We are still accepting submissions to this special issue!

@iriskayichat.bsky.social and I chaired a symposium today at @connectsbsm.bsky.social! Drs Robin Nusslock, Annelise Madison, and Mandy Bekhbat gave excellent talks on inflammation-associated psychosocial health. The panel discussion was inspiring & I’m excited about where the field is headed!

Thank you @janettphd.bsky.social (SBSM president) for encouraging us all to celebrate fun and friendship (in addition to the excellent science) at this year’s @connectsbsm.bsky.social meeting! 🥰😎
@ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @michelleachen.bsky.social

Loneliness modulates social threat detection in daily life - Communications Psychology Using ecological momentary assessment and multilevel time-series models, we quantify loneliness inertia and its links to perceived social threat and social behavior, identifying dynamic patterns that ...

New paper led by SJ Shao in @commspsychol.nature.com. Across 20 days of EMA (5x daily), momentary loneliness prospectively predicted heightened social threat perception and social withdrawal. Trait loneliness amplified loneliness–rejection coupling and social disengagement @emoriebeck.bsky.social

Going to be a great special issue!

How Loneliness Changes from Day to Day—and from Person to Person This study tracked self-reports of loneliness from day to day among a sample of 98 adults who filled out daily surveys for two straight weeks. People who were classified as “lonely” (either acutely or...

Read How Loneliness Changes from Day to Day—and from Person to Person on Kudos: www.growkudos.com/publications...

🧩 Available now! The latest episode of the Stress Puzzle podcast with Dr. Danielle King and host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social focused on the challenges of conceptualizing and measuring resilience.

Listen now: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...

#psychscisky #resilience #socialpsych #scicomm

Nope :/

We are looking for folks to help beta test our new mobile apps! This is your chance to do the EMA study you've been dreaming up for free! You can reach out to me on Bluesky or email at adam@inclivio.com if you're interested!

Chronic loneliness harms health, but what differentiates chronic from acute experiences of loneliness? My newest publication dives into the subtle differences of loneliness in daily life. Read more: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Interested in a career in digital mental health, but not set on a clinical psych degree? Check out Dartmouth's PhD programs in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences and Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/qbs/
geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/tdi/academic...

#HPGVienna, the team behind this account and #SAA2026, is looking for a new lab manager (who will also support in organising this conference). Please see ⬇️ for more info

The Stanford Psychology Department is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus in affective science.

The ad, including application link, can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1lELu...

#psychjobs #AffectSci

For those interested, here is a link to a new power paper:

Hancock, G. R., & Feng, Y. (2026). nmax and the quest to
restore caution, integrity, and practicality to the sample size planning process. Psychological Methods.

yifengquant.github.io/Publications...

This award is also an investment in my growth as an early-career researcher — and will have an even greater impact if this funding mechanism continues. Stay tuned for updates on my findings, including at this year’s GSA Annual Scientific Meeting!

Belated update: I’m honored to receive an NIH Loan Repayment Program award to support my research on how loneliness and social isolation relate to cognitive functioning across the lifespan ⬇️

Happy to finally share the preprint for our work on how affective inertia differs within-days and overnight (with Stacey Scott, Martin Sliwinski, Josh Smyth, @wviechtb.bsky.social chtb.bsky.social‬ and @aneubauer.bsky.social) 1/4

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior.

Official job ads coming soon...

Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

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If you’re at ARP, check out Stephen Antonoplis’ symposium titled ‘’Historical Events and Personality: How Time, Crisis, and Laws Shape Us’’ on Saturday 6/28 at 2:45 in the Hinman Auditorium! I hear @chops310.bsky.social and @adamnissen97.bsky.social will be there 🙂

THE STRESS PUZZLE That's All Folks (for Season 1!) Season 1 Wrapped 12 episodes 13 expert guests spanning anthropology, cell biology, developmental science, epidemiology, and psychology 200+ subscribers and 3000+ listeners from 50+ countries Want to support the show? Here’s how! Share with your friends, family, and colleagues Leave 5 ⭐️ reviews wherever you listen to podcasts Season 2 premieres this Fall!

That's All Folks (for Season 1) of the Stress Puzzle! 🧩

Season 2 is coming this Fall & I'm excited to continue growing this science communication effort. In the meantime, you can listen to episodes from Season 1 here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast

#scicomm #psych #affectivescience #devpsych

I won’t be at #PNIRS2025 this year, but if I were able to go, I’d be sure to check out this symposium with @iriskayichat.bsky.social, as well as @caesarliu.bsky.social’s poster!

Great lineup 🤩

EPISODE 12 An Integrative Approach to Population Health: Social connections and emotional well-being in aging with Dr. Andrew Steptoe

🧩 Tune in now for the last episode of Season 1 of the Stress Puzzle with Dr. Andrew Steptoe!

Dr. Steptoe reflected on social relationships as we age, positive well-being & health + the next steps needed in intervention science. #scicomm #devpsych #psychscisky

Listen now: tinyurl.com/andrewsteptoe

Importantly, these increases were linked not only to financial strain, but also to rising uncertainty about the future.

You can access a PDF of this fascinating paper that was published in American Psychologist at this link: www.midus.wisc.edu/findings/pdf...

Two of my favorite people!

Last week was full of much needed sunshine ☀️, friends, and family during a visit to UC Davis! @ekgraham22.bsky.social and I gave a talk on science pre-registration and we had a very successful paper-in-a-day with @emoriebeck.bsky.social. It was just what my heart needed 😊

Wasn’t so great at taking photos this year 🫠 but it’s been so great connecting w/ everyone at #SBSM2025Seattle, especially during such uncertain scientific times 🖤

But did you beat the 3pm deadline to post this 🤔

Looking forward to reconnecting with friends and colleagues at #SBSM2025seattle