engaging with our students! @richardhuskey.bsky.social
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UCSB Media Skill Lab @mediaskill.bsky.social · 15d
We’re excited to welcome our students for another year at UCSB! 🎉 An extra highlight this fall: 2 of our amazing grad students are on the job market 👇

🔹 Lindsay Miller: www.comm.ucsb.edu/people/linds...

🔹 Hannah Overbye-Thompson (@overbye.bsky.social): www.hannahoverbye.com

#commsky #academicsky
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · 16d
Ask me how I know the school year started today.
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 19d
Just got the unofficial news that a former lab member got tenure and alum wins are one of the best parts of my job.
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · 23d
📱One scroll can change your day. What guides your scrolling?

I’m keynoting at the CityU Hong Kong International Conference on AI-Empowered Communication and Global Innovation. I’ll share our lab’s NeuroAI for sequential media selection. If you’re there, say hi!

www.cityu.edu.hk/com/Page.asp...
flyer for “AIxCOM – International Conference on AI-Empowered Communication and Global Innovation.” Host: Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong. Dates: 18–19 September 2025. Venue: Benjamin & Anny Kwok Conference Room, 4/F Yip Kit Chuen Building, CityUHK. Highlighted bullets in yellow: Cutting-edge AI issues across GenAI, VR, Games, and Neuroscience. Flagship communication journal editors. Elected and former ICA presidents. Industry leaders from Amazon, Meta, Google, and Alibaba. Three columns of circular headshots with names, titles, and affiliations labeled “Keynote Speakers”: • Ingrid Bachmann – ICA President Elect, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. • Peng Hwa Ang – Former ICA President, Nanyang Technological University. • Michael Latzer – University of Zurich. • Junhao Hong – State University of New York at Buffalo. • Natalie Pang – National University of Singapore. • Nicole Ellison – Editor in Chief, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. • Jörg Matthes – Editor in Chief, Communication Theory, University of Vienna. • Richard Huskey – Associate Editor, Journal of Communication, UC Davis. • Nuri Kim – Associate Editor, Human Communication Research. • Tammy Lin – Associate Editor, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, NCCU Taiwan. Right column lists editors and scholars from China: Xiaohong Guan (CAS academician, IEEE Fellow), Zhengrong Hu (News and Communication Research), Yan Sui (Modern Communication), Taofu Zhang (Journalism University), Hailong Liu (International Press), Changfeng Chen (Global Media Journal, Chinese). Row of “Industry Leaders” headshots: George Chen (The Asia Group, CityUHK), Bryan Ha (AWS/Amazon), Yannick Mahé (Meta Greater China), Raymond Tsang (Alibaba Cloud), Di Yao (Google Shanghai), Grace Shao (AI Proem).
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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 28d
::slowly stands while clapping::
Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · 28d
Very excited to welcome our newest lab member, Jocelyn (Yachen) Xie! Jocelyn is broadly interested in cognition and media narratives, especially in how moral judgment and decision-making affect people’s preferences and evaluations of media content and characters cogcommscience.com/members/
Black and white headshot of Jocelyn (Yachen) Xie
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Rob Chavez @robchavez.bsky.social · 29d
My latest piece, on apprenticeship, artificial intelligence, and intrinsic motivation. Handcrafted from the heart.

Please, share and enjoy.

open.substack.com/pub/robchave...
A Vibe Coder's Millennium
I got my first home computer in late 2000 when I was in the middle of 10th grade.
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Rob Mok @robmok.bsky.social · Sep 6
I made a calendar reminder a while back for next week titled "Deadline to submit". I do not remember what this is for.
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Sep 5
Brilliant work addressing a critical issue
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Media Neuroscience Lab @medianeuro.bsky.social · Aug 27
🎮 New study: Teen gaming addiction may stem more from pre-existing mental health issues (like anxiety & depression) than from video games themselves.

It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
A new study out of UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab indicates that gaming disorder (AKA video game addiction) likely develops from a player's preexisting mental health conditions.
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Kylie (Woodman) Falcione @kyliefalcione.bsky.social · Sep 2
The next step is to examine the overlap of existing psychopathology and gaming disorder in the brain 🧠
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Media Neuroscience Lab @medianeuro.bsky.social · Aug 27
🎮 New study: Teen gaming addiction may stem more from pre-existing mental health issues (like anxiety & depression) than from video games themselves.

It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
A new study out of UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab indicates that gaming disorder (AKA video game addiction) likely develops from a player's preexisting mental health conditions.
news.ucsb.edu
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Heejung Jung @jungheejung.bsky.social · Sep 4
New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!

N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!

🧵below
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Sep 4
We’re hiring @ucdavis.bsky.social Comm! TT Asst Prof in Mediated Interpersonal Communication. Our dept blends behavioral, biological & computational strengths at one of the most interdisciplinary campuses anywhere. Apps due Oct 15. Glad to chat recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07289
Department of Communication - Mediated Interpersonal Communication
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Richard Huskey @richardhuskey.bsky.social · Sep 4
Looking for a reminder that good things happen? Meet OLAUG (Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage), women in their 60s to 80s who dive Cape Cod ponds to pull up trash. Along the way they find community, purpose, and even flow www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
At 85, she leads a squad of women who dive deep in ponds for litter
“Why does diving for trash in a pond make people so happy?” said Susan Baur, founder of the group Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage.
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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · Aug 29
Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social

#behavioraleconomics
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Aug 30
2 years ago today
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Hongbo Yu @psyhongbo.bsky.social · Jul 1
I’m honored to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure @ucsb.

To mark this, our lab, the Yu Emotion Science (YES) lab releases its official logo (credit: @avamadesousa.bsky.social )
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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...
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