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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congrats to @talvaldivia.bsky.social for being selected as a Princeton Cognitive Science Graduate Student Fellow! 🎉 Chantal will be a central member of the CogSci Program, attending and presenting in Thursday colloquium series in the fall semester, and jointly organizing departmental events.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We're looking for participants ages 18-65 to participate in a study about chronic emptiness. You must be fluent in English. If you're interested, please email us (lemolab@princeton.edu) with the subject line "Emptiness Study". #psychology #research #recruiting #princeton

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

PPH is a program dedicated to improving human health through interdisciplinary research and education. As a graduate fellow, Steven will participate as a core member of the PPH community, sharing his ongoing work on psycholinguistics and learning new computational methods. Congrats, Steven!!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Congrats to @smesquiti.bsky.social for being selected as an inaugural Princeton Precision Health (PPH) Graduate Fellow! 🎉 Learn more about Princeton Precision Health at the link and in this thread:

pph.princeton.edu

Princeton Precision Health

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Congratulations to John and Daisy for wrapping up their fabulous summer research on how children’s emotion beliefs influence mental health, and how music relates to emotions. We are grateful to OURSIP and ReMatch+ for supporting their time in the lab and can’t wait to see where they go next!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Given that lab studies tend to show the opposite pattern (blunted reward learning in depression), these findings reveal novel insights one can gain from analyses of naturalistic real-world behavior.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

These results suggest that people with depression are more sensitive to positive social feedback (social reward) on social media.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Across 3 different Twitter datasets, we examined the effects of social media “likes” on posting behavior and their associations with depressive psychopathology. We found that greater symptoms were linked to *greater* tendency to be reinforced by likes.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Huge congratulations to @hennavartiainen.bsky.social for winning a Princeton TigerWell grant! 🎉 Henna’s grant will support her ongoing research on how listening to music connects with emotions. We’re very excited to see what her study finds! Learn more about Princeton's TigerWell grants:

tigerwell.princeton.edu

Grants Program — TigerWell Initiative — Princeton University

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dr. Mirea's findings have provided the field with invaluable insights and advancements in how to study people’s mental health through their natural, “in the wild” behaviors on digital platforms.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dr. Mirea’s dissertation, “Computational Psychiatry in the Wild: Understanding Mental Health through Digital Social Behavior,” comprises a collection of studies investigating the interactions between social media and mental health, and what makes psychotherapy effective.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Huge congratulations to Dr. Dan Mirea (@danmirea.bsky.social) on his dissertation and defense!!! We are so proud of you and can’t wait for all the big things you continue to do! 🥳 Read more about Dr. Mirea's amazing work in this thread:

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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ever wondered why we sometimes 'catch' another person's anxiety even after a brief interaction? We developed a paradigm to induce contagious anxiety and find that empathy and mental imagery mediate anxiety contagion. See thread & preprint for details! osf.io/preprints/ps...

A link to the preprint described in the thread

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Angélica Rodríguez (Ponce Health Sciences University) and AJ Cruz (The University of Texas - El Paso) to our lab for a 2-month stay through the Visiting Internship for Ph.D. Students! They'll be investigating sleep, language, emotion regulation, and mental health. Welcome!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to @hennavartiainen.bsky.social for winning the Graduate Student Teaching Award! The Dept. of Psychology sponsors an annual teaching award to recognize a graduate student who has made significant contributes to undergraduate teaching in the Dept. We are so proud of you, Henna!!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Natasha is a 2nd-year PhD student at the University of Guelph. Her research examines how cognitive processes and language shape regulation strategies and effectiveness, and how youth identify and regulate emotions. This summer, she will use topic modeling to examine youth definitions of emotion.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

We’re so excited to welcome Natasha Vogel, who will be joining our lab this summer as a Visiting Student Research Collaborator!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We had another fantastic end-of-year brunch and are proud of everyone! Congrats to our seniors on their fabulous theses, to our juniors for their project proposals, and to the rest of our team for their incredible progress and contributions. We’re so excited to see what’s next in store for you all!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We are so proud of @claire-whiting.bsky.social for winning a @princeton.edu Graduate Teaching Award! The award is presented to 10 graduate students each year in recognition of their exceptional skill, dedication, and impact as instructors. Congrats, Claire!! 🎉

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Importantly, our model adds nuance to classic clinical science intuitions about empathy and reveals new directions for clinical research, training, and practice.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This contemporary framework highlights the multifaceted nature of empathy and challenges historical “more-is-better” models of empathy, which emerging evidence indicates can interfere with therapeutic goals in some settings.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Therapists’ emotions can affect their clients in many ways, including how treatment is delivered. Using the therapeutic emotional circuit, therapists can leverage empathy regulation to modulate the emotional flow between themselves and clients to achieve specific emotion goals for both parties.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We draw on advances in affective and clinical science to illustrate how empathy, just like emotions, can be regulated by therapists to align with client goals and facilitate treatment.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We have a new paper by @eriknook.bsky.social and Dr. Jamil Zaki published in @psychscience.bsky.social Clinical Psych Science! In this paper, we propose a “therapeutic emotional circuit” model in which emotions flow back and forth between therapist and client via empathy.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We draw on advances in affective and clinical science to illustrate how empathy, just like emotions, can be regulated by therapists to align with client goals and facilitate treatment.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Last but not least, on Saturday we have a fantastic lineup of speakers to close out SAS weekend. Hope to see you at SAS! @affectscience.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Continuing strong on Friday, come check out our four lab members giving talks and posters! @affectscience.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Later in the day on Thursday, we also have four amazing posters at Poster Session I. @affectscience.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We're excited about SAS 2026! Mark your calendars to check out our lab's latest work. Beginning with the Thursday preconferences, we have two lab members presenting at the Dev Precon and the Clinical Precon! @affectscience.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We had a blast talking about science at Village Elementary School with a lovely group of students, and presenting some of our research. Here’s to inspiring the next generation of scientists! Thank you Village Elementary for having us!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This past weekend, we closed out fall break with a lovely day at the annual Community Fest, held by Ewing Township and The College of New Jersey! We had a fantastic time chatting with everyone about our research. @tcnj.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

We are so excited to welcome Dr. Ryan Brown, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, who is joining our lab on a micro-sabbatical! Her research focuses on the role of love and loss in shaping mental and physical health across the lifespan. @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @starlabteam.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

These exciting results highlight the potential of LLM-powered linguistic analysis to detect people who are struggling with anxiety and depression. They also deepen our understanding of the interpersonal processes that support effective therapy.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

LLMs can also expand beyond only analyzing client language and estimate how strongly therapists encouraged distance in their clients. Ratings also tracked changing symptoms when word-counting approaches could not!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We have a new paper published in @cpsyjournal.bsky.social! We used large-language models (LLMs) to estimate linguistic distance in psychotherapy text and found that these ratings tracked with clients’ symptoms in treatment over time, more strongly than word-counting techniques did.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

LLMs can also expand beyond only analyzing client language and also estimate how strongly therapists encouraged distance in their clients. Ratings also tracked changing symptoms when word-counting approaches could not!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The academic year has officially begun! Looking forward to a fantastic Fall semester together! 😄

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We are very proud to announce that Dr. Erik Nook is the recipient of the Society for Research in Psychopathology’s 2025 Early Career Award! Congratulations @eriknook.bsky.social 🎉

psychopathology.org

Our Organization | Society for Research in Psychopathology

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Exciting day — we have a new lab manager, joining us from Stanford! Emily is interested in studying how people process and communicate emotional experiences, especially in clinical settings. Let's give her a warm welcome!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Cheering on a baseball game, @trentonthunder.com, with an amazing summer lab team!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What a year it's been for the lab - so many incredible accomplishments! A special shoutout to Angie on her graduation and all of her outstanding work. Our junior students also wrapped up strong projects and are heading into senior year, ready for discoveries.

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Huge congratulations to Chantal @talvaldivia.bsky.social for receiving an NSF Honorable Mention and to Dan @danmirea.bsky.social for being awarded a Procter Fellowship from the Graduate School earlier this month! We’re so proud of their achievements!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Join us in congratulating our lab’s incredible poster presenters at SAS 2025! We’re so proud of their hard work and accomplishments. @raziasahi.bsky.social @claire-whiting.bsky.social @hennavartiainen.bsky.social @smesquiti.bsky.social @milkawaniak.bsky.social Angie Challman

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We’re thrilled to celebrate Erik for co-authoring the Best Paper at SAS (Nencheva et al., 2024) and Dan for winning the Diversity Award! Beyond these achievements, our lab members gave fantastic talks: @eriknook.bsky.social @raziasahi.bsky.social @danmirea.bsky.social @claire-whiting.bsky.social

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Last but not least, we have a great lineup of fantastic presentations on the final day. Hope to see you at SAS!

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Logic of Emotion Lab @logicemotionlab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

On Friday, we are continuing our SAS presentations with three amazing lab members - don't miss it!

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