RCGD Winter 2026 Seminar Series The Company We Keep: The Importance of Social Connection for Mind, Body, and Health Across Contexts and Timescales Tomiko Yoneda April 13 3:30 to 5:00 PM ISR Thompson 1430

Social connection is important for individual health and well-being. UC Davis’ Tomiko Yoneda will present findings on the impacts of high-quality social relationships at the upcoming @rcgd-isr.bsky.social seminar!
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My amazing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social colleague--Gio Ramos @gramos.bsky.social--has been selected for two highly competitive, NIH-funded training opportunities. The mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) and the Research in Implementation Science for Engagement (RISE)!
Congratulations, Gio!

Saving SBE Starts Before the Bill Is Written The FY2027 NSF budget request is alarming, but Congress has not made it law. That means there is still time for researchers and universities to act.

I wrote this article to explain in plain English what is happening with the proposed 2027 NSF budget & why so many social psychologists are alarmed.

THE GOOD NEWS: Congress has not finalized this yet. We have time to change Republican politicians’ minds.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences Position Summary Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at WashU in St. Louis, to work on department-funded res...

Postdoctoral Job Opportunity: Join me and the WELLab at WashU in St. Louis to study well-being in daily life and across the lifespan. This position is perfect for folks interested in ESM and longitudinal data analysis and well-being and affective science.

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Are you an planning on appyiyng for a PhD in psychology in the fall? Want to learn more about the application process and what programs are looking for? Come to our info session!

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

Congratulations to University of California, Berkeley Psychology Chair Ozlem AYDUK PhD + Linguistics Prof. Alan Yu on being elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)!… ... Congratulations to University of California, Berkeley Psychology Chair Ozlem AYDUK PhD + Linguistics Prof. Alan Yu on being elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)! R...

Proud moment!

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#SAS2026 was a blast ✨

I had a great time presenting two projects: the durability of positive emotion and language × emotion. Had uplifting discussions and reconnected with friends.

@affectscience.bsky.social brings a sense of home to so many affective scientists.

Counting down to next year 💫

Congratulations to the winners of the @inclivio.com draw - @lisastarr.bsky.social , @gregdepow.bsky.social, and Christian Waugh - on each receiving a free license to run an EMA study! 🎉📱

Another round of applause for our 2026 winners for best dissertation award, early career award, and mid career award! Congratulations Nada, Kieran, Desmond, Hedy, and Sheri! #SAS2026

We’re heading to San Diego for #SAS2027! 🌴☀️
And our new president, Chris Oveis, is already promising us a waterslide at the conference location!

I've long wondered how long positive emotions last after an intervention. I will be discussing "The Durability of Positive Emotions Elicited by Collective Movement" during the Positive Emotions Preconference on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 2:10 PM. Stop by :)

#SAS2026
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🎉🎉 Looking forward to speaking about language and emotions at the Society for Affective Science Conference on Mar 12 - 14, 2026.

#SAS2026
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Beautiful 💛

Experiencing awe in daily life is linked to lower loneliness - Scientific Reports Loneliness affects 55% of healthcare workers, putting them at risk for health problems. These include mental health issues (e.g., depression and anxiety) and physical ailments (e.g., inflammation, hea...

🚨 New publication!
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Enjoy everyone!

What It Means to Be ‘Touch-Starved’

Thrilled to see our work with Dacher Keltner featured in The New York Times!

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The new federal government in Germany remains committed to combating #loneliness, with a particular focus on children and adolescents.

#LONELYEU

🎺JOB ALERT👀: We (@LMU Munich) are hiring a postdoc (full-term) for the coordination of META-REP, a metascientific research consortium (www.lmu.de/psy/de/forsc...). Application deadline May 15, 2025. See full job ad here: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3.... Contact me if you need more info!

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Tutorial on exploring ecological momentary assessment data is online at AMPPS, with:
- Accessible ways to visualize data for better understanding
- Models to get some first insights
- Further reading boxes for more advanced topics
- Reproducible pipeline you can run over your own data

Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?

We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.

Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
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