iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Proud advisor moment: yesterday, @wpiedu.bsky.social graduate student Sofia Knopf defended her masters thesis titled, "Associations between problematic social media use, mental health indicators, and inhibitory control: evidence from functional near-infrared spectroscopy." 1/3

140

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Major kudos to @poojak.bsky.social for her major contributions to this project! Also I'm very thankful for our great team of co-authors (Bryan, Pauline, Ariana, @malfrie.bsky.social, and @dororeis.bsky.social).

131

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Wondering about how to promote healthy eating in daily life? New research reveals it's not just about willpower, but about which strategy you use, and what you target. 1/9

143

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)

03848

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Earlier this year I had the privilege of giving my first TEDx talk! I'm so grateful I could discuss an issue I'm particularly passionate about. Link below! ⬇️

121

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 17/06/2025

It's NSF CAREER season! I've been fortunate to review dozens of CAREER grants and received one in 2022. Here are the most common mistakes I see and actionable tips to strengthen your proposal.

25918

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

So grateful that I had the opportunity to contribute to this timely project. 1/2

100

Reposted by Richard Lopez

capessuicideprev.bsky.social @capessuicideprev.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Your mental health matters! Good mental health can help you cope with stress and improve your quality of life. #MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalwellness #therapy #peersupport #

green figure of a person with puzzle pieces in their brain, a ribbon and title "May is mental health awareness month"

262

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We had a great research projects showcase hosted by @wpiedu.bsky.social's Department of Social Science & Policy Studies! Congrats to Brianna Romero, a senior in the SNAP Lab, for presenting her capstone project: “Neurophysiological Correlates of Social Feedback on a Mock Social Media Platform.”

010

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Enjoying my first time attending @affectscience.bsky.social's annual meeting! If you're here in Portland, come check out my poster on longitudinal training self-regulation in the eating domain from 3:15 - 4:45pm PT! #affectivescience #sas2025 #selfregulation #healthyeating

032

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I had the great privilege of bringing an amazing group of @wpiedu.bsky.social students to Central Tree Middle School in Rutland... 1/2

130

Reposted by Richard Lopez

AJ Ferguson @pantsdancetrance.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Psych and Neuro starter packs! 🧠 Develop Psych go.bsky.app/9kHQS7i Cog Neuro 1 go.bsky.app/2n84SRM Soc Psych 1 go.bsky.app/J4gmGmV Soc Psych 2 go.bsky.app/B5LmAbf Diversity Soc Psych go.bsky.app/MAoGLF4 Personality Psych go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi Health Psych go.bsky.app/9Xfk7Wo

43416

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Society for Affective Science @affectscience.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🌟 New Issue Alert! 🌟  Discover how social media shapes emotions across ages, cultures, and contexts! Dive into 18 groundbreaking articles on everything from adolescent self-evaluations to #MeToo moral discourse. 🧠📱✨ 📰 Read it now at Affective Science! link.springer.com/journal/4276...

0147

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Since there's been a flurry of new activity here in the past month or so, I thought I'd (re)introduce myself: I'm a social neuroscientist interested in emotions, goals, and values, and how we can leverage them to promote health and wellbeing in daily life. 1/4

media.tenor.com

a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean .

ALT: a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean .

391

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

So excited that a chapter of Psi Chi is launching at WPI! www.wpi.edu/news/announc... I am honored to serve as the faculty advisor for the group, and a special shout out to the amazing students who will be inducted in the spring: 1/3

wpi.edu

International Psychology Honor Society Coming to WPI | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology, is proud to announce the addition of a Psi Chi Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The WPI Psi Chi Chapter will be installed in the spri...

100

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Last week my lab and I had the great privilege of attending and presenting at the "Friend or Foe" research symposium sponsored by UMass Lowell and NIH-sponsored CAPES Suicide Prevention center. 1/4

111

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

I had an amazing time at U.Chicago last week attending the 2024 SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop! 1/3

100

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

So grateful that today's preconference at ISRE2024 went well! Thanks to all the presenters who gave cutting edge talks on how to advance the science of emotion regulation in the age of social media and the youth mental health crisis.

100

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Grateful to have the support of the APA Minority Fellowship Program to attend the SEE-Diversity to Success Workshop in August!

020

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

📣 ATTN: Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are are still accepting abstracts for data blitz talks for the emotion regulation preconference at #ISRE2024! Email us if you're interested in submitting! New submission deadline is May 15.(www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...)

000

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

We had amazing student presentations at the Undergraduate Research Projects Showcase for the Dept. of Social Science & Policy Studies at WPI. Special congrats to my advisees Lorena Nunes and Eva Petschek for their senior capstone projects! #STEMresearch #mentorship #payitforward

010

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

It was an amazing first day at #SANS2024! Kudos to my postdoc Nicole Hayes and lab manager Emma Moughan for a great poster presentation! #research #socialneuroscience #neuroscience #scicomm

040

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Dr. Sarah Myruski and I are organizing a preconference at ISRE2024 titled, "Keep Calm and Regulate On(line)? Emotion regulation in online contexts and links to mental health and wellbeing" (www.isre2024.org/preconferenc...; also see attached flyer). 1/3

100

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Earlier this week my students and I had the great pleasure of having folks from Neurable (www.neurable.io) visit the lab and show us capabilities of their AI-powered headphones, which can give users insight into their own attention and cognition. #neurable #ai #innovation #neurotech #BCI

010

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Lauren S. Hallion, Ph.D. @laurenshallion.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

I’m excited to share this preprint, the first (hopefully of many!) to come from a many-author effort to characterize changes in mental health during the pandemic. Feedback welcome! osf.io/preprints/ps...

084

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/02/2024

Are you looking for social media data for a new academic research project? We recently added more social media data options to @communalytic, our computational social science research tool. communalytic.org

476

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

I'm considering proposing a pre-conference at ISRE 2024 on the topic of young people's experience and regulation of emotions in online contexts (e.g., social media apps) and links to mental health and wellbeing. 1/2

141

Reposted by Richard Lopez

David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

A lot of what is written about the "loneliness epidemic" never goes all that deep into the causes of causes. This is a really good piece even if you disagree with some of the empirical arguments. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

054

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Rob Chavez @robchavez.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

"The Role of Meta-Perception in Self-Esteem and Implications for Mental Health." Our latest preprint led by my graduate student Moriah Stendel. We've been shopping around for an outlet for this for awhile, but I got sick of waiting to share. So, here it is! rb.gy/z1ltt5

1188

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

I am recruiting MS students to conduct research in my lab as part of WPI's new masters of science program in neuroscience. Please spread the word! (See next post for all links.) #psychsky #neurosky #socialpsych #academicsky

142

Reposted by Richard Lopez

Marie Hennecke @mhennecke.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

New research with my former graduate student Sebastian Bürgler, in press in Motivation Science. We show that people tend to use the self-control strategy task enrichment in a context-sensitive way, especially when they report high levels of metacognitive knowledge.

osf.io

OSF

1114

Richard Lopez @richlopez41.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

142