We're so proud of our postdoc Jonas Schöne for his presentation at the Psychology of Technology Conference in Boston last weekend! It was incredible to see industry, policy, and research minds come together to shape the future of tech and human psychology. 🧠#PsychTech2024

Our PI, johannes Eichstaedt, went on The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast this week! He shared insights on what makes countries happy, why the Nordics lead the way, and what the rest of us can learn. Check it out here: theguardian.com/science/audio/… #TheGuardian #ScienceWeekly #Happiness #AI

🌍 Exciting news! The 2nd Annual Regional Cultural Differences Conference is happening in Vancouver, July 8–11, 2025. 📅 Submit papers by Jan 6, 2025. 🔗 Details: [geo-psych.com]

Excited to share our new article w/affective.brain in Nature Human Behaviour. Key finding: consuming more negative content online is tied to poorer mental health—and vice versa. 💻🧠 Article link: doi.org/10.1038/s41562… 🧵 Read on for more insights from the study

"Just as we now glance at nutrition labels without a second thought, we could one day check content labels before diving into a news article or blog post." Column: Why the internet needs content labels 📝 Tali Sharot and Christopher A. Kelly time.com/7177598/intern…

Check out this fantastic commentary on our article (rdcu.be/d0ZHS) by Anne-Linda Camerini, published today in Nature Human Behaviour 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our first lab bonding event of 2025 was a success! We tackled an escape room and celebrated our victory with some well-deserved drinks. Excited for the year ahead with this crew 🚀

We're looking for a part-time front-end developer to join our lab! In this role, you'll work on AI-based mental health web applications and get training in NLP methods. Click on the link below to learn more and apply! forms.gle/4iw8QshQUrM6eS…

Excited to share that we have been awarded an $𝟏𝟏𝐌 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 to use AI to improve the delivery of therapy. We’re starting with PTSD, but the tools we are developing should work across conditions. Read more below: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/0…

Congrats to our postdoc Dr. Schöne for his recent publication!

🎉 Congrats to johannes Eichstaedt and team for their recently published paper in npj Digital Medicine on using Reddit data to monitor and predict trends in the opioid epidemic. 📄 Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.103…

🚨New WP!🚨 Structured AI Dialogues Can Increase Happiness and Meaning in Life In a preregistered RCT, four psychology-grounded #AI chatbots improved well-being across several outcomes. Co-authors: Jonas Schöne johannes Eichstaedt Aadesh Salecha Sonja Lyubomirsky 🧵👇

Congrats to our postdoc Jonas Schöne for his recent paper, "Structured AI Dialogues Can Increase Happiness and Meaning in Life"! 🎉 Read the paper here: osf.io/preprints/psya… Try the chatbots here: ai4impactlab.org/structured-ai-…