Jordan Wylie
@jowylie.bsky.social
🍋 • asst prof @Cornell | morality • rules • curiosity | tennis fanatic • wy-lab.com •🍋
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POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell
@cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost!
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Cornell University, Psychology
Job #AJO31185, WDR-00055818(EVG) Postdoctoral Associate, Psychology, Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
POSTDOC POSITION in social psychology at Cornell
@cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost!
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@spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social @aplssc.bsky.social @spssi.bsky.social @psychscience.bsky.social
@cornellpsych.bsky.social! We will begin reviewing apps Dec 1st. Please repost!
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new paper!!
I’m thrilled to share that our paper is now published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General!🧵👇 psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
new paper!!
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We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
Cognitive Science Graduate Admissions – Information about graduate admissions from the cognitive science faculty
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October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're excited to announce that Cognitive Science at Dartmouth is recruiting PhD students to work collaboratively with me, Steven Frankland, and Fred Callaway. Come study the principles and mechanisms that enable us to understand, plan, and act in the world! Info: sites.dartmouth.edu/cogscigrad/
Only one day left to apply for the Moral Psychology Preconference at SPSP!
We have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers, will have blitz contributed talks, a best poster award, and more.
Don’t miss it!
We have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers, will have blitz contributed talks, a best poster award, and more.
Don’t miss it!
October 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Only one day left to apply for the Moral Psychology Preconference at SPSP!
We have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers, will have blitz contributed talks, a best poster award, and more.
Don’t miss it!
We have an outstanding line-up of invited speakers, will have blitz contributed talks, a best poster award, and more.
Don’t miss it!
Only 9 days left to submit!! Come join us in Chicago in Feb!
🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.
Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Only 9 days left to submit!! Come join us in Chicago in Feb!
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Very excited to share that my first paper, with Peter Mende-Siedlecki and @leorhackel.bsky.social, is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com! ☺️
Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Rewards bias self-evaluations of ability - Communications Psychology
People often receive rewards for good performance, but what happens when rewards do not reflect ability? Two behavioral studies suggest that rewards can impact how we evaluate our own ability, above and beyond the impact of actual performance.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Very excited to share that my first paper, with Peter Mende-Siedlecki and @leorhackel.bsky.social, is out now in @commspsychol.nature.com! ☺️
Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Can getting more rewards make you feel more skilled, even if your performance doesn't change?
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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check out our october newsletter featuring @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social 🎃
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newsletter: october 2025
introducing our guest editor, kirstan brodie 🎃
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October 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
check out our october newsletter featuring @kirstanbrodie.bsky.social 🎃
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In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory
www.vox.com/politics/463...
www.vox.com/politics/463...
The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.
Talk less about health care, more about authoritarianism.
www.vox.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In their recent book, Brownstein, Madva, and Kelly argue that people don’t necessarily join causes because they think they’re going to win in the short term … yet their decision to participate during a seemingly hopeless period creates the conditions for ultimate victory
www.vox.com/politics/463...
www.vox.com/politics/463...
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We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism
Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state
See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...
Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state
See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism
Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state
See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...
Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state
See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...
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We are hiring - come work with us! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)
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August 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We are hiring - come work with us! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉
In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
(1/4)
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉
In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
(1/4)
August 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉
In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
(1/4)
@commspsychol.nature.com
🎉
In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
(1/4)
Looking for a postdoc? Apply for Cornell’s Klarman Fellowship with me! I’m interested in rules, rule-breakers, and curiosity, broadly construed.
Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)
Email me directly if you’re interested!
Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)
Email me directly if you’re interested!
Klarman Fellowships
The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Looking for a postdoc? Apply for Cornell’s Klarman Fellowship with me! I’m interested in rules, rule-breakers, and curiosity, broadly construed.
Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)
Email me directly if you’re interested!
Link for more info here: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... (3 years, $80K/yr; Oct 15th deadline)
Email me directly if you’re interested!
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@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
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#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
Everyday Revenge
We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it.
Pl...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
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#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
Share your revenge stories with us!!
@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
Everyday Revenge
We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it.
Pl...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Share your revenge stories with us!!
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.
Our computational cognitive model explains why!
Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu
🧵
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.
Our computational cognitive model explains why!
Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu
🧵
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.
Our computational cognitive model explains why!
Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu
🧵
with @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social & @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Punishment, even when intended to teach norms and change minds for the good, may backfire.
Our computational cognitive model explains why!
Paper: tinyurl.com/yc7fs4x7
News: tinyurl.com/3h3446wu
🧵
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@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social, and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully got back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
Everyday Revenge
We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it.
Pl...
docs.google.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social, and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully got back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition
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I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!
psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!
psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...
Joao Guassi Moreira – Information for Prospective Graduate Students
Dr. Joao Guassi Moreira – Information for Prospective Graduate Students Website: https://psych.wisc.edu/staff/guassi-moreira-joao/ Current research: Dr. Guassi Moreira’s Computational Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory (CDNLab) studies the neurodevelopment of affective and social phenomena between late childhood and emerging adulthood. Currently, CDNLab is particularly interested in the development of emotion regulation and decision-making, and the nexus between the two.…
psych.wisc.edu
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!
psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...
@uwpsych.bsky.social in Fall ‘26. Ideal for those interested in dev, decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. We have cool stuff in the works and want more brilliant ppl in the fold!
psych.wisc.edu/joao-guassi-...
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🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca
RTs appreciated 💫
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca
RTs appreciated 💫
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca
RTs appreciated 💫
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca
RTs appreciated 💫
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🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
When development constricts our moral circle
Nature Human Behaviour - Although many believe our moral circles expand with age, this Perspective discusses an early-emerging tendency to care for others.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🥳🥳 New paper in @nathumbehav.nature.com: “When development constricts our moral circle." Contrary to popular belief, younger kids may start out with broader moral circles than older ones. Check it out here 👉 rdcu.be/eoaSe
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
w/ @mattiwilks.bsky.social @karrineldner.bsky.social & Lucius Caviola
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The idea that pursuing moral excellence leads to the most authentic life contains an annoying conflict—how can we be authentic if constrained by morals?
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc
April 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The idea that pursuing moral excellence leads to the most authentic life contains an annoying conflict—how can we be authentic if constrained by morals?
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc
Research by @jowylie.bsky.social et al finds pursuing aesthetic excellence has the edge in finding one’s true self: buff.ly/OJczpSc
We are starting to plan next year’s SPSP Morality Preconference—tell us who you want to hear from!!!
Moral Psych community: @jowylie.bsky.social & I will be organizing the pre-con at SPSP again! This past year was sold-out and we expect next year to be even bigger!
Who do you YOU want to hear from next year? Recommend a speaker with this quick form: tinyurl.com/moralpsychrecs
Who do you YOU want to hear from next year? Recommend a speaker with this quick form: tinyurl.com/moralpsychrecs
April 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We are starting to plan next year’s SPSP Morality Preconference—tell us who you want to hear from!!!
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Why do scientists still struggle to answer basic questions about the safety of digital tech from AI to social media, even as families point to rising evidence of individual harm with concern & grief?
@orbenamy.bsky.social & I have a new article in @science.org:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@orbenamy.bsky.social & I have a new article in @science.org:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fixing the science of digital technology harms
Technology development outpaces scientific assessment of impacts
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why do scientists still struggle to answer basic questions about the safety of digital tech from AI to social media, even as families point to rising evidence of individual harm with concern & grief?
@orbenamy.bsky.social & I have a new article in @science.org:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@orbenamy.bsky.social & I have a new article in @science.org:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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need a break from doom scrolling?
check out this month's feature @raziasahi.bsky.social 🤩
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check out this month's feature @raziasahi.bsky.social 🤩
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newsletter: april 2025
meet this month's guest editor, Razia Sahi
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April 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
need a break from doom scrolling?
check out this month's feature @raziasahi.bsky.social 🤩
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check out this month's feature @raziasahi.bsky.social 🤩
open.substack.com/pub/marginal...
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Thank you all so much for having me!! It was a joy to share more about my research in psychology and law.
If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode!
If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode!
New ep! What comes to mind when you hear the term “objectively reasonable”? @spruill.bsky.social shares her research on how legal standards in criminal justice aren't as neutral as they may seem and how lived experience influence jurors' priors
links in 🧵
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
links in 🧵
@monash-m3cs.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thank you all so much for having me!! It was a joy to share more about my research in psychology and law.
If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode!
If you want to learn more about legal judgment & decision making, intriguing Supreme Court cases and what “objectively reasonable” actually means to people, listen to this episode!