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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just noticed this. Maybe The House Cafe delivers... more than just pizzas? (Wink)

The phone number for The House Cafe is 444 THC

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Screening tonight at my local mall: that classic movie about bland geography.

A poster for the movie Notting Hill, but the organisers have called it 'Nothing Hill' by mistake.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Just saw Pete Doherty play a tiny room in Istanbul. Did well!

A picture of said man, doing said thing in said place.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I guess even the best of us get bad days sometimes 🤓 Happy birthday Charlie!

"I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything." Charles Darwin, 1861

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I need a postdoc for my project “Panel Studies of Optimism Bias and Positive Mood”. I need someone with an interest in affective science, very strong English and writing skills, and experience of using SEM with longitudinal data. Thread continues ...

This is a picture, prepared by my university, to publicise the fact that I received a research grant.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

My university announced my new grant on social media. They did not announce it here on BlueSky, where all the academics hang out ... 🤦

A social media announcement about my new grant, made by my university.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Bodmin Moor was looking gorgeous this morning ... misty and mysterious ...

Daniel Gumb's cave and the Cheesewring, Bodmin Moor

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Halfway through dinner, my Turkish/English boy spontaneously made himself a meatball-and-yogurt sandwich 🥰 🧿 Happy New Year! İyi seneler!

My 6 year old, pressing his sandwich together like he's a fancy chef

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Trying to submit my paper from the cafe at Dolmabahçe Palace today ... Keep getting distracted by dolphins 😍

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I'm very late mentioning this, but I had a good time at the European Congress of Psychology in Cyprus last week! Spoke about my recent paper on the Best Possible Self intervention, and met some nice people :)

Me speaking at the conference, looking sweaty while pointing at my slides

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I'm gonna give my barista the benefit of the doubt, and assume this was meant to be a heart

The barista drew a cock and balls on my flat white :(

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sabanci University, Istanbul, is accepting applications for master's and PhD programs in Psychology! There will be events on 8th May (Tuzla campus; 14:30, FASS 1089) and 13th May (Minerva Han, Karaköy; 16:00-19:00) where you can meet some of us, and learn about the programs and scholarships.

Scholarships:
MS students receive 32,500 TL per month, and a two-person dorm.
PhD students start on 50,000 TL per month and a private dorm.
The monthly stipends increase a little if you do not want to live on campus.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

PC did a weird update today, and threw me a spectacular error message. I guess it HAS been a while since I worked on that document!

It's a PowerPoint error message, that says my document hasn't been updated since the 1st of January, 1601.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Interesting time at the International Conference on Positive Psychology at Üsküdar U. last weekend. Thanks to Ebru Morgül for chairing the session! Presented my recent work, showing that optimism bias (optimistic expectancies) predict positive mood up to 4 weeks later. Preprint coming soon ...

My presentation. 'Optimistically-Biased Probability Estimates Longitudinally Predict Positive Mood'

Results of Study 4: When positive mood at Time 1 is controlled, optimism bias at Time 1 significantly predicts positive mood at Time 2, 4 weeks later. Standardised beta equals .24

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I've recently finished A Human History of Emotion by Richard Firth-Godbehere, and it was excellent! @profrichfg.bsky.social has written an authoritative, accessible book about the history of emotions and emotion concepts, which goes right up to the present day. Highly recommended!

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Back home from my Erasmus visit to the Trinity Centre for Global Health, at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Had a great time talking about social emotions! Thanks to Frédérique Vallieres for hosting and good conversation 🤓

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

If you are visiting Istanbul's old town, why not try some traditional Smurf meatballs?

The sign says 'Şirin köfte'. Şirin is a name, but it's also what the Smurfs are called in Turkey

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My recent paper was, apparently, very much appreciated by Sabanci University's Foundations Development Directorate, who posted about it on Insta 🤓 (Come on people, join us cool kids on Bluesky ...) www.instagram.com/p/DEhrfoWtx_...

Exciting News from PROJ 201!

Robert Booth and his talented student team Hasan Kuşpınar, Kaan Erhan, Kaan Yaldırak, and Ozan Erkocaoğlan have reached an exciting accomplishment! Their PROJ 201 project, 'Increasing Optimism', has been published in a prestigious journal under the title 'The Best Possible Self Task Has Direct Effects on Expectancies and Mood, and an Indirect Effect on Anxiety Symptom Severity."

This success highlights how PROJ 201 serves as a valuable platform for undergraduate students and supervisors to collaborate on meaningful academic work that can make a real impact.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Istanbul-style driving lessons. İstanbul'daki sürücü eğitimi. "Who'd I hit? Oh, right."

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

My article "The best possible self task has direct effects on expectancies and mood, and an indirect effect on anxiety symptom severity" is published in Emotion! My co-authors are four non-Psychology undergrads, who had no idea what they were getting into 😂 doi.org/10.1037/emo0...

Picture of the top of the article, with abstract and keywords.

https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001481

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Amy is having an early night, and waiting for Santa. Happy holidays! 🎄

One of my cats, inexplicably tucked up in bed.

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Rob Booth @robertbooth.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Good times at the Neuroscience, Law, Psychology and Beyond conference yesterday! Had a good discussion with @albertalisalah.bsky.social about the validity of 'emotion recognition' tech; with me leaning heavily on @lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social's work. Thanks @ozanerozden.bsky.social for hosting!

My talk: "Can emotion-recognition technologies ever be be possible? A counter-argument."

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