Seth Pollak Child Emotion Research Lab
@childemotionlab
Child Emotion Research Lab at Univ of Wisconsin - Madison. Science about emotions to improve children’s wellbeing. http://sethpollak.bsky.social
If you have a 10-13 year old, please consider helping @LillianYuyan complete an online study of children’s decision-making. Participate anytime – no appointment needed! uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02…
Call for Papers: Rigorous science that examines children's developmental trajectories in the long shadow of COVID-19, with a special focus on heterogeneity among children’s developmental contexts, social experiences, and outcomes. srcd.org/call-papers-sp…
New issue of Dædalus on the science of caregiving. @GunnarMegan and I discuss scientific data parents can rely upon to make decisions about the care of their children. amacad.org/sites/default/… OPEN ACCESS @CASBSStanford @americanacad Entire issue: bit.ly/3Qm49ha
Child adversity influences future decision-making. This systematic review suggests adversity shifts individuals to prioritize information about risks and de-value information about reward- likely adaptive in adverse contexts. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01… @smith_ke @LillianYuyan
It's been a hectic December, but finally getting around to sharing our (@childemotionlab) new theoretical paper! We challenge assumptions around the role of arousal in emotion , highlighting ambiguity in how the construct is defined and measured. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XWGB4Q6…
Postdoctoral positions in Emotion Research. Collaborate with 24 training faculty across disciplines in the nation’s longest standing emotion research training program (also home to the country’s largest local farmers market). Applications due 2/7/25. emotion.wisc.edu
“Arousal Might Not Be Anything to Get Excited About” journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XWGB4Q6… A (hopefully productive) challenge to a major assumption about what constitutes emotion More info: @sethpollak.bsky.social
Lots of research attention to how we learn to infer other people's feelings. We always give a nod to the importance of context but don’t often integrate this into a task. Here, we examine how children versus adults combine facial and contextual cues. rdcu.be/dVjs5
Join us in the SPAN Lab! I will be recruiting a PhD student this cycle. Apply if interested in questions related to how stress shapes development. Particularly a good fit if interested in loneliness, emotion, learning, decision making, and psychophysiology. Pls RT (1/3)
UW-Madison is hiring 2 social psychologists! -1 tenure-track position (deadline: 9/15/24) -1 tenured/open rank position (deadline: 10/8/24) More info here: psych.wisc.edu/psychology-dep… Please RT and spread the word! Also happy to help with any questions.
TWO renewable Teaching Faculty positions in UW Psychology. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/teaching-…
And which university is pictured on Nate Silver's post encouraging attendance at flagship state universities? Why, UW-Madison, of course!
GO TO A STATE SCHOOL! No longer just a trollish tweet, now in longform at the newsletter: natesilver.net/p/go-to-a-stat…
Bravo Jamie!
MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS to @JamieLarsH who has just been awarded TENURE at the University of Pittsburgh!! 🥳🎂🙌🎉🎊 The department is so blessed to have you, Jamie - I can't imagine this place without you, and now nobody will have to.☺️
Yay @PearlHanLi you are a rock star! If you’re looking for a moral/social learning lab and a brilliant supportive mentor look no further!
The Badger T-shirt finally arrived! 🦡 Very excited to announce I’ll be joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison @UWPsych as a new faculty. Couldn’t have asked for a better department to work in. It is a dream come true!
The Badger T-shirt finally arrived! 🦡 Very excited to announce I’ll be joining the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison @UWPsych as a new faculty. Couldn’t have asked for a better department to work in. It is a dream come true!
1st of 3 papers I had accepted this semester is online! This contribution to the special issue on the future of Developmental Psychopathology is a pre-registered systematic review looking at how friendships influence the mental health of maltreated youth🧵 bit.ly/3PAiarW
Adolescents who experience sustained childhood maltreatment show high, inflexible cortisol levels that persist throughout the day in different social contexts, new research from @childemotionlab shows. Read more here: waisman.wisc.edu/2024/03/26/chi…