Adults differ in their ability to generate non-emotion and emotion words (verbal fluency and emotion fluency, respectively), but little is known about how these skills develop. This study investigated the emergence of emotion fluency and its relationship to verbal fluency in a cross-sectional sample of individuals aged 4–25 (N = 194). Results…
Today’s victims are nine innocent pumpkins that have landed in our hands! As the spooky season is almost at an end (at least for pumpkins), we’re ready to shift gears and dive back into the research of less frightful emotions.
Social media is part of daily life for most Americans, but how do peer reactions on social media influence our own perceptions of the world? This study explores how seeing peers' reactions to images (i.e., the number of other people who labeled an image either as 'threatening' or 'safe for others to see') influences our own judgments and…
Our lab and Baby Lab recently took part in an amazing Community Fest, where we got to share our science with the local community and spark some curiosity. It was a great chance to connect with people, talk about what we do, and celebrate science in a fun and engaging way!
To kick off the fall semester, LEmo, ARC and CoLab joined forces for a festive back-to-school celebration! We combined our analytical talents to crack a thrilling murder mystery, all while savoring delicious food and great company. It was the perfect way to start the new academic year with collaboration and fun!
Our lab has a new member — Steven is joining us as a first-year graduate student! Previously, he worked as a lab manager at the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, led by Dr. Emily Falk. Steven is interested in questions like: does the language people use to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs grant…
Baby Lab, Young Kid Lab, and Teen Lab are very grateful for all the amazing participants contributing to our projects and the advancement of science. Your involement is invaluable to our research. To learn more about our findings, please explore the provided file!
Emotion regulation (changing what emotions we feel) is an important emotional skill. Our lab’s prior work has found that when people regulate their emotions, they spontaneously make their language more distant from themselves by reducing the use of words like “I” and present-tense verbs. Here, we found that a parallel process occurs…
The study examines how labeling facial expressions with various intensities changes across development, and how this perceptual sensitivity relates to subclinical psychopathology. A total of 184 participants (4-25 years old) viewed expressions of posed stereotypes of angry, fearful, angry, and happy morphed with neutral expressions at 10-90%…
We are very proud to announce that Razia Sahi has officially received the NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, which will fund her impactful research on 'Investigating Contextual, Social, and Temporal Dimensions of Emotion Regulation.' We couldn’t be more excited for her!