Simone Cheli
@scheli.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist
St. John's University
www.simonecheli.com
St. John's University
www.simonecheli.com
1/2 Our book is finally out! I'm truly grateful for the wonderful team Martin Brüne and I coordinated.
This is - I hope - and important step towards evolutionarily informed psychotherapy.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This is - I hope - and important step towards evolutionarily informed psychotherapy.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
1/2 Our book is finally out! I'm truly grateful for the wonderful team Martin Brüne and I coordinated.
This is - I hope - and important step towards evolutionarily informed psychotherapy.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This is - I hope - and important step towards evolutionarily informed psychotherapy.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Our recent integrative meta-synthesis of 50 studies suggests that an evolutionary lens is becoming a reliable clinical tool.
In thinking about personality pathology we can identify three domains that are not mutually exclusive but rather intersect.
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
In thinking about personality pathology we can identify three domains that are not mutually exclusive but rather intersect.
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
March 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our recent integrative meta-synthesis of 50 studies suggests that an evolutionary lens is becoming a reliable clinical tool.
In thinking about personality pathology we can identify three domains that are not mutually exclusive but rather intersect.
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
In thinking about personality pathology we can identify three domains that are not mutually exclusive but rather intersect.
doi.org/10.1007/s408...
(1/2)I am very pleased to share our study. Although the sample wad small, we tested our evolutionarily informed model for conceptualizing and treating personality pathology in adolescents in the "broad" sense (16-25 years), the age group in which over 40% of diagnoses are made.
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
(1/2)I am very pleased to share our study. Although the sample wad small, we tested our evolutionarily informed model for conceptualizing and treating personality pathology in adolescents in the "broad" sense (16-25 years), the age group in which over 40% of diagnoses are made.
This paper follows my lecture given at the conference organized by the University of Montgomery. The starting question was and is: Are none, some or all disorders interpersonal?
And the answer is always based on an evolutionary perspective.
socialsciences.pagepress.net/rp/article/v...
And the answer is always based on an evolutionary perspective.
socialsciences.pagepress.net/rp/article/v...
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This paper follows my lecture given at the conference organized by the University of Montgomery. The starting question was and is: Are none, some or all disorders interpersonal?
And the answer is always based on an evolutionary perspective.
socialsciences.pagepress.net/rp/article/v...
And the answer is always based on an evolutionary perspective.
socialsciences.pagepress.net/rp/article/v...
My presentation at the Auburn University Workshop on “Personality and Its Disturbances in Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence". Thanks to organizers: Peter Zachar, Anna Sterna, Marcin Moskalewitz.
Are all disorders interpersonal? - Simone Cheli
My presentation at the Montgomery workshop on Personality and Its Disturbances in Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence
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October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My presentation at the Auburn University Workshop on “Personality and Its Disturbances in Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence". Thanks to organizers: Peter Zachar, Anna Sterna, Marcin Moskalewitz.
A complex and refined algorithm that doesn't even consider the possibility of psychosocial treatments... even just as a supplement to pharmacological ones.
INTEGRATE: international guidelines for the algorithmic treatment of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental illness involving multiple symptom domains and is often
associated with substantial physical health comorbidities. Guidelines exist, but these
tend to be country-specific and...
www.thelancet.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A complex and refined algorithm that doesn't even consider the possibility of psychosocial treatments... even just as a supplement to pharmacological ones.
Love it! @science.org confirms that we are not as special as we tell ourselves!
The contagious buzz of bumble bee positivity, and when snow crabs vanish
On this week’s show: Predicting the fate of snow crabs under climate change, and observing the spread of bumble bee “emotions”
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Love it! @science.org confirms that we are not as special as we tell ourselves!
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Reposted by Simone Cheli
If you're teaching about lifespan personality development, and you want to include Bleidorn + colleagues (2022) meta-analysis, I made some prettier plots than the ones in our paper. (Y axis is cohen's d)
(Alternately, if you've never read our paper, check out these plots!)
(Alternately, if you've never read our paper, check out these plots!)
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you're teaching about lifespan personality development, and you want to include Bleidorn + colleagues (2022) meta-analysis, I made some prettier plots than the ones in our paper. (Y axis is cohen's d)
(Alternately, if you've never read our paper, check out these plots!)
(Alternately, if you've never read our paper, check out these plots!)
Reposted by Simone Cheli
I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
Past trade-offs as humans adapt ed to extremes, future mismatch as stability will arise.
A very cool evolutionary tale on pastoralism, kidney and water stress.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
A very cool evolutionary tale on pastoralism, kidney and water stress.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Trade-offs and human adaptation at the extremes
Genomic analyses of Turkana pastoralists identify variants that increase water retention
www.science.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Past trade-offs as humans adapt ed to extremes, future mismatch as stability will arise.
A very cool evolutionary tale on pastoralism, kidney and water stress.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
A very cool evolutionary tale on pastoralism, kidney and water stress.
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Personality Disorders and Human Evolution: An Integrative Meta-synthesis
Our preprint is freely available on OSF.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Our preprint is freely available on OSF.
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Personality Disorders and Human Evolution: An Integrative Meta-synthesis
Our preprint is freely available on OSF.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Our preprint is freely available on OSF.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Reposted by Simone Cheli
Forced Hospitalization Increases Suicide and Violent Crime
by Peter Simons
Proponents claim involuntary treatment is necessary to reduce suicide and crime, but new research shows that it actually doubles the risk of these outcomes.
buff.ly/LRB5tUt
by Peter Simons
Proponents claim involuntary treatment is necessary to reduce suicide and crime, but new research shows that it actually doubles the risk of these outcomes.
buff.ly/LRB5tUt
Forced Hospitalization Increases Suicide and Violent Crime
Proponents claim involuntary treatment is necessary to reduce suicide and crime, but new research shows it doubles the risk of these outcomes.
www.madinamerica.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Forced Hospitalization Increases Suicide and Violent Crime
by Peter Simons
Proponents claim involuntary treatment is necessary to reduce suicide and crime, but new research shows that it actually doubles the risk of these outcomes.
buff.ly/LRB5tUt
by Peter Simons
Proponents claim involuntary treatment is necessary to reduce suicide and crime, but new research shows that it actually doubles the risk of these outcomes.
buff.ly/LRB5tUt
Reposted by Simone Cheli
9/22
In Chapter 9 Simone Cheli & Martin Brüne suggest that both temperamental and developmental components of personality progressively shape autopoietic processes in accordance with the theory of evolution and, especially, Life History Theory.
Link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
In Chapter 9 Simone Cheli & Martin Brüne suggest that both temperamental and developmental components of personality progressively shape autopoietic processes in accordance with the theory of evolution and, especially, Life History Theory.
Link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
9/22
In Chapter 9 Simone Cheli & Martin Brüne suggest that both temperamental and developmental components of personality progressively shape autopoietic processes in accordance with the theory of evolution and, especially, Life History Theory.
Link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
In Chapter 9 Simone Cheli & Martin Brüne suggest that both temperamental and developmental components of personality progressively shape autopoietic processes in accordance with the theory of evolution and, especially, Life History Theory.
Link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Il 20 luglio del 1925 nasceva Frantz Fanon, una figura che sfugge a definizioni semplici e lineari.
Fu uno psichiatra profondamente critico con la psichiatria del suo tempo. Ispirò rivoluzionari e indipendentisti di varie generazioni, dall'Irlanda all'Algeria alla Palestina.
Fu uno psichiatra profondamente critico con la psichiatria del suo tempo. Ispirò rivoluzionari e indipendentisti di varie generazioni, dall'Irlanda all'Algeria alla Palestina.
July 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Il 20 luglio del 1925 nasceva Frantz Fanon, una figura che sfugge a definizioni semplici e lineari.
Fu uno psichiatra profondamente critico con la psichiatria del suo tempo. Ispirò rivoluzionari e indipendentisti di varie generazioni, dall'Irlanda all'Algeria alla Palestina.
Fu uno psichiatra profondamente critico con la psichiatria del suo tempo. Ispirò rivoluzionari e indipendentisti di varie generazioni, dall'Irlanda all'Algeria alla Palestina.
Reposted by Simone Cheli
Part of the Phil Trans special issue "Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds", edited with @ellileadbeater.bsky.social.
Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors.
tinyurl.com/35mn84ty
Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors.
tinyurl.com/35mn84ty
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929
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June 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Part of the Phil Trans special issue "Selection Shapes Diverse Animal Minds", edited with @ellileadbeater.bsky.social.
Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors.
tinyurl.com/35mn84ty
Thanks to co-authors Andoni Sergiou, @josharbon.bsky.social, @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social & @shoalgroup.bsky.social and all the special issue contributors.
tinyurl.com/35mn84ty
Is it me or are these presidents talking about war in a way that is more and more like Peter Sellers?
youtu.be/zZct-itCwPE?...
youtu.be/zZct-itCwPE?...
Dr. Strangelove - Peter Sellers - "An astonishingly good idea"
YouTube video by David RF
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June 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Is it me or are these presidents talking about war in a way that is more and more like Peter Sellers?
youtu.be/zZct-itCwPE?...
youtu.be/zZct-itCwPE?...
Reposted by Simone Cheli
1/ Can AI be conscious? My Behavioral & Brain Sciences target article on ‘Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism’ is now open for commentary proposals. Deadline is June 12. Take-home: real artificial consciousness is very unlikely along current trajectories. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for Commentary Proposals - Conscious artificial intelligence and biological
Call for Commentary Proposals - Conscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism
www.cambridge.org
June 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
1/ Can AI be conscious? My Behavioral & Brain Sciences target article on ‘Conscious AI and Biological Naturalism’ is now open for commentary proposals. Deadline is June 12. Take-home: real artificial consciousness is very unlikely along current trajectories. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My invited lecture at the symposium on personality pathology from an evolutionary perspective. 64th Mind & Brain Congress in Pula.
Martin Brüne, Darko Marčinko and I discussed how to evolutionarily inform psychotherapy and psychiatry for personality disorders.
www.simonecheli.com/2025/06/01/e...
Martin Brüne, Darko Marčinko and I discussed how to evolutionarily inform psychotherapy and psychiatry for personality disorders.
www.simonecheli.com/2025/06/01/e...
Evolution and Personality - Simone Cheli
My presentation at the 64th edition of the Mind and Brain congress in Pula. I reviewed the research of our Personality and Evolution Lab.
www.simonecheli.com
June 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
My invited lecture at the symposium on personality pathology from an evolutionary perspective. 64th Mind & Brain Congress in Pula.
Martin Brüne, Darko Marčinko and I discussed how to evolutionarily inform psychotherapy and psychiatry for personality disorders.
www.simonecheli.com/2025/06/01/e...
Martin Brüne, Darko Marčinko and I discussed how to evolutionarily inform psychotherapy and psychiatry for personality disorders.
www.simonecheli.com/2025/06/01/e...
Reposted by Simone Cheli
WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
May 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
Treatments for ClusterA personality disorders are feasible, safe and possibly effective.
In a new meta-analyis we disprove a common and pernicious hypothesis about these patients not being eligible for treatments.
doi.org/10.1037/per0...
In a new meta-analyis we disprove a common and pernicious hypothesis about these patients not being eligible for treatments.
doi.org/10.1037/per0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
March 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Treatments for ClusterA personality disorders are feasible, safe and possibly effective.
In a new meta-analyis we disprove a common and pernicious hypothesis about these patients not being eligible for treatments.
doi.org/10.1037/per0...
In a new meta-analyis we disprove a common and pernicious hypothesis about these patients not being eligible for treatments.
doi.org/10.1037/per0...