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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD

@kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social

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Affective scientist studying flexibility, goals, & emotion. Incoming Lecturer at Univ. Adelaide. Research Fellow in Affective Psychology at Univ. Tartu. NIH Postdoc in the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Univ. Oregon. www.kaitlynmwerner.com

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨Thrilled to share that I will be a lecturer (Assistant Prof) in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide starting July 2025! 🇦🇺🦘

My lab will focus on affective science and self-regulation from a conceptual, measurement, and practical perspective.

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 5h

Sociologists! Consider applying for the Kohli Fellowship for Sociology, which provides financial support for a two-year postdoctoral stay at the WZB in Berlin. Deadline is Nov. 16. bit.ly/4opl1ms

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 1d

So much of your career chances are determined by whether you are working with a successful and supportive team.

I.e. Whether you are working with a line manager or mentor who hands down opportunities. Coauthorships on papers. Coapplicants on grant.

If you're not being given these, you MUST move.

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Jordan Theriault @jtheriault.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share our work making an "allostasis-first" case that brain function is most productively framed in terms of its core regulatory function. We also introduce some new ideas in the context of metabolism and cognitive function in Alzheimer's.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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Uku Vainik @ukuvainik.bsky.social · 1d

We found a globally rare variant rather common in Estonia that rises BMI by 0.8 units per allele 🤯 @estbiobank.bsky.social

kalmerla.bsky.social @kalmerla.bsky.social · 1d

Uuringus, mis põhineb Geenivaramu andmetel, avastati mitmeid olulisi geneetilisi variatsioone, mis mõjutavad kehamassiindeksit (KMI). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Characterization of prevalent genetic variants in the Estonian Biobank body-mass index GWAS - Nature Communications

Here the authors perform a genome wide association study of 204,747 Estonian Biobank participants revealing 214 BMI loci. Reported signals include ADGRL3, PTPRT, and a protein-truncating POMC variant ...

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estwell.bsky.social @estwell.bsky.social · 1d

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Your personality could predict how long you’ll live, research finds

A new study has revealed the nuanced personality traits that could predict the length of our lifespan. Researchers believe it could pave the way for more individualised healthcare.

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

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Razia Sahi @raziasahi.bsky.social · 7d

Managing emotions is not easy - we often get by with a little help. In the NEW Social Interaction and Emotion Lab at Rutgers-Newark, we’ll study how social interactions regulate emotion using experiments, naturalistic data, and multi-modal approaches. ✨ Now recruiting! ✨🙌 Learn more: raziasahi.com

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

This was a really great read, Geoff. Im sorry to hear about the misguided critique, but I appreciate the way you verbalized how to manage it in a productive manner. An important lesson for all!

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Geoff MacDonald 🇨🇦 @gmacdonalduoft.bsky.social · 2d

I received a critique of my work that I found unsatisfying, and in my latest substack post I use research on relationship conflict to try to figure out why. unromanticprof.substack.com/p/a-users-gu...

A User's Guide to Critique in Academia

I disagree that my research is not done with integrity

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

That's SO fascinating. I've also been tinkering with true zero scales (e.g., 0-100) and it seems like that kind of scale reallllly throws people off. Anyway, I hope you find a symposium for this because I would LOVE to see it (and you) at SAS!

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

I don't have data on this but I am DYING to know the results of your work. I've been recently obsessed with response scale measurement for ER strategies and I'm (mostly) convinced many studies are not accurately capturing what people are actually doing.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

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Dominique Maciejewski 🟥 @domimaciejewski.bsky.social · 2d

Is anyone going to #SAS2026 and would like to be part of a symposium on the measurement of emotions? I wanna present results from mixed methods study where we asked people to explain HOW they chose a certain number during each emotion assessment.
@affectscience.bsky.social #AffectSci

Pls share!

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

This paper might be of interest and likely more directly addresses your question: scholar.google.com/citations?vi...

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

I'm honestly not sure because there's other recent work showing that traits also don't really predict ER strategies (basically, not much seems to predict momentary ER). There's also robust work showing somethings work just fine in the lab (e.g., the intensity hypothesis).

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 2d

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Elise Kalokerinos @elisekalo.bsky.social · 2d

In this behemoth effort led by @anhhtran.bsky.social, we reanalysed 11 experience-sampling datasets, and found limited evidence that context (intensity, controllability, and social features) meaningfully shaped everyday emotion regulation strategy use.

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 4d

Context Matters, Doesn't It? The Role of Context in Everyday Emotion Regulation Strategy Use: https://osf.io/axzk6

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 8d

UNC Chapel Hill is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Social Psychology area. Deadline Nov 6. #psychjobs unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

Primary responsibilities of the position will include conducting high-quality research, publishing in peer-reviewed journals and broader dissemination, seeking external funding for research, teaching ...

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Dani Cosme @dcosme.bsky.social · 9d

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Katie Gates @kgates.bsky.social · 12d

UNC is hiring in Quantitative Psychology! Assistant Professor (tenure-track). Please share widely! Find details here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12d

New job 🚨:

Our #SCIMaP (scienceimpacts.org) team is searching for a Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist to facilitate public engagement related to federal investment in science and health research.

Application review starts Oct 10:
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Research Communications and Media Outreach Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP: https://scienceimpacts.org/) is committed to visualizing and communicating the lo...

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William Ngiam | 严祥全 @williamngiam.github.io · 9d

What annotations / metadata do you wish was included with every #cogsci dataset (especially #workingmemory folks 👀)? My current list includes the experiment task, stimulus, level of data (trial-, subject-, or group-level), format, and whether analysis code is provided. Any more?

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 10d

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 15d

If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network

Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 14d

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Lexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 14d

Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨!

I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com

Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!

DeckerLab

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 14d

This is AMAZING, congratulations!! WashU Psych is really hitting it out of the park with all the fabulous recent hires. They're so lucky to have you!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 14d

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Lorne Campbell @lornejcampbell.bsky.social · 14d

New ad for an open rank position in Psychology at Cornell. That Human Bonding course seems very popular! May be a good fit for a relationship scientist out there. Below is a snippet of the job ad.

Kaitlyn M. Werner, PhD @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social · 14d

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 14d

Two open positions on COS's research team!

Project Coordinator: Undergraduate degree in research, or equivalent experience ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Program Manager: 10 yrs of project management experience or 2+ program management ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...

Please share w/colleagues

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Thùy Vy T Nguyễn @thuyvytnguyen.bsky.social · 15d

Excited to share my new preprint. My work focuses on solitude, but I am not one to advocate for a "solitude theory"; psych has too many theories so one less would be good. So, what I did the past 2 yrs is talking to people, reading work outside of my literature, essentially to shop for a framework 🧵

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