Maital Neta
@profmaitalneta
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Assoc Prof at #UNL and affective neuroscientist studying responses to emotional uncertainty, mom of 3, lover of bourbon and rye 🥃
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In a recent paper in Perspectives on
@PsychScience
, we argue that surprise is an emotion — we summarize work showing that rather than being NEITHER positive nor negative, it is EITHER positive or negative (ie., ambiguously valenced).
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Incredibly honored to lead this wonderful community and so looking forward to continuing to work with the amazing
@affectScience
leadership!
It is also with great pleasure that we announce our new President Elect, Maital Neta (
@profmaitalneta
), who will take on the mantle of
@affectScience
President after Maya Tamir next year. Congratulations, Dr. Neta!
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Calling Affective Scientists: We have 1 Research Specialist (Bachelor's degree required) and 1 Postdoc position available! Our lab studies individual differences in emotion and emotion regulation using a wide array of approaches - behavioral, neuroimaging, and more! (1/3)
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Excited to share our latest MRI paper showing evidence that negativity is the faster and easier response to uncertainty and positivity may rely on emotion regulation. Please share!
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Come join us! We're hiring a new Postdoctoral Researcher (start date negotiable) to contribute to NIMH- and NSF-funded work exploring individual differences in emotion processing/regulation. Link to apply: Please RT!
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We're hiring! Accepting applications for a postdoc and PhD student(s) to work on NIMH- & NSF-funded projects related to emotional bias across the lifespan. This work uses fMRI, resting-state, psychophys, eyetracking, mousetracking, EEG, network analyses, etc! Please RT!
@UNLPsych
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@Nancy_Kanwisher
@eLife
@HHMINEWS
He literally tweeted “Fuck Israel.” Are we to believe he would be impartial regarding manuscripts coming from Israeli authors?
@OdedRechavi
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Our first aging MRI paper, led by
@NatePetro
, is now out in Neurobiology of Aging! In contrast to the initial/default response to appraise ambiguity as negative in younger adults, older adults not only have a more positive bias (à la positivity effect), (1/3)
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Join us! We are hiring a Postdoc to work on NIH- and NSF-funded projects exploring ind diffs in response to emotional uncertainty, including a timely exploration in the context of the pandemic. Please RT! Remote negotiable. Click here for info and to apply
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Love this presidential line-up! Perfect share for International Women’s Day.
#affectscience2024
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BIG Congrats to
@dylanggee
and
@amitaishenhav
for winning the Janet Taylor Spence Award from
@PsychScience
! So well deserved!!
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Come postdoc with us! We have a funded postdoc position to study individual differences in emotion perception and emotion regulation across the lifespan! Apply at
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Definitely the most fun talk that I’ve given, thanks in large part to this incredible venue. Big thanks to
@LucinaUddin
and Aaron Heller for including me in this stellar
#SANS2019
program!
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Could not be more proud than I am of this newly minted DOCTOR! It’s been a true honor serving as your mentor,
@nickharp1
. Also big thanks to your committee,
@IngridHaas
,
@tk_lorenz
, and
@RebeccaLBrock
!
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Super excited to share our new paper on mindfulness out now at
#JEPGeneral
, spearheaded by my brilliant student,
@nickharp1
and in collaboration with one of my fav brilliant people,
@freemanjb
! 🧵
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Following up on work showing that
#mindfulness
promotes a more positive valence bias, we recently found that the increased positivity was correlated with decreased symptoms of depression and anxiety! Another great paper led by
@nickharp1
!
New work out with
@profmaitalneta
! We assessed valence bias and affective symptoms (depression, anxiety) throughout a mindfulness-based stress reduction program, and found that the degree of change in valence bias corresponded with change in symptoms:
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New paper out with new collaborators,
@anderouusberg
and James Gross, and old,
@nickharp1
and
@ClaudiaClincha2
! We examined the link between valence bias (i.e., interpretation of emotional ambiguity) and emotion regulation (1/2)
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My kids go to a Jewish day school. Yesterday, was our first lockdown with an active threat investigated by local law enforcement and the FBI. It was *excurciating* and I'm sure it won't be the last one... is THIS what feels like justice to my fellow Americans??? Shame on you all.
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Unbelievably honored to be in this line-up.
Ten wonderful years of affective science at SAS, ten wonderful presidents. So much gratitude as we reflect on the society's growth in the past decade--and excitement looking ahead to the next decade of SAS!
#AffectScience2023
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We're hiring a Research Specialist! Please RT. Apply here:
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Celebrating the end of the academic year with ice cream and this awesome
@CANLab_UNL
crew!
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Woohoo! I did my part to make one electoral vote go blue in this sea of red!
#BidenHarris2020
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Giving the keynote at the Nebraska Psychological Society meeting... hopefully more people show up! 😉
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There have been a number of perks to Zoom study sections over the past few years but dinner with
@laurenatlas
is by far the best perk of returning to in person!
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So proud of
@nickharp1
's first first-author paper! We identified and shared a new set of ambiguously valenced words (e.g., "BREAK" = positive (spring break) or negative (heart break)?) 1/n
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Proud mentor moment!
@nickharp1
won 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribs to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Comm! Recognizes him as contributing the most to improving the status of LGBTQA+ identified people by advocating for indivs, groups, & issues at
#UNL
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Recently out in Personality and Individual Differences with the inimitable
@nickharp1
and
@RebeccaLBrock
- many likely know that High Neuroticism = Greater Negativity. BUT in those that rely on interpersonal emo reg, high N can override this negativity!
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New meta-analysis out showing the a more positive interpretation/valence bias is linked with higher trait reappraisal:
Led by
@nickharp1
in collaboration yet again with
@anderouusberg
and Twitter-less James Gross!
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This was a really fun (and over 8 year long!!) adventure alongside some truly stellar scientists!
Preprint out on the ⭐️cingulo-opercular⭐️ network,
a collab project co-led w/
@profmaitalneta
+
@allydworetsky
We take a new 👀 at 1 of our fave 🧠 systems, after addressing indiv variation
➡️ leading us to a new proposal on its subdivision & evolution
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I am pro-Israelis AND pro-Palestinians AND ANTI-HAMAS. This is not as complicated as people are making it seem. It is not only possible but absolutely essential if you value human life!
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Highlighting our recent work, spear-headed, from inception to publication, by the inimitable
@nickharp1
!
By testing how people interpret ambiguity, Nebraska U's
@profmaitalneta
&
@nickharp1
have published some of the clearest, most objective evidence to date that the benefits of mindfulness are not just in the mind of the beholder.
@UNLPsych
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Come join our growing team! Seeking applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on NIH- and NSF-funded research. Start date negotiable. Apply here: and please RT!
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Taking the
@shabnamhakimi
’s fantastic suggestion and amplifying the voices of 10 women. Keep it going!
@leahsom
@katerpickle
@KatieKarlsgodt
@LucinaUddin
@church_lang
@dylanggee
@ka_lindquist
@laurenatlas
@IngridHaas
@candaceraio
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Come work with us! Hiring a postdoc to contribute to longitudinal MRI studies of valence bias in a rich developmental context ()! Lots of time available for your own independent project ideas. DM with any questions and please RT!
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Come join us! We have a solid record of getting former research specialists into great PhD programs! Apply here:
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What a thrill this was to put together! So honored this inspirational crew agreed to join us.
The
#AffectScience2024
Presidential Symposium was inspiring!
@ProfAkinola
talked about staying open to opportunities,
@abryantmiller
spoke about suicide prevention,
@leahsom
related affective science to juvenile justice, and
@lauriesantos
shared insights on communicating science.
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Come see
@nickharp1
’s talk at
#affectscience2024
!!
We'd also like to highlight that Nick (
@nickharp1
) is giving a talk in the Symposium "What people see in ambiguous facial expressions” at
@affectScience
! See below for details ✨
#AffectScience2024
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Our first paper in aging led by
@NatePetro
! We have previously demonstrated that the default response to emotional ambiguity in young adults is negative, but here we show evidence suggesting a shift toward a default positivity in older adults! Welcome any feedback.
Positivity effect in aging: Evidence for the primacy of positive responses to emotional ambiguity
#biorxiv_neursci
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Recently out in JESP and led by my former lab manager,
@RubyBasyouni
, in collaboration with
@nickharp1
and
@IngridHaas
! We use ambiguous faces to measure bias in processing political in- and out-group faces.
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Our *last* paper to ever be published
@NeuroImage_EiC
is out now (cue jump to
@ImagingNeurosci
)!
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With
@ErikNook
and
@Sakiera_Hudson
at the helm, you *know* this is going to be fantastic!👑
Submit submit submit!
@Sakiera_Hudson
and I are working with a fab team to make an awesome conference in NOLA. We'd love to hear about your work! So prep for the 11/15 deadline and tell all your friends!
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Come join us! DM/email me with questions. And to apply - Research Specialist: ; Postdoc: . Consideration begins 3/1/22 & continues on rolling basis. Remote postdoc negotiable. PLEASE RT!
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A bit belated, but some reflections on the (Jewish) new year.
The last few years have brought a lot of important lessons... (a thread)
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From oceanographic science to affective neuroscience - MAOS Class of 1998... 25 years later! Super fun visit with Kateri!
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Open Affective Science preconference has started at
#SAS2021
! I am SO excited!! Thanks,
@HeatherUrry
and
@Sam_D_Parsons
for organizing!
Trying to find the program or an event? Note that the
#SAS2021
programs list ALL times in UTC, PDT, BST & JST! And ICYMI, you can now find the official program as a PDF + handy "Schedule at a Glance" PDF here:
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Our new preprint that identifies brain regions that have a high probability (across subjects) of being in a particular functional network. AND characterizes the probabilities of different networks at a given ROI.
Just out: a new collaborative preprint led by
@allydworetsky
:
Where we provide a probabilistic map of cortical functional networks to help researchers identify locations of consensus (or lack thereof) across subjects. A THREAD
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Come work with us! Hiring at the post-bacc () and post-doc levels ()!
Lab managers are encouraged to do their own independent research and apply to present at conferences! To learn more click on the link () and check out the thread below 🧠👩🔬👩💻
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The first thing we saw when
@CANLab_UNL
walked into our escape room! Fitting! And a super fun way to end the year and send
@nickharp1
off to his next adventures!
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It’s been a long time coming… fun hanging out with (most of) my lab IN PERSON!
@UNLPsych
@nickharp1
@JaySchalk
@BashfordLargo
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We're hiring faculty
@UNLincoln
's Center for Brain Biology and Behavior (CB3)! Job ads in thread below, reach out to me with any questions and please RT!
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So proud of
@nickharp1
!
Congratulations to
@nickharp1
for winning the Outstanding Graduate Student Mentoring Award 👏👏👏
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My lab managers,
@eisha_haque
and
@MaceyGrisso
, killing it with science communication for public school educators (covering for me while I’m in quarantine)! Bravo, team!!
Had a great time at the LPS Science Connector talking to teachers about our research involving kids and valence bias!
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Our first paper out in
@ELSneuroscience
Dev Cog Neuro
#openaccess
using our valence bias task to measure **affective flexibility in kids** !
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See you all soon at
#AffectScience2023
in Long Beach!
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@CANLab_UNL
had a fun day (with special guests!) talking about emotions at a Sundays with a Scientist event spotlighting women in STEM
#UNL
@UNLresearch
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An important step forward! 👏 Bravo,
@freemanjb
! 👏
Update: Due to our efforts, NSF will be piloting a gender identity measure for its U.S. STEM workforce surveys in Feb. '21 on n=5000, but no promise of including it. Sexual orientation is still omitted entirely. We're going to keep at it. Thanks
@ScienceMagazine
for the coverage
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“Leading a team of scientists is an enormous challenge, and also an honor. Pause and appreciate the opportunity you have earned, but also understand the responsibility you have for creating a healthy and productive environment for the next generation of scientists.” Amen.
This month's letter is for new PIs. We discuss three tips for launching your own lab.
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What a great first day of
#ReadEmo20
, topped off by a stimulating discussion of the measurement crisis in Cog Neuro from
@russpoldrack
! Thanks to the organizers for a wonderful program -
@CarienvanReekum
,
@Sonia_Bishop
and others!
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@leahsom
@ajshackman
Dave was such an incredible mentor and scientist. He did it right... he cared fiercely and he always wanted the best for his students (and for all of us that were fortunate enough to cross his path). He was a role model when I needed one most.
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#Kindnesschallenge
#1
is out from
@zakijam
and it’s a TOUGHIE. Kindness directed inward! Important reminder that self-care should not be overlooked.
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Come work with us! Deadline to apply is Feb. 21! Please RT.
Hi! The CAN Lab at UNL is looking for a full-time Research Specialist! Apply here:
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Was such a pleasure to work with
@DANLAB_Columbia
on this paper! We replicated findings showing that kids have a more negative valence bias than adults. Then extended this work ...
Happy to at last share this paper in published form, with
@profmaitalneta
and
@DANLAB_Columbia
. Children who negatively rate ambiguous pics show more depressive symptoms and less inverse frontoamyg connectivity, but only in later puberty.
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100%.
@schneiderleonid
@leahsom
@scicareersltys
Leah, your article was courageous and insightful. I hope you agree that
@schneiderleonid
can be safely ignored. Please enjoy your Thanksgiving!
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We're hiring a postdoc to join our team conducting NIH- and NSF-funded research. Go to to apply! Would be happy to meet with any interested applicants at the
@SANS_news
meeting in Miami. Please RT!
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WOOHOOOO!! So proud of my first grad student,
@catiecbrown
, for her exceptional teaching! 👏👏👏
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Somehow maybe comforting to know that I’m not alone in this feeling… “The silence outside the Jewish community, for the most part, is deafening.”
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Fantastic piece. But beyond frustrating that women have to take time away from their own research programs to respond to such garbage!
@NatureComms
can and should do better.
Check out the pre-print of our response to the "women shouldn't mentor women"
@NatureComms
paper by
@ka_lindquist
,
@junegruber
,
@JSchleiderPhD
,
@jbintheATX
,
@LMWeinstockPhD
and me.
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Super useful instruction on how to respond to reviews!
How to revise:
As an editor and author I have seen many revised papers return to journals. Given effort, most go well (ie step toward acceptance). Some go pear-shaped. I’ve slowly improved and have an approach known by my group as the ‘Breakspear method”. Here is its essence
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Also, although we typically do not see evidence for amygdala habituation in response to ambiguous (surprised) faces, as you do for clear negativity (fear), older adults that do show habituation to ambiguity have a more positive bias. (3/3)
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This is consistent with work led by
@wcraigwilliams
and
@zakijam
showing that ppl who believe they can count on interpersonal relationships to regulate emotions, may be less inclined to appraise life events as neg because of relatively stable mental reps of safety and security
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This was a fun project, getting to collaborate with one of my favorite people,
@freemanjb
, and led by a stellar grad student,
@nickharp1
! (1/4)
check out my new preprint with
@profmaitalneta
and
@freemanjb
showing that mindfulness-based stress reduction promotes positivity in the face of emotional ambiguity!
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Such a herculean effort! 💪🏻👏🏻Proud and honored to know you,
@freemanjb
!!
All newly minted PhDs take NSF's Survey of Earned Doctorates - but NSF still won't track LGBTQ disparities in STEM
@AAAS
,
@AERA_EdResearch
, and I are requesting that White House OMB require NSF to add LGBTQ questions and meet federal equity standards per a Biden executive order
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This is my favorite scientific community... come join us!
Want to get more involved with SAS? We're recruiting volunteers (self/other nominations) for many committees within the Society. Please complete our Volunteer Form by 15th June 2021 ()... and see 👇 for details on specific committees. Come join us! (1/9)
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Join us in the Big Easy this March!
It’s official - we are going to NEW ORLEANS!!
Save the date for
#AffectScience2024
from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 3, 2024. Abstract submissions will open in late September. See our 2024 SAS Annual conference website for regular updates:
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At long last! A return to in-person
@affectScience
meetings! Hope to see you there…
It's official! 🗓️ Save the date for
#AffectScience2023
from March 30th-April 1st 2023 in sunny Long Beach, California!! Abstract submissions will open September 19th, 2022. See our 2023 SAS Annual Conference website for regular updates:
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but the positivity appears to become the new initial/default response in aging - e.g., faster RTs are associated with a negative appraisal in young adults, but a positive appraisal in older adults! (2/3)
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Such an honor to work with this incredible collection of scientists! Thanks to
@IngridHaas
for leading this adventure with me, and to all the brilliant minds that populated these pages...
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@nickharp
does it again! New paper out exploring longitudinal effects of loneliness on valence bias during the pandemic.
Some new work with
@profmaitalneta
out at JRP! We found that sharing positive emotions buffers loneliness-related negativity during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Free access to the paper through the link:
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@DCIPalestine
@profcikara
Yes. Perhaps Hamas should stop using Palestinian children as human shields!
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I have been so heartened by (and invested much of my energy in) the DEI efforts of the last few years... but to now discover that JEWS ARE EXEMPT from such efforts is a monumental betrayal. A betrayal by my colleagues, peers, mentors, even people I once called friends.
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10 days left to apply! Looking forward to hearing from you!
Calling Affective Scientists: We have 1 Research Specialist (Bachelor's degree required) and 1 Postdoc position available! Our lab studies individual differences in emotion and emotion regulation using a wide array of approaches - behavioral, neuroimaging, and more! (1/3)
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Couldn’t have written it better myself.
I’d like to give you a sense of what’s it like to be an Israeli and a Jew right now.
There are many ways to define Judaism - ethnic, religious, genetic, etc. - but we all agree on one thing: all Jews are one big family.
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Come check out some of our latest findings at
#affectscience2024
!
Hi!
#AffectScience2024
is coming up soon, so here's poster information from our three research specialists who are presenting 🙌! Please stop by if you are attending
@affectScience
!
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Is the positivity effect in aging associated with bottom-up positivity rather than top-down processes?
@MirayErbey
sheds light at
#ReadEmo20
!
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Some of our latest work on combatting loneliness!
In our latest
#PocketScience
: Research from
@profmaitalneta
&
@nickharp1
points toward the value of sharing positive emotional experiences amid isolating circumstances — even the early stages of a pandemic.
@unlcas
@UNLPsych
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