Sometimes it can feel like whatever is stressing you out — that deadline, a big meeting, the news cycle — is showing up first thing in the morning. You may wake up with a pit already forming in your stomach and your anxiety high before you even get out of bed.

If you’re anxious about work, finances, the state of the world or anything else, you might try a moment of mindfulness. Paying close attention to the present moment without judgment — the basic idea behind all mindfulness techniques — can help calm anxiety and improve focus, said Resh Gupta, a postdoctoral research associate with the Mindfulness Science and Practice research cluster at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Laboratory of Affective Sensory Research (LASR) is seeking a Research Project Coordinator to help lead our studies of sensory differences and their neural bases in individuals with autism. Our lab has multiple ongoing research projects investigating interoception, touch, and other aspects of somatic sensation and perception in autism. The lab is embedded within the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas and the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training (KCART), and collaborates closely with the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Sciences and the Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, providing research and clinical training opportunities.

We are looking for a FULL TIME research assistant to work on the project described below. YOU MUST HAVE PRIOR HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. If you are interested, please send a resume to Deanna Barch (dbarch@wustl.edu). We would love someone to start as soon as possible. 

Social media can be an emotional minefield: the vitriol, the unrealistic portrayals of seemingly perfect lives and the doomsday scenarios. Some corners of the internet seem designed to make people feel worse about themselves and their world.

But there’s another side to social media: puppies, recipes, “Severance” recaps and meaningful connections.

The Aging Well Lab in the Center for Vital Longevity at The University of Texas at Dallas, under the direction of Kendra Seaman, Ph.D., is currently seeking to hire a full-time Research Assistant beginning in June 2025. The position is a minimum of a one-year commitment (renewable). 

Good parenting can make all the difference as newborns learn to communicate and process information, and an increasing amount of early-childhood development research has shown that parent training is a worthy investment to improve childhood outcomes.

The Center for Children and Families at Florida International University announces Summer Treatment Program Counselor, Research Assistant, and Teacher/Classroom Aide positions for 2024. Positions are available at our sites in Miami and in Buffalo, NY. More than 100 positions are available. Positions are available for undergraduate students, postbaccalaureate students, and graduate students.

Derek Isaacowitz, professor of psychological and brain sciences, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Mid-Career Trajectory in Affective Science Award. He will receive the honor at the Society for Affective Science’s annual conference in Portland, Oregon, in March.