Today we welcomed our two new DSN Lab and @CASL_UNC project coordinators @MariaSobrino_8 and Courtney Medina (she/her), as well as our new DSN lab manager Alexa Cilia! 🎉

Looking forward to seeing our new study in #jccapreports! We find that teens with stronger emotional responses to their social media use may be more likely to experience depressive symptoms. Pre-print here: psyarxiv.com/h867v

This past weekend we had our annual fall lab social. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Congratulations to our post-doc Natasha Duell, Ph.D. on earning the departmental Innovation in Equity & Inclusivity Service Award! Natasha has been heavily involved in efforts to improve equity and inclusiveness in psych research and is a dedicated mentor to junior members of the lab.

Summer has arrived, which means new additions to the DSN Lab team! On Monday, we welcomed two new Project Coordinators: Mary Cox (left) and Sarah Albani (right). Learn more about them via our our website! dsnlab.web.unc.edu/people/

Finally, a scientifically accurate and comprehensive review of digital media and adolescent mental health!! It's here, and totally FREE (thanks to a foundation donor)!!! Just click "Open Full Book PDF" here: cambridge.org/core/books/han… @EvaTelzer Jacqueline Nesi, PhD TeensAndTech

Announcing the release of a new podcast episode from Speaking of Psychology with guest speaker Dr. Eva Telzer! Dr. Telzer speaks on the adolescent brain and its connection to several elements of risk-taking behaviors, including positive risk taking. apa.org/news/podcasts/…

An absolutely fantastic talk by the Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab’s own Maria Maza on social media checking and brain development. So proud!! 👏🏼 #Flux2022 Flux Society

Learn more about our current research at dsnlab.web.unc and feel free to email Dr. Eva Telzer (ehtelzer.unc.edu) if interested!

Out now in Biological Psychiatry, we find that neural sensitivity to social punishment, in combination with a 'real world' index of peer rejection, predicts future NSSI. Thanks to coauthors Seh-Joo Kwon Nathan Jorgensen @ka_lindquist @EvaTelzer Mitch Prinstein! bit.ly/3rPW8oE

The DSN Lab will be representing at Society for Research in Child Development and would love too see you there! Come check out what we've been working on 🤓🧠🤓 #SRCD23