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Richard Lopez
@richlopez41.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience • Director of the SNAP Lab at WPI (https://wp.wpi.edu/snaplab/) • Social neuroscientist studying emotions, digital media use, and mental health • FirstGen
We had a great research projects showcase hosted by @wpiedu.bsky.social's Department of Social Science & Policy Studies! Congrats to Brianna Romero, a senior in the SNAP Lab, for presenting her capstone project: “Neurophysiological Correlates of Social Feedback on a Mock Social Media Platform.”
April 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Enjoying my first time attending @affectscience.bsky.social's annual meeting! If you're here in Portland, come check out my poster on longitudinal training self-regulation in the eating domain from 3:15 - 4:45pm PT! #affectivescience #sas2025 #selfregulation #healthyeating
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I had the great privilege of bringing an amazing group of @wpiedu.bsky.social students to Central Tree Middle School in Rutland... 1/2
February 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Last week my lab and I had the great privilege of attending and presenting at the "Friend or Foe" research symposium sponsored by UMass Lowell and NIH-sponsored CAPES Suicide Prevention center. 1/4
September 17, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I had an amazing time at U.Chicago last week attending the 2024 SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop! 1/3
September 2, 2024 at 10:03 PM
So grateful that today's preconference at ISRE2024 went well! Thanks to all the presenters who gave cutting edge talks on how to advance the science of emotion regulation in the age of social media and the youth mental health crisis.
July 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Grateful to have the support of the APA Minority Fellowship Program to attend the SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop in August!
July 11, 2024 at 1:11 AM
📣 ATTN: Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are are still accepting abstracts for data blitz talks for the emotion regulation preconference at #ISRE2024! Email us if you're interested in submitting! New submission deadline is May 15.(www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...)
April 30, 2024 at 2:11 PM
We had amazing student presentations at the Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase for the Dept. of Social Science & Policy Studies at WPI. Special congrats to my advisees Lorena Nunes and Eva Petschek for their senior capstone projects! #STEMresearch #mentorship #payitforward
April 19, 2024 at 5:48 PM
It was an amazing first day at #SANS2024! Kudos to my postdoc Nicole Hayes and lab manager Emma Moughan for a great poster presentation! #research #socialneuroscience #neuroscience #scicomm
April 11, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are organizing a preconference at ISRE2024 titled, "Keep Calm and Regulate On(line)? Emotion regulation in online contexts and links to mental health and wellbeing" (www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...; also see attached flyer). 1/3
April 4, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Earlier this week my students and I had the great pleasure of having folks from Neurable (www.neurable.io) visit the lab and show us capabilities of their AI-powered headphones, which can give users insight into their own attention and cognition. #neurable #ai #innovation #neurotech #BCI
March 15, 2024 at 2:21 AM
I am recruiting MS students to conduct research in my lab as part of WPI's new masters of science program in neuroscience. Please spread the word! (See next post for all links.) #psychsky #neurosky #socialpsych #academicsky
December 1, 2023 at 3:33 PM