Blair Saunders

New preprint!

We love effort when it brings meaning and mastery, yet we loathe it for its costs and aversiveness. Why does effort play this dual role in our lives? The Effort Paradox Redux, unpacks this tension, exploring how effort shapes motivation, well-being, and growth.

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Susan Michie, Director of the CBC, says: "this investment enhances the CBC's ability to support a wide range of behaviour change initiatives, ensuring a strong foundation for the Centre's future."

🎉 We are pleased to share that UCL is providing targeted funding for three new permanent roles at the CBC, which will support the continued development of our consultancy, training, teaching, and research activities.
🔗 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch...
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Congratulations!!

Excited to share our new paper in @EJP! 🎉 We found that how people think and feel about their goals varies most between different goals, then over time, and least between individuals...

List of psychology-related starter packs!
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Cross-Cultural Psychology and Quant Anthropology
by @drboothroyd.bsky.social

In honor of Danny Kahneman's legacy, Psychological Inquiry invites scholars to share their favorite quotes from his work & reflect on their impact. 300-word limit. Due May 1st. Submit: bit.ly/kahneman_tri... #KahnemanTribute plz share

when do we 'go for it' (cognitively speaking) ? new work by Sean Devine with Mathieu Roy and Ulrik Beierholm finds evidence for Clark Hull's goal-gradient effects in human cognition

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The Base-Rate and Longer-Term Relevance of Year-to-Year Change in Personality Traits: osf.io/ytsm3/

Here's our forthcoming paper addressing a deceptively simple question--how much change do you find on a typical personality trait measure over a year? 1/

New in Journal of Personality with Kimberly More. People use more self-regulation strategies for increasingly complex behaviours (e.g., active travel, exercise, healthy eating), even if those behaviours are associated with strong instigation habits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨Out in Nature Human Behaviour!🚨

Effort is costly - how can we learn to value doing effortful things? Reward effort, not outcomes/performance! Registered report led by the incomparable Hause Lin shows people can learn to prefer doing effortful tasks doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A meta-analysis of 31 studies (1390 teams) finds that teamwork is linked to superior performance (r = .28).

Groups who engaged in teamwork were 2.8X more likely to achieve high performance than groups who didn't.

Team familiarity/task didn't moderate effects.
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It seems that way. I have found more people than I expected at least

The MAClab at Texas A&M is looking for a post-doc! Details below. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi1gmPY_HFXaL4cgAwIe6se6BWlBLZd1/view?usp=sharing

Last call for postdoc candidates!

I'll see how it goes. Glad to see you on here 😀

I'm trying to get back into social media for academics. Is this the happy place?