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Showcasing the publications, events, & news from the UC Berkeley Psychology community. Run by graduate students.
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Joined July 2019
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UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Neurologists, neuroscientists and psychologists @UCBerkeley join forces with @BrainHealth @UT_Dallas to optimize the brain and establish an index of brain health news.berkeley.edu/2026/08/03… @BerkeleyPsych @BerkeleyNeuro
UC Berkeley's Department of Psychology is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Quantitative Methods!
Apply by Sep 29:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Why do women feel compelled to constantly apologize? In a recent @CNN feature, @BerkeleyPsych professor Stephen Hinshaw breaks down how an "impossible set of expectations" and societal pressures fuel this habit—and how to move past it.
cnn.it/4ofpXeU
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UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Did you know experiencing awe can boost your happiness? @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Dacher Keltner joined @Oprah on her podcast to discuss this idea in his new book “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.” Watch here: bit.ly/3MoAm9m
ALT Screenshot from The Oprah Podcast on YouTube
UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at @TEDxNewEngland last Fall!
The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so.
I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote.
youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg1rhh…
UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
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Excited to share our new paper in @ScienceAdvances ! We report a novel phenomenon in motor control: your current movement is repelled away from your previous one. Modeling suggests this repulsion reflects efficient coding in motor planning.
UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Excited to share that our paper "Continuous affect tracking reveals that overestimation during the recollection of affect is idiosyncratic and stable" is out now in @ARVOJOV !
doi.org/10.1167/jov.25.11.14
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UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
🤩 Congratulations to Dacher Keltner, @UCBerkeley psychologist, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science 🏆 Read more >> bit.ly/4nPcrwR
@BerkeleyPsych
ALT Video screenshot from Professor Keltner's Academic Review video about contributing to Pixar's Inside Out.
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UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Mental health treatments often fall short because of 2 simple reasons: our memories are flawed + forming new habits is hard. @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Allison Harvey suggests that small changes, like text reminders, could improve patient outcomes. Learn more: bit.ly/4mGMmj4
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Berkeley Psych is hiring! **TWO** tenure-track assistant professor positions are now open, focused on:
(1) Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
(2) Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
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Congratulations to @BerkeleyPsych Prof. @AlisonGopnik on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences (@theNASciences) for her research on how children make sense of the world around them! Learn more: bit.ly/42MMOVX
UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
I'm honored and delighted that I was elected to the National Academy of Sciences today!
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UCBerkeley Psychology retweeted
Incoming @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Jasmin Brooks Stephens (@DrJBStephens) made the @ForbesUnder30 list for her achievements in healthcare. Learn more about her transformative research on the mental health of Black adults + youth: bit.ly/4jLdUSW
Only 8 hours left for #CalBigGive! Donate to support graduate students like Gillian Ozawa (@GillianOzawa). Her research focuses on how sleep supports resilience to stress and restores emotional wellbeing. Donate here: givingday.berkeley.edu/givin…
#CalBigGive is live! Donate to support graduate students like Karthikeya Kaushik (@KarthikeyaKaus1). Karthikeya uses computational techniques to understand how people learn and represent complex concepts, bridging the gap between psychology and neuroscience.
