I’m also deeply grateful to my mentors, colleagues, collaborators, and trainees over the years, whose guidance, partnership, hard work and curiosity continue to challenge and inspire me. Excited (and humbled) to step into this next chapter.

This milestone would not have been possible without the unwavering support and understanding of my family—thank you for your patience and love through the long hours and late nights.

I’m honored to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure @UCSB! . To mark this milestone, my lab, the Yu Emotion Science (YES) lab, finally has its official logo (credit to @avamadesousa )

RT @Boke89707488: Excited to share my co–first-authored paper with @JX_Zhang123 and teamwork with @torwager and @JamesGross in @TrendsCognS….

First article in @TrendsCognSci , led by excellent @YesLabUcsb member and graduate student @avamadesousa . Commentary on a recent cross-cultural work on conceptual representation of social relationships by @Bruce_Yin_Wang et al.

RT @NatureHumBehav: How does the human mind understand social relationships? This paper by Wang et al. discovers a universal conceptual str….

🚨New paper🚨How do we decide who has the 'moral standing' to call out wrongdoing? New research, led by former YES Lab member @ghezae_isaias and in collaboration with @FanYangUChicago explores folk perception of moral standing to blame. Now in Open Mind

RT @_jane_han_: 🚨 New paper out with @samnastase and @haxbylab! We use representational similarity analysis to test how well behavioral, se….

🚨 New job🚨 The Psychological & Brain Sciences Department at UCSB is hiring a new Director for the Brain Imaging Center! Join us in beautiful SB 🏝️ and intellectually stimulating and collegial department (Full Professor position—due by Dec 2)

RT @affectScience: ✨Dive into emotion regulation research! Join us for an Early Career Data Blitz, EMA methods session, and talks on real-w….

RT @affectScience: The inaugural SAS preconference on Clinical Affective Science will explore the vibrant, emerging area of research at the….

I admire how creative and funny the YES Lab members are. Thank you @YesLabUcsb.

RT @affectScience: 🎤 Deep dives, big discussions!.Want to bring together a team of experts and give the audience a 360-degree view of your….

RT @AnnieWertz: Interested in how infants and young children learn about plants and nature? I am currently looking for PhD students to be p….

RT @affectScience: ⚡ Big ideas, short and sweet!.Got a research finding or new theory you’re excited about? Flash Talks are the perfect way….

RSVP here: Zoom here:

Interested in PhD program in experimental psychology at UC Santa Barbara? Our department will host an virtual "open house" event on Friday Oct 18, 1-4pm (PST). Want to learn more about the research areas, funding and financial support, student experience? More info below👇

Excited to be part of this great precon!.

Chujun is a great mentor and collaborator to work with. This is absolutely a wonderful opportunity!.

RT @LinChujun: I am recruiting 🚨grad students🚨postdocs🚨visiting scholars🚨for 2025!. My lab @UCSanDiego study⭐️person perception⭐️social cog….