Kimberly Chiew
@kimberlychiew.bsky.social
associate professor of psychology at university of denver | motivation, affect, cognitive control, memory | she/her 🇨🇦 🧠🏔🐱✌️ | lab: www.dumaclab.org
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We are excited to announce our partnership with @inclivio.com's software for #SAS2026.
We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts.
Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)!
#SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics
We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts.
Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)!
#SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 AM
We are excited to announce our partnership with @inclivio.com's software for #SAS2026.
We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts.
Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)!
#SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics
We’re counting down to the conference with a series of posts.
Enter a drawing for 3 EMA study licenses by liking (1 point) and reposting (3 points)!
#SAS #AffectiveScience #EMA #EmotionDynamics
Tomorrow!
Why do some things stick in memory while others fade?
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tomorrow!
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
Why do some things stick in memory while others fade?
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Why do some things stick in memory while others fade?
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
Next Tue, Dec 9, Alan Castel (UCLA) will be presenting in
@motcogmeet.bsky.social online talk series on “Memory Selectivity in Younger and Older Adults: A Value-Directed Remembering Approach.” 1/
Join us! (link below)
Some of our fantastic @dupsychdept.bsky.social graduate students at #psynom25 😊
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of our fantastic @dupsychdept.bsky.social graduate students at #psynom25 😊
Hi #psynom25! Check out my grad student Rachel Brough's poster (III-150) at 6pm tonight: "Motivated Cognitive Control in Children Varying in ADHD Symptomology." This is a culmination of our big BBRF-funded study & w/ the large N, shows diff dimensions of ADHD scale w/ diff modes of control! ✨
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hi #psynom25! Check out my grad student Rachel Brough's poster (III-150) at 6pm tonight: "Motivated Cognitive Control in Children Varying in ADHD Symptomology." This is a culmination of our big BBRF-funded study & w/ the large N, shows diff dimensions of ADHD scale w/ diff modes of control! ✨
She did great!! Very cool longitudinal data you all are collecting 😊
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
She did great!! Very cool longitudinal data you all are collecting 😊
4) #psynomnomnom fans - check out the denverfood reddit or
@westword.com
for eats - there are options downtown but also lots of great places in RINO/highlands just north and west of downtown
See you soon :)
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
@westword.com
for eats - there are options downtown but also lots of great places in RINO/highlands just north and west of downtown
See you soon :)
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
4) #psynomnomnom fans - check out the denverfood reddit or
@westword.com
for eats - there are options downtown but also lots of great places in RINO/highlands just north and west of downtown
See you soon :)
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
@westword.com
for eats - there are options downtown but also lots of great places in RINO/highlands just north and west of downtown
See you soon :)
@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
3) For a taste of the mountains accessible from the city, check out Red Rocks Amphitheater (~25 min drive from downtown, free entry during the day, trails + music museum) www.redrocksonline.com/plan-your-vi...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
3) For a taste of the mountains accessible from the city, check out Red Rocks Amphitheater (~25 min drive from downtown, free entry during the day, trails + music museum) www.redrocksonline.com/plan-your-vi...
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Excited to welcome #psynom25 to Denver later this week! A couple travel tips ⛰️🌇
1) It's high altitude and dry here, DRINK WATER, take it easy your first day in!
2) From the airport, save $/emissions by taking the light rail 🚈 to Union Station, then rideshare/25min walk to the Sheraton hotel 1/
1) It's high altitude and dry here, DRINK WATER, take it easy your first day in!
2) From the airport, save $/emissions by taking the light rail 🚈 to Union Station, then rideshare/25min walk to the Sheraton hotel 1/
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Excited to welcome #psynom25 to Denver later this week! A couple travel tips ⛰️🌇
1) It's high altitude and dry here, DRINK WATER, take it easy your first day in!
2) From the airport, save $/emissions by taking the light rail 🚈 to Union Station, then rideshare/25min walk to the Sheraton hotel 1/
1) It's high altitude and dry here, DRINK WATER, take it easy your first day in!
2) From the airport, save $/emissions by taking the light rail 🚈 to Union Station, then rideshare/25min walk to the Sheraton hotel 1/
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
Coming up on November 11! Dr. Corinna Loeckenhoff @loeckenhoff.bsky.social (Cornell University) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Aging Differences in Decision Making: A Conceptual Framework" 1/
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Coming up on November 11! Dr. Corinna Loeckenhoff @loeckenhoff.bsky.social (Cornell University) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Aging Differences in Decision Making: A Conceptual Framework" 1/
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨🚨New precision imaging study and open dataset 🚨🚨 Featuring almost 200 functional runs acquired in 3-4d intervals and behavioral manipulations focused on intraindividual study of the reward response - The Night Owls Scan Club (NOSC) With @dvsmith.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social!
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I am recruiting a postdoc at UC Santa Barbara for an NIH-funded project on the organization of lateral PFC function--across emotion and cognition--using representational fMRI & TMS. I’d love to find someone w/ a background in cognitive control & computational modeling to complement our team! 🏝️ 🧠 🧲
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I am recruiting a postdoc at UC Santa Barbara for an NIH-funded project on the organization of lateral PFC function--across emotion and cognition--using representational fMRI & TMS. I’d love to find someone w/ a background in cognitive control & computational modeling to complement our team! 🏝️ 🧠 🧲
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
Saw this art posted on FB & wanted to share it.
Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin)
#LetsGoBlueJays !
Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin)
#LetsGoBlueJays !
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Saw this art posted on FB & wanted to share it.
Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin)
#LetsGoBlueJays !
Indigenous Blue Jays logo (made by Kory Parkin/@paintsbyparkin)
#LetsGoBlueJays !
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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/
Reposted by Kimberly Chiew
Motivations are like emotions about (what we know about) possible outcomes. Sometimes incentives spur urgency to act, other times to comprehend. Neuromodulatory systems reflect these motivational moods and shape memories. Out now w @jiahou-poh.bsky.social!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Motivation as Neural Context for Adaptive Learning and Memory Formation
Our memories shape our perception of the world and guide adaptive behavior. Rather than a veridical record of experiences, memory is selective. An accumulating body of work suggests that motivational ...
www.annualreviews.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Motivations are like emotions about (what we know about) possible outcomes. Sometimes incentives spur urgency to act, other times to comprehend. Neuromodulatory systems reflect these motivational moods and shape memories. Out now w @jiahou-poh.bsky.social!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Congratulations on your new lab!!
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Congratulations on your new lab!!
We‘re hiring! 🏫⛰️☀️
Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
Details - Assistant Professor, Developmental Psychology CAHSS | University of Denver
jobs.du.edu
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We‘re hiring! 🏫⛰️☀️
Excited for the fall lineup of Motivated Cognition Meeting talks!
Announcing our FALL Schedule! Please like and share!
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September 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Excited for the fall lineup of Motivated Cognition Meeting talks!
Congratulations to Rachel and Chase for their hard work on this project!! We welcome thoughts & feedback on these findings. ⚡🎉 n/n
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations to Rachel and Chase for their hard work on this project!! We welcome thoughts & feedback on these findings. ⚡🎉 n/n
These results suggest primary punishments ⚡ can have similar effects as reward on cog control (at least in some contexts) but may interact with individual differences in anxiety & arousal in important and potentially variable ways. 5/n
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
These results suggest primary punishments ⚡ can have similar effects as reward on cog control (at least in some contexts) but may interact with individual differences in anxiety & arousal in important and potentially variable ways. 5/n
Interestingly, punishment-related improvements in performance were lower in high-anxiety indls & those with higher arousal responses to threat. In contrast, Experiment 2 examined effects of uncertain, unavoidable punishment & showed that higher arousal predicted BETTER performance under threat. 4/n
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Interestingly, punishment-related improvements in performance were lower in high-anxiety indls & those with higher arousal responses to threat. In contrast, Experiment 2 examined effects of uncertain, unavoidable punishment & showed that higher arousal predicted BETTER performance under threat. 4/n
Given prior work, we were somewhat surprised that threat of punishment increased proactive control + improved performance, for both contingent (avoidable) and noncontingent (unavoidable) threat vs. baseline and neg affect conditions. Increases in proactive cntl were greater for avoidable threat. 3/n
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Given prior work, we were somewhat surprised that threat of punishment increased proactive control + improved performance, for both contingent (avoidable) and noncontingent (unavoidable) threat vs. baseline and neg affect conditions. Increases in proactive cntl were greater for avoidable threat. 3/n
Punishment influences on cognitive control have been less-characterized than reward influences and may vary in the extent they enhance/impair performance. Across two experiments, we examined effects of primary punishments (electric shock ⚡) and negative affect on proactive & reactive control 2/n
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Punishment influences on cognitive control have been less-characterized than reward influences and may vary in the extent they enhance/impair performance. Across two experiments, we examined effects of primary punishments (electric shock ⚡) and negative affect on proactive & reactive control 2/n