Maia L. Southwick
@maia-southwick.bsky.social
Read more about a new effort to support scientific research in California: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
As a California-based researcher, you can demonstrate your support here: form.laborbase.org/252516272542...
As a California-based researcher, you can demonstrate your support here: form.laborbase.org/252516272542...
California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Read more about a new effort to support scientific research in California: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
As a California-based researcher, you can demonstrate your support here: form.laborbase.org/252516272542...
As a California-based researcher, you can demonstrate your support here: form.laborbase.org/252516272542...
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I'm excited to announce a hybrid Expanding Empathy event on Political Divisions & Morality, next Friday April 25 from 11am-5pm EST, in person at Penn State & on Zoom. This event will bring together researchers in psychology, political science, communications, philosophy, sociology, anthropology. 1/n
Political Divisions and Morality: An Interdisciplinary Conversation - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making
This event will bring together researchers in psychology, political science, communications, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology to discuss political divisions and moral decision-making. The event...
moralconsortium.psu.edu
April 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I'm excited to announce a hybrid Expanding Empathy event on Political Divisions & Morality, next Friday April 25 from 11am-5pm EST, in person at Penn State & on Zoom. This event will bring together researchers in psychology, political science, communications, philosophy, sociology, anthropology. 1/n
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It's time! Registration is open for our very first public workshop series 🎉
Take a break from doomscrolling and join us for a Science Advocacy Crash Course (taught by @leslie-bern.bsky.social) on Feb. 13th, 17th, or 18th
Learn more and register at stemedify.com and tell your friends!
Take a break from doomscrolling and join us for a Science Advocacy Crash Course (taught by @leslie-bern.bsky.social) on Feb. 13th, 17th, or 18th
Learn more and register at stemedify.com and tell your friends!
February 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's time! Registration is open for our very first public workshop series 🎉
Take a break from doomscrolling and join us for a Science Advocacy Crash Course (taught by @leslie-bern.bsky.social) on Feb. 13th, 17th, or 18th
Learn more and register at stemedify.com and tell your friends!
Take a break from doomscrolling and join us for a Science Advocacy Crash Course (taught by @leslie-bern.bsky.social) on Feb. 13th, 17th, or 18th
Learn more and register at stemedify.com and tell your friends!
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Welcome to our Bluesky community! We're excited to connect, share updates, and engage with you. Follow us and be part of the conversation!
January 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Welcome to our Bluesky community! We're excited to connect, share updates, and engage with you. Follow us and be part of the conversation!
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King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research
Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...
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If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
The PB&J Lab - Resources
Resources
www.pbandjlab.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
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Stuck in the procrastination loop? 🌀 A new study by Yuko Munakata shares two ways to break free and finally get started on your projects. Time to stop putting it off! ⏰ #Research #Psychology #Procrastination #Science #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
Two Ways to Avoid the Procrastination Loop and Get Started on Anything
New research in psychology describes some of the factors that contribute to procrastination in both children and adults. Learn some tips on how we can build the motivation to get started on that last-...
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu
December 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Stuck in the procrastination loop? 🌀 A new study by Yuko Munakata shares two ways to break free and finally get started on your projects. Time to stop putting it off! ⏰ #Research #Psychology #Procrastination #Science #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
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Egocentrism might be the silent culprit blocking meaningful connections in your life. 😬 New research from Andy Todd sheds light on how it impacts relationships—time to break out of the ‘me’ bubble! 🧠 #SocialPyschology #Egocentrism #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
How to Keep Egocentrism from Blocking Real Connections with the People in Our Lives
Egocentrism is a way we go about understanding what others know, think and feel. As can be the case with holiday gifts, our assumptions might be completely wrong. Research from psychology provides ins...
lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu
December 20, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Egocentrism might be the silent culprit blocking meaningful connections in your life. 😬 New research from Andy Todd sheds light on how it impacts relationships—time to break out of the ‘me’ bubble! 🧠 #SocialPyschology #Egocentrism #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...
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Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how?
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how?
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)
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My first paper as an Assistant Professor at UC Davis is out in the journal SEM!
In the paper, we introduce a continuous-time extension to the GIMME model implemented in OpenMx. It uses iterative tests of modification indices to construct group- and person-specific dynamic networks!
In the paper, we introduce a continuous-time extension to the GIMME model implemented in OpenMx. It uses iterative tests of modification indices to construct group- and person-specific dynamic networks!
Unsupervised Model Construction in Continuous-Time
Many of the advancements reconciling individual- and group-level results have occurred in the context of a discrete-time modeling framework. Discrete-time models are intuitive and offer relatively ...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM
My first paper as an Assistant Professor at UC Davis is out in the journal SEM!
In the paper, we introduce a continuous-time extension to the GIMME model implemented in OpenMx. It uses iterative tests of modification indices to construct group- and person-specific dynamic networks!
In the paper, we introduce a continuous-time extension to the GIMME model implemented in OpenMx. It uses iterative tests of modification indices to construct group- and person-specific dynamic networks!
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🚨New Preprint🚨
*Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models*
We show that LLMs are inaccurate in estimating the moral values of diverse cultures: LLMs stereotype cultures in predictable ways.
Led by my star Ph.D. student, Aliah Zewail
osf.io/preprints/ps...
*Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models*
We show that LLMs are inaccurate in estimating the moral values of diverse cultures: LLMs stereotype cultures in predictable ways.
Led by my star Ph.D. student, Aliah Zewail
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🚨New Preprint🚨
*Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models*
We show that LLMs are inaccurate in estimating the moral values of diverse cultures: LLMs stereotype cultures in predictable ways.
Led by my star Ph.D. student, Aliah Zewail
osf.io/preprints/ps...
*Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models*
We show that LLMs are inaccurate in estimating the moral values of diverse cultures: LLMs stereotype cultures in predictable ways.
Led by my star Ph.D. student, Aliah Zewail
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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What a great conference filled with great speakers and presenters!
Erim and I were so happy to share our work examining the efficacy of multiple choice quizzes that allow for multiple attempts on student final course grades.
Erim and I were so happy to share our work examining the efficacy of multiple choice quizzes that allow for multiple attempts on student final course grades.
December 11, 2024 at 4:59 AM
What a great conference filled with great speakers and presenters!
Erim and I were so happy to share our work examining the efficacy of multiple choice quizzes that allow for multiple attempts on student final course grades.
Erim and I were so happy to share our work examining the efficacy of multiple choice quizzes that allow for multiple attempts on student final course grades.
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Now published in Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. This is a review of what we know, and what we don't yet know. In it, I argue that the origins of our self-awareness must lie in interoception, and offer some thoughts on how social interactions might provide a mechanistic link in infancy.
The Origins and Emergence of Self-Representation | Annual Reviews
Although a reflective self-awareness is often considered to be the pinnacle of human consciousness, it takes time to develop, and behaviors indicating a conceptual self-representation appear only towa...
www.annualreviews.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Now published in Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. This is a review of what we know, and what we don't yet know. In it, I argue that the origins of our self-awareness must lie in interoception, and offer some thoughts on how social interactions might provide a mechanistic link in infancy.
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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Sociodemographic Reporting for Researchers, Reviewers, and Editors
In recent years, psychological researchers have been heavily criticized for generalizing broadly from narrow samples, a concern that intersects with questions about the validity, reproducibility, r...
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Good morning! Here's the first recording from the Moral Psychology Research Group/Consortium on Moral Decision-Making conference I hosted last month. Lisa Silvestri (Communications, Penn State) talked on peace & phronesis, in a panel on virtues. @ssripennstate.bsky.social bit.ly/3BbQ41Z
Doing Peace Through Practical Wisdom
Moral Psychology Research Group 2024: Lisa Silvestri, associate teaching professor, communication arts and sciences, Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Hosted by Daryl Cameron Sponsored by: Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Penn State Rock Ethics Institute Penn State Social Science Research Institute The McCourtney Institute for Democracy Penn State Department of Philosophy Penn State Department of Psychology Penn State University Libraries
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December 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Good morning! Here's the first recording from the Moral Psychology Research Group/Consortium on Moral Decision-Making conference I hosted last month. Lisa Silvestri (Communications, Penn State) talked on peace & phronesis, in a panel on virtues. @ssripennstate.bsky.social bit.ly/3BbQ41Z
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Scientists don't have to be in academia to make a huge impact! Check out this new resource for details, salaries, etc on how to pick a career!
#psychology #PsychSky #mentalhealth #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #Neuroskyence #neuroimaging
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych
www.apa.org/science/prog...
#psychology #PsychSky #mentalhealth #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #Neuroskyence #neuroimaging
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych
www.apa.org/science/prog...
www.apa.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Scientists don't have to be in academia to make a huge impact! Check out this new resource for details, salaries, etc on how to pick a career!
#psychology #PsychSky #mentalhealth #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #Neuroskyence #neuroimaging
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych
www.apa.org/science/prog...
#psychology #PsychSky #mentalhealth #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #Neuroskyence #neuroimaging
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych
www.apa.org/science/prog...
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It's Dec 1 and you want to finally start learning R? The R advent calendaR by @kiirsti.bsky.social is an excellent place to start. Do it now! #rstats kiirstio.wixsite.com/kowen/post/t...
The 25 days of chRistmas: an R advent calendaR
Thank you for your interest in this advent calendar and learning R! R is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. At first, it can be really overwhelming, but after you pick up the basics,...
kiirstio.wixsite.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:17 PM
It's Dec 1 and you want to finally start learning R? The R advent calendaR by @kiirsti.bsky.social is an excellent place to start. Do it now! #rstats kiirstio.wixsite.com/kowen/post/t...
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Is developing asthma early in life linked to outcomes beyond physical health? Research from Dr. Simona Ghetti’s lab finds that children with early onset asthma can also experience slowdowns in their memory development.
#UCDavis #Psychology #devpsych #psychscisky
www.ucdavis.edu/news/asthma-...
#UCDavis #Psychology #devpsych #psychscisky
www.ucdavis.edu/news/asthma-...
Asthma May Place Children at Risk of Memory Difficulties, New Research Finds
Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The study, the f...
www.ucdavis.edu
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Is developing asthma early in life linked to outcomes beyond physical health? Research from Dr. Simona Ghetti’s lab finds that children with early onset asthma can also experience slowdowns in their memory development.
#UCDavis #Psychology #devpsych #psychscisky
www.ucdavis.edu/news/asthma-...
#UCDavis #Psychology #devpsych #psychscisky
www.ucdavis.edu/news/asthma-...
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Are you a #devpsych scientist/trainee looking for a space to connect, collaborate, & share resources? 🧠✨ Join our Slack community focused on building connections & sharing resources to support each other in this dynamic field!
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#psych #psychSciSky #academicSky
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#psych #psychSciSky #academicSky
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November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Are you a #devpsych scientist/trainee looking for a space to connect, collaborate, & share resources? 🧠✨ Join our Slack community focused on building connections & sharing resources to support each other in this dynamic field!
➡️ join.slack.com/t/traineesin...
#psych #psychSciSky #academicSky
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#psych #psychSciSky #academicSky
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A small starter pack of school/depts/institutes of psychology here on bluesky
So...
(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you
(2) Tell your dept social media people to leave the other place and come here instead. It's where the science is now 😊
Pls share
go.bsky.app/FmgYgVj
So...
(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you
(2) Tell your dept social media people to leave the other place and come here instead. It's where the science is now 😊
Pls share
go.bsky.app/FmgYgVj
November 10, 2024 at 8:21 AM
A small starter pack of school/depts/institutes of psychology here on bluesky
So...
(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you
(2) Tell your dept social media people to leave the other place and come here instead. It's where the science is now 😊
Pls share
go.bsky.app/FmgYgVj
So...
(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you
(2) Tell your dept social media people to leave the other place and come here instead. It's where the science is now 😊
Pls share
go.bsky.app/FmgYgVj
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Curious if rom-coms get love right? Tune into Love Factually, a new podcast from Paul Eastwick, Social and Personality Psychology faculty, as he breaks down the science behind relationships and what Hollywood gets wrong. #LoveFactually #UCDavis www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/do-...
Do Rom-Coms Depict Realistic Relationships?
UC Davis psychology professor Paul Eastwick analyzes rom-coms in a new podcast.
www.ucdavis.edu
November 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Curious if rom-coms get love right? Tune into Love Factually, a new podcast from Paul Eastwick, Social and Personality Psychology faculty, as he breaks down the science behind relationships and what Hollywood gets wrong. #LoveFactually #UCDavis www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/do-...
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Can a happy partner keep stress at bay? A new study from our very own Tiko Yoneda finds that happiness in a relationship is linked to lower stress hormone levels in older couples. #UCDavis #RelationshipScience www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-stu...
New Study Finds Partner’s Happiness Linked to Lower Stress Hormone Levels in Older Couples
Having happy intimate partners might not only lift our moods, but it also helps us manage stress, especially as we age, according to new University of California, Davis, research.
www.ucdavis.edu
November 8, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Can a happy partner keep stress at bay? A new study from our very own Tiko Yoneda finds that happiness in a relationship is linked to lower stress hormone levels in older couples. #UCDavis #RelationshipScience www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-stu...
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Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n
October 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n