Thank you so much for having me!! I always have a blast chatting with @bethfisher.bsky.social and this time was no different! 💕 Also I loved your reflections in the end and how both of you have change your mind perhaps a bit through sharing your experiences with each other. So cool and precious!

New episode!! Dr. Anikó Kusztor joins us this week to discuss the results of dissociation, and how they vary from person to person. Link in 🧵

Excited to share this work led by @avamadesousa.bsky.social! This paper is so significant to me, not only because it reveals important insights into the disruptions in emotion representations that characterize loneliness, but also because it is a clear example of the power of team science 🌟

Incredible new work from Ava!! Very exciting to see this research out ✨🎉

Congratulations Abhilasha!! Abhilasha's lab would be amazing to be a part of and we can't wait to follow along with her future research! ⭐ If you are interested some of the topics might research you can listen to them here 😊 www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/s3-ep-20-you...

New Episode! Dr. Aenne Brielmann (aennebrielmann.bsky.social) joins Ava and Beth to talk about their research on beauty and how computational models can be used to understand how we experience beauty. Link in bio! 🔗

How do we regulate each other's emotions? We talk big strategies (reappraisal, validation) and subtle mechanisms (acoustics, linguistics) in this new ep of @mindsmatter.bsky.social! Thanks for the fun convo @avamadesousa.bsky.social!

New Episode! Dr. Razia Sahi (@raziasahi.bsky.social) joins Ava and Beth to discuss the details of social emotion regulation, including the use of reappraisal and validation to help navigate difficult emotions! Links in 🧵

New Episode! What is addiction, and how does it show up in everyday habits? Dr. Keanan Joyner (@keananjoyner.bsky.social‬ ) joins Ava & Beth to talk dopamine, disinhibition, and why addiction isn't just about choice. Plus: EEG bias, screen use & science with compassion. 🎧 Links below!

New Episode!🤖 Have you ever seen a robot that looks almost human, but something feels a bit off? This week, we are joined by Dr. Julija Vaitonyté as she discusses her research regarding the phenomenon of the uncanny valley. Links in 🧵!

🚨 New in Nature Human Behavior! 🚨 Binary climate data visuals amplify perceived impact of climate change. Both graphs in this image reflect equivalent climate change trends over time, yet people consistently perceive climate change as having a greater impact in the right plot than the left. 👇1/n

New episode! In this episode we are joined by Dr. Saurabh Sonkusare to learn about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) 🧠 We hear about how DBS works and its uses in psychiatry and research 🔬 links in 🧵 @monash-m3cs.bsky.social

Don't miss the new Minds Matter Podcast episode with guest editor @spruill.bsky.social!!

New ep! What comes to mind when you hear the term “objectively reasonable”? @spruill.bsky.social shares her research on how legal standards in criminal justice aren't as neutral as they may seem and how lived experience influence jurors' priors links in 🧵 @monash-m3cs.bsky.social

💃🧠 Psyched to share my latest paper in Neuron on the past, present and future of dance neuroscience research! Crazy to think where this field will be in 20 more years 🚀 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkh3_KOmx... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #Dance #CognitiveNeuroscience #Neuroaesthetics #BrainScience

Have you ever wondered how the built environment effects your mood? 💭🏘️ Is it true that red rooms make you angry? 😡 This week we sit down with Dr. Isabella Bower to discuss her on research on how the built environment can impact our mental health 🌇 (links in 🧵) @monash-m3cs.bsky.social

How do our beliefs about ourselves and the world influence the way we learn and make decisions? Tune into this week's episode as @hayleydorfman.bsky.social shares how our sense of control shapes our learning processes, using Bayesian & reinforcement learning frameworks (links in 🧵)

We are launching HALoGEN💡, a way to systematically study *when* and *why* LLMs still hallucinate. New work w/ Shrusti Ghela*, David Wadden, and Yejin Choi 💫 📝 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.08292 🚀 Code/Data: github.com/AbhilashaRav... 🌐 Website: halogen-hallucinations.github.io 🧵 [1/n]

our february newsletter featuring @stephanietepper.bsky.social is out now -- check it out 😊 open.substack.com/pub/marginal...

I’m hiring a lab manager to start July 2025! Submit CV and cover letter as soon as possible as review will begin immediately. Link to the job ad is here: tinyurl.com/22ye3wsv Please share with any undergrads or mentees who might be interested!

New episode!! We sit down with Dr. Nina Rajcic to discuss her work using LLMs in her art practice giving us a new perspectives for thinking about AI 💭🤖 We share our thoughts about the future of AI in art and its connections to tech 🎨 #philsky #ai @monash-m3cs.bsky.social

Minds Matter Spotify wrapped! Thank you to everyone who supports us! It means so much that we get to showcase so many amazing researchers ❤️ And to @claireocallaghan.bsky.social for our top episode!! Listen back to all our 2024 episodes here: www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/podcast-epis...

This was so fun! Thanks @bethfisher.bsky.social and @avamadesousa.bsky.social!

✨I am on the faculty job market in the 2024-2025 cycle!✨ My research centers on advancing Responsible AI, specifically enhancing factuality, robustness, and transparency in AI systems. If you have relevant positions, let me know! lasharavichander.github.io Please share/RT!

new monthly newsletter just dropped! make sure to check it out!! it features this year's selected marginalia x boston college colloquium speakers: marginaliascience.substack.com/p/newsletter... @xanni.bsky.social @rebeccazoo.bsky.social

Blueksy! I will be recruiting a PhD student and a lab manager in the Fall of 2025. The lab will study rules and curiosity from a moral psychology lens—exploring how we judge rule-breakers, reason about rules, and what sparks our curiosity in the moral domain.

A very exciting episode out now — our very own @bethfisher.bsky.social tells us all about optimism! Beth shares work on psilocybin administration in rats🍄 and how optimism shapes our engagement with the world. We hope you enjoy listening as much as much as we enjoyed recording this one!