Joey Heffner
@jpheffne.bsky.social
Postdoc at Yale University studying emotions, language, and decision-making
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Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab
Explore research on how emotions influence social cognition, decision-making, and AI interactions at the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab at Stanford University. Join us to study emotions and beh...
www.heffner-lab.com
SO excited to share that I'll be joining Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Psychology starting September 2027!!
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
SO excited to share that I'll be joining Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Psychology starting September 2027!!
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab
Explore research on how emotions influence social cognition, decision-making, and AI interactions at the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab at Stanford University. Join us to study emotions and beh...
www.heffner-lab.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
SO excited to share that I'll be joining Stanford University as an Assistant Professor in Psychology starting September 2027!!
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
I’m launching the Emotions, Computation, and Choice Lab, where we investigate how emotions guide social cognition and behavior.
www.heffner-lab.com
This was a cool project to be a part of, and in my opinion represents a key piece of evidence in understanding how affect (valence) tracks value learning in decision-making. Great work Yang!
The typeset version of our paper (w/ Sam, @jpheffne.bsky.social & @orielf.bsky.social ) in @commspsychol.nature.com is now up: www.nature.com/articles/s44.... We show that affective valence tracks value learning independent of canonical RPEs, in both social and non-social (risky) decision-making. 🧵
Affective valence as a computational signal for learning value - Communications Psychology
Reinforcement learning models often ignore affect’s well-established role in shaping behavior. This study shows evidence that affective valence serves as a computational signal that tracks learning in...
www.nature.com
July 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This was a cool project to be a part of, and in my opinion represents a key piece of evidence in understanding how affect (valence) tracks value learning in decision-making. Great work Yang!
I am SO excited to share my latest #preprint with
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
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@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
1/7
Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence
Chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) have rapidly become a significant part of everyday life, with over a quarter of American adults using them multiple times per week. While these tools o...
arxiv.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I am SO excited to share my latest #preprint with
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
1/7
@robbrutledge.bsky.social, Chongyu Qin, Zeb Kurth-Nelson, Martin Chadwick, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, and others from DeepMind:
"Increasing happiness through conversations with artificial intelligence"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.02091
A short 🧵
1/7
I'm finally making the switch from the old one to the new one.
Looking forward to connecting and sharing research on emotions, language, decision-making, mental health, and artificial intelligence!
Looking forward to connecting and sharing research on emotions, language, decision-making, mental health, and artificial intelligence!
November 24, 2024 at 11:25 PM
I'm finally making the switch from the old one to the new one.
Looking forward to connecting and sharing research on emotions, language, decision-making, mental health, and artificial intelligence!
Looking forward to connecting and sharing research on emotions, language, decision-making, mental health, and artificial intelligence!