Zita Mayer
@zitamayer.bsky.social
lifespan & motivation psychologist at university of zurich, researching adult development and multiple goal pursuit
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🧨📉 Afghanistan reports the lowest wellbeing ever recorded
After the US withdrawal and Taliban return, Afghans' life satisfaction in 2022 dropped to 1.28 on a 0–10 scale – the lowest global score in 75+ years of data.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #Wellbeing #Afghanistan 🧪
After the US withdrawal and Taliban return, Afghans' life satisfaction in 2022 dropped to 1.28 on a 0–10 scale – the lowest global score in 75+ years of data.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #Wellbeing #Afghanistan 🧪
Epilogue to the war: Afghanistan reports the lowest well-being in recorded history
Analyses reveal that after the War in Afghanistan, Afghans reported the lowest subjective well-being in recorded history.
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧨📉 Afghanistan reports the lowest wellbeing ever recorded
After the US withdrawal and Taliban return, Afghans' life satisfaction in 2022 dropped to 1.28 on a 0–10 scale – the lowest global score in 75+ years of data.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #Wellbeing #Afghanistan 🧪
After the US withdrawal and Taliban return, Afghans' life satisfaction in 2022 dropped to 1.28 on a 0–10 scale – the lowest global score in 75+ years of data.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #Wellbeing #Afghanistan 🧪
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POSTPONED to May 14: Matthias Gruber - How Curiosity Shapes Spatial Exploration and Cognitive Map Formation
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
POSTPONED to May 14: Matthias Gruber - How Curiosity Shapes Spatial Exploration and Cognitive Map Formation
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Two Weeks from Today: Dr. Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social tells us about Computational Approaches to Prosocial Behavior–How and When Do We Help Other People?
March 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two Weeks from Today: Dr. Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social tells us about Computational Approaches to Prosocial Behavior–How and When Do We Help Other People?
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Looking forward to the upcoming online talk this Wed on the "affective gradient hypothesis" @shenhavlab.bsky.social Interested researchers/students are very welcome to join! @imprs-life.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social@kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social
Coming to a Zoom near you!
The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior - Dr. Amitai Shenhav
The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior - Dr. Amitai Shenhav
March 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Looking forward to the upcoming online talk this Wed on the "affective gradient hypothesis" @shenhavlab.bsky.social Interested researchers/students are very welcome to join! @imprs-life.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social@kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social
Don’t miss out on the next “Motivated Cognition Meeting” on March 12: Dr. Amitai Shenhav will present research on an affect-centered account of motivated behavior. Join us on Zoom!
Coming to a Zoom near you!
The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior - Dr. Amitai Shenhav
The affective gradient hypothesis: An affect-centered account of motivated behavior - Dr. Amitai Shenhav
February 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Don’t miss out on the next “Motivated Cognition Meeting” on March 12: Dr. Amitai Shenhav will present research on an affect-centered account of motivated behavior. Join us on Zoom!
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“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
www.science.org
December 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
“Women leave or consider leaving [faculty positions] because of workplace climate more often than work-life balance.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our first meta paper is out!! This paper combines our first 110 completed reproductions/replications. This is joint work with 350+ amazing coauthors.
We summarize our findings below:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r...
We summarize our findings below:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r...
April 8, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Our first meta paper is out!! This paper combines our first 110 completed reproductions/replications. This is joint work with 350+ amazing coauthors.
We summarize our findings below:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r...
We summarize our findings below:
econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r...
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The minimally honest title here would be “leveraging climate change for neuroscience research”.
Our new paper outlines how neuroscience can be used to:
(1) study the impact of climate change on the brain
(2) identify ways to adapt
(3) study the neural substrates of environmental decisions & outcomes
(4) create better communication & interventions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1) study the impact of climate change on the brain
(2) identify ways to adapt
(3) study the neural substrates of environmental decisions & outcomes
(4) create better communication & interventions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 14, 2023 at 2:51 PM
The minimally honest title here would be “leveraging climate change for neuroscience research”.
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New paper in which we show that high quality test norms are achievable with convenience samples using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification (MRP)
Here too for the X-boycotters: 1st 1st author manuscript, elated, etc. etc., let’s get to it: We need more high-quality norms in psychology and traditional sampling and norming techniques won’t get us there. MRP can help, though!
November 1, 2023 at 6:29 AM
New paper in which we show that high quality test norms are achievable with convenience samples using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification (MRP)
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Mentions a bunch of the likely effects of LLMs on scientific manuscripts www.nature.com/articles/d41... #metascience
How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing
A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper. A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper.
www.nature.com
October 14, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Mentions a bunch of the likely effects of LLMs on scientific manuscripts www.nature.com/articles/d41... #metascience
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New paper identifies the jobs that a sample of 53 psychology PhD students got after completing their PhDs.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#Psychology #PhDSky #AcademicSky #PsychJobs
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#Psychology #PhDSky #AcademicSky #PsychJobs
October 14, 2023 at 6:22 AM
New paper identifies the jobs that a sample of 53 psychology PhD students got after completing their PhDs.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#Psychology #PhDSky #AcademicSky #PsychJobs
osf.io/preprints/ps...
#Psychology #PhDSky #AcademicSky #PsychJobs
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~Unreasonably~ pleased with how this final image turned out #rstats #ggplot #tidybayes
Ordered Beta regression models rule and everyone should try them out www.robertkubinec.com/post/limited...
Ordered Beta regression models rule and everyone should try them out www.robertkubinec.com/post/limited...
September 26, 2023 at 1:49 AM
~Unreasonably~ pleased with how this final image turned out #rstats #ggplot #tidybayes
Ordered Beta regression models rule and everyone should try them out www.robertkubinec.com/post/limited...
Ordered Beta regression models rule and everyone should try them out www.robertkubinec.com/post/limited...
Hi everyone, I’m a motivation and lifespan psychologist interested in goal pursuit, goal conflict, goal disengagement, and goal shelving 👋🏽 #PsychSciSky
September 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Hi everyone, I’m a motivation and lifespan psychologist interested in goal pursuit, goal conflict, goal disengagement, and goal shelving 👋🏽 #PsychSciSky