Maia L. Southwick

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

Read more about a new effort to support scientific research in California: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

As a California-based researcher, you can demonstrate your support here: form.laborbase.org/252516272542...

Political Divisions and Morality: An Interdisciplinary Conversation - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making This event will bring together researchers in psychology, political science, communications, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology to discuss political divisions and moral decision-making. The event...

I'm excited to announce a hybrid Expanding Empathy event on Political Divisions & Morality, next Friday April 25 from 11am-5pm EST, in person at Penn State & on Zoom. This event will bring together researchers in psychology, political science, communications, philosophy, sociology, anthropology. 1/n

✨Congratulations to our #SAS2025 diversity award winners!!✨

A colorful graphic advertising the Science Advocacy Crash Course taught by Leslie Berntsen, Ph.D., Founder of stemEDify. It features two checkboxes with text that reads "Persuasively speak and write about science + social issues for wide audiences" and "Apply these skills to your classroom teaching. It also includes the logistical details: Multiple one-hour sessions, taking place online, on February 13th, 17th, and 18th starting at 1:00 PM EST // 10:00 AM PST, with registration details available at stemedify.com.

It's time! Registration is open for our very first public workshop series 🎉

Take a break from doomscrolling and join us for a Science Advocacy Crash Course (taught by @leslie-bern.bsky.social) on Feb. 13th, 17th, or 18th

Learn more and register at stemedify.com and tell your friends!

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King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...

King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍

Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck!
www.pbandjlab.com/resources

Two Ways to Avoid the Procrastination Loop and Get Started on Anything New research in psychology describes some of the factors that contribute to procrastination in both children and adults. Learn some tips on how we can build the motivation to get started on that last-...

Stuck in the procrastination loop? 🌀 A new study by Yuko Munakata shares two ways to break free and finally get started on your projects. Time to stop putting it off! ⏰ #Research #Psychology #Procrastination #Science #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...

How to Keep Egocentrism from Blocking Real Connections with the People in Our Lives Egocentrism is a way we go about understanding what others know, think and feel. As can be the case with holiday gifts, our assumptions might be completely wrong. Research from psychology provides ins...

Egocentrism might be the silent culprit blocking meaningful connections in your life. 😬 New research from Andy Todd sheds light on how it impacts relationships—time to break out of the ‘me’ bubble! 🧠 #SocialPyschology #Egocentrism #UCdavis lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/self-society...

Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how?

Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)

Unsupervised Model Construction in Continuous-Time Many of the advancements reconciling individual- and group-level results have occurred in the context of a discrete-time modeling framework. Discrete-time models are intuitive and offer relatively ...

My first paper as an Assistant Professor at UC Davis is out in the journal SEM!

In the paper, we introduce a continuous-time extension to the GIMME model implemented in OpenMx. It uses iterative tests of modification indices to construct group- and person-specific dynamic networks!

🚨New Preprint🚨

*Moral Stereotyping in Large Language Models*

We show that LLMs are inaccurate in estimating the moral values of diverse cultures: LLMs stereotype cultures in predictable ways.

Led by my star Ph.D. student, Aliah Zewail

osf.io/preprints/ps...

What a great conference filled with great speakers and presenters!

Erim and I were so happy to share our work examining the efficacy of multiple choice quizzes that allow for multiple attempts on student final course grades.

Now published in Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. This is a review of what we know, and what we don't yet know. In it, I argue that the origins of our self-awareness must lie in interoception, and offer some thoughts on how social interactions might provide a mechanistic link in infancy.

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky

1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research

Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Tools of the Trade: A Guide to Sociodemographic Reporting for Researchers, Reviewers, and Editors In recent years, psychological researchers have been heavily criticized for generalizing broadly from narrow samples, a concern that intersects with questions about the validity, reproducibility, r...

Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Doing Peace Through Practical Wisdom Moral Psychology Research Group 2024: Lisa Silvestri, associate teaching professor, communication arts and sciences, Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Hosted by Daryl Cameron Sponsored by: Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Penn State Rock Ethics Institute Penn State Social Science Research Institute The McCourtney Institute for Democracy Penn State Department of Philosophy Penn State Department of Psychology Penn State University Libraries

Good morning! Here's the first recording from the Moral Psychology Research Group/Consortium on Moral Decision-Making conference I hosted last month. Lisa Silvestri (Communications, Penn State) talked on peace & phronesis, in a panel on virtues. @ssripennstate.bsky.social bit.ly/3BbQ41Z

Scientists don't have to be in academia to make a huge impact! Check out this new resource for details, salaries, etc on how to pick a career!
#psychology #PsychSky #mentalhealth #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #Neuroskyence #neuroimaging
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #ClinPsych

www.apa.org/science/prog...

The 25 days of chRistmas: an R advent calendaR Thank you for your interest in this advent calendar and learning R! R is a powerful tool for data analysis and visualization. At first, it can be really overwhelming, but after you pick up the basics,...

It's Dec 1 and you want to finally start learning R? The R advent calendaR by @kiirsti.bsky.social is an excellent place to start. Do it now! #rstats kiirstio.wixsite.com/kowen/post/t...

Asthma May Place Children at Risk of Memory Difficulties, New Research Finds Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. The study, the f...

Is developing asthma early in life linked to outcomes beyond physical health? Research from Dr. Simona Ghetti’s lab finds that children with early onset asthma can also experience slowdowns in their memory development.
#UCDavis #Psychology #devpsych #psychscisky
www.ucdavis.edu/news/asthma-...

Are you a #devpsych scientist/trainee looking for a space to connect, collaborate, & share resources? 🧠✨ Join our Slack community focused on building connections & sharing resources to support each other in this dynamic field!
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A small starter pack of school/depts/institutes of psychology here on bluesky

So...

(1) Let me know if you run your dept account and I'll add you

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Plugging the UC Davis Psychology Dept.! bsky.app/profile/ucda...

Do Rom-Coms Depict Realistic Relationships? UC Davis psychology professor Paul Eastwick analyzes rom-coms in a new podcast.

Curious if rom-coms get love right? Tune into Love Factually, a new podcast from Paul Eastwick, Social and Personality Psychology faculty, as he breaks down the science behind relationships and what Hollywood gets wrong. #LoveFactually #UCDavis www.ucdavis.edu/magazine/do-...

New Study Finds Partner’s Happiness Linked to Lower Stress Hormone Levels in Older Couples Having happy intimate partners might not only lift our moods, but it also helps us manage stress, especially as we age, according to new University of California, Davis, research.

Can a happy partner keep stress at bay? A new study from our very own Tiko Yoneda finds that happiness in a relationship is linked to lower stress hormone levels in older couples. #UCDavis #RelationshipScience www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-stu...

Excited to announce that through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (moralconsortium.psu.edu), I will be hosting a special cross-over conference with the Moral Psychology Research Group (sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) this November! More details below... 1/n

🚨 Recruiting PhD Students 🚨
I am currently seeking motivated graduate students to join me in the Psych Dept at UC Davis in Fall 2025! I study how young adults narrate experiences with domains including race, ethnicity, and nationality in relation to psychological outcomes.

PsychResearchList website just got a makeover with new resources! 🎉

Take a peek!👇
www.psychresearchlist.com

My department, HDFS at Purdue, is hiring a quantitative methodologist! Assistant or associate level, any substantive focus within HDFS. Review begins Oct 31. Details and contact info for Qs in the link: careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan... #statsky #devpsy #familysci

Applying for a Ph.D.? These 10 tips can help you succeed Our Letters to Young Scientists columnists offer their advice

The process of applying for and getting into graduate school is far from a mystery. The key is knowing what to do to prepare and how to compile and submit a strong application.

We wrote these 10 tips to help you get started: www.science.org/content/arti...