UCBerkeley Psychology

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Did you know experiencing awe can boost your happiness? @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Dacher Keltner joined @Oprah on her podcast to discuss this idea in his new book “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life.” Watch here: bit.ly/3MoAm9m

I'm happy to now be able to share a talk I gave at @TEDxNewEngland last Fall! The talk is about our lab's work on what makes decisions costly, and how to make them less so. I discuss lessons for all kinds of decisions, including getting people to vote. youtube.com/watch?v=zeHg1r…

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Excited to share our new paper in @ScienceAdvances ! We report a novel phenomenon in motor control: your current movement is repelled away from your previous one. Modeling suggests this repulsion reflects efficient coding in motor planning.

Excited to share that our paper "Continuous affect tracking reveals that overestimation during the recollection of affect is idiosyncratic and stable" is out now in @ARVOJOV ! doi.org/10.1167/jov.25… A short thread on the findings below 👇🏽📷(1/7)

🤩 Congratulations to Dacher Keltner, @UCBerkeley psychologist, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science 🏆 Read more >> bit.ly/4nPcrwR @BerkeleyPsych

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Mental health treatments often fall short because of 2 simple reasons: our memories are flawed + forming new habits is hard. @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Allison Harvey suggests that small changes, like text reminders, could improve patient outcomes. Learn more: bit.ly/4mGMmj4

Berkeley Psych is hiring! **TWO** tenure-track assistant professor positions are now open, focused on: (1) Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020 (2) Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054 Retweet and spread the word!

Congratulations to @BerkeleyPsych Prof. @AlisonGopnik on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences (@theNASciences) for her research on how children make sense of the world around them! Learn more: bit.ly/42MMOVX

I'm honored and delighted that I was elected to the National Academy of Sciences today! nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

Incoming @BerkeleyPsych Prof. Jasmin Brooks Stephens (@DrJBStephens) made the @ForbesUnder30 list for her achievements in healthcare. Learn more about her transformative research on the mental health of Black adults + youth: bit.ly/4jLdUSW

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(1/2) A new bipolar disorder study led by @berkeleypsych + @UCBerkeleyNeuro Prof. Lance Kriegsfeld was awarded a $4.5 million grant from BD². The study examines how disruption of the body’s circadian rhythms affects people with bipolar disorder. Read more: bit.ly/3DLdqwu