Richard Lopez
@richlopez41.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience • Director of the SNAP Lab at WPI (https://wp.wpi.edu/snaplab/) • Social neuroscientist studying emotions, digital media use, and mental health • FirstGen
Major kudos to @poojak.bsky.social for her major contributions to this project!
Also I'm very thankful for our great team of co-authors (Bryan, Pauline, Ariana, @malfrie.bsky.social, and @dororeis.bsky.social).
Also I'm very thankful for our great team of co-authors (Bryan, Pauline, Ariana, @malfrie.bsky.social, and @dororeis.bsky.social).
Excited to share about our new paper in Translational Issues in Psychological Science, led by @richlopez41.bsky.social ! We investigated the use of multiple emotion regulation strategies by college students in response to daily life stressors using EMA. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Major kudos to @poojak.bsky.social for her major contributions to this project!
Also I'm very thankful for our great team of co-authors (Bryan, Pauline, Ariana, @malfrie.bsky.social, and @dororeis.bsky.social).
Also I'm very thankful for our great team of co-authors (Bryan, Pauline, Ariana, @malfrie.bsky.social, and @dororeis.bsky.social).
Wondering about how to promote healthy eating in daily life? New research reveals it's not just about willpower, but about which strategy you use, and what you target. 1/9
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Wondering about how to promote healthy eating in daily life? New research reveals it's not just about willpower, but about which strategy you use, and what you target. 1/9
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🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)
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August 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.
Details here:
PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...
Earlier this year I had the privilege of giving my first TEDx talk! I'm so grateful I could discuss an issue I'm particularly passionate about. Link below! ⬇️
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Earlier this year I had the privilege of giving my first TEDx talk! I'm so grateful I could discuss an issue I'm particularly passionate about. Link below! ⬇️
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It's NSF CAREER season! I've been fortunate to review dozens of CAREER grants and received one in 2022. Here are the most common mistakes I see and actionable tips to strengthen your proposal.
June 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's NSF CAREER season! I've been fortunate to review dozens of CAREER grants and received one in 2022. Here are the most common mistakes I see and actionable tips to strengthen your proposal.
So grateful that I had the opportunity to contribute to this timely project. 1/2
Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
So grateful that I had the opportunity to contribute to this timely project. 1/2
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life.
#MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #
Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life.
#MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #
May 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life.
#MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #
Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life.
#MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #
We had a great research projects showcase hosted by @wpiedu.bsky.social's Department of Social Science & Policy Studies! Congrats to Brianna Romero, a senior in the SNAP Lab, for presenting her capstone project: “Neurophysiological Correlates of Social Feedback on a Mock Social Media Platform.”
April 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We had a great research projects showcase hosted by @wpiedu.bsky.social's Department of Social Science & Policy Studies! Congrats to Brianna Romero, a senior in the SNAP Lab, for presenting her capstone project: “Neurophysiological Correlates of Social Feedback on a Mock Social Media Platform.”
Enjoying my first time attending @affectscience.bsky.social's annual meeting! If you're here in Portland, come check out my poster on longitudinal training self-regulation in the eating domain from 3:15 - 4:45pm PT! #affectivescience #sas2025 #selfregulation #healthyeating
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Enjoying my first time attending @affectscience.bsky.social's annual meeting! If you're here in Portland, come check out my poster on longitudinal training self-regulation in the eating domain from 3:15 - 4:45pm PT! #affectivescience #sas2025 #selfregulation #healthyeating
I had the great privilege of bringing an amazing group of @wpiedu.bsky.social students to Central Tree Middle School in Rutland... 1/2
February 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I had the great privilege of bringing an amazing group of @wpiedu.bsky.social students to Central Tree Middle School in Rutland... 1/2
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Appreciate if folks can share this call widely for maximum reach! @ambulatory-assessment.org @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social @eatinglab-sbg.bsky.social @katiew.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social @psychosommed.bsky.social #socialpsychology #affectivescience
EMA/Daily Diary researchers!
Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis
Email Karina.vanbogart@northwestern.edu with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky
Do you have a dataset with momentary or daily loneliness among adults 18+? @kvanbogart.bsky.social is seeking datasets to support a coordinated data analysis
Email Karina.vanbogart@northwestern.edu with a brief description of your dataset to be considered! #psychscisky
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Appreciate if folks can share this call widely for maximum reach! @ambulatory-assessment.org @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social @eatinglab-sbg.bsky.social @katiew.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social @psychosommed.bsky.social #socialpsychology #affectivescience
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November 17, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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🌟 New Issue Alert! 🌟
Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨
📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...
Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨
📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...
January 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🌟 New Issue Alert! 🌟
Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨
📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...
Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨
📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...
Since there's been a flurry of new activity here in the past month or so, I thought I'd (re)introduce myself: I'm a social neuroscientist interested in emotions, goals, and values, and how we can leverage them to promote health and wellbeing in daily life. 1/4
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December 9, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Since there's been a flurry of new activity here in the past month or so, I thought I'd (re)introduce myself: I'm a social neuroscientist interested in emotions, goals, and values, and how we can leverage them to promote health and wellbeing in daily life. 1/4
So excited that a chapter of Psi Chi is launching at WPI!
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I am honored to serve as the faculty advisor for the group, and a special shout out to the amazing students who will be inducted in the spring: 1/3
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I am honored to serve as the faculty advisor for the group, and a special shout out to the amazing students who will be inducted in the spring: 1/3
International Psychology Honor Society Coming to WPI | Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology, is proud to announce the addition of a Psi Chi Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The WPI Psi Chi Chapter will be installed in the spri...
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November 13, 2024 at 8:28 PM
So excited that a chapter of Psi Chi is launching at WPI!
www.wpi.edu/news/announc...
I am honored to serve as the faculty advisor for the group, and a special shout out to the amazing students who will be inducted in the spring: 1/3
www.wpi.edu/news/announc...
I am honored to serve as the faculty advisor for the group, and a special shout out to the amazing students who will be inducted in the spring: 1/3
Last week my lab and I had the great privilege of attending and presenting at the "Friend or Foe" research symposium sponsored by UMass Lowell and NIH-sponsored CAPES Suicide Prevention center. 1/4
September 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Last week my lab and I had the great privilege of attending and presenting at the "Friend or Foe" research symposium sponsored by UMass Lowell and NIH-sponsored CAPES Suicide Prevention center. 1/4
I had an amazing time at U.Chicago last week attending the 2024 SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop! 1/3
September 2, 2024 at 10:03 PM
I had an amazing time at U.Chicago last week attending the 2024 SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop! 1/3
So grateful that today's preconference at ISRE2024 went well! Thanks to all the presenters who gave cutting edge talks on how to advance the science of emotion regulation in the age of social media and the youth mental health crisis.
July 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
So grateful that today's preconference at ISRE2024 went well! Thanks to all the presenters who gave cutting edge talks on how to advance the science of emotion regulation in the age of social media and the youth mental health crisis.
Grateful to have the support of the APA Minority Fellowship Program to attend the SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop in August!
July 11, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Grateful to have the support of the APA Minority Fellowship Program to attend the SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop in August!
📣 ATTN: Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are are still accepting abstracts for data blitz talks for the emotion regulation preconference at #ISRE2024! Email us if you're interested in submitting! New submission deadline is May 15.(www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...)
April 30, 2024 at 2:11 PM
📣 ATTN: Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are are still accepting abstracts for data blitz talks for the emotion regulation preconference at #ISRE2024! Email us if you're interested in submitting! New submission deadline is May 15.(www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...)
We had amazing student presentations at the Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase for the Dept. of Social Science & Policy Studies at WPI. Special congrats to my advisees Lorena Nunes and Eva Petschek for their senior capstone projects! #STEMresearch #mentorship #payitforward
April 19, 2024 at 5:48 PM
We had amazing student presentations at the Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase for the Dept. of Social Science & Policy Studies at WPI. Special congrats to my advisees Lorena Nunes and Eva Petschek for their senior capstone projects! #STEMresearch #mentorship #payitforward
It was an amazing first day at #SANS2024! Kudos to my postdoc Nicole Hayes and lab manager Emma Moughan for a great poster presentation! #research #socialneuroscience #neuroscience #scicomm
April 11, 2024 at 10:23 PM
It was an amazing first day at #SANS2024! Kudos to my postdoc Nicole Hayes and lab manager Emma Moughan for a great poster presentation! #research #socialneuroscience #neuroscience #scicomm
Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are organizing a preconference at ISRE2024 titled, "Keep Calm and Regulate On(line)? Emotion regulation in online contexts and links to mental health and wellbeing" (www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...; also see attached flyer). 1/3
April 4, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are organizing a preconference at ISRE2024 titled, "Keep Calm and Regulate On(line)? Emotion regulation in online contexts and links to mental health and wellbeing" (www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...; also see attached flyer). 1/3
Earlier this week my students and I had the great pleasure of having folks from Neurable (www.neurable.io) visit the lab and show us capabilities of their AI-powered headphones, which can give users insight into their own attention and cognition. #neurable #ai #innovation #neurotech #BCI
March 15, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Earlier this week my students and I had the great pleasure of having folks from Neurable (www.neurable.io) visit the lab and show us capabilities of their AI-powered headphones, which can give users insight into their own attention and cognition. #neurable #ai #innovation #neurotech #BCI
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I’m excited to share this preprint, the first (hopefully of many!) to come from a many-author effort to characterize changes in mental health during the pandemic. Feedback welcome!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 9, 2024 at 12:06 PM
I’m excited to share this preprint, the first (hopefully of many!) to come from a many-author effort to characterize changes in mental health during the pandemic. Feedback welcome!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...