Capturing the 2025 zeitgeist, #parasocial is our Cambridge Dictionary #WordOfTheYear2025. We asked @cam.ac.uk's Professor @simoneschnall.bsky.social#parasocial#WordOfTheYear2025o explain what’s driving the rise of parasocial relationships. 🔗 Learn more about our #CambridgeWOTY: https://cambrid.ge/4if1CTq

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial intelligence. https://cnn.it/4raKodW

Two research assistant positions in social psychology available in my lab. @CambPsych Deadline Nov 17. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG044/r...

Remember to vote in the Chancellor Election. If you registered, you should have received an email but there is a good chance it landed in your spam folder. My vote is for Mohamed El-Erian @elerianm because he has proven a commitment to the University over many years.

Serving as Chancellor of Cambridge University needs to be more than a ceremonial role. That's why @elerianm.bsky.social is the right man for the job. He has proven his commitment to the university over many years.

It remains frustrating that prominent voices in #metascience are seeing weaponization of science reform as more of an opportunity to push their preferred policies than the threat it is. cen.acs.org/research-int...

Serving as Chancellor of Cambridge University needs to be more than a ceremonial role. That's why @elerianm.bsky.social is the right man for the job. He has proven his commitment to the university over many years.

🎙[PODCAST] Why do we choose what we choose? Here @cmolho.bsky.social's analysis from the latest episode of Crossing Channels 👉 https://pod.fo/e/2d105c What is your opinion about that ? 🤔 💬R. Wescott w/ C. Molho, M. Müller, @simoneschnall.bsky.social 🤝 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & ...

[PODCAST] 🧠 Why do we choose what we do? In this episode, R. Westcott speaks w/ @simoneschnall.bsky.social @cmolho.bsky.social & M. Müller about what shapes our decisions—from money and morality to relationships and careers 🎧 pod.fo/e/2d105c 🤝 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @tse-fr.eu

New study from University of Cambridge with Kettle's Yard shows contemplating the beauty of artistic objects in a gallery or museum boosts our ability to think in abstract ways and consider the bigger picture in life www.cam.ac.uk/stories/arti... @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @simoneschnall.bsky.social

🎙️Why do we make the choices we make? Catherine Molho, Maximillian Muller & @simoneschnall.bsky.social explore the psychological, emotional, & social factors that shape our decisions. 🎧Find out more in this month's Crossing Channels #podcast: pod.fo/e/2d105c @iastoulouse.bsky.social @tse-fr.eu

Seeking solace in beauty-- Airplay radio piece on CBC (Canada) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Engaging with art helps us think in abstract ways, new study says www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...

Congratulations to Dr Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė and Prof Simone Schnall on this important study @simoneschnall.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pondering artistic beauty encourages ‘big picture’ thinking www.cam.ac.uk/stories/arti...

How contemplating art helps us to see the bigger picture www.thetimes.com/article/3829...

Engaging with art encourages 'big picture' thinking, we found in our latest work, published today. Many thanks to Kettle's Yard Museum Cambridge for allowing us to turn their space into a psychology laboratory. @campsydept.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Deadline *tomorrow* (2 May) to register to vote for the fantastic Dr Mohamed El-Erian @elerianm as the next Chancellor of @Cambridge_Uni We would be lucky to have Mohamed in this important leadership role!

My thoughts on the loyalty of Trump voters and why cognitive dissonance explains their support, even if tariffs, inflation etc. will leave them less well off [in German].

Does disgust increase moral condemnation? New meta-analysis (101 studies with 18,180 participants, g = .40) says “yes”. No evidence of publication bias, and exclusion of outliers did not change effect size. Paper by Salvo, Ottaviani, & Mancini, 2025. tinyurl.com/mu8sus2b

Does disgust increase moral condemnation? New meta-analysis (101 studies with 18,180 participants, g = .40) says “yes”. No evidence of publication bias, and exclusion of outliers did not change effect size. Paper by Salvo, Ottaviani, & Mancini, 2025. tinyurl.com/mu8sus2b

Our new paper in PNAS Nexus. County morals > politics for carbon footprints? 🤯 We find that county-level values predict actual green behavior (emissions!), not just attitudes. Stronger than political leaning.

Next year it will look similar, with perhaps more work that attends to the U.S. context. But if these funding cuts go ahead I think we will see a huge impact in a few years - including ECRs deserting the field

A reminder that: @science.org's Trump Tracker provides updates several times a day about the crisis in US science. Latest update: European science groups ‘deeply concerned’ about threats to U.S. academic freedom. www.science.org/content/arti...

So this was #SPSP2025 in Denver @spspnews.bsky.social. The anxiety and worry about the future of science in the US, and social psychology in particular, was palpable everywhere. What will the field look like by the time of the 2026 conference #SPSP2026? Curious to hear colleagues' predictions.

Emily McKendrick presenting our latest work on positive effects of visiting museums. It's been fun doing field studies in the 'real world'. #SPSP2025 @spspnews.bsky.social

Worst. Episode. EVER.

Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage https://go.nature.com/3EYNA8C

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

Early Career Researchers: If you have a job offer in the US, get everything in writing*immediately*. Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable. #AcademicSky

Early Career Researchers: If you have a job offer in the US, get everything in writing*immediately*. Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable. #AcademicSky

When I first saw the "kill-the-grant" keywords I thought social psychology research in the US is basically finished. Now of course it turns out that *all* research in the US is basically finished.

Psychologists (largely) consider disgust to be a basic human emotion. New analysis reveals 2000 year old Greek document mentions word multiple times (showing its importance in their thinking) www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/s... #PsychSciSky