Why do we sometimes hesitate to disclose personal insecurities to friends, even preferring to disclose to strangers instead? Our new paper on Reminder Avoidance at JPSP, coauthored with two of my closest friends, Soo Kim (NTU) & Kate Min (Wheaton) psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ps…

Excited to share new research forthcoming at JPSP APA Journals and summarized in today’s The New York Times article. nytimes.com/2022/07/11/wel… University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School University of Pittsburgh, College of Business University of Pittsburgh Kate E. Min

"We found that people receiving the communication placed greater focus than those initiating the communication on the surprise element, and this heightened focus on surprise was associated with higher appreciation," ow.ly/x0VV50JTlaC via Phys.org

Wheaton College Professor of Marketing, Kate Min, among researchers that identified "why we underestimate how much other people appreciate us reaching out to them, implicating a heightened focus on feelings of surprise as one explanation." Learn more here: nyti.ms/3PlKWdg

Sharing our write-up in The Conversation U.S.: Lost touch with someone? Reach out – your friend will likely appreciate it more than you think theconversation.com/lost-touch-wit… SoYon Rim Kate E. Min University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School