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...

Amazing opportunity to join the FEEL lab for anyone at the post-doc stage. I spent three years as a postdoc in this lab, and it was the best. Happy to answer any questions!

Big fan of quokkas (the aussie animal) and quokka (the app). Fantastic work by @willngiam.bsky.social in making this free online qualitative coding app.

🌟 New Issue Alert! 🌟
 Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨ 📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...

I think we can all agree that waiting for an uncertain outcome is pretty awful (think exam or medical results, job applications, visa outcomes... the list goes on). In these situations, the outcome is uncertain AND you have little to no control over it - all the things we tend to hate.