Joey’s Nonverbal Behavior Pre-Con talk
Joey Cheng, “Listen, Follow me: Changes in vocal pitch predict leader emergence” SPSP Pre-Conference on Nonverbal Behavior Data Blitz, New Orleans, LA January 17, 2012
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Clinical Psych Science paper published
Dan Randles’ and Jess Tracy’s paper in Clinical Psych Science, showing that nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and worsened health among recovering alcoholics, is a “Top-Read” article of 2013. Read the paper here. Read Huffington Post coverage here.
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Read more »Narratives of redemption predict recovery
New research from Will Dunlop and Jess Tracy suggests that newly sober alcoholics who talk about their last drink in redemptive terms are over 40% more likely to stay sober, months later, than those who don’t. Narrated redemption also predicts…
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Read more »Emotion Pre-Conference
Jess Tracy, “What is a basic emotion?” In the symposium, “What is an Emotion”, at the SPSP Emotion Pre-conference, New Orleans, LA. January 17th, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Read more »Red is a universal sexual signal
New research from the lab in collaboration with Andy Elliot shows that men in Burkina Faso find women in red more attractive, suggesting that red may be a universal sexual signal. Read the paper in press at JESP here.
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Read more »“The emotional origins of a social learning bias: Does the pride expression cue copying?” now in press at SPPS
Nonverbal pride displays function to bias social learning. Read Jason Martens’ and Jess’ paper– online early edition now available at SPPS.
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Read more »Lab awarded a CIHR Operational Grant!
New grant just awarded from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) will fund a major new project on self-conscious emotions and alcoholism. To learn more about this project click here.
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Read more »Two Ways to the Top published at JPSP
New research by Joey Cheng, Jess Tracy, and other UBC collaborators showing that Dominance and Prestige are both effective routes to social influence, now published at JPSP. Read the CNN story here.
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Read more »11th most downloaded article from Evolution and Human Behavior
Joey Cheng, Jess, & Joe Henrich’s (2010) paper on The Evolutionary Foundations of Human Social Status was the 11th most downloaded article from Evolution and Human Behavior in 2011
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Read more »Thinking about our science
For those who haven’t kept up to date with the recent published papers, blog posts, and media reports on the state of psychological science and social psychology in particular, I strongly recommend Brent Roberts’ blog post: Roberts, B. W. (2012).…