Julia M. Smith

We're accepting abstract submissions for the Critical Psychology Preconference until Oct 23rd. Join us! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...

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‘I was mesmerized’: From Kiss to The Monkees, Manitobans relive their first concerts Be it Chantal Kreviazuk or the mayor, everyone remembers their first concert. Manitobans past and present share their musical memories with CTV News.

Check out some coverage of our postdoc Esha Naidu's work highlighting the connections and sense of belonging we all feel uniquely at events like concerts! #psychology

www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

09.10.2025 12:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

No Developmental Differences in Preferences for Epistemic Versus Physical Uncertainty Across Three Diverse Cultures We regularly make decisions under uncertainty, but the same decision can feel different when made under physical uncertainty, where a decision maker must guess at an outcome that has not yet occurre...

Check out our paper, now out in Developmental Science! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

06.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We also find that the preference for epistemic (roll first, guess after) uncertainty is stable even among participants who had never seen dice, suggesting that the preference is not specific to this particular cultural artifact. 🎲

06.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Importantly, although past work has suggested that adults prefer the opposite (guessing first), we find no reversal of this trend with age. This suggests that adults' uncertainty preferences may be more dependent on context than previously believed.

06.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In our new paper Hadi Mohamadpour, @janengelmann.bsky.social, Helen Elizabeth Davis, Justine Krieger, Bettina Grø Sorensen, @jeremykoster.bsky.social, Soomaayeh Heysieattalab, @dorsaamir.bsky.social & I show that kids in three diverse cultures prefer to guess after a die is thrown.

06.10.2025 21:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you could win a prize by guessing the number on a die 🎲 hidden under a cup, would you want to guess before the die was rolled, or after?
The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵

06.10.2025 21:03 — 👍 22    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Screenshotted title and abstract from this paper: https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251331658

From fancy cars 🚗 to luxury vacations 🏖️, people often show off how they spend their money.

In new work with @joshackman.bsky.social, we find that how this flashy behavior is perceived depends on WHAT purchases are being shown off.

🧵on conspicuous consumption, experiences, and status signals (1/7)

30.04.2025 12:16 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

25.01.2025 22:05 — 👍 1093    🔁 423    💬 33    📌 79

Family friendly waiting room for participants

Family friendly waiting room, picture shows children's play area

Room for Research Assistants

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

(P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

25.09.2025 19:12 — 👍 59    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 1