@xinyiwang.bsky.social
Postdoc(NIH U01) on Continuum of Risk Message for Adults and Youth | PhD @asc.upenn.edu | Prev @wharton @uwsjmc.bsky.social
Curiosity (and what changes it), substance use, communication intervention, experience-sampling
https://xinyindeed.github.io
Curiosity (and what changes it), substance use, communication intervention, experience-sampling
https://xinyindeed.github.io
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Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @sarahuang.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
August 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @sarahuang.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
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A great way to help reduce the citation gap is to alter your own citation practices.
We built a shiny app that makes it easy to check (and adjust) the gender balance of your references before submitting papers:
dcosme.shinyapps.io/citation-gap...
We built a shiny app that makes it easy to check (and adjust) the gender balance of your references before submitting papers:
dcosme.shinyapps.io/citation-gap...
August 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A great way to help reduce the citation gap is to alter your own citation practices.
We built a shiny app that makes it easy to check (and adjust) the gender balance of your references before submitting papers:
dcosme.shinyapps.io/citation-gap...
We built a shiny app that makes it easy to check (and adjust) the gender balance of your references before submitting papers:
dcosme.shinyapps.io/citation-gap...
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“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
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We are looking for a Research Coordinator! Come to Penn to do research with us! my.spsp.org/Career-Cente...
July 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We are looking for a Research Coordinator! Come to Penn to do research with us! my.spsp.org/Career-Cente...
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Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perceived community alignment increases information sharing - Nature Communications
Information sharing is a ubiquitous and consequential behavior. Here, the authors use neuroimaging and behavioral studies to show that people are driven to share information that they believe will be ...
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Excited to ✨share✨ that our paper on ✨sharing✨ is published! Across 3 studies that build on one another, we show that perceived alignment with one's peers increases the likelihood of information sharing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Old and new faces at #ICA2025 in Denver!! Grateful to share my ongoing work in curiosity and health information-seeking Feeling inspired from all the cool health comm and comm sci work that’s happening :)
AND officially the digital media coordinator for @icacsab.bsky.social, give us a follow 🤳
AND officially the digital media coordinator for @icacsab.bsky.social, give us a follow 🤳
June 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Old and new faces at #ICA2025 in Denver!! Grateful to share my ongoing work in curiosity and health information-seeking Feeling inspired from all the cool health comm and comm sci work that’s happening :)
AND officially the digital media coordinator for @icacsab.bsky.social, give us a follow 🤳
AND officially the digital media coordinator for @icacsab.bsky.social, give us a follow 🤳
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Join us today for a joint reception at 6 pm! 😎
We will have our Top Paper session today starting at 1:30 following by our business meeting at 4:30
We will have our Top Paper session today starting at 1:30 following by our business meeting at 4:30
June 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join us today for a joint reception at 6 pm! 😎
We will have our Top Paper session today starting at 1:30 following by our business meeting at 4:30
We will have our Top Paper session today starting at 1:30 following by our business meeting at 4:30
Excited to share a snippet of my research in these past five years in this interview. Take a look if you are curious❓:
What if curiosity is the key to better public health communication? This is a question that has guided new Ph.D @xinyiwang.bsky.social throughout her doctoral research. We caught up with Dr. Wang, who graduated Monday, as she reflected on her research, her time at Annenberg, and what comes next:
Sparking Curiosity for Better Learning and Better Lives
www.asc.upenn.edu
May 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Excited to share a snippet of my research in these past five years in this interview. Take a look if you are curious❓:
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🎓 🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. graduates!! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Congratulations to Annenberg’s 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. Graduates
www.asc.upenn.edu
May 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🎓 🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. graduates!! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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What motivates people to take action and share info about climate change? We tested 17 psychological interventions in a tournament—Discover the winners in our new paper! Out now in @pnas.org w/ @falklab.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social, & team. Thread ⤵️ 1/9
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change | PNAS
Mitigating climate change requires urgent action at individual, collective, and institutional
levels. However, individuals may fail to act because ...
www.pnas.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What motivates people to take action and share info about climate change? We tested 17 psychological interventions in a tournament—Discover the winners in our new paper! Out now in @pnas.org w/ @falklab.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social, & team. Thread ⤵️ 1/9
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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We made it to Bluesky at last. Just in time to get ready for #ICA25
a dog wearing a teddy bear costume is running down a hallway with the caption " better late than never "
Alt: a dog wearing a teddy bear costume is running down a hallway with the caption " better late than never "
media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We made it to Bluesky at last. Just in time to get ready for #ICA25
For the next month you will see me like this
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For the next month you will see me like this
Did a thing. She's a Doc now🎓
🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Xinyi Wang, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Investigating Environmental and Biological Factors that Shape our Curiosity for New Information” yesterday!
April 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Did a thing. She's a Doc now🎓
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Check out Emily’s essay, “How Small Talk Opens up Deeper Connections” in The Wall Street Journal!
Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon Burns and Diana Tamir are also collaborators on the research behind this article.
Check it out here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon Burns and Diana Tamir are also collaborators on the research behind this article.
Check it out here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
March 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Check out Emily’s essay, “How Small Talk Opens up Deeper Connections” in The Wall Street Journal!
Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon Burns and Diana Tamir are also collaborators on the research behind this article.
Check it out here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Sebastian Speer, Laetitia Mwilambwe-Tshilobo, Lily Tsoi, Shannon Burns and Diana Tamir are also collaborators on the research behind this article.
Check it out here: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
If you want to know more about the creative and amazingly brilliant Irish expat ✨Dr. Lydon-Staley✨(or how most of us call him, David) who I immediately clicked with despite never meeting in person for a year and got me into curiosity research -> Give this a read!!
Both an academic researcher and fiction writer, @dlstaphilly.bsky.social straddles two worlds of the written word. We spoke with him about his creative practice, the overlap between his creative and academic work, and how his teaching informs his writing outside of the classroom:
From Research to Fiction: How David Lydon-Staley Merges Academia and Creativity
www.asc.upenn.edu
March 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you want to know more about the creative and amazingly brilliant Irish expat ✨Dr. Lydon-Staley✨(or how most of us call him, David) who I immediately clicked with despite never meeting in person for a year and got me into curiosity research -> Give this a read!!
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🎤 Vice Dean Emily Falk (@falklab.bsky.social) was interviewed on a recent podcast to discuss her research exploring the brain systems that influence what we choose and why we choose, our behaviors and value systems, and the power of storytelling. Listen: healthy.ucla.edu/media/livewe...
March 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎤 Vice Dean Emily Falk (@falklab.bsky.social) was interviewed on a recent podcast to discuss her research exploring the brain systems that influence what we choose and why we choose, our behaviors and value systems, and the power of storytelling. Listen: healthy.ucla.edu/media/livewe...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fascinating experimental paradigm by Dan,Hassin et al (2025) that starts to unpack the integrations of two sides of curiosity: Urge & Interest. High Urge and Low Interest Qs are preferred for immediate consumption, High-Interest Qs preference emerges with time
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fascinating experimental paradigm by Dan,Hassin et al (2025) that starts to unpack the integrations of two sides of curiosity: Urge & Interest. High Urge and Low Interest Qs are preferred for immediate consumption, High-Interest Qs preference emerges with time
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I'm at #SRNT2025 in NOLA presenting our work using ❓curiosity-eliciting❓ nicotine messages to reduce nicotine false beliefs for priority U.S. smoking groups on
Friday 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM at Churchill Exhibition Hall
(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...). Here's what we found 👇
Friday 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM at Churchill Exhibition Hall
(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...). Here's what we found 👇
March 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I'm at #SRNT2025 in NOLA presenting our work using ❓curiosity-eliciting❓ nicotine messages to reduce nicotine false beliefs for priority U.S. smoking groups on
Friday 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM at Churchill Exhibition Hall
(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...). Here's what we found 👇
Friday 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM at Churchill Exhibition Hall
(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...). Here's what we found 👇
In the midst of all the craziness, I’m actually having a grand time writing my dissertation. Can’t believe two months from now I’ll be defending it!! Drs, how long is your thank list???
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In the midst of all the craziness, I’m actually having a grand time writing my dissertation. Can’t believe two months from now I’ll be defending it!! Drs, how long is your thank list???
Excited to get a signed copy in April!!
Emily's book, WHAT WE VALUE: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change, comes out April 8th! Barnes and Noble is having a sale where you can preorder WHAT WE VALUE now through Feb. 7 on BN.com to get 25% off. Use code PREORDER25 #BNPreorder @barnesandnoble.com www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-we-va...
February 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Excited to get a signed copy in April!!
Can confirm that bluesky Discovery page is shockingly good 😱
Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.
February 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Can confirm that bluesky Discovery page is shockingly good 😱
Celebrating small wins that out curiosity study's one week follow-up had ~90% retention rate - now that's a wrap!
December 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Celebrating small wins that out curiosity study's one week follow-up had ~90% retention rate - now that's a wrap!