Jiaying Zhao

Would you prefer to get $0.10 for sure, or a 0.01% chance of getting $1,000 for every bottle recycled?

Our new study shows that people prefer the chance to win $1,000 over the sure $0.10, feel happier about recycling, and bring 47% more bottles to recycle!

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A Conversation with Dr. Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor at UBC | Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

[1/2] As part of #MentalHealthWeek, we launch a new episode of Appointed, where I speak with @jiayingzhao.bsky.social about how poverty affects the way our brains work, how we make decisions, and stress levels!

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Thrilled to share moments from the King Charles III Coronation Medal Ceremony to be among the inspiring group of medalists! Grateful for Senator Kim Pate's nomination and this incredible honour!

Dr. Jiaying Zhao receives King Charles III Coronation Medal - UBC Department of Psychology Dr. Jiaying Zhao was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognizing her outstanding contributions to research and society.

I'm extremely honored to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal! 🏅 Thank you Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social for nominating me, I'm looking forward to the ceremony in April!

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Our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social calls for a greater recognition of wildlife’s contributions to global biodiversity, led by @beckyck.bsky.social @ornithoale.bsky.social
@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social and many amazing others!

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

So honored to be featured in NPR's TED Radio Hour to explore how to combat food waste:

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The great food rescue explores how we can get more food onto plates and less into landfills by changing the food system, from the farm to your kitchen:

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Running into Taylor Swift’s motorcade going to #3 final Eras Tour concert in Vancouver! She’s most likely in car #3 with the white phone lights. Have a fabulous show Taylor as the finale of the awesome Eras Tour! #taylorswift #erastour #vancouver

Join the Lovejoy Symposium this Thursday! Love the title ❤️ & can't wait to learn about tipping points and how to create social change to address nature loss and climate crisis: www.worldwildlife.org/pages/2024-l...

Overcoming Cognitive Bias and Bridging the Climate Change Communication Gap — The Arithmetic of Compassion Overcoming cognitive bias is key to bridging the climate change communication gap. Discover how practical tools and narrative empathy can counter biases and inspire collective action.

Ever feel like your actions won’t make a difference on climate change? You’re not alone. That’s pseudoinefficacy. See how storytelling & behavioral science can turn this around. bit.ly/3ZwpE4B

This work is led by Charlotte Roddick, Yuxiao Wang, Frances Chen, Dorukalp Durmus, Michael Royer, Jennifer Veitch, Yeon Soo Seo, Wenjing Cao, and Lorne Whitehead from University of British Columbia, Penn State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Research Council Canada

These findings reveal that the absence of NIR from indoor lighting impacts humans at a psychological and physiological level, with implications for health and well-being that need to be balanced with energy-saving considerations.

Here we examined the acute effects of NIR on cognition, emotional state and cardiovascular health, and found that NIR has beneficial effects on resting high-frequency heart rate variability and responses to cognitive demand, and feelings of pleasure, but reduced performance on a visual search task.

But NIR can promote wound healing, reduce inflammation, relieve pain, improve eye health, treat neurological conditions, enhance cognitive function, and promote psychological well-being. So removing NIR for sustainability reasons may have health, cognitive, and emotional consequences.

As the world becomes more sustainable, energy-efficient lighting (e.g., LEDs) and windows remove near-infrared radiation (NIR, 700-1000 nm) as an energy-saving measure.

A new paper is published! How does near-infrared radiation in ambient lighting impact cognitive performance, emotion, and heart rate variability?

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Our new review paper "The Psychology of Poverty: Current and Future Directions" is just published!

We introduce an organizing framework illustrating the causal links between poverty context, psychological mechanisms, and behaviors that may perpetuate poverty.

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