Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD
@kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social
Affective scientist studying flexibility, goals, & emotion. Incoming Lecturer at Univ. Adelaide. Research Fellow in Affective Psychology at Univ. Tartu. NIH Postdoc in the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Univ. Oregon. www.kaitlynmwerner.com
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🚨Thrilled to share that I will be a lecturer (Assistant Prof) in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide starting July 2025! 🇦🇺🦘
My lab will focus on affective science and self-regulation from a conceptual, measurement, and practical perspective.
My lab will focus on affective science and self-regulation from a conceptual, measurement, and practical perspective.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476
Please share and consider applying!
Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476
Please share and consider applying!
Junior Specialist- Munakata Lab
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476
Please share and consider applying!
Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476
Please share and consider applying!
McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position.
Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Faculty Lecturer - Department of Psychology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Check out @orielf.bsky.social & I's chapter "Emotion and Choice: The Integral Role of Emotion in Constructing Value" in the new volume, Neuroeconomics: Core Topics and Current Directions, edited by @dvsmith.bsky.social @thepsychologist.bsky.social & @dfareri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Emotion and Choice: The Integral Role of Emotion in Constructing Value
In the centuries-long history of decision-making research, emotion’s role in choice has only been investigated relatively recently. Early theories of decision-making, which conceived of emotions...
doi.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs
Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowships - Connected Minds
INTRODUCTION: New technologies are revolutionizing society, creating a 'techno-social collective' where humans and intelligent technologies are deeply interconnected. While such advances present excit...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs
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📣Revised preprint by @cas-goos.bsky.social
Measurement reliability, validity, and reporting in psychology still has a long way to go...
We compared original studies w replications, and where possible recalculated reliability & unidimensionality.
Some findings >
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Measurement reliability, validity, and reporting in psychology still has a long way to go...
We compared original studies w replications, and where possible recalculated reliability & unidimensionality.
Some findings >
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
📣Revised preprint by @cas-goos.bsky.social
Measurement reliability, validity, and reporting in psychology still has a long way to go...
We compared original studies w replications, and where possible recalculated reliability & unidimensionality.
Some findings >
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Measurement reliability, validity, and reporting in psychology still has a long way to go...
We compared original studies w replications, and where possible recalculated reliability & unidimensionality.
Some findings >
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
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Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.
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How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 PM
How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is a MUST-READ affidavit.
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is a MUST-READ affidavit.
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
This eyewitness to Alex Pretti’s murder — who is too scared to even go home because she doesn’t trust federal agents — directly refutes what the feds are saying happened today:
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The same people who have long said people need guns to protect themselves from the government now seem to think it's OK for the government to shoot people if they have guns.
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The same people who have long said people need guns to protect themselves from the government now seem to think it's OK for the government to shoot people if they have guns.
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Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
bsky.app/profile/bell...
bsky.app/profile/bell...
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
I find the new OSF to be a bit confusing. Also, I’m not sure this existed before, but it seems like PsyArXiv now gives a DOI for every version which is quite annoying (eg., if you upload something and then update it, they are two independent DOIs).
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
I find the new OSF to be a bit confusing. Also, I’m not sure this existed before, but it seems like PsyArXiv now gives a DOI for every version which is quite annoying (eg., if you upload something and then update it, they are two independent DOIs).
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ICE agents beat and executed a man in public in Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
ICE agents beat and executed a man in public in Minneapolis this morning
If it helps, I just apply to what speaks to me and let the universe sort it all out. So far, the grants that I was highly discouraged from applying to or didn't seem "worth it" to others have been the most career-impactful (i.e., keeping me employed).
January 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If it helps, I just apply to what speaks to me and let the universe sort it all out. So far, the grants that I was highly discouraged from applying to or didn't seem "worth it" to others have been the most career-impactful (i.e., keeping me employed).
🚨SAS has re-opened poster submissions for TWO of the pre conferences!🚨
The AFFECTIVE COMPUTING & POSITIVE EMOTION pre conferences are accepting additional poster submissions until January 22 at 11:00am Eastern Time!
The portal is available here: society-for-affective-science.org/2026-sas-ann...
The AFFECTIVE COMPUTING & POSITIVE EMOTION pre conferences are accepting additional poster submissions until January 22 at 11:00am Eastern Time!
The portal is available here: society-for-affective-science.org/2026-sas-ann...
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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New paper from us -- open access! Across 3 studies, we show that early visual attention to tempting or rewarding cues is flexible — and that simply identifying a self‑control conflict can make people inattentive to temptations. Self‑control starts with seeing the conflict.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
New paper from us -- open access! Across 3 studies, we show that early visual attention to tempting or rewarding cues is flexible — and that simply identifying a self‑control conflict can make people inattentive to temptations. Self‑control starts with seeing the conflict.
➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1747...
➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1747...
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Our stellar graduate alum Dr. Alexandra Decker is looking for a Lab Manager for her lab, the Learning and Development lab@WashU! 🧠
If you are interested in attention, learning and memory in children and adults, this is the place to be.
See her posts for more details!
#Research #Psychology
If you are interested in attention, learning and memory in children and adults, this is the place to be.
See her posts for more details!
#Research #Psychology
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Our stellar graduate alum Dr. Alexandra Decker is looking for a Lab Manager for her lab, the Learning and Development lab@WashU! 🧠
If you are interested in attention, learning and memory in children and adults, this is the place to be.
See her posts for more details!
#Research #Psychology
If you are interested in attention, learning and memory in children and adults, this is the place to be.
See her posts for more details!
#Research #Psychology
I also highly recommend. I had a great time during grad school in Canada!
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I also highly recommend. I had a great time during grad school in Canada!
Relevant to many in #AffectSci
We’re launching a bi-weekly m-Path blog on #ESM / #EMA measurement, new papers & showcases.
🗓️ Every 2 weeks (Wed).
First up: item quality.
A paper by @gudruneisele.bsky.social introduces ESM-Q: a consensus checklist for good momentary items.
👉 Read the blog: blog.m-path.io/blog/our-blo...
🗓️ Every 2 weeks (Wed).
First up: item quality.
A paper by @gudruneisele.bsky.social introduces ESM-Q: a consensus checklist for good momentary items.
👉 Read the blog: blog.m-path.io/blog/our-blo...
What makes a good ESM / EMA survey item?
blog.m-path.io
January 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Relevant to many in #AffectSci