Paula Niedenthal
@pniedent.bsky.social
Affective Science prof at UW-Madison | US politics | triggered by regional & international clichés | Badgers and Packers | Mom of 4 | opinions my own | she/her
I was incredibly honored to give the inaugural Abraham and Carmen Tesser Social Psychology Lecture at Purdue. Seeing Abraham again was such a pleasure. @spspnews.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I was incredibly honored to give the inaugural Abraham and Carmen Tesser Social Psychology Lecture at Purdue. Seeing Abraham again was such a pleasure. @spspnews.bsky.social
Our latest work on ancestral diversity and cultural evolution is out. Co-authored with Sophie Wohltjen. For a special issue of CRESP on Historical Psychology edited by Josh Jackson and @mohammadatari.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our latest work on ancestral diversity and cultural evolution is out. Co-authored with Sophie Wohltjen. For a special issue of CRESP on Historical Psychology edited by Josh Jackson and @mohammadatari.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So much fun to have Maital Neta’s whole family here in Madison and at our farm. Come back soon!! ❤️
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So much fun to have Maital Neta’s whole family here in Madison and at our farm. Come back soon!! ❤️
Thank you Wisconsin Attorney General, Josh Kaul, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court!
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictio...
apnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you Wisconsin Attorney General, Josh Kaul, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court!
So exciting to see the new Handbook of Social Psychology in open-access format! Enjoy our chapter on emotion and all the other amazing chapters here: the-hsp.com @affectscience.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
So exciting to see the new Handbook of Social Psychology in open-access format! Enjoy our chapter on emotion and all the other amazing chapters here: the-hsp.com @affectscience.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social
Heard so much about Martin Marty when I was growing up. My father was also a Lutheran theologian in Hyde Park and talked about Marty often. RIP.
news.uchicago.edu/story/martin...
news.uchicago.edu/story/martin...
Martin E. Marty, ‘most influential interpreter of religion’ in U.S., 1928-2025
UChicago theologian and historian helped shape the field—and public understanding of religion
news.uchicago.edu
March 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Heard so much about Martin Marty when I was growing up. My father was also a Lutheran theologian in Hyde Park and talked about Marty often. RIP.
news.uchicago.edu/story/martin...
news.uchicago.edu/story/martin...
Māori stone carvings (from the 1970s) and a lovely Māori moko (with permission to share)
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Māori stone carvings (from the 1970s) and a lovely Māori moko (with permission to share)
Couldn't be more thrilled for Sophie Wohltjen, my post-doc and PhD student of @ThaliaWheatley, for accepting a TT position in social psych @UTKnoxville. Great dept, close to family ... Vols, Y'all! Congrats, Sophie!
January 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Couldn't be more thrilled for Sophie Wohltjen, my post-doc and PhD student of @ThaliaWheatley, for accepting a TT position in social psych @UTKnoxville. Great dept, close to family ... Vols, Y'all! Congrats, Sophie!
New paper alert: "Uniting theory and data: the promise and challenge of creating an honest model of facial expression." From our great team modeling naturally occurring facial expressions. Stay tuned to read about the results of our model!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Uniting theory and data: the promise and challenge of creating an honest model of facial expression
People routinely use facial expressions to communicate successfully and to regulate other’s behaviour, yet modelling the form and meaning of these facial behaviours has proven surprisingly complex....
www.tandfonline.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New paper alert: "Uniting theory and data: the promise and challenge of creating an honest model of facial expression." From our great team modeling naturally occurring facial expressions. Stay tuned to read about the results of our model!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
So, so cool to spend time with one of my very first grad students, Jamin Halberstadt and his spouse. Remembering our 1000s of research meetings discussing really great ideas!
January 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So, so cool to spend time with one of my very first grad students, Jamin Halberstadt and his spouse. Remembering our 1000s of research meetings discussing really great ideas!
I spoke to the Cap Times
Opinion | For the new year, parsing different strains of Trump voters
Paul Fanlund: UW-Madison psychology professor Paula Niedenthal has good advice for progressives talking to Trump voters: Don’t assume you know their needs.
captimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I spoke to the Cap Times
On this day, remembering me and my youngest son asleep on a train from Paris.
December 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
On this day, remembering me and my youngest son asleep on a train from Paris.
Our dept's summer PREP program-an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates-is an immersive mentored research experience and prof. development for undergrads w an interest in a career in research in Psych. Send your students our way! psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site...
NSF REU Site: Psychology Research Experience Program
Application Opens: November 1, 2018 Application Deadline: February 15, 2018 Admission Notification: Ongoing After Application deadline Application Link: https://srop-uwmadison.fluidreview.com *Note that applicants who are not accepted will receive notification once all admissions have been sent out. Please do not call the Psychology department or send separate admission inquiries. Please note that these dates are currently…
psych.wisc.edu
December 18, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Our dept's summer PREP program-an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates-is an immersive mentored research experience and prof. development for undergrads w an interest in a career in research in Psych. Send your students our way! psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site...
(Most of) my wonderful lab group. The future is bright!
December 10, 2024 at 8:29 PM
(Most of) my wonderful lab group. The future is bright!
I’m curious what the media means by the Midwest and the Great Lakes states getting a ton of snow. We have none and there is none in the forecast. So I take the news as ill defined? I think just focusing on the states of PA, OH, and NY is more precise.
December 1, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I’m curious what the media means by the Midwest and the Great Lakes states getting a ton of snow. We have none and there is none in the forecast. So I take the news as ill defined? I think just focusing on the states of PA, OH, and NY is more precise.
Nice that the Times covered the Farm/Art DTour in Southern Wisconsin
A 50-Mile Art Road Trip Celebrates the Culture in Agriculture
In Wisconsin, the Farm/Art DTour brings artists and farmers together and each get a fresh perspective.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Nice that the Times covered the Farm/Art DTour in Southern Wisconsin
Watched the Donna Summer doc and am remembering how amazing it was to dance to Dim All the Lights .... So many memories. 😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If13...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If13...
December 28, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Watched the Donna Summer doc and am remembering how amazing it was to dance to Dim All the Lights .... So many memories. 😀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If13...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=If13...
Amazing December day for a long bike ride apparently wearing my bike helmet backwards…
December 8, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Amazing December day for a long bike ride apparently wearing my bike helmet backwards…
Have a few places to visit
December 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Have a few places to visit
Wonderful concert last night by my childhood friend, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, at the ever-fun venue in Fort Atkinson, WI, Cafe Carpe.
November 12, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Wonderful concert last night by my childhood friend, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, at the ever-fun venue in Fort Atkinson, WI, Cafe Carpe.
Great talk by Ben Armstrong from MIT’s Industrial Performance Center for our NRT program INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work - learn all about it here: shorturl.at/doTXZ) on the success (and failure) of automation.
November 8, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Great talk by Ben Armstrong from MIT’s Industrial Performance Center for our NRT program INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work - learn all about it here: shorturl.at/doTXZ) on the success (and failure) of automation.
Just cresting peak fall colors.
October 29, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Just cresting peak fall colors.
Good morning with no filters applied. No AI needed.
October 28, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Good morning with no filters applied. No AI needed.
Watching Suits and teaching about attachment and emotion tomorrow... So here's a PSA: The Spinners really WERE one of the best bands of their era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Neg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Neg...
October 24, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Watching Suits and teaching about attachment and emotion tomorrow... So here's a PSA: The Spinners really WERE one of the best bands of their era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Neg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Neg...