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Looking forward to #ICIS2024! Especially excited about presenting with @lorijn.bsky.social @shariliu.bsky.social and @mzettersten.bsky.social in our symposium on Drivers of Infant Attention (S.61)! Stop by Thursday at 3! @infantstudies.bsky.social

Children also negatively evaluated empathizers of immoral actions, but still inferred they were friends with the target of their empathy, suggesting children are sensitive to the context of vicarious emotions and not just the emotion itself. [3/4]

Children, overall, more positively evaluated empathizers than less empathic others, except when the counter-empathizer helped the target and the empathizer did not. Though older children weighed these cues more closely than younger children. [2/4]

🚨New preprint! osf.io/preprints/os...

Adults evaluate consider empathizers to be warm, likable, & respected, but not when the target of their empathy is morally reprehensible. We asked whether 4-7 year olds held similar beliefs. [1/4]

We are our own worst enemy.

Studying infant emotional demand sounds like it could be a good time or a very bad time

Know a student applying to Psych Ph.D. programs? Consider telling them about this opportunity! UCSD Psychology is hosting a two-day virtual event for prospective students on October 20th & 21st. You can register and view the schedule at diversifyingpsychology.ucsd.edu. 1/5

I know my confidence dropped exactly 3% last week Grammarly, I don’t need you to remind me. (Also read: I’m working on my dissertation proposal.)

Contributing pictures of my doggo, Arya, who always looks very melancholic but I promise you she leads a very good life!