My new piece out in Scientific American!

Join us for the UNC Developmental Psychology Ph.D. Program Info Session! 🎓 Learn about curriculum, funding, application tips, and life in Chapel Hill from faculty and students. 🗓️ Oct 26 | 1–2:30 PM EST 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/uncdevpsych #UNC #PhD #DevelopmentalPsychology

📢 I'll be recruiting a PhD student in Developmental Psychology for 2026 at UNC Chapel Hill! Student will be co-mentored with Dr. Eva Telzer at the Winston Center. Interests in naturalistic fMRI/fNIRS, developmental affective neuro, and behavioral addictions would be great fits.

study emotion? sections of this are a v worthwhile read. no paywall. useful reminder that not everyone falls neatly into BET v constructionism buckets researchgate.net/publication/255522683_The_duration_of_affective_phenomena_or_emotions_sentiments_and_passions

Our new study in Emotion! Parents report higher satisfaction yet lower daily happiness- the 'parenting paradox'. So in the transition to parenthood, how do we study well-being? We studied how new fathers adapt by examining meaning/purpose and brain connectivity. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

🧠Out now in @ohbmofficial.bsky.social ! 🧠 We scanned 32 first-time dads (~8 mos postpartum) while they watched videos of their baby, an unfamiliar baby, their romantic partner, and an unfamiliar woman…1/8 doi.org/10.1002/hbm....

Whole neighborhoods in Los Angeles just burned down months ago. Home owners are desperate to rebuild. Yet ICE is rounding up day laborers from HOME DEPOT - a place where construction crews hire short term help. The goal is to inflict maximum cruelty on a city already hurting.

Large-scale projects run the risk of stifling scientific independence. Instead, let’s explore alternative mechanisms of collaboration, writes @neuralreckoning.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...

Loved being a part of this amazing article on how affective neuroscientists are grappling with conceptualizing mixed emotions! www.salon.com/2025/03/23/m...

Excited to share that dissertation work is published in Human Brain Mapping! Self-selected nostalgic music engaged the DMN, reward network, and MTL in younger and older adults. With @assalh.bsky.social, @jonaskaplan.bsky.social, Petr Janata, and Talia Ginsberg onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...