Affective Science starter pack
This list features amazing affective scientists who are advancing our understanding of emotion. While by no means exhaustive, we hope it sparks connections within the affective science community. If you or someone you know should be added to the list, feel free to reach out!
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@sobralab.bsky.social
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the Social Brain 🧠 Led by @danielamier.bsky.social Research Topics: social cognition, fMRI, schizophrenia
@mirindaw.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University of Utah. Studying pain, perception, emotion, & quantitative psychology. Variance obsessed Bayesian nerd, fascinated by dynamics/change over time. The mean is overrated. Opinions (& typos) are my own.
@jsphillips.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist / philosopher working on modality and high level cognition. Cognitive science at Dartmouth https://phillab.host.dartmouth.edu/ Photo credit: Justin Khoo
@markthornton.bsky.social
Social neuroscientist studying how people understand and predict each other. Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College.
@lukejchang.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College and Director of the Computational Social Affective Neuroscience Laboratory
@katiehoemann.bsky.social
Fascinated by emotion, language, & how we make meaning | Psychology faculty at the University of Kansas | Runs slowly, sweatily, regularly | She/her
@petitegeek.bsky.social
Computing Science prof in multimodal embodied AI, emotion, interaction at SFU in Vancouver 🇨🇦🇵🇭 Director of the Rosie Lab www.rosielab.ca Robotics nerd. Previously at SoftBank Robotics 🤖 FR/JP
@crozell.bsky.social
Researcher & Educator | Neuroscience, Neurotechnology & Society | AI, Neuromodulation & Psychiatry | Neuromatch & #firstgen
@ireneteulings.bsky.social
PhD student @PromentaC @UniOslo, interested in wellbeing, and how it relates to positive emotions, personal values, and cross-cultural differences | gratitude fellow @ the love consortium | @ResmaPsychogy UvA alumna | she/her
@jiegao.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Learning sciences - Practical Philosophy - 4EA Cognition | Phenomenology | Education for Flourishing & Relational Becoming
@ellroche.bsky.social
Science — how do early experiences shape emotional development & regulation? 🧠 Democracy — how do emotion regulation/co-regulation support our highest ideals (freedom, justice, peace, etc)? 🌈 Occasionally: https://open.substack.com/pub/ellenroche 🪶
@phildeming.bsky.social
I study emotion, psychopathy, and the brain. Postdoc in psychology at Northeastern University. Ph.D. in psychology at University of Wisconsin-Madison. philipdeming.com
@eeskevanroekel.bsky.social
Associate prof @tilburg-university.bsky.social | Developmental psychologist | Director of Tilburg Experience Sampling Center (TESC, @tesc-tilburgu.bsky.social | Positive emotions | Emotion regulation | JITAI
@mzloteanu.bsky.social
SL in Investigative Psych @KingstonUni | Deception Detection; Emotions; JDM | Open Science; R; Bayes | @ukrepro ReproTea & StatsTea | #statstab | 🇷🇴 🇬🇧🌍 Stats blog: https://mzloteanu.substack.com/
@jason-power.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Limerick | Associate Editor at the European Journal of Engineering Education I primarily publish in areas linked to student motivation in STEM settings #AcademicSky #EduSky
@katerinafoto.bsky.social
Neuropsychologist, psychotherapist and Professor of Psychodynamic Neuroscience at UCL. Likes all things at the interface between mind and body. Believes the social brain is the answer to most mind and body questions. www.katfotlab.com
@jfguassimoreira.bsky.social
assistant professor UW Madison psych | studies neurodevelopment, emotion regulation, and decision-making | dumpster diving for psychic retrieval
@noahdgoodman.bsky.social
Professor of Natural and Artificial Intelligence @Stanford. Safety and alignment @GoogleDeepMind.
@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscience at MIT. Open science. 🇨🇦 Saxelab.mit.edu
@desmond-ong.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin | Studying how people (and AI) reason about the emotions of others
@maurosilvajunior.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. teaching Evolutionary Psychology at University of Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷 social cognition | emotions | coalitional & political psychology | individual differences. Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HwGtFr
@darwinguevarra.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Miami University. Director of the Affective Science and Psychophysiology Lab. Michigan Football fan! More about the ASP Lab: https://www.darwinguevarra.com/
@dralainnawen.bsky.social
Researcher ➡️ emotional processes & treatment personalization for internalizing disorders in diverse populations. UCLA postdoc 🐻 Anxiety and Depression Research Center. Depression Grand Challenge. Clinical Psychology PhD, Advanced Quantitative minor. 👩🏻🏫
@veravine.bsky.social
assistant prof of psychology • emotion knowledge & experience, heart-brain axis, mood disorders https://www.embodylab.org/
@sarahawalker.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Durham University, UK | Emotions, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Behaviour, Self/Informant Report, | Engagement & Outreach @ACPIDCongress | Comms Asst. @ISSIDOfficial
@nataliavandoren.bsky.social
Clinical scientist focused on #DigitalMentalHealth, #SubstanceUse, & #HealthEquity | Postdoc @UCSFPsychiatry | Passionate about innovative methods and increasing access to care | she/her | Twitter: @nataliavandoren
@thomasehring.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Psychology at LMU Munich https://www.lmu.de/psy/en/persons/contact-page/thomas-ehring-c0f08419.html
@jkmaccormack.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at the University of Virginia. How body-brain shapes interoception, affect, stress, & sociality across the lifespan. Virginia Affect & Interoception Lab: https://www.virginiaaffectlab.com
@phaidros.bsky.social
Philosopher & media and culture scholar. Working on affective media and psychotechnologies in the broadest sense. Enthused by enthusiasm. Based in Berlin. Affiliated to University of Potsdam. Trained Austrian.
@martijn-arns.bsky.social
Founder Brainclinics Foundation & Visiting Scholar Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab | Neuroscientist | Entrepreneur | Stratified Psychiatry | TMS | Depression | Heart-Brain Coupling | Psychedelics | ADHD | Sleep | Chronobiology | Marathon running | Guitar |
@lawolkenstein.bsky.social
researcher, clinical psychologist, scientist-practitioner, licensed psychotherapist (CBT), @LMU Munich, particularly interested in trauma-related disorders, psychotherapy and credibility, affective disorders, and perinatal mental health.
@danielamier.bsky.social
Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Konstanz https://www.psychologie.uni-konstanz.de/mier/ social cognition, schizophrenia, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy, fMRI #govegan
@valeriekarl.bsky.social
PhD fellow @UniOslo | 🧠 studying emotion circuits in the brain, child & parent mental health | symptom-brain-networks | former CANDLab visiting grad student @Yale
@tobikube.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology at Uni Frankfurt. Head of the Emmy Noether Group for Experimental Research on Depression. Interested in how people construe and sustain their subjective reality.
@jonasdora.bsky.social
Psychological scientist working at the University of Washington. Substance use, emotion, motivation, decision-making
@drsarahsperry.bsky.social
Richard Tam Early Career Professor in Translational Bipolar Research @UMich | Bipolar disorder | Emotion | Impulsivity | EtOH | Sleep | Digital Phenotyping | EmoTe Lab: https://sperry.lab.medicine.umich.edu/
@tonycunningham.bsky.social
Fiona & Cormac's dad | Assistant Professor & Director of the Center for Sleep & Cognition (CfSC) at Harvard Medical School & Beth Israel Deaconess Med Center | Licensed Clin Psychologist #BLM he/him Go Irish!☘️ https://www.centerforsleepandcognition.com/
@annajfinley.bsky.social
Wyoming transplant | Assistant Prof at North Dakota State University | PI of the Social Psychology and Affective Neuroscience in Health (SPANH) Lab | Emotions, loneliness, well-being, EEG, psychophysiology
@adriennewood.bsky.social
Social Psychology, University of Virginia. Emotion, interpersonal behavior, social connection, social networks. I'm a dabbler, so if you love poorly-made arts and crafts or amateur improv, I'm your gal! https://emotionbehavior.com
@nataliepeluso.bsky.social
Affective Neuro PhD investigating representations of naturalistic faces, with Jessica Taubert (BrisBrain Lab, University of Queensland) |💃 Former opera singer | 🫁 Aspiring interoceptionista
@shawnrhoadsphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ ISMMS NIH Director's Early Independence Awardee Lindau Nobel Laureate Young Scientist PI @ sinclab.github.io Using computational models, fMRI, & intracranial EEG to study social inference, learning, empathy, loneliness, & well-being
@jtheriault.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @Northeastern. Psychology + Biology. Neuroimaging, brain metabolism + mental health. Director of IASLab with Lisa Feldman Barrett & Karen Quigley https://www.affective-science.org/ http://www.jordan-theriault.com/
@carien.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Reading. Affective Neuro/Science enthusiast (emotion, brain, body, individual differences incl age(ing)), Open Science. Dog lover
@eblissmoreau.bsky.social
Affective neuroscientist studying how & why we feel from womb-to-tomb. Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of Psychology @ UC Davis Core Scientist @ the California National Primate Research Center blissmoreaulab.ucdavis.edu CNY -> Chestnut Hill -> Yolo
@nicolenelson.bsky.social
Emotion and developmental psychology at the University of Adelaide. Studying emotions, kids, and all occasions where they intersect. Ex-pat 🇺🇲, living in 🇦🇺, arrived by way of 🇨🇦.
@leonkroczek.bsky.social
Social affective neuroscience in and outside Virtual Reality. PostDoc at Regensburg University. MPI CBS alumnus
@sethabrutyn.bsky.social
Sociology, UBC. Theorist of Emotions, Suicide, Institutions, Evolution. Unrepentant DeadHead and Mets Fan. www.sethabrutyn.com Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
@samcooper.bsky.social
Clinical psych scientist, UT Austin asst prof | threat + anxiety and trauma/PTSD + learning/memory + HiTOP + quant + cog neuro + fMRI + more | he/him, views my own | Cronbach stan (not alpha, just two streams + validity) | the dog is Frank | scoop-lab.com
@elliemorgenroth.bsky.social
Neuroscientist 👩🔬 Interested in fMRI to understand cognition and emotion in healthy and brain diseases. Currently researching neurodegenerative diseases. I love to show films in brain scanners.
@nicolecrust.bsky.social
Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. Science advocate. Frequent shifter of time zones. Professor (UPenn Psychology). Book: Elusive Cures (June 10, 2025). https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
@lapate.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Psych & Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara || affective & cognitive neuroscience || formerly at UC Berkeley & UW-Madison https://lapatelab.psych.ucsb.edu
@jamielarsh.bsky.social
Psychology & Neuroscience Researcher at Pitt & LRDC | Studying the Impact of Early Life #Adversity on 🧠 Development | #Stress | Reposts ≠Endorsements
@andero.bsky.social
Occasionally effective researcher of all things affective, and the other way around
@sakierahudson.bsky.social
Williams College BA, Harvard Psych PhD, Yale postdoc, and now a Berkeley Haas AP studying hierarchies/intersectionalities in the HIGHER LAB. Creator of TheLOTPlanner
@cppugach.bsky.social
Clinical psych @ UNC Greensboro, intern @ the Charleston Consortium. Interested in trauma exposure & traumatic stress rxns, affective science, psychophysiology, ambulatory assessment, and measurement
@ngiuliani.bsky.social
Affective scientist at UO. Parent. Humanist. Still no relation to Rudy. Thank goodness.
@jennawells.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology @ Cornell | relationships, emotion, aging, caregiving, health
@tabeaspringstein.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at UC Riverside | Studying how emotions are experienced and managed in our daily lives & how our emotional lives change as we grow older | PI Emotional Lives Lab
@raziasahi.bsky.social
NSF Postdoc Fellow at Princeton University | studying how we regulate each others' emotions 👥
@ellamoeck.bsky.social
Emotions researcher at UniAdelaide/UniMelb | Using experience sampling and experimental methods | Musician | she/her
@anthonyong.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology, Cornell University | Interested in how people construe and sustain their social affective experience | Human Health Labs: https://www.humanhealthlabs.org/
@sethpollak.bsky.social
Child Emotion Research Lab at Univ of Wisconsin - Madison. Science about emotions to improve children’s wellbeing.
@jbwormwood.bsky.social
Social Psychologist at UNH (opinions my own). Research on affect/emotion, person perception, decision making, psychophysiology. Mother, animal lover, puzzle and movie enthusiast. She/her.
@richlopez41.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience • Director of the SNAP Lab at WPI (https://wp.wpi.edu/snaplab/) • Social neuroscientist studying emotions, goals, and values to promote health and wellbeing • FirstGen
@gregdepow.bsky.social
Postdoc at UCSD/Harvard, PhD from University of Toronto. Studying #empathy #effort #wellbeing #socialmedia and #prosocial behaviour. #rstats #PhDad #openscience website: gregdepow.com
@chrisoveis.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UC San Diego Director, UCSD Empathy & Emotion Lab Social/Personality Psychologist https://oveislab.com
@lisastarr.bsky.social
Clinical psychological scientist at U of Rochester with interests in depression, life stress, interpersonal factors, daily processes, clinical affective science. Mom of 2. Probably tired right now. Opinions my own
@kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social
Affective scientist studying regulatory flexibility, motivation, and emotion. NIH Postdoc in the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at the University of Oregon. Incoming Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. www.kaitlynmwerner.com
@dae.bsky.social
Computational cognitive science of emotion. Neukom Postdoc Fellow @Dartmouth, previously PhD @MIT. https://daeh.info #CogSci
@pniedent.bsky.social
Affective Science prof at UW-Madison | US politics | triggered by regional & international clichés | Badgers and Packers | Mom of 4 | opinions my own | she/her
@logicemotionlab.bsky.social
Lab at Princeton University studying why people feel what they feel and how they can best manage their emotions using dev, neuro, and translational tools. PI: @ErikNook
@katiegreenaway.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Co-director of the FEEL Lab. Interested in identity, agency, and emotions. She/her.
@juliaditzer.bsky.social
PhD Student of Psychology @ TUDresden Visiting Graduate Researcher @ Yale, Stanford & UCLA. 🧠🎓 Interested in early adversity, interoception, and emotion.
@amit-goldenberg.bsky.social
I study emotions, collectives, technology and their interaction. Harvard Business School | Harvard Psych (affiliated) | D3
@rogerthegs.bsky.social
Social psychology Professor at University of Kent in England. Moral emotions, collective apologies, scientific reporting reform, ironic enjoyment, and more. Opinions are my own and do not represent any employer.
@heatherurry.bsky.social
Prof @TuftsUniversity (psychology) | open inclusive affective scientist | R enthusiast | she/her | say Urry: http://bit.ly/SayUrry | Black Lives Matter
@lisawilliams.bsky.social
Associate Professor @UNSW Sydney | social psychologist and affective scientist | positive emotions, wellbeing, prosocial behavior | #womeninSTEM & #equity advocate | she/her | views my own
@minzlicht.bsky.social
Professor (michaelinzlicht.com), Podcaster (www.fourbeers.com), Writer (www.speakandregret.michaelinzlicht.com)
@eriknook.bsky.social
Psych Professor @Princeton studying how language and emotion interact in the brain, clinic, and over development. He/they
@dianatamir.bsky.social
Psych Professor at Princeton studying how brains think about people. https://psnlab.princeton.edu/
@dcameron.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Psych, Sherwin Early Career Prof in Rock Ethics Institute @Penn State. Directs Empathy & Moral Psych Lab, Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Assoc Editor @Emotion. Father of four (twin dad), husband, loves ☕, 🍺, 🎶, 📸. Views are my own.
@affectscience.bsky.social
Dedicated to fostering basic & applied research on affect and emotion defined across a diversity of fields. See our website for #AffectScience2025 details! society-for-affective-science.org