Media Neuroscience Lab
@medianeuro.bsky.social
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🎮 New study: Teen gaming addiction may stem more from pre-existing mental health issues (like anxiety & depression) than from video games themselves.
It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
A new study out of UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab indicates that gaming disorder (AKA video game addiction) likely develops from a player's preexisting mental health conditions.
news.ucsb.edu
August 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🎮 New study: Teen gaming addiction may stem more from pre-existing mental health issues (like anxiety & depression) than from video games themselves.
It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
It is not just about the joystick, but it’s about what’s going on in the mind. 🧠
Read more: news.ucsb.edu/2025/022004/... #commsky #psychsci #gaming
“Why is my teen addicted to video games?”
Our new study in JAMA Network Open shows that psychopathology is a key driver--not an outcome of gaming disorder!
Depression, anxiety, ADHD, and social challenges may underlie gaming disorder.
Treat the root, not just the game. 🎮🧠
#commsky #psychsci #gaming
Our new study in JAMA Network Open shows that psychopathology is a key driver--not an outcome of gaming disorder!
Depression, anxiety, ADHD, and social challenges may underlie gaming disorder.
Treat the root, not just the game. 🎮🧠
#commsky #psychsci #gaming
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Very excited to share our latest article on Psychopathology and Gaming Disorder in Adolescents published in JAMA Network Open (ja.ma/4o9EM1N).
Psychopathology and Gaming Disorder in Adolescents
This cohort study uses data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study to examine directional longitudinal associations between psychopathology and gaming disorder among adolescents.
ja.ma
July 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Very excited to share our latest article on Psychopathology and Gaming Disorder in Adolescents published in JAMA Network Open (ja.ma/4o9EM1N).
Did you meet the media neuroscience lab at #ica25 ?
@b-wheeler.bsky.social
@musamalik.bsky.social
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social
Drop a like or comment who you met and we will give you a follow!
P.S. All three of these brilliant researchers are going on the job market this year!
@b-wheeler.bsky.social
@musamalik.bsky.social
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social
Drop a like or comment who you met and we will give you a follow!
P.S. All three of these brilliant researchers are going on the job market this year!
June 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Did you meet the media neuroscience lab at #ica25 ?
@b-wheeler.bsky.social
@musamalik.bsky.social
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social
Drop a like or comment who you met and we will give you a follow!
P.S. All three of these brilliant researchers are going on the job market this year!
@b-wheeler.bsky.social
@musamalik.bsky.social
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social
Drop a like or comment who you met and we will give you a follow!
P.S. All three of these brilliant researchers are going on the job market this year!
🎉 Congratulations to former lab member Dr. Sungbin Youk on winning a Top Paper award at @icacsab.bsky.social!
His research used multifaceted analytic approaches to explore how brain activity can help us understand and predict donation behaviors in response to Singapore PSA videos #ica25
His research used multifaceted analytic approaches to explore how brain activity can help us understand and predict donation behaviors in response to Singapore PSA videos #ica25
June 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
🎉 Congratulations to former lab member Dr. Sungbin Youk on winning a Top Paper award at @icacsab.bsky.social!
His research used multifaceted analytic approaches to explore how brain activity can help us understand and predict donation behaviors in response to Singapore PSA videos #ica25
His research used multifaceted analytic approaches to explore how brain activity can help us understand and predict donation behaviors in response to Singapore PSA videos #ica25
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Doing or planning digital platform research? We want to hear from you. Take our 5–8 min survey to help shape tools, infrastructure & training for researchers.
🔗 tiny.cc/aio-survey #AIO2025survey
🔗 tiny.cc/aio-survey #AIO2025survey
Digital Platform Research - Tools and Data Survey 2025
Digital platform research requires access to data from a range of platforms, in a variety of formats and using many methods and analytical tools and approaches. This survey aims to gather information…
tiny.cc
June 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Doing or planning digital platform research? We want to hear from you. Take our 5–8 min survey to help shape tools, infrastructure & training for researchers.
🔗 tiny.cc/aio-survey #AIO2025survey
🔗 tiny.cc/aio-survey #AIO2025survey
🎉 Congratulations to @fhopp.bsky.social on winning @icacsab.bsky.social’s Rising Star Award!
Dr. Hopp, PI of the Moral Computing Lab at ZPID and former MNL member, continues to shape the field through rigorous and high-quality science. We’re so proud!
Dr. Hopp, PI of the Moral Computing Lab at ZPID and former MNL member, continues to shape the field through rigorous and high-quality science. We’re so proud!
June 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @fhopp.bsky.social on winning @icacsab.bsky.social’s Rising Star Award!
Dr. Hopp, PI of the Moral Computing Lab at ZPID and former MNL member, continues to shape the field through rigorous and high-quality science. We’re so proud!
Dr. Hopp, PI of the Moral Computing Lab at ZPID and former MNL member, continues to shape the field through rigorous and high-quality science. We’re so proud!
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ICYMI: 🏆 Congratulations to the winners of Saturday's #ICA25 posters! 🏆 Yoo Joo Lee (Washington State U) won the Top Poster award, and Brittany Wheeler (U of California, Santa Barbara) received the Top Student Poster award!
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ICYMI: 🏆 Congratulations to the winners of Saturday's #ICA25 posters! 🏆 Yoo Joo Lee (Washington State U) won the Top Poster award, and Brittany Wheeler (U of California, Santa Barbara) received the Top Student Poster award!
We hope you had the opportunity to swing by and see @b-wheeler.bsky.social 's TOP STUDENT POSTER!
If you didn't get to see it check out the poster below ⬇️⬇️
If you didn't get to see it check out the poster below ⬇️⬇️
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We hope you had the opportunity to swing by and see @b-wheeler.bsky.social 's TOP STUDENT POSTER!
If you didn't get to see it check out the poster below ⬇️⬇️
If you didn't get to see it check out the poster below ⬇️⬇️
Swing by @b-wheeler.bsky.social poster session at 1:30 to snag one of our exclusive MNL 3D printed brain keychain. 🧠
She is also on the job market this year 👀👀
#ica25
She is also on the job market this year 👀👀
#ica25
Excited to present at #ICA25 Today!
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
June 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Swing by @b-wheeler.bsky.social poster session at 1:30 to snag one of our exclusive MNL 3D printed brain keychain. 🧠
She is also on the job market this year 👀👀
#ica25
She is also on the job market this year 👀👀
#ica25
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Excited to present at #ICA25 Today!
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Excited to present at #ICA25 Today!
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
🗓 1:30pm | Poster #70 | Centennial Foyer (Regency)
“Is Academic Online Bullying a Widespread Phenomenon? A Study of Scholarly Discourse on Twitter/X”
If you're attending, stop by to discuss our findings...and pick up a fun brain keychain while you're there! 🧠
One final presentation to go at #ICA25! @b-wheeler.bsky.social will be sharing our emerging research on online hate and bullying!
June 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One final presentation to go at #ICA25! @b-wheeler.bsky.social will be sharing our emerging research on online hate and bullying!
We’re always amazed at the impact you can make in just 3 minutes. Thank you to CSAB for hosting an incredible showcase of groundbreaking work. All the presenters inspired us. A special shoutout to @musamalik.bsky.social for his standout paper on global morality! #ica25
June 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We’re always amazed at the impact you can make in just 3 minutes. Thank you to CSAB for hosting an incredible showcase of groundbreaking work. All the presenters inspired us. A special shoutout to @musamalik.bsky.social for his standout paper on global morality! #ica25
Huge thanks to everyone who joined @musamalik.bsky.social’s presentation this morning! 🌟 Grateful for such an engaged audience! #ica25
June 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined @musamalik.bsky.social’s presentation this morning! 🌟 Grateful for such an engaged audience! #ica25
Truly, is there anything @musamalik.bsky.social can’t do?
If you haven’t had the chance to hear Musa share his research, you’re in for a treat. Catch him tomorrow at #ica25 , first at 9am in the Aspen Ballroom, then again at 12pm in the Mt. Blue Sky room.
(He is also on the job market this year 👀)
If you haven’t had the chance to hear Musa share his research, you’re in for a treat. Catch him tomorrow at #ica25 , first at 9am in the Aspen Ballroom, then again at 12pm in the Mt. Blue Sky room.
(He is also on the job market this year 👀)
June 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Truly, is there anything @musamalik.bsky.social can’t do?
If you haven’t had the chance to hear Musa share his research, you’re in for a treat. Catch him tomorrow at #ica25 , first at 9am in the Aspen Ballroom, then again at 12pm in the Mt. Blue Sky room.
(He is also on the job market this year 👀)
If you haven’t had the chance to hear Musa share his research, you’re in for a treat. Catch him tomorrow at #ica25 , first at 9am in the Aspen Ballroom, then again at 12pm in the Mt. Blue Sky room.
(He is also on the job market this year 👀)
We’re thrilled to see MNL represented at @hackingcommsci.bsky.social!
Huge thanks to @jacobtfisher.online and @kyliewoodman.bsky.social for organizing another fantastic hackathon and sharing valuable comm sci insights such as using GitHub and running fMRI analyses.
#hackica25 #ica25
Huge thanks to @jacobtfisher.online and @kyliewoodman.bsky.social for organizing another fantastic hackathon and sharing valuable comm sci insights such as using GitHub and running fMRI analyses.
#hackica25 #ica25
June 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We’re thrilled to see MNL represented at @hackingcommsci.bsky.social!
Huge thanks to @jacobtfisher.online and @kyliewoodman.bsky.social for organizing another fantastic hackathon and sharing valuable comm sci insights such as using GitHub and running fMRI analyses.
#hackica25 #ica25
Huge thanks to @jacobtfisher.online and @kyliewoodman.bsky.social for organizing another fantastic hackathon and sharing valuable comm sci insights such as using GitHub and running fMRI analyses.
#hackica25 #ica25
Finally, it is published 😀 open access: The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform
What is the prevalence of moral themes in textual corpora? Most previous moral mining research has been informed by Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). Here, we develop and evaluate an alternative mora...
www.tandfonline.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Finally, it is published 😀 open access: The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary (eMACD): A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Dr. Huskey is always making us proud as a MNL alum. Congratulations on another successful #CommHorizons2025
So many amazing scholars and presentations. We look forward to next year!
So many amazing scholars and presentations. We look forward to next year!
At #CommHorizons2025, we're presenting six studies that explore how media, from headlines to platforms, shape our health, sleep, emotions, & decisions.
From fMRI to iOS tools, see how we’re linking brains, behavior, & better outcomes: cogcommscience.com/cognitive-co...
From fMRI to iOS tools, see how we’re linking brains, behavior, & better outcomes: cogcommscience.com/cognitive-co...
Cognitive Communication Science Lab Showcases Six Studies at Communication Horizons 2025
At this year’s Communication Horizons Conference (May 16‑18, UC Davis), members of the Cognitive Communication Science Lab will present a portfolio of six studies that illuminate how media—from new…
cogcommscience.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Dr. Huskey is always making us proud as a MNL alum. Congratulations on another successful #CommHorizons2025
So many amazing scholars and presentations. We look forward to next year!
So many amazing scholars and presentations. We look forward to next year!
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social did a phenomenal job of representing our lab's research on media and well-being at #CommHorizons2025
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social is always phenomenal & ambitious — 3 studies w/ 10k young people (ABCD study) looking for meaningful threshold criteria for problematic gaming categories in 8minutes #CommHorizons2025 @medianeuro.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social did a phenomenal job of representing our lab's research on media and well-being at #CommHorizons2025
If you have questions about media addictions, @kyliewoodman.bsky.social is our in-house expert. See her present 2 posters at #SANS2025: examining the neural mediator between psychopathology and Gaming Disorder, and another on gender differences in the neural development of general media addictions.
April 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you have questions about media addictions, @kyliewoodman.bsky.social is our in-house expert. See her present 2 posters at #SANS2025: examining the neural mediator between psychopathology and Gaming Disorder, and another on gender differences in the neural development of general media addictions.
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@kyliewoodman.bsky.social from @medianeuro.bsky.social holding down the court at @sansmeeting.bsky.social 🎉
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
@kyliewoodman.bsky.social from @medianeuro.bsky.social holding down the court at @sansmeeting.bsky.social 🎉
Last day of #SANS2025! Come check out our poster on the neural markers of media addiction in adolescents, using data from the ABCD study. Presented during the poster session at 1:50 PM by PhD candidate @kyliewoodman.bsky.social!
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Last day of #SANS2025! Come check out our poster on the neural markers of media addiction in adolescents, using data from the ABCD study. Presented during the poster session at 1:50 PM by PhD candidate @kyliewoodman.bsky.social!