About Us
We are a team of researchers studying human social interaction in the Department of Psychology at Barnard College. Our lab is interested in understanding how people think, feel, and behave when they interact with others, as well as how people's experiences and behaviors are influenced by their interaction partners. We study "face-to-face" social interactions in a variety of settings and relationships, and we examine psychological, behavioral, and physiological processes as they unfold naturally over time.
Announcements
May 20, 2025: Graduation
Congratulations to lab members Rebecca Klein and Tatiana Santos Mroczek on their graduation from Barnard! Rebecca will be starting graduate school for a PsyD in the fall, and Tatiana will be working as an executive assistant at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
April 30, 2025: Honors Assembly Awards
Congratulations to our lab member, Rebecca Klein, for receiving The Millennial Psychology Prize, which is awarded to a student who plans to continue her scientific or professional training in psychology or a related discipline. Rebecca will be attending Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University to earn a PsyD in the fall. Rebecca was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring. Congratulations, Rebecca!
January 2, 2025: New chapters in the Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality
Professor Thorson co-authored two chapters in the recently-published third edition of the Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology. One chapter focuses on behavioral observation and coding (with Tessa West), and the other describes techniques for longitudinal data analysis (with Amie Gordon).