Tara
@taraperreau.bsky.social
PhD Student in Cognitive, Neuroscience, and Social Psych. // Morality //Dark Triad // recreational fear // Podcaster // mom of 3
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🚨New Publication in Emotion
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
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Social psych friends, please help me out with a class discussion by responding to the following (and sharing):
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Social psych friends, please help me out with a class discussion by responding to the following (and sharing):
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
A small candlelit toast tonight to our Emotion paper finally going live.
So grateful for an incredible team and for the years of work behind this project. Honored to be part of this research. #psychology #socialpsych
So grateful for an incredible team and for the years of work behind this project. Honored to be part of this research. #psychology #socialpsych
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A small candlelit toast tonight to our Emotion paper finally going live.
So grateful for an incredible team and for the years of work behind this project. Honored to be part of this research. #psychology #socialpsych
So grateful for an incredible team and for the years of work behind this project. Honored to be part of this research. #psychology #socialpsych
🚨New Publication in Emotion
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨New Publication in Emotion
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
Haunted Attraction: The Effects of Recreational Fear on Interpersonal Bonding
Do scary experiences bring people closer?
People feel closer when they experience more fear: post-experience storytelling & reflection may be why
🔗 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...
#psychology #fear
Officially presenting my first symposium at SSSP next month!
So excited to join Dr. Marina Klimenko, Dr. Greg Webster, and Amy Pezzoldt for our session “Antiheroes, Romance Movies, and Parasocial Bonds : Personality and Culture in Media Engagement.”
So excited to join Dr. Marina Klimenko, Dr. Greg Webster, and Amy Pezzoldt for our session “Antiheroes, Romance Movies, and Parasocial Bonds : Personality and Culture in Media Engagement.”
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Officially presenting my first symposium at SSSP next month!
So excited to join Dr. Marina Klimenko, Dr. Greg Webster, and Amy Pezzoldt for our session “Antiheroes, Romance Movies, and Parasocial Bonds : Personality and Culture in Media Engagement.”
So excited to join Dr. Marina Klimenko, Dr. Greg Webster, and Amy Pezzoldt for our session “Antiheroes, Romance Movies, and Parasocial Bonds : Personality and Culture in Media Engagement.”
People update their moral beliefs after learning what’s common.
So what happens when ‘common’ is defined by algorithms?
Are we building moral consensus or moral confusion? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
So what happens when ‘common’ is defined by algorithms?
Are we building moral consensus or moral confusion? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) People update their injunctive norm beliefs and moral judgements after receiving descriptive norm information
PDF | Recent work suggests there is an association between descriptive norms—what we think other people commonly do—and injunctive norms—what we think... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
People update their moral beliefs after learning what’s common.
So what happens when ‘common’ is defined by algorithms?
Are we building moral consensus or moral confusion? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
So what happens when ‘common’ is defined by algorithms?
Are we building moral consensus or moral confusion? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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This paper is now assigned to an issue. The dark side of clarity. Southern Journal of Philosophy. 63(3): 429-443. doi.org/10.1111/sjp....
October 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This paper is now assigned to an issue. The dark side of clarity. Southern Journal of Philosophy. 63(3): 429-443. doi.org/10.1111/sjp....
This week, I had the incredible opportunity to represent USF on Fox 13’s Charley’s World at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream!
We talked about the psychology of fear and why people love being scared. www-fox13news-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.fox1...
We talked about the psychology of fear and why people love being scared. www-fox13news-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.fox1...
We head to Busch Gardens for Howl-O-Scream on FOX 13's Charley's World | FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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October 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This week, I had the incredible opportunity to represent USF on Fox 13’s Charley’s World at Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream!
We talked about the psychology of fear and why people love being scared. www-fox13news-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.fox1...
We talked about the psychology of fear and why people love being scared. www-fox13news-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.fox1...
New research suggests we shift our moral compass more when we see behaviors as common rather than rare.
Makes you wonder: how much of morality is conviction, and how much is consensus?
Makes you wonder: how much of morality is conviction, and how much is consensus?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New research suggests we shift our moral compass more when we see behaviors as common rather than rare.
Makes you wonder: how much of morality is conviction, and how much is consensus?
Makes you wonder: how much of morality is conviction, and how much is consensus?
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Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy
Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction
Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy
Tomorrow morning I’ll be on Fox 13 Tampa Bay with Charley’s World, live from Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream. I’ll be sharing insights from psychology on why people love being scared. Tune in ~8:25 AM ET.
#Psychology #RecreationalFear #HowlOScream #USF
#Psychology #RecreationalFear #HowlOScream #USF
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Tomorrow morning I’ll be on Fox 13 Tampa Bay with Charley’s World, live from Busch Gardens’ Howl-O-Scream. I’ll be sharing insights from psychology on why people love being scared. Tune in ~8:25 AM ET.
#Psychology #RecreationalFear #HowlOScream #USF
#Psychology #RecreationalFear #HowlOScream #USF
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Developmental changes in the perceived moral standing of robots
📣New work from Madeline G. Reinecke, Matti Wilks & Paul Bloom
📣New work from Madeline G. Reinecke, Matti Wilks & Paul Bloom
Developmental changes in the perceived moral standing of robots
Emerging evidence suggests that children may think of robots—and artificial intelligence, more generally—as having moral standing. In this paper, we t…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Developmental changes in the perceived moral standing of robots
📣New work from Madeline G. Reinecke, Matti Wilks & Paul Bloom
📣New work from Madeline G. Reinecke, Matti Wilks & Paul Bloom
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Fascinating thread. One thought on outrage: it can be exploited, like many processes, but that doesn't mean outrage itself is bad. I've argued it can be constructive if used wisely, am exploring this with my student Faruk. Issue here seems to be digital literacy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 2, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Fascinating thread. One thought on outrage: it can be exploited, like many processes, but that doesn't mean outrage itself is bad. I've argued it can be constructive if used wisely, am exploring this with my student Faruk. Issue here seems to be digital literacy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I spoke with The Atlantic about psychedelics, RCTs and unblinding, a timely discussion before tomorrow's FDA PDAC meeting.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#Academicsky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#Academicsky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
Psychedelics Have a Placebo Problem
How do you study mind-altering drugs when everyone knows they’re tripping?
www.theatlantic.com
June 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I spoke with The Atlantic about psychedelics, RCTs and unblinding, a timely discussion before tomorrow's FDA PDAC meeting.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#Academicsky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#Academicsky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
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This made me smile - we all know the type 😁
#edgarallenpoe #theraven #literature #smile #passiveagressive #psychology
#edgarallenpoe #theraven #literature #smile #passiveagressive #psychology
June 4, 2024 at 11:34 AM
This made me smile - we all know the type 😁
#edgarallenpoe #theraven #literature #smile #passiveagressive #psychology
#edgarallenpoe #theraven #literature #smile #passiveagressive #psychology
When you proof read an important introductory email multiple times but then forget the salutation 🤦♀️ Now do I resend the email with the Dear X, or do I just run the risk of being perceived as rude. #adhd
June 4, 2024 at 3:25 PM
When you proof read an important introductory email multiple times but then forget the salutation 🤦♀️ Now do I resend the email with the Dear X, or do I just run the risk of being perceived as rude. #adhd
When your psych lab is studying recreational fear you gotta keep it going year round.
March 24, 2024 at 10:44 PM
When your psych lab is studying recreational fear you gotta keep it going year round.
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Not looking to spark a fight.... but in perusing psych papers on conspiracy theories or beliefs, there is often no clear conceptualization or definition given.
Seems a bit problematic from a construct point of view.
Or maybe this is proof of a vast psych'l conspiracy to take over the world....
Seems a bit problematic from a construct point of view.
Or maybe this is proof of a vast psych'l conspiracy to take over the world....
February 12, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Not looking to spark a fight.... but in perusing psych papers on conspiracy theories or beliefs, there is often no clear conceptualization or definition given.
Seems a bit problematic from a construct point of view.
Or maybe this is proof of a vast psych'l conspiracy to take over the world....
Seems a bit problematic from a construct point of view.
Or maybe this is proof of a vast psych'l conspiracy to take over the world....
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The start of 2024 means exciting times for the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making! Here's a piece by EMP Lab member Eliana Hadjiandreou about our aims & work. Reach out to get involved!
@spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
rockethics.psu.edu/news/new-con...
@spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
rockethics.psu.edu/news/new-con...
January 11, 2024 at 2:18 AM
The start of 2024 means exciting times for the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making! Here's a piece by EMP Lab member Eliana Hadjiandreou about our aims & work. Reach out to get involved!
@spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
rockethics.psu.edu/news/new-con...
@spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
rockethics.psu.edu/news/new-con...
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Honored to be part of this New America report on prospects for US multiparty democracy, with my former graduate student Jennifer Wendling. www.newamerica.org/political-re...
The Realistic Promise of Multiparty Democracy in the United States
A collection of essays show the importance of political parties, the benefits of having more than two, and a path to multiparty democracy.
www.newamerica.org
January 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Honored to be part of this New America report on prospects for US multiparty democracy, with my former graduate student Jennifer Wendling. www.newamerica.org/political-re...
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Only Bluesky is deserving of my awesome social psychology memes. (I am studying for my psych final & have gone insane)
December 12, 2023 at 6:11 AM
Only Bluesky is deserving of my awesome social psychology memes. (I am studying for my psych final & have gone insane)
My first Publication—
Rise of the Anti-Hero: Comparison of Moral Ambiguity in Films.
There seems to be a growing trend of increased representations of the antihero trope. doi.org/10.32473/ufj...
Rise of the Anti-Hero: Comparison of Moral Ambiguity in Films.
There seems to be a growing trend of increased representations of the antihero trope. doi.org/10.32473/ufj...
December 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM
My first Publication—
Rise of the Anti-Hero: Comparison of Moral Ambiguity in Films.
There seems to be a growing trend of increased representations of the antihero trope. doi.org/10.32473/ufj...
Rise of the Anti-Hero: Comparison of Moral Ambiguity in Films.
There seems to be a growing trend of increased representations of the antihero trope. doi.org/10.32473/ufj...