RIDDLE LAB

Research In Individual Differences & Legal Psychology LAB

Individual differences in executive & socio-emotional functioning in developmental & legal psychology

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Our RIDDLE Lab members, Lect. Lavinia Cheie and Asist. Narcisa Prodan, published an article on psychosocial well-being and influencing factors in children with migrant parents, in 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ. See the article here: https://t.co/6ZNNMFraku

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Last month our lab was busy with 2 colleagues presenting in international conferences, Dr Narcisa Prodan and PhD student Alexandra Bulbuc, & a 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 & 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 organised by Dr Maria Stefania Ionel 👏👏👏

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Our latest Psychology Today Mind Riddles post explores individual, interpersonal and collective reasons which explain the fascination for personalities on the Dark Side of the personality spectrum - It might be more than the cookies...🍪🍪
https://t.co/Ucoeb7Semg

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We had a great applied LabTalk last week facilitated by PhD student Daria Mihaela Solescu 👏

She shared tips and tricks for a 1st Stage Registered Report and some hands-on experience with Zotero for adding references to papers🧐

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Our latest Mind Riddles blog post on Psychology Today on the emotional wellbeing impact of using AI Chatbots as more than just tools for information search is available here: https://t.co/Yhc8R2CMBU

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They will work alongside PhD Candidate Dai Meng from the National University of Singapore on a research project exploring the cross-cultural dimensions of parental lying 2/2

See more here:
https://t.co/0tzBRZAdKf

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Huge congratulations to our colleagues Dr. Narcisa Prodan, grant recipient & Prof. Laura Visu-Petra, project mentor, who won the highly competitive 2×2 Grant for Early Career Scholars 2025 awarded by the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (@issbd) 1/2

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Our new Mind Riddles blogpost got featured on the Psychology Today Homepage https://t.co/PgMLQObUck

We discuss the complex interplay between social anxiety and the ability to understand other minds, via egocentric thinking and intolerance of uncertainty
https://t.co/jG694iv6Ij

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We wish you all a wonderful New Year and invite you to check our second blog post on the very topic of welcoming the New Year by reflecting on the past, catalyzing regrets into action and engaging in mental travel: https://t.co/3U8AxBXKPe
Stay tuned for more inquiries this year📷

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Exciting news: we’re launching the Mind Riddles Blog featured in Psychology Today! ✨

Check out our first post:
"Encourage Kids to Tell the Truth, Even With Santa Watching" 🎅Insights from Prof. Victoria Talwar on child development and deception!

https://t.co/AFGwFqvNUD

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The second day of 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒—𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 has started 🥳Today, we will have presentations from our guests, our master students, and lab colleagues!

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JUSTAPPLY (Justice & Applied Psychology) Symposium

We are preparing a series of engaging workshops & presentations which will explore the intersection of psychology & the legal system, including open science & methodological considerations with @StefanaJuncu & @mzloteanu
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@StefanaJuncu We are also very excited to welcome you to Cluj-Napoca and for our collaboration 🥳

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For more information see here: https://t.co/kFRuZgRVub

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Our lab members, Prof Laura Visu-Petra & PhD Candidate Andreea Turi are presenting during a Science Festival: SciFest2024- Science of Crime Investigation 2024 & bringing some of our research to a wider audience.
If you are in Cluj, check out this event:
https://t.co/98YwDJg1gH

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LabTALK Series continues with another fantastic collaborative event featuring our new RiddleLab guest Laura Varutti, psychologist & researcher, University of Bergamo.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧/𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.

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Our latest research on personality and criminal behaviour got featured in PsyPost - Psychology Research News https://t.co/qkrMsZkdxS 🥳
Check the original paper here, open access https://t.co/46Cj2fEsBg

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The Riddle Lab Team @ ESC #eurocrim2024 Bucharest participated with an interesting Symposium on individual differences in personality & deceptive conduct predisposing to criminal behavior & recidivism
Thanks to our colleagues @ Law Faculty, Bucharest University for organizing it

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@MariaStefIonel 😎 Thank you for making us proud! You rock🤓

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Dr Maria Stefania Ionel delivered a great oral presentation on the "Climbing Anxiety Scale (CAS-20): Preliminary Development and Validation" at the FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology) Congress (Innsbruck, Austria), the largest Sport Psychology Conference in Europe😊