Stress, Aging, and Relationships Lab
@starlabteam.bsky.social
We study love and loss across the lifespan and discuss the latest advances in stress science.
Lab website: www.ryanlinnbrown.com/starlab
Lab website: www.ryanlinnbrown.com/starlab
With rising economic inequality, cross-class interactions are relatively rare because of just how segregated we are in daily life. We discussed the consequences of rising economic inequality + class-based segregation with @mwkraus.bsky.social. #psychscisky
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With rising economic inequality, cross-class interactions are relatively rare because of just how segregated we are in daily life. We discussed the consequences of rising economic inequality + class-based segregation with @mwkraus.bsky.social. #psychscisky
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
How does social class create unique cultural patterns?
@mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
@mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How does social class create unique cultural patterns?
@mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
@mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
Happy Halloween and congratulations to @kristenstopfer.bsky.social for her award-winning pumpkin! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Halloween and congratulations to @kristenstopfer.bsky.social for her award-winning pumpkin! 🎃
🧩 Available now! New Stress Puzzle episode w/ @mwkraus.bsky.social and host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social focused on the widening gap between the richest & the poorest in our society + the far-reaching implications of this global issue. #psychscisky #socialpsych
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🧩 Available now! New Stress Puzzle episode w/ @mwkraus.bsky.social and host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social focused on the widening gap between the richest & the poorest in our society + the far-reaching implications of this global issue. #psychscisky #socialpsych
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality
How can social media algorithms contribute to partisan animosity?
@jayvanbavel.bsky.social highlights that at least some of these algorithms reward outrage and hostility directed at political out-groups (quantified by 67% more shares!).
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
@jayvanbavel.bsky.social highlights that at least some of these algorithms reward outrage and hostility directed at political out-groups (quantified by 67% more shares!).
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How can social media algorithms contribute to partisan animosity?
@jayvanbavel.bsky.social highlights that at least some of these algorithms reward outrage and hostility directed at political out-groups (quantified by 67% more shares!).
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
@jayvanbavel.bsky.social highlights that at least some of these algorithms reward outrage and hostility directed at political out-groups (quantified by 67% more shares!).
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
Shout-out to @carlosasilvera.bsky.social for his efforts to coordinate career advice from SBM students and trainees for the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Fall 2025 newsletter! 👏🏼
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shout-out to @carlosasilvera.bsky.social for his efforts to coordinate career advice from SBM students and trainees for the Society of Behavioral Medicine's Fall 2025 newsletter! 👏🏼
Political polarization is a global concern!
Polarization was identified as one of the top three major problems facing humanity by experts and leaders globally. Learn more from @jayvanbavel.bsky.social in the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
Polarization was identified as one of the top three major problems facing humanity by experts and leaders globally. Learn more from @jayvanbavel.bsky.social in the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Political polarization is a global concern!
Polarization was identified as one of the top three major problems facing humanity by experts and leaders globally. Learn more from @jayvanbavel.bsky.social in the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
Polarization was identified as one of the top three major problems facing humanity by experts and leaders globally. Learn more from @jayvanbavel.bsky.social in the latest episode of the Stress Puzzle.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth
🧩 New episode of the Stress Puzzle with @jayvanbavel.bsky.social & host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social on the impact of partisan animosity, risks of rising political polarization, and how social media incentives can contribute to polarization.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth #psychscisky
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth #psychscisky
September 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🧩 New episode of the Stress Puzzle with @jayvanbavel.bsky.social & host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social on the impact of partisan animosity, risks of rising political polarization, and how social media incentives can contribute to polarization.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth #psychscisky
Listen now: tinyurl.com/polarizationandhealth #psychscisky
As researchers or clinicians, how do we navigate conversations about the demands of caring (i.e., "cost of caring") without minimizing the importance of care work?
Dr. Giscombé shared her thoughts on navigating difficult conversations around coping based on her research into Superwoman Schema.
Dr. Giscombé shared her thoughts on navigating difficult conversations around coping based on her research into Superwoman Schema.
September 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As researchers or clinicians, how do we navigate conversations about the demands of caring (i.e., "cost of caring") without minimizing the importance of care work?
Dr. Giscombé shared her thoughts on navigating difficult conversations around coping based on her research into Superwoman Schema.
Dr. Giscombé shared her thoughts on navigating difficult conversations around coping based on her research into Superwoman Schema.
📚 Dr. Brown (@ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social) will be speaking at Princeton in the Department of Psychology’s Social Talk Series next week! If you’re on campus, be sure to check it out this Monday (9.22) at 12pm.
Talk details: psychology.princeton.edu/news-events/...
Talk details: psychology.princeton.edu/news-events/...
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
📚 Dr. Brown (@ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social) will be speaking at Princeton in the Department of Psychology’s Social Talk Series next week! If you’re on campus, be sure to check it out this Monday (9.22) at 12pm.
Talk details: psychology.princeton.edu/news-events/...
Talk details: psychology.princeton.edu/news-events/...
In our episode on building #stem careers, we asked guests to reflect on mistakes in their careers, how they approached them & how it may have affected their future research. Dr. Almeida reflected on needing measures of positive events in addition to stress.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
Listen now: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In our episode on building #stem careers, we asked guests to reflect on mistakes in their careers, how they approached them & how it may have affected their future research. Dr. Almeida reflected on needing measures of positive events in addition to stress.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
Listen now: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
It was a great evening to explore Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail with new graduate students! We're thrilled to have you here, @kristenstopfer.bsky.social and @carlosasilvera.bsky.social!
September 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It was a great evening to explore Lubbock's First Friday Art Trail with new graduate students! We're thrilled to have you here, @kristenstopfer.bsky.social and @carlosasilvera.bsky.social!
Context matters for our experience and expression of emotion!
In this clip, Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes highlights the importance of recognizing how culture gives us rules around displaying emotions.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm #socialpsych #healthpsych
In this clip, Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes highlights the importance of recognizing how culture gives us rules around displaying emotions.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm #socialpsych #healthpsych
September 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Context matters for our experience and expression of emotion!
In this clip, Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes highlights the importance of recognizing how culture gives us rules around displaying emotions.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm #socialpsych #healthpsych
In this clip, Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes highlights the importance of recognizing how culture gives us rules around displaying emotions.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm #socialpsych #healthpsych
Season 2 of the Stress Puzzle is here and we're focused on stress in context!
In the first episode, host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social chats with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes about how stress and emotion research have grown together.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm
In the first episode, host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social chats with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes about how stress and emotion research have grown together.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm
September 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Season 2 of the Stress Puzzle is here and we're focused on stress in context!
In the first episode, host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social chats with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes about how stress and emotion research have grown together.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm
In the first episode, host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social chats with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes about how stress and emotion research have grown together.
Listen now: tinyurl.com/stress-emotion
#psychscisky #affectsci #scicomm
How can experiences like being a ballet dancer shape a scientist's career?
Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes discussed how performing as a ballet dancer helped connect her to her own physiology & supported her interest in studying stress-related physiology.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
#psychscisky
Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes discussed how performing as a ballet dancer helped connect her to her own physiology & supported her interest in studying stress-related physiology.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
#psychscisky
August 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How can experiences like being a ballet dancer shape a scientist's career?
Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes discussed how performing as a ballet dancer helped connect her to her own physiology & supported her interest in studying stress-related physiology.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
#psychscisky
Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes discussed how performing as a ballet dancer helped connect her to her own physiology & supported her interest in studying stress-related physiology.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstresspuzzle
#psychscisky
🧩 A new back to school bonus episode of the Stress Puzzle is available now!
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp...
Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp...
Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.
August 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🧩 A new back to school bonus episode of the Stress Puzzle is available now!
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp...
Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.
Listen: tinyurl.com/bonusstressp...
Tune back in tomorrow for our Season 2 premiere with Dr. Wendy Berry Mendes! Season 2's theme is stress in context and we have a phenomenal lineup that we can't wait to share with you.
Good news about aging from a daily stress perspective from Dr. Dave Almeida!
He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych #scicomm
Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress
He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych #scicomm
Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress
August 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good news about aging from a daily stress perspective from Dr. Dave Almeida!
He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych #scicomm
Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress
He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych #scicomm
Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress
Stress affects individual and societal health. So why is there such a wide gap between our knowledge in stress science and that knowledge being translated to meaningfully impact people's lives? Dr. George Slavich discussed this issue recently on the Stress Puzzle. #psychscisky #scicomm #healthpsych
August 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stress affects individual and societal health. So why is there such a wide gap between our knowledge in stress science and that knowledge being translated to meaningfully impact people's lives? Dr. George Slavich discussed this issue recently on the Stress Puzzle. #psychscisky #scicomm #healthpsych
We desperately need policies that support care work and reduce the "cost of caring" borne by women in our society.
In this clip, Dr. Tené Lewis highlights implications from her research on the physiological cost of caring in over-stressed communities.
In this clip, Dr. Tené Lewis highlights implications from her research on the physiological cost of caring in over-stressed communities.
August 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We desperately need policies that support care work and reduce the "cost of caring" borne by women in our society.
In this clip, Dr. Tené Lewis highlights implications from her research on the physiological cost of caring in over-stressed communities.
In this clip, Dr. Tené Lewis highlights implications from her research on the physiological cost of caring in over-stressed communities.
How does a wild baboon's early life stress affect the lifespan of future generations?
In this clip, Dr. Jenny Tung highlights her research as co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, a longitudinal-observational study following generations of baboons in Kenya since 1971.
In this clip, Dr. Jenny Tung highlights her research as co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, a longitudinal-observational study following generations of baboons in Kenya since 1971.
August 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How does a wild baboon's early life stress affect the lifespan of future generations?
In this clip, Dr. Jenny Tung highlights her research as co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, a longitudinal-observational study following generations of baboons in Kenya since 1971.
In this clip, Dr. Jenny Tung highlights her research as co-director of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, a longitudinal-observational study following generations of baboons in Kenya since 1971.
Welcome to the Stress, Aging, and Relationships (STAR) Lab at Texas Tech University, led by Dr. Ryan L. Brown. We’re excited to share our logo for the first time!
Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!
Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!
August 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Welcome to the Stress, Aging, and Relationships (STAR) Lab at Texas Tech University, led by Dr. Ryan L. Brown. We’re excited to share our logo for the first time!
Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!
Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!