Allie Sinclair
@asinclair.bsky.social
Incoming Asst Prof at Rice (2026)
Postdoc @UPenn, Duke PhD
🧠 Cognitive neuroscientist/psychologist exploring how we recall the past & predict the future to change behavior
Interventions for health, climate change, & education
http://sinclairlab-rice.com
Postdoc @UPenn, Duke PhD
🧠 Cognitive neuroscientist/psychologist exploring how we recall the past & predict the future to change behavior
Interventions for health, climate change, & education
http://sinclairlab-rice.com
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Allie Sinclair
@asinclair.bsky.social
· Sep 8
Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
Check out our new preprint, led by @dcosme.bsky.social, highlighting evidence-based strategies to motivate youth to vote!
Young voters played a key role in elections across the country last week. It’s fantastic to see record turnout in so many communities AND we still have so much room to grow!
For ideas on how to motivate and support youth to vote check out our new commentary:
osf.io/kyzh9_v1
Key points in 🧵
For ideas on how to motivate and support youth to vote check out our new commentary:
osf.io/kyzh9_v1
Key points in 🧵
OSF
osf.io
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Check out our new preprint, led by @dcosme.bsky.social, highlighting evidence-based strategies to motivate youth to vote!
The Sinclair Lab website won an award for Best Research Lab or Group Website! Check out the website and the other winners here:
theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Sinclair Lab website won an award for Best Research Lab or Group Website! Check out the website and the other winners here:
theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
theacademicdesigner.com/2025/winners...
www.sinclairlab-rice.com
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🗳️📣Happy election day!! What motivates young people to vote?
In a new preprint, we share key findings from our collaboration with undergraduate students where we developed and tested a theory-guided GOTV messaging campaign doi.org/10.31234/osf... (1/5)
In a new preprint, we share key findings from our collaboration with undergraduate students where we developed and tested a theory-guided GOTV messaging campaign doi.org/10.31234/osf... (1/5)
OSF
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🗳️📣Happy election day!! What motivates young people to vote?
In a new preprint, we share key findings from our collaboration with undergraduate students where we developed and tested a theory-guided GOTV messaging campaign doi.org/10.31234/osf... (1/5)
In a new preprint, we share key findings from our collaboration with undergraduate students where we developed and tested a theory-guided GOTV messaging campaign doi.org/10.31234/osf... (1/5)
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Great talk from @asinclair.bsky.social! Definitely check it out if you missed it.
ICYMI: Here's the link from today's talk on Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory by Dr. Alissa Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social: youtu.be/WnEy3f3fn8g
Allie Sinclair
YouTube video by motcogmeet
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Great talk from @asinclair.bsky.social! Definitely check it out if you missed it.
I’ll be presenting in the MindCORE seminar this Friday! Come hear about exciting empirical insights from our SCIMaP studies, and opportunities to build resilience and engage in advocacy.
MindCORE Seminar
Friday, October 31 👻🎃, Noon
111 NBS (formerly Levin) @sas.upenn.edu
Pizza & candy. BYOB.
Open to all.
Allie Sinclair
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Resistance and Resilience: Science Communication and Advocacy in a Federal Funding Crisis
@appc.upenn.edu @asinclair.bsky.social
Friday, October 31 👻🎃, Noon
111 NBS (formerly Levin) @sas.upenn.edu
Pizza & candy. BYOB.
Open to all.
Allie Sinclair
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Resistance and Resilience: Science Communication and Advocacy in a Federal Funding Crisis
@appc.upenn.edu @asinclair.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’ll be presenting in the MindCORE seminar this Friday! Come hear about exciting empirical insights from our SCIMaP studies, and opportunities to build resilience and engage in advocacy.
Reposted by Allie Sinclair
New environmental psychology jobs: 1 full professor, 2 postdocs:
Lüneburg, Germany is hiring a Full Professor in “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation”. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
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Lüneburg, Germany is hiring a Full Professor in “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation”. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
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Full Professorship “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation” (W2/W3)
THE SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABILITY AT LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY LÜNEBURG INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING FULL PROFESSORSHIP:
www.leuphana.de
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New environmental psychology jobs: 1 full professor, 2 postdocs:
Lüneburg, Germany is hiring a Full Professor in “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation”. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
1/3
Lüneburg, Germany is hiring a Full Professor in “Psychology, in particular Behavior Change and Sustainability Transformation”. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
1/3
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I’ve been thinking of Trump’s government as the Regime of Type One Error.
In statistics, Type 1 error is when you get a false positive, or claim to have found a relationship that isn’t really real. It’s like convicting someone who is actually innocent, for example.
In statistics, Type 1 error is when you get a false positive, or claim to have found a relationship that isn’t really real. It’s like convicting someone who is actually innocent, for example.
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’ve been thinking of Trump’s government as the Regime of Type One Error.
In statistics, Type 1 error is when you get a false positive, or claim to have found a relationship that isn’t really real. It’s like convicting someone who is actually innocent, for example.
In statistics, Type 1 error is when you get a false positive, or claim to have found a relationship that isn’t really real. It’s like convicting someone who is actually innocent, for example.
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Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide.
Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org
With more to come...
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Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org
With more to come...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Amidst a government shutdown in which the White House has proposed slashing federal support of science by billions of dollars, our #SCIMaP team continues to assess the impact of research cuts on communities nationwide.
Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org
With more to come...
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Learn more about our efforts: scienceimpacts.org
With more to come...
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I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
Interactive Cognition Lab | USC
Interactive Cognition Lab at USC, led by principal investigator, Dr. Nina Rouhani.
rouhanilab.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I will be recruiting 🌟PhD students🌟 for my newish lab! If you're interested in learning & memory mechanisms applied to individual, interactive & collective behavior using computational modeling, real-world experiments and fMRI, email me! RTs much appreciated 🙏 rouhanilab.com
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Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/
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Penn has launched a new website to share climate insights, available to PennKey holders. Our post-doc @asinclair.bsky.social and Emily shared their first insight here: climateinsights.upenn.edu/insights/wha...
climateinsights.upenn.edu
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Penn has launched a new website to share climate insights, available to PennKey holders. Our post-doc @asinclair.bsky.social and Emily shared their first insight here: climateinsights.upenn.edu/insights/wha...
University of Pennsylvania community: Stand up and speak out against Trump's compact. Sign and share this petition urging Penn's leaders to uphold our values, independence, and integrity:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion
Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...
actionnetwork.org
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
University of Pennsylvania community: Stand up and speak out against Trump's compact. Sign and share this petition urging Penn's leaders to uphold our values, independence, and integrity:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ju...
Attending #SNE2025? Come learn about how we applied insights from cognitive psych/neuro to inform policy-relevant decision making to address the current science funding crisis!
I’ll be presenting a poster this afternoon from 2:45-4 PM, board #48 in the Skyline Foyer! @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting a poster this afternoon from 2:45-4 PM, board #48 in the Skyline Foyer! @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Attending #SNE2025? Come learn about how we applied insights from cognitive psych/neuro to inform policy-relevant decision making to address the current science funding crisis!
I’ll be presenting a poster this afternoon from 2:45-4 PM, board #48 in the Skyline Foyer! @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
I’ll be presenting a poster this afternoon from 2:45-4 PM, board #48 in the Skyline Foyer! @socforneuroecon.bsky.social
📣 Job opportunity: the SCIMaP team is hiring a Communication + Media Outreach specialist to support our work on mapping and communicating the impact of science funding cuts!
New job 🚨:
Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.
Application review starts Oct 10:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.
Application review starts Oct 10:
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j...
Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📣 Job opportunity: the SCIMaP team is hiring a Communication + Media Outreach specialist to support our work on mapping and communicating the impact of science funding cuts!
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The government is officially shut down, but the Trump administration is trying to get nine selective colleges to agree to major controls on their operations in order to get a leg up on federal funding.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The government is officially shut down, but the Trump administration is trying to get nine selective colleges to agree to major controls on their operations in order to get a leg up on federal funding.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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You can learn better by making your own predictions than by watching someone else's predictions, even if they are the same as yours. New computational approach to show the benefits of active/generative learning developed together with the fabulous @ebonawitz.bsky.social rdcu.be/eILdR
Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning
npj Science of Learning - Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning
rdcu.be
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You can learn better by making your own predictions than by watching someone else's predictions, even if they are the same as yours. New computational approach to show the benefits of active/generative learning developed together with the fabulous @ebonawitz.bsky.social rdcu.be/eILdR
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Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨!
I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com
Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!
I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com
Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!
DeckerLab
www.deckerlab.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨!
I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com
Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!
I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com
Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!
Had a wonderful time ✨ exploring ✨ new ideas and meeting cool people at the Curiosity, Info Seeking, and Exploration symposium #CISE2025! Thanks to all the organizers and Brown for hosting! Hope to be back next time.
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Had a wonderful time ✨ exploring ✨ new ideas and meeting cool people at the Curiosity, Info Seeking, and Exploration symposium #CISE2025! Thanks to all the organizers and Brown for hosting! Hope to be back next time.
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🚨 The White House's FY 2026 proposed budget cuts to NSF would lead to expected economic losses of ~$11 billion.
Learn more about this data from the Science and Community Impacts Mapping Project in Save NSF's most recent newsletter: mailchi.mp/savensf/prop...
Learn more about this data from the Science and Community Impacts Mapping Project in Save NSF's most recent newsletter: mailchi.mp/savensf/prop...
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨 The White House's FY 2026 proposed budget cuts to NSF would lead to expected economic losses of ~$11 billion.
Learn more about this data from the Science and Community Impacts Mapping Project in Save NSF's most recent newsletter: mailchi.mp/savensf/prop...
Learn more about this data from the Science and Community Impacts Mapping Project in Save NSF's most recent newsletter: mailchi.mp/savensf/prop...
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White House Funding Cuts to the National Science Foundation Threaten America’s Global Leadership in Science
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-hous...
new long-form post joint with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @cl10.bsky.social and @asinclair.bsky.social
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-hous...
new long-form post joint with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @cl10.bsky.social and @asinclair.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
White House Funding Cuts to the National Science Foundation Threaten America’s Global Leadership in Science
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-hous...
new long-form post joint with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @cl10.bsky.social and @asinclair.bsky.social
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/white-hous...
new long-form post joint with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @cl10.bsky.social and @asinclair.bsky.social
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New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.
Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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September 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New from #SCIMaP - analysis of the White House’s Proposed FY 2026 National Science Foundation Budget.
Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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Take-home: Slashing NSF by >50% will lead to ~$11 billion in economic loss and extensive job loss and reduced training opportunities in communities nationwide.
Report: osf.io/e8rnc
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New preprint! My stellar undergrad, June Kim, & @charan-neuro.bsky.social find that intersubject pattern similarity at encoding (especially in posteromedial cortex) relates to shared/differing content between Ss at recall (measured using topic modeling) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Natural language processing captures memory content associated with shared neural patterns at encoding
People can experience the same event yet form distinct memories shaped by individual interpretations. Prior research shows that multivariate activity patterns in the Default Mode Network (DMN) are cor...
www.biorxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New preprint! My stellar undergrad, June Kim, & @charan-neuro.bsky.social find that intersubject pattern similarity at encoding (especially in posteromedial cortex) relates to shared/differing content between Ss at recall (measured using topic modeling) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Science and scientists are under attack like never before and we need all the tools in the toolbox to fight back. Here's my @nature.com book review of Science Under Siege. Thanks for speaking up for science, @michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?
An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Science and scientists are under attack like never before and we need all the tools in the toolbox to fight back. Here's my @nature.com book review of Science Under Siege. Thanks for speaking up for science, @michaelemann.bsky.social and @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Our new short correspondence in @nature.com: Protecting science funding in the national budget is crucial, but it’s not enough. We have an impoundment problem.
What happens when money that Congress allocated for science gets withheld?
What happens when money that Congress allocated for science gets withheld?
"The impoundment of funds that the US Congress designated for support of science and medical research endangers US investments in people, projects and health advances."
New, short correspondence with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @asinclair.bsky.social & @jeremymberg.bsky.social:
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rdcu.be/eGCOe
New, short correspondence with @malar0ne.bsky.social, @asinclair.bsky.social & @jeremymberg.bsky.social:
🎁
rdcu.be/eGCOe
Impoundment of funds endangers US investment in science and medical research | Nature
Letter to the Editor
rdcu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our new short correspondence in @nature.com: Protecting science funding in the national budget is crucial, but it’s not enough. We have an impoundment problem.
What happens when money that Congress allocated for science gets withheld?
What happens when money that Congress allocated for science gets withheld?
Looking forward to sharing my work and hearing some other great talks on motivation and cognition!
Announcing our FALL Schedule! Please like and share!
@kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @sebastianshorn.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @srndna.bsky.social
@kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @sebastianshorn.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @srndna.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looking forward to sharing my work and hearing some other great talks on motivation and cognition!