Lisa Starr
@lisastarr.bsky.social
Clinical psychological scientist at U of Rochester with interests in depression, life stress, interpersonal factors, daily processes, clinical affective science. Mom of 2. Probably tired right now.
Opinions my own
Opinions my own
Nothing bad could possibly come of this. Nope, no way for bad actors to corrupt AI's judgement, nor for its training sets to be flooded by poor quality research in pay-for-play journals. Thinking is hard, machine do better. All is well.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nothing bad could possibly come of this. Nope, no way for bad actors to corrupt AI's judgement, nor for its training sets to be flooded by poor quality research in pay-for-play journals. Thinking is hard, machine do better. All is well.
Technology is cyclical.
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Technology is cyclical.
Giant middle finger
September 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Giant middle finger
...and here's my beef with school phone bans being enacted based on a lay ideas about screens & mental health:
No need to invest in evidence-based mental health resources bc we have the phone bans (and nutrition and sunshine!).
No need to invest in evidence-based mental health resources bc we have the phone bans (and nutrition and sunshine!).
September 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
...and here's my beef with school phone bans being enacted based on a lay ideas about screens & mental health:
No need to invest in evidence-based mental health resources bc we have the phone bans (and nutrition and sunshine!).
No need to invest in evidence-based mental health resources bc we have the phone bans (and nutrition and sunshine!).
Oh, WaPo. Please don't give a forum for dangerous, ignorant charlatans to spout pseudoscience.
September 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Oh, WaPo. Please don't give a forum for dangerous, ignorant charlatans to spout pseudoscience.
Does PsyArXiv go down a lot? People are having trouble accessing our paper (and I can't get there anymore either)
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Does PsyArXiv go down a lot? People are having trouble accessing our paper (and I can't get there anymore either)
Congrats to Dr. Angela Santee, our lab's newest PhD!! 👩🎓
Angela has been a rock star student, and true to form she produced & ably defended a rock star dissertation.🤘I miss having her in the lab, but am thrilled she'll stay across the street at URMC Psychiatry for postdoc!
@urochester.bsky.social
Angela has been a rock star student, and true to form she produced & ably defended a rock star dissertation.🤘I miss having her in the lab, but am thrilled she'll stay across the street at URMC Psychiatry for postdoc!
@urochester.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Congrats to Dr. Angela Santee, our lab's newest PhD!! 👩🎓
Angela has been a rock star student, and true to form she produced & ably defended a rock star dissertation.🤘I miss having her in the lab, but am thrilled she'll stay across the street at URMC Psychiatry for postdoc!
@urochester.bsky.social
Angela has been a rock star student, and true to form she produced & ably defended a rock star dissertation.🤘I miss having her in the lab, but am thrilled she'll stay across the street at URMC Psychiatry for postdoc!
@urochester.bsky.social
It is unreal that anyone would be put in a position like this by the government of the United States of America. Mourning for my alma matter, and for my country.
June 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It is unreal that anyone would be put in a position like this by the government of the United States of America. Mourning for my alma matter, and for my country.
OK, in addition to the SCOTUS example, I just came across this snippet in an interview in Vulture with Nathan Fielder. I’ve in circles where “orthogonal” is used in casual conversations routinely, so it’s helpful to be reminded that this is only because I live among giant nerds.
May 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OK, in addition to the SCOTUS example, I just came across this snippet in an interview in Vulture with Nathan Fielder. I’ve in circles where “orthogonal” is used in casual conversations routinely, so it’s helpful to be reminded that this is only because I live among giant nerds.
Honored to hood the amazing Angela Santee on Friday. Congrats to Angela and all the newly minted @urochester.bsky.social PhDs. Relieved that Dr Santee will just be across Elmwood at URMC psychiatry— Rochester needs her around!
May 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Honored to hood the amazing Angela Santee on Friday. Congrats to Angela and all the newly minted @urochester.bsky.social PhDs. Relieved that Dr Santee will just be across Elmwood at URMC psychiatry— Rochester needs her around!
I hate the reification of made-up, media invented categorical generational labels with a passion. If you rewrite this as "40 year olds surprised that 25 year olds think they are not cool" it is the stupidest headline ever.
May 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I hate the reification of made-up, media invented categorical generational labels with a passion. If you rewrite this as "40 year olds surprised that 25 year olds think they are not cool" it is the stupidest headline ever.
Here’s the quote from the filmmakers. And that’s scary about your son!
April 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Here’s the quote from the filmmakers. And that’s scary about your son!
Other than the science and colleagues, the best part about @affectscience.bsky.social had to be discovering my favorite West Coast-based vegetarian fast food chain from my LA days, one block from the hotel. I *may* have gone 3 times.
March 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Other than the science and colleagues, the best part about @affectscience.bsky.social had to be discovering my favorite West Coast-based vegetarian fast food chain from my LA days, one block from the hotel. I *may* have gone 3 times.
Thank you to all the presenters, panelists, and attendees who made the inaugural @affectscience.bsky.social Clinical Affective Science preconference a smashing success. I’m full of emotions. Now I get [checks watch] 57 minutes to rest before the main conference starts…
@veravine.bsky.social
@veravine.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thank you to all the presenters, panelists, and attendees who made the inaugural @affectscience.bsky.social Clinical Affective Science preconference a smashing success. I’m full of emotions. Now I get [checks watch] 57 minutes to rest before the main conference starts…
@veravine.bsky.social
@veravine.bsky.social
Can't the media just say "45 years," without translating it into the artificial taxa of dumb generational labels?
March 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Can't the media just say "45 years," without translating it into the artificial taxa of dumb generational labels?
Big angry crowd showed up at a last min @standupforscience.bsky.social in #rochesterny. Lots of honks of support from passing cars. The masses are with us.
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Big angry crowd showed up at a last min @standupforscience.bsky.social in #rochesterny. Lots of honks of support from passing cars. The masses are with us.
Kirkland Signature in the house!
February 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Kirkland Signature in the house!
We discovered recently that wearing clothes has a calming effect on my anxious dog. I wish all psychosocial interventions were this cute!
February 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
We discovered recently that wearing clothes has a calming effect on my anxious dog. I wish all psychosocial interventions were this cute!
I, for one, welcome our AI overlords!
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I, for one, welcome our AI overlords!
Perk of living in #Rochester NY: Early voting at the Susan B Anthony House. So poetic to cast a vote for the first woman president in the place where the woman’s suffrage movement was born. Woman voters are going to save the country in 2024! 🗳️🇺🇸💙
November 1, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Perk of living in #Rochester NY: Early voting at the Susan B Anthony House. So poetic to cast a vote for the first woman president in the place where the woman’s suffrage movement was born. Woman voters are going to save the country in 2024! 🗳️🇺🇸💙
Trail near Rochester, NY
October 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Trail near Rochester, NY
Heading to SRP in Montreal later this week? So is my whole lab! Come say hi & check out the work we're doing!!
@amycarolus.bsky.social
@amycarolus.bsky.social
October 16, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Heading to SRP in Montreal later this week? So is my whole lab! Come say hi & check out the work we're doing!!
@amycarolus.bsky.social
@amycarolus.bsky.social
Be nice to me, I'm your elder. 👵
September 16, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Be nice to me, I'm your elder. 👵
I keep seeing people quote this single line out of the review. It’s remarkably cherry-picked. Is that really all you took home from the review? Here’s the full context.
March 31, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I keep seeing people quote this single line out of the review. It’s remarkably cherry-picked. Is that really all you took home from the review? Here’s the full context.