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Begüm Babür @begumbabur.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last week I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the Society for Social Neuroscience! Our work examines how we learn who values us in social interactions and how our brains track these social computations My first S4SN was full of inspiring new research and new connections! #S4SN #SocialNeuro

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Yi Zhang @yizhang96.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

New paper out in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology! 🎉 How do we figure out who will accept or reject us in a new group? We show that people generalize relational value across friendship ties—forming a network gradient of approach & avoidance. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lq3x51f8w...

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Ava Ma de Sousa @avamadesousa.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

So excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in @commspsychol.nature.com 🎉 In a mini-meta analysis of seven studies, we looked at whether loneliness is related to altered expectations of one’s own and others' emotion transitions. www.nature.com/articles/s44... (1/4)

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Yi Zhang @yizhang96.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🥳Excited to share that our new paper is live at Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social! We show that Pavlovian learning can grow empathy for another person. 🧵👇

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10/06/2025

Rejection can be emotionally painful, but it can also teach us something. A social psychology researcher shows how rejection can serve as a learning signal – shaping how people navigate relationships and decide whom to attempt to connect with in the future.

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Your brain learns from rejection − here’s how it becomes your compass for connection

Rejection can feel physically painful. It also provides a lesson for your brain on whom to connect with and how.

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Begüm Babür @begumbabur.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

That’s a wrap on #SANS2025! Had a great time presenting my work on how our brains learn from rejection & how loneliness relates to patterns in our daily language

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Leor Hackel @leorhackel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A secondary but neat finding in our new work: We find neural evidence for rewards biasing social perception. We’ve previously found that rewards lead people to see others in a more positive light. We’ve argued this reflects a kind of affect-as-information… www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Begüm Babür @begumbabur.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🥳 Exciting news! My first paper is out now in @pnas.org This work was a great collaboration between @ycleong.bsky.social , Chelsey Pan, & @leorhackel.bsky.social We examined how the brain learns from experiences of social acceptance and rejection🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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