Paula Niedenthal
@pniedent.bsky.social
Affective Science prof at UW-Madison | US politics | triggered by regional & international clichés | Badgers and Packers | Mom of 4 | opinions my own | she/her
I was incredibly honored to give the inaugural Abraham and Carmen Tesser Social Psychology Lecture at Purdue. Seeing Abraham again was such a pleasure. @spspnews.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I was incredibly honored to give the inaugural Abraham and Carmen Tesser Social Psychology Lecture at Purdue. Seeing Abraham again was such a pleasure. @spspnews.bsky.social
Our latest work on ancestral diversity and cultural evolution is out. Co-authored with Sophie Wohltjen. For a special issue of CRESP on Historical Psychology edited by Josh Jackson and @mohammadatari.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our latest work on ancestral diversity and cultural evolution is out. Co-authored with Sophie Wohltjen. For a special issue of CRESP on Historical Psychology edited by Josh Jackson and @mohammadatari.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So much fun to have Maital Neta’s whole family here in Madison and at our farm. Come back soon!! ❤️
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So much fun to have Maital Neta’s whole family here in Madison and at our farm. Come back soon!! ❤️
So exciting to see the new Handbook of Social Psychology in open-access format! Enjoy our chapter on emotion and all the other amazing chapters here: the-hsp.com @affectscience.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
So exciting to see the new Handbook of Social Psychology in open-access format! Enjoy our chapter on emotion and all the other amazing chapters here: the-hsp.com @affectscience.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social
Māori stone carvings (from the 1970s) and a lovely Māori moko (with permission to share)
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Māori stone carvings (from the 1970s) and a lovely Māori moko (with permission to share)
Couldn't be more thrilled for Sophie Wohltjen, my post-doc and PhD student of @ThaliaWheatley, for accepting a TT position in social psych @UTKnoxville. Great dept, close to family ... Vols, Y'all! Congrats, Sophie!
January 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Couldn't be more thrilled for Sophie Wohltjen, my post-doc and PhD student of @ThaliaWheatley, for accepting a TT position in social psych @UTKnoxville. Great dept, close to family ... Vols, Y'all! Congrats, Sophie!
So, so cool to spend time with one of my very first grad students, Jamin Halberstadt and his spouse. Remembering our 1000s of research meetings discussing really great ideas!
January 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So, so cool to spend time with one of my very first grad students, Jamin Halberstadt and his spouse. Remembering our 1000s of research meetings discussing really great ideas!
On this day, remembering me and my youngest son asleep on a train from Paris.
December 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
On this day, remembering me and my youngest son asleep on a train from Paris.
(Most of) my wonderful lab group. The future is bright!
December 10, 2024 at 8:29 PM
(Most of) my wonderful lab group. The future is bright!
Amazing December day for a long bike ride apparently wearing my bike helmet backwards…
December 8, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Amazing December day for a long bike ride apparently wearing my bike helmet backwards…
Have a few places to visit
December 1, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Have a few places to visit
Wonderful concert last night by my childhood friend, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, at the ever-fun venue in Fort Atkinson, WI, Cafe Carpe.
November 12, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Wonderful concert last night by my childhood friend, singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, at the ever-fun venue in Fort Atkinson, WI, Cafe Carpe.
Great talk by Ben Armstrong from MIT’s Industrial Performance Center for our NRT program INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work - learn all about it here: shorturl.at/doTXZ) on the success (and failure) of automation.
November 8, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Great talk by Ben Armstrong from MIT’s Industrial Performance Center for our NRT program INTEGRATE (Integrating Robots into the Future of Work - learn all about it here: shorturl.at/doTXZ) on the success (and failure) of automation.
Just cresting peak fall colors.
October 29, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Just cresting peak fall colors.
Good morning with no filters applied. No AI needed.
October 28, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Good morning with no filters applied. No AI needed.
Tell your undergrads: PREP at UW offers mentored research, data science training and prof. development for undergraduates from groups historically underrepresented in psych/neurosci. 28 May–9 August 2024. Application window opens 1 November 2023. @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
October 23, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Tell your undergrads: PREP at UW offers mentored research, data science training and prof. development for undergraduates from groups historically underrepresented in psych/neurosci. 28 May–9 August 2024. Application window opens 1 November 2023. @spspnews.bsky.social @affectscience.bsky.social
I present the Niedenthal Emotions Lab for your enjoyment!
October 18, 2023 at 10:03 PM
I present the Niedenthal Emotions Lab for your enjoyment!