Valence, Mixed Feelings, and Appraisal Processes 👉 #PsycSci #AffectSci
New paper out in *Topoi*, co-authored with Daniel Dukes and David Sander!
We explore how appraisal theories of emotion can explain valence and, in particular, mixed feelings—how a single affective experience can feel good and bad at the same time.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We explore how appraisal theories of emotion can explain valence and, in particular, mixed feelings—how a single affective experience can feel good and bad at the same time.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 24, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Valence, Mixed Feelings, and Appraisal Processes 👉 #PsycSci #AffectSci
Check out @orielf.bsky.social & I's chapter "Emotion and Choice: The Integral Role of Emotion in Constructing Value" in the new volume, Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions, edited by @dvsmith.bsky.social @thepsychologist.bsky.social & @dfareri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Emotion and Choice: The Integral Role of Emotion in Constructing Value
In the centuries-long history of decision-making research, emotion’s role in choice has only been investigated relatively recently. Early theories of decision-making, which conceived of emotions...
doi.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
We are looking for a clinical psych postdoc to join our team in 2025 or 2026 to help with studies of mood disorders and suicidal behavior in youth and families (using EEG 🧠 and EMA 📱 methods).
See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.
See www.moodemotionlab.com for more info on the lab and projects.
Mood, Emotion & Development Laboratory
The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...
www.moodemotionlab.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We're hiring!!! Princeton Psych has an Assistant Prof search in cog neuro (joint with @princetonneuro.bsky.social). Apply apply apply! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
puwebp.princeton.edu
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm really excited to share a new preprint! Lab studies have consistently shown that stress and negative emotions make people drink alcohol, but studies of daily life (EMA) keep failing to find it. What does that mean for the shared theoretical prediction both designs test? osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
TLC is very happy to connect with our community here on Bluesky. We look forward to sharing our upcoming events and other resources.
Are you or someone you know working on gratitude? We'd love to have you join us for our Global Gratitude Summit on May 14, 2025.
Are you or someone you know working on gratitude? We'd love to have you join us for our Global Gratitude Summit on May 14, 2025.
December 17, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Hello fellow emotion researchers! I just made a feed for all things related to Affective Science. Check it out! Current tag is #AffectSci
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@markrubin.bsky.social
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@markrubin.bsky.social
September 26, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Hello fellow emotion researchers! I just made a feed for all things related to Affective Science. Check it out! Current tag is #AffectSci
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@markrubin.bsky.social
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@markrubin.bsky.social
We are excited to announce this year's Shared Reality Virtual Conference happening Wednesday March 12 & Thursday March 13, 2025, between 9:50 AM - 1:10 PM ET!
You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
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You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Strangers chatted once a week for 6 weeks and as they became closer, their self-reported emotions were *less* aligned after conversations. Fits with recent work (by @sebospeer.bsky.social @dianatamir.bsky.social et al) suggesting friends are free to explore and diverge
How Emotion Contagion Changes as Strangers Become Acquainted: A Longitudinal Conversation Study. From Shelly Tsang, Stephanie Kaiser, Xin Tong, and @adriennewood.bsky.social doi.org/10.1525/coll...
May 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New paper in print @ JoPaCS!
1st registered report
1st study published w/ data I collected
🧵on the Anger Incentive Delay Task as a reward-salient stressor that is more synergistic to many reward-focused theories of health than the TSST 1/12
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
1st registered report
1st study published w/ data I collected
🧵on the Anger Incentive Delay Task as a reward-salient stressor that is more synergistic to many reward-focused theories of health than the TSST 1/12
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
January 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In work recently out in Affective Science we investigated how accurately people can forecast their emotions in everyday life. Study 1 focused on forecasts for specific time periods (tomorrow, next week). Study 2 focused on forecasts for daily unpleasant events. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Affective Forecasting Accuracy in Everyday Life - Affective Science
Affective Science - People often predict how they might feel in the future, with varying degrees of accuracy. Such affective forecasts can centre around periods of time (e.g., tomorrow, next week)...
link.springer.com
March 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Thrilled to finally have this paper officially out! Across eight samples (n=2k+), we find that having a larger strategy repertoire can benefit goal attainment. We also discuss challenges with measuring repertoire and flexibility more broadly. w/ Raymond Wu, J. Gross, @malfrie.bsky.social
#AffectSci
#AffectSci
January 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thrilled to finally have this paper officially out! Across eight samples (n=2k+), we find that having a larger strategy repertoire can benefit goal attainment. We also discuss challenges with measuring repertoire and flexibility more broadly. w/ Raymond Wu, J. Gross, @malfrie.bsky.social
#AffectSci
#AffectSci
Turns out empirically derived phenotypes (data-driven symptom sets) nested within traditional mental disorders can help reduce diagnostic heterogeneity!
We learned so much cool and interesting stuff in this study. I could talk (/post) about it all day, but here’s a few highlights (🧵)
We learned so much cool and interesting stuff in this study. I could talk (/post) about it all day, but here’s a few highlights (🧵)
Empirically derived phenotypes can reduce diagnostic heterogeneity: https://osf.io/8wtqx
May 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM
🎉 Welcome to all affective scientists and emotion enthusiasts who’ve recently joined Bluesky! We’ve created a starter pack to help you connect with others in the field—take a look to discover great people to follow. Reach out if you'd like to be added to the list! #AffectSci go.bsky.app/JU6K9No
November 11, 2024 at 9:43 PM
🎉 Welcome to all affective scientists and emotion enthusiasts who’ve recently joined Bluesky! We’ve created a starter pack to help you connect with others in the field—take a look to discover great people to follow. Reach out if you'd like to be added to the list! #AffectSci go.bsky.app/JU6K9No
🚨 New paper alert! 🎉🎉🎉
The largest meta-analysis to date on physical activity & mood in daily life is out in Nature Human Behaviour. An amazing effort led by Johanna Rehder & Markus Reichert et al. (2026)!
The largest meta-analysis to date on physical activity & mood in daily life is out in Nature Human Behaviour. An amazing effort led by Johanna Rehder & Markus Reichert et al. (2026)!
An individual participant data meta-analysis of how physical activity relates to affective well-being in daily life
May 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The FEEL lab is doing some of the most fascinating, groundbreaking research on emotions and emotion regulation. Do NOT miss this opportunity!! #psychjobs #AffectSci
We're hiring a postdoc in the FEEL lab at the University of Melbourne. Deadline May 12: get in touch if you have questions! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...
Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FEEL Lab) : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
April 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The FEEL lab is doing some of the most fascinating, groundbreaking research on emotions and emotion regulation. Do NOT miss this opportunity!! #psychjobs #AffectSci
Happy to finally see this paper (w/ @cendripetalfrce.bsky.social) out now @commspsychol.nature.com
We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We built a computational framework to show people flexibly balance communicative benefits against social costs when deciding whether and how to express their emotions. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Value computations underpin flexible emotion expression - Communications Psychology
People do not always express the emotions they feel truthfully. Computational modelling reveals that people flexibly regulate their emotion expressions by balancing their value as a communicative sign...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Does listening to music interfere with studying? Not if you're listening to music you enjoy!
Full thread below from the brilliant @diannavidas.bsky.social
#affectsci #MusicScience
Full thread below from the brilliant @diannavidas.bsky.social
#affectsci #MusicScience
The final paper from my PhD is finally out! Huge thank you to my supervisors @genevieve132.bsky.social and @nicolenelson.bsky.social for their support with this! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From Mozart to Fleetwood Mac: music listening is not detrimental to reading comprehension in university students
Most university students choose to study with music, yet whether this is detrimental or beneficial for studying remains unclear. We investigated the impact of music listening with 279 participants ...
www.tandfonline.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Does listening to music interfere with studying? Not if you're listening to music you enjoy!
Full thread below from the brilliant @diannavidas.bsky.social
#affectsci #MusicScience
Full thread below from the brilliant @diannavidas.bsky.social
#affectsci #MusicScience
Happy to see this finally published!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#Academicsky
#AffectSci
#BehSciSky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#compassion
#HistSci
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#Academicsky
#AffectSci
#BehSciSky
#ClinPsych
#ClinicalPsychologist
#clinicalpsychsky
#compassion
#HistSci
#mentalhealth
#PsychSciSky
#psychology
#psychiatry
#neuroskyence
#PhilSci
June 4, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Why does it feel good to be sure? In new work @voalan.bsky.social @andero.bsky.social and I bridge confidence and affect. In perceptual DM, we found a remarkably consistent association between both measures! ↓↓↓
link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#PsychSciSky #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
Metacognitive confidence and affect – two sides of the same coin?
Decision confidence is a prototypical metacognitive representation that is thought to approximate the probability that a decision is correct. The perception of being correct has also been associate...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Preprocessing ESM data: a step-by-step framework, tutorial website, R package, and reporting templates: http://osf.io/hnu2t/
October 26, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Use of context in updating affective representations of words in older adults
Biological Psychology, 2025
#affectsci #psychology #neuroskyence
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Biological Psychology, 2025
#affectsci #psychology #neuroskyence
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Use of context in updating affective representations of words in older adults
Biological Psychology, 2025
#affectsci #psychology #neuroskyence
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Biological Psychology, 2025
#affectsci #psychology #neuroskyence
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...