Day 2 of #SPSP2026 is starting soon! Check out our first poster session of the day in Exhibit Hall D (Level 3, McCormick Place). Check out the agenda here: whova.com/portal/WMg9c...

Celebrating @jdweng.bsky.social's first author paper with me & @minzlicht.bsky.social on choosing human vs LLM empathy, but rating LLM empathy higher. We discussed scientific & public essentialism & moralism about AI & its effects, over some amazing Chicago dim sum #SPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social

A belated Day post here @spspnews.bsky.social! @mohammadwiswall.bsky.social and Mariam presented at preconferences their work on racial ambiguity and kid’s generalizations, and Julia presented her poster on random college roommates and flexible thinking outcomes! #spsp2026

Welcome to Day 2 of #SPSP2026! We're finishing strong with a full lineup that includes Poster Session D, roundtables, mentoring events, and more. Check the agenda: https://ow.ly/ry8A50YkpUy

#SPSP2026 join us tomorrow for a workshop on Getting Started with Registered Reports! 12:30 in E253AB. Learn more about #RegisteredReports and how to successfully publish them! @spspnews.bsky.social

Ethan Gilmore and Dylan Young represented the #BullyBlocker team at the @spspnews.bsky.social Conference in Chicago this week! It was great sharing some time with our amazing ASU/Cornell collaborators! #NSFfunded

The first day of #SPSP2026 programming is winding down, but there are still a wide array of meetups and receptions scheduled for this evening! Check our agenda for details: whova.com/portal/spspa...

The sessions may be wrapping up but the night is just getting started! 🎉 Join us for tonight's receptions and meet-ups at #SPSP2026 — including the International Meet & Greet, LGBTQIA+ & Ally Reception, and more. More details: https://ow.ly/ry8A50YkpUy

Huge thanks to all of our amazing speakers at the SPSP Close Relationships Preconference, and congratulations again to our award winners, Bonnie Le and Mirna Đurić! See you all next year! ✨ @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2026 #SPSPCloseRels

Social Cognition Lab grad students brought their A game to #SPSP2026. So proud of their hard work!

Attending #SPSP2026? Make sure to visit the APA booth to learn about our journals and books, and to grab some free goodies!

I'm terrible at posting on here, but yesterday I presented my first SPSP data blitz at the LGBTQI preconference! If you missed it, come to my poster session during Saturday's reception!

Congrats to our two “best data blitz” winners at the sexuality pre-conference! Grace Wetzel presented on adapting scripts to facilitate women’s orgasms and Carly Wolfer presented on an intervention for women’s sexual pleasure! #SPSP2026

Hey #SPSP2026. Come to Toronto or Calgary in May (Toronto) or July (Calgary) for some cool methods courses taught by Canadian experts you probably know, views of Toronto from the 30th floor (in May), and a trip to Banff (in July). For details, see haskayne.ucalgary.ca/ccram/

At 2pm today: "Honoring Jerry Clore: Affect-as-Information and Beyond", Room E353C @SPSPnews A tribute to Gerald L. Clore's many contributions to studying affect-as-information. With Jeff Huntsinger, Linda Isbell, Michael Robinson and me. Join us and say "hi" to Jerry!

This is so great to hear - thank you for joining us, @joodykeem.bsky.social!

During Day 2 of #SPSP, @crobertson500.bsky.social presented interesting work suggesting that although people overwhelmingly think (blue dots) that negative content (seen in red rows) goes viral online, they actually *want* (orange dots) positive content (seen in green rows) to go viral online.

A packed room turned out for the Moral Psychology pre-conference at @spspnews.bsky.social. As co-organizers @jowylie.bsky.social and I were thrilled!

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Espresso match latte with my former PhD advisor Keith Payne at Sawada Coffee ☕ #SPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social

Honored to accept the Ambady Mentoring Award @spspnews.bsky.social on behalf of my advisor Sam Sommers who passed away last year. Sam built communities grounded in inclusion. A reminder that mentoring and expanding who belongs in our field isn’t secondary to our work. It is the work. #spsp2026

Increasing psychology's impact on policy and public good - symposium at #SPSP2026 How can researchers communicate with the public, government decision-makers, and industry? Economics tends to have large impacts on policy, psychology doesn't -how can we better reach people? 1/

Last night @spspnews.bsky.social celebrated the accomplishments of @afhayes.bsky.social, awarding him the Methodological Innovator Award. It was incredibly moving to see methods development celebrated at #SPSP2026. Congratulations Andy!

Good morning from #SPSP2026! Day 1 is officially underway and we have a packed schedule of programming here at McCormick Place. Welcome to Chicago!

Day 1 of #SPSP2026 is here! Don't miss the Presidential Plenary at 11 AM — plus a full day of sessions, poster presentations, and more. Check the agenda: https://ow.ly/l6YN50YmZGo

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Come learn more men’s sexual objectification of their women partners!! We made a scale and it’s pretty awesome! Today (Friday) at 9:30AM in E255! @abbie-clapp.bsky.social #SPSP2026

That’s a wrap for the SPSP pre-conference day! I was very lucky to get to end the day with a FEAST in Chinatown with this group of incredible gender and sexuality scholars and friends! 😍

One of the highlights of SPSP is our annual Reed College “Reedie” reunion…love reminiscing with old classmates and meeting new Reed social psychologists 🦉 #SPSP2026

Today at SPSP was busy in the best way — a full, energizing day packed with fascinating talks and posters. I came away with lots of new ideas (and an even longer reading list).

I am speaking at the SPSP 2026 Annual Convention. Please check out my panel on science communication if you're attending the event! #SPSP2026

I won't be at #SPSP2026 this year, but I hope y'all have a great conference in Chicago!

We’re all set up at #SPSP2026 Annual Convention. Booth is built, goodies are being unpacked, and our team is excited to meet you. If you’re here, come by the Verasight booth #8. Thanks @spspnews.bsky.social#SPSP2026#8or the opportunity to connect with psychologists and scholars from around the world.

The first poster session of #SPSP2026 is in full swing!

SPSP’s Annual Award Ceremony and Reception is under way! Congratulations to this year’s awardees! #SPSP2026

Happy conference season! Looking back at my poster from the 2024 Eastern Psychological Association meeting in Philly. Wishing everyone presenting at EPA and SPSP this weekend the best of luck!

Hi there social psychologists- excited to pop in on SPSP for a workshop in the use of AI in social science tomorrow morning with @mjcrockett.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social & Alexis Palmer. Ping me if you want to say hi!

If you’re at SPSP this weekend, check out the symposium @benmvalen.bsky.social & I are co chairing! Come learn more about the experiences of diverse LGBTQ+ peoples. Looking forward to seeing you Saturday at 2pm central!

Come see my talk at SPSP tomorrow afternoon. I’ll be talking about why it’s suspicious to offer to pay people to eat cookies.

Come see our lab’s work at SPSP @spspnews.bsky.social! @junmingzhang.bsky.social will present a poster on the effects of dei removal (Fri 4:40).

Some interesting talks this morning at the #SPSP political psychology preconference! First up, Beth Anne Helgasom discussed work across five studies (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3) that found that partisans are more lenient in judging the falsehoods said by politicians they support versus oppose, because

Good morning, Chicago! Looking forward to a very chilly #SPSP2026

Attending the #SPSP2026 Social Cognition Preconference? I'll see you there! I'll be giving the talk for the Best Paper Award today at 3:45, representing my coauthors on this paper:

Thanks to everyone who helped make the culture pre-conference a “successful failure!” We didn’t make the main pre-conference time, but we had a packed house and a great time. #SPSP2026

#SPSP2026 folks! Check out our symposium tomorrow to hear about the latest research on spontaneous trait inferences!

Come by to check out our symposium on *Evaluating and predicting performance and learning* this Saturday at #SPSP2026! We have a fun lineup of speakers @stavatir.bsky.social y.social, Evan Weingarten, and @davidlevari.bsky.social

I’m excited to present my research on how kids (Thursday) and adults (Saturday) reason about help requests as diagnostic cues of friendship strength at #SPSP2026 with the DIBS Lab (PI: Alex Shaw)

Time for my annual #spsp2026 post! Come chat with me Friday about the nuance of safety cues and the need to examine individual difference predictors of safety cue efficacy. Excited for all the safety cue presentations happening this week!

Talking AI, empathy, and motivation over a smoked peach saison at Moody Tongue Brewing, with my long time collaborator and friend @minzlicht.bsky.social at #SPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social

I recommend checking out Abhay's (@aalaukik.bsky.social) poster at Computational Psych today (2:45) or Saturday morning (8-9). He's making great progress connecting different measures (e.g., implicit, explicit, behavioroid) with their theorized generative processes. #SPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social