In the Yu Emotion Science Lab (YES Lab) @UCSB, we combine behavioral experiments, neuroscience, and computational modeling to understand emotion and morality.

Santa Barbara, CA
Joined February 2023
Happy lab lunches! We are excited to have former lab friend Suyi join us during this All Gaucho reunion!
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Congratulations!🥳
Excited to share - I passed my oral exam and became a PhD candidate! 🎉 Grateful for my advisor @PsyHongbo and everyone who’s been cheering me on 💪 @YesLabUcsb
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So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in @CommsPsychol 🎉 In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions. (1/4) nature.com/articles/s44271-0…
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How it started How it is now
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We are very proud of Shangcheng's accomplishment in her first year as a graduate student at @UCSBpsych !
🚀 New paper alert! 📢 Excited to share my first first-author paper on the association between social trait perception and guilt, in individuals with ASD and neurotypicals (w/ @nanrun2, @LinChujun, Shuo Wang, and @PsyHongbo). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-5…. A thread:
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Happy special, 9th birthday to @PsyHongbo on the leap day. Wish everyone a Happy Year of Dragon 🐉
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See our press release article here by our Senior Science Writer Sonia Fernandez @ucsantabarbara news.ucsb.edu/2024/021371/ho…
🚨New paper alert🚨In this Perspective, we propose a holistic approach to studying social emotions, which emphasizes the integration of the adaptive goals of a social emotion, formal modelling of its underlying cognitive operations, and measures of its biological implementation.
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YES Lab UCSB retweeted
🚨New paper alert🚨 "Are Guilt-Prone Power-Holders Less Corrupt? Evidence From Two Online Experiments" now published online in SPPS (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…). A shoutout to Dr. Yang Hu @CnrsYang , Dr. Xiaolin Zhou, and other collaborators who are not on Twitter. A 🧵
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Three YES Lab members, Ava, Maddy, and Mesude nailed their poster presentation at #SAS2023! Proud mentor moment @PsyHongbo
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If you are at #SAS2023, please stop by the posters of 3 excellent junior affect scientists from @YesLabUcsb. 👇🏻
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Will you be at @SPSPnews this week? Be sure to check out posters by @YesLabUcsb members @JieChen_99 & @Amber_Chen233. A thread 👇
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@Amber_Chen233 examines moralization through the lens of historical text. She will present two posters about moralization of unproductive effort (main conference) and of unpleasant experiences (Historical Psychology Precon) in American and Chinese histories.
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@JieChen_99 will present a series of studies showing how perceived moral badness of sufferers dampens observers’ compassionate responses (both at the main conference and the Emotion precon).
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