Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
@lluaces.bsky.social
Mi gente Latino with my friends at the LGBT community. Associate Professor: Indiana University. Depression, psychotherapy research, technology, and data science. 🏳️🌈🇵🇷 Personal account.
https://medium.com/@lluaces
https://medium.com/@lluaces
I'll be reviewing applications for a new student or two for UNC-CH's clinical psychology PhD program! Social anxiety, pain, intensive longitudinal data, all that fun stuff.
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
What prospective applicants get if they email me (so no need): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lab: tarheels.live/rodelab/
Welcome to the Rodebaugh Lab Website - Rodebaugh Laboratory
Welcome to the Rodebaugh lab website! Here you can learn about what Dr. Rodebaugh & colleagues are working on and what research is being conducted.
tarheels.live
September 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%.
It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low.
We must unrig the system.
It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low.
We must unrig the system.
September 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Do non-human primates have theory of mind?
My new paper takes a new computational approach to this classic question.
We implemented verbal theories of primates' mental representations as computational models. These models completed classic visual perspective-taking tasks.
My new paper takes a new computational approach to this classic question.
We implemented verbal theories of primates' mental representations as computational models. These models completed classic visual perspective-taking tasks.
September 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Do non-human primates have theory of mind?
My new paper takes a new computational approach to this classic question.
We implemented verbal theories of primates' mental representations as computational models. These models completed classic visual perspective-taking tasks.
My new paper takes a new computational approach to this classic question.
We implemented verbal theories of primates' mental representations as computational models. These models completed classic visual perspective-taking tasks.
Um I just found out ferral hogs are a real problem. Can someone please just give hogs the “Children of Men” illness? I just KNOW this is going to reach Indiana at some point
September 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Um I just found out ferral hogs are a real problem. Can someone please just give hogs the “Children of Men” illness? I just KNOW this is going to reach Indiana at some point
1: It comes from the companies so grain of salt but I was happy to read that it's VERY infrequent for people to use LLM chatbots for emotional support (e.g., 0.34 - 3.73% for Claude).
www.anthropic.com/news/how-peo...
www.media.mit.edu/posts/openai...
www.anthropic.com/news/how-peo...
www.media.mit.edu/posts/openai...
How people use Claude for support, advice, and companionship
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
1: It comes from the companies so grain of salt but I was happy to read that it's VERY infrequent for people to use LLM chatbots for emotional support (e.g., 0.34 - 3.73% for Claude).
www.anthropic.com/news/how-peo...
www.media.mit.edu/posts/openai...
www.anthropic.com/news/how-peo...
www.media.mit.edu/posts/openai...
Watching the social media “Patrick Clancy did it” discourse on this trial like “this is me, at my most masochistic”
September 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Watching the social media “Patrick Clancy did it” discourse on this trial like “this is me, at my most masochistic”
Men’s grooming products have really doubled down on the whole “take care of your balls” angle
September 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Men’s grooming products have really doubled down on the whole “take care of your balls” angle
I for one like the idea of Trump’s new hair. In between destroying everything he’s like “guys the look if off. Call Giorgio STAT. Tell him I need a # 10.”
September 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I for one like the idea of Trump’s new hair. In between destroying everything he’s like “guys the look if off. Call Giorgio STAT. Tell him I need a # 10.”
ok guys it is September of an election year. could we take a short break from left/liberal infighting until like November 4th
September 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Watching the original It just to feel something
September 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Watching the original It just to feel something
Here you have it folks. I argue tor the importance of spending MORE time on social media (to counter misinformation)
In this #OpenAccess CAMH journal Debate, @lluaces.bsky.social & @isabellastarvaggi.bsky.social explore how to combat misinformation in #childmentalhealth and argue that the imperative is to understand & counter #mentalhealth misinformation on #socialmedia. https://bit.ly/4uS2fbp
Child and Adolescent Mental Health | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
Children and adolescents spend a large amount of time on social media, where they often seek health information. Growing research suggests misinformation is common across various domains of health, s...
bit.ly
September 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Here you have it folks. I argue tor the importance of spending MORE time on social media (to counter misinformation)
Reposted by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
After Trump gutted the IRS workforce — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires — the agency's annual audit revenue plunged by 35%.
Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency."
They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.
Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency."
They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.
September 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
After Trump gutted the IRS workforce — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires — the agency's annual audit revenue plunged by 35%.
Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency."
They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.
Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency."
They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.
Reposted by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
And yet again, for the jazillionth time, I just got f'ed over because of the rotating turnstile of my university's administration. This time, it's a huge financial hit that was completely avoidable.
I wrote this a decade ago, but man it's perennial:
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
I wrote this a decade ago, but man it's perennial:
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Relentless Administrative Turnover Makes It Hard for Us to Do Our Jobs
Constantly shifting priorities and visions leave universities adrift. Is consistent leadership too much to ask for?
www.chronicle.com
September 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
And yet again, for the jazillionth time, I just got f'ed over because of the rotating turnstile of my university's administration. This time, it's a huge financial hit that was completely avoidable.
I wrote this a decade ago, but man it's perennial:
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
I wrote this a decade ago, but man it's perennial:
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Reposted by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science.
Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles
September 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
No starker example of the media having different rules for each political party. If the press treated Elon Musk like Hasan Piker, every Republican in America would be forced to answer questions about why their party's biggest donor espouses anti-semitic race science.
Reposted by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
At this point, an emoji would be more instructive than some of the guidance I’ve received on my NIH applications.
#MedSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
#MedSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
For those in the mood for some seriously well-done gallows humor, I heartily recommend this...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
inpreparation.substack.com/p/nih-simpli...
NIH Simplifies Grant Scoring To 👍 🤷♂️ 😂
BETHESDA, MD—The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday that it would replace its 50-year-old numerical scoring system with a streamlined three-emoji format, in which grant applications will ...
inpreparation.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
At this point, an emoji would be more instructive than some of the guidance I’ve received on my NIH applications.
#MedSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
#MedSky 🧪 #AcademicSky
1: New @sadcatlab.bsky.social paper. TL; DR individuals with a good (predicted) prognosis benefit about as much from waiting as from iCBT (SMD=-0.14, 95% CI: -0.34, 0.06). Those w/a poorer prognosis see large intervention effect (SMD=-0.47, 95% CI: -0.67, -0.28).
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lorenzo-Luaces et al., 2026-prognosis.docx
Development and external validation of a multivariable prognostic index (PI) in nationwide samples of depressed adults in the United States Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD¹ EJ Jardas, BS¹ Allison Peipert,...
docs.google.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
1: New @sadcatlab.bsky.social paper. TL; DR individuals with a good (predicted) prognosis benefit about as much from waiting as from iCBT (SMD=-0.14, 95% CI: -0.34, 0.06). Those w/a poorer prognosis see large intervention effect (SMD=-0.47, 95% CI: -0.67, -0.28).
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ok guys what if we all start buying stock and pull off history’s craziest scheme
🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025).
We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm
September 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ok guys what if we all start buying stock and pull off history’s craziest scheme
Me: "My work is at the intersection of psychology, technology, and AI"
Also me: "Hey Siri, look up how to save files on Teams"
Also me: "Hey Siri, look up how to save files on Teams"
August 31, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Me: "My work is at the intersection of psychology, technology, and AI"
Also me: "Hey Siri, look up how to save files on Teams"
Also me: "Hey Siri, look up how to save files on Teams"
Reposted by Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD
The vast majority of Democrats have no idea who Hassan Piker is. Here's why they need to denounce him anyway.
August 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The vast majority of Democrats have no idea who Hassan Piker is. Here's why they need to denounce him anyway.
If Penn and Teller started explaining magic tricks these days, a bunch of TikTok/Threads idiots would go: “guys something’s off here, they couldn’t actually fit in the secret compartment. It’s real magic, anyone with pattern recognition can tell.”
August 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
If Penn and Teller started explaining magic tricks these days, a bunch of TikTok/Threads idiots would go: “guys something’s off here, they couldn’t actually fit in the secret compartment. It’s real magic, anyone with pattern recognition can tell.”
I love when bad guys start a seemingly unrelated story that then becomes a threat
August 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I love when bad guys start a seemingly unrelated story that then becomes a threat
Just so you know, the White AirHeads are not their own flavor or randomly one of the others. They are instead a mix of whatever flavors are being run on the production line. So there is “White flavor,” every batch is different
August 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Just so you know, the White AirHeads are not their own flavor or randomly one of the others. They are instead a mix of whatever flavors are being run on the production line. So there is “White flavor,” every batch is different
I treat myself to a McDonald’s coffee every other day and have this dynamic with the drive thru staff where if I ask for coffee “black” they ask about “room for cream or sugar” but if I say “coffee, no cream, no sugar” they say “so one coffee BLACK”
August 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I treat myself to a McDonald’s coffee every other day and have this dynamic with the drive thru staff where if I ask for coffee “black” they ask about “room for cream or sugar” but if I say “coffee, no cream, no sugar” they say “so one coffee BLACK”
One of the only sane ones on Ozark
August 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
One of the only sane ones on Ozark
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We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
Job Openings
Learn more about the job opportunities available at University of Iowa in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
psychology.uiowa.edu
May 13, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...