Oh hi! You're semi-local. Nice work. If you're selling anything, I'd buy the skeleton and FSociety designs.

Loneliness and depression: bidirectional mendelian randomization analyses using data from three larg... Major depression (MD) is a serious psychiatric illness afflicting nearly 5% of the world's population. A large correlational literature suggests that loneliness is a prospective risk factor for MD; co...

Remarkable work by David Sbarra and colleagues showing that loneliness may actually cause depression. We don't have a great sense of what to do about it yet, but hopefully this strengthens calls for a more rigorous and well-funded research agenda on loneliness. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky

People Think That Social Media Platforms Do (but Should Not) Amplify Divisive Content lnkd.in/gnXnNEis

Our new paper finds consensus across the political spectrum and demographic groups about the type of content that social media platforms should amplify.

Hot take: Imposter syndrome drives an immense amount of academics' research productivity — the motivation to become the expert everyone assumes you are by virtue of your title before people discover otherwise.

#academicsky #commsky

Oh.. did not know that I could reply and create a thread? Well, the results highlight that people have to navigate competing reputations, being a moral leader or being a loyal friend, when deciding whether to snitch.

It’s a context where what is loyal separates from what is moral

Hello, Bluesky! ⛅️

Excited to share my new paper w/ Ike Silver and Alex Shaw accepted at JEP:Applied (postprint: psyarxiv.com/r9kag)!

People who snitch on their close friend’s wrongdoing at work are seen as more moral and better leaders, but less loyal and worse friends.👇

Please give her pets and chin scritches for me!

As an adult who's been victimized, does the law apply the same way to me?

Hi Lily! What a sweet little face!

This is Red. He is gentle and extremely devoted. Nine years ago, I rescued him and his siblings as tiny kittens near the railroad tracks.

If you're new here, I cordially invite you to post a pet pic. Or several.

I'm new and happy to be here. I'm friendly. Say hello!