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Erik Nook πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@eriknook.bsky.social

Psych Professor @Princeton studying how language and emotion interact in the brain, clinic, and over development. He/they

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Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278

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We're excited about SAS 2026! Mark your calendars to check out our lab's latest work.
Beginning with the Thursday preconferences, we have two lab members presenting at the Dev Precon and the Clinical Precon!
@affectscience.bsky.social

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Later in the day on Thursday, we also have four amazing posters at Poster Session I.
@affectscience.bsky.social

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So excited to have my whole lab at @affectscience.bsky.social this year! Come see what the IDEA Lab is up to!

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I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval β€” both

5 Calls can help you make the call:

5calls.org/issue/iran-i...

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Inclivio

Only a few weeks until #SAS2026!
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Like (1 entry) and repost (3 entries) to enter a drawing for 1 of 3 licenses to run your EMA
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Huge congrats to @logicemotionlab.bsky.social PhD student Steven on his excellent work!

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🧡New paper out in @commspsychol.nature.com We tested whether language-based assessments (LBAs) can predict not just subjective well-being (life satisfaction) but also psychological well-being (autonomy). Across 3 studies, we found that LBAs work well for some constructsβ€”but not all! 1/

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Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions ...

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations.
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

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Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University

Imagination in bonobos!

I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org

We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative

youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko

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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.

For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...

Please share widely & consider applying!

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Research Associate in Psychology The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to work in the DiNicola Lab. The DiNicola lab uses a precision neuroscien...

** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! **

We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy!
Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs

uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...

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ELM Lab @ UNH

A few days left to apply to join my lab as a PhD student! We study how people explore, how new ideas form, and how thinking develops. Learn more at liquinlab.github.io. Application review begins 1/15.
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc

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@affectscience.bsky.social notices are out! πŸŽ‰ If you’re going to #SAS2026, consider attending its very first Developmental Affective Science pre-conference too! @eriknook.bsky.social and I hope to see you there. 🀞🏻 Spread the word!

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Abstract

When we empathize with someone going through something, we often draw on our past experiences with the someone and the something. These kinds of experiences ground "thick empathy", a form of empathy that has been largely overlooked in the psychology and neuroscience literature. Consider how a mother, empathizing with her daughter about to give birth, can draw on her own experience of childbirth, and her relationship with her daughter, to deeply grasp what her daughter is going through in a way that others who lack those experiences cannot. I argue that thick empathy deserves more empirical attention because it is associated with well-being and helps us build networks of effective mutual social support. My analysis highlights novel risks and dilemmas posed by "empathy machines" that promise to enhance or even replace human empathy and are becoming increasingly popular as a potential solution to widespread loneliness. Even when empathy machines provide value to individuals, their widespread adoption risks imposing collective emotional and epistemic costs that ultimately make it harder for us to empathize well.

Keywords: empathy, understanding, experience, thick description, ethnography, phenomenal knowledge, interpersonal knowledge, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, chatbots

New preprint: Empathy, Thick and Thin
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It is perhaps foolhardy to attempt to say something new about a topic as widely studied as empathy. I tried anyway! 1/

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Come discuss new insights into emotion development at this year's Developmental Affective Science preconference at SAS!

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Delighted to share our latest article on brain mechanisms of pain, appetitive & aversive learning, led by @yilizhao.bsky.social & In-seon Lee, out now in @sfnjournals.bsky.social! We show that brain mechanisms of expectancy are domain general, not unique to pain! www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

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New preprint alert🚨

We often rely on 0-10 scales to assess suicide urges in EMA and clinical settings. But we rarely ask a surprisingly important question:

What do these numbers mean?

In our new paper, we examine what these ratings mean and how consistently people use them.

More info ⬇️

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Social Science Research Coordinator in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States The Department of Psychology’s Psychophysiology Lab is seeking a full-time Social Science Research Coordinator (RC) position. The RC will be an...

The Stanford Psychophysiology Lab (PI: James Gross) is hiring a new lab manager! If you have a superstar student interested in emotion, please share this ad with them! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Job ad: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...

#psychjobs

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Adolescent Health Survey - Digital Media Expert guidance shaping digital media questions in upcoming Adolescent Health Study.

πŸ“£ Digital Research Community!

The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include.

Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Less than 3 weeks to submit an abstract for ICCG14! please pass it on: iccg14.oa-event.com June 4-7, 2026

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New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!

Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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'Truly inspiring': New Princeton University Art Museum opens its doors to all A 24-hour public open house drew an astonishing 21,763 visitors following previews for students and the University community.

In what one student described as "a sublime experience," the Princeton University Art Museum opened its doors to the public on Friday for a 24-hour open house, bringing over 21,000 visitors to explore the new space.

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CATS Lab Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University

I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠

Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com

Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...

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By applying cutting-edge AI and computational models to massive datasets, scientists and engineers in the Princeton Precision Health initiative are developing a deep understanding of the factors that shape health and illness.

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New job opening for a teaching professor* at Cornell! I'm on the committee so please let me know if you have any questions!

(*that's not the title in the ad, but it's in the process of being changed)

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how cooooooool! seems to intersect nicely with @ashenhav.bsky.social 's affective gradient framework. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (which I see is cited! amazing)

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