Arvid Kappas
Emotion scientist and professor of psychology with a particular interest in social robotics and human-robot interaction. Pop-culture nerd. Sci-Fi fan. Trekkie. Owner of guitars.
- A truly multi-disciplinary panel of key note speakers has been announced for ISRE2026 in Brisbane 11-14 July, 2026: Christian von Scheve, Kate Rossmanith, and Ronnie de Sousa. There is still time to submit a paper or symposium at www.isre2026.org Deadline is Nov 21st. Exciting city!
- Reposted by Arvid KappasStop by the SPR Video Booth (In front of the Elevators, 8th Floor) to film a 60–90 second spotlight on your research. Open to all attendees! #2025SPR
- A life well lived. R.I.P. Jane Goodall
- Looking forward to our symposium on "We still need to know more about how emotions and social context interact in driving facial activity" at next week's CERE in Grenoble
- Hope for Nao and Pepper robots on the horizon.
- www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t... meltdown - thanks ChatGPT!!!chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.KIMq.jr8ol0K49bEg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
- Good night sweet Boy! Brian Wilson dead at 82. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
- The passing of #BillAtkinson triggers fond memories of the early days of the #Apple #Macintosh - I still miss #Hypercard - these were days of discovery - right on your desk www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
- It is game over for Aldebaran, maker of social robots. After a period of being insolvent, a French court yesterday closed the doors of the struggling company. My lab, like dozens of others, depends on Nao and Pepper for research. #socialrobots #aldebaran #robotics www.frenchweb.fr/aldebaran-li...
- Go out and catch some live music! theconversation.com/6-ways-live-...
- Is reading over? Are professors' worries expressing a romantic desire for an outmoded activity?
- I just received word that Ellen Berscheid passed away last Thursday. Her work, with Elaine Hatfield, greatly impacted how we understand love today. RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_S...
- Hot off the press: Laban, G., Morrison, V., Kappas, A. et al. Coping with Emotional Distress via Self-Disclosure to Robots: An Intervention with Caregivers. Int J of Soc Robotics (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s123... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- No wonder we can use Bad as a synonym for impressive Gerben van Kleef argues that transgressive acts by leaders find support not despite the norm violation but because of it. #socialpsychology #toxicleaders #500poundgorilla www.linkedin.com/posts/gerben...
- Europe and the US a story of two approaches to trains www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
- Perhaps of interest to you. Posters still being accepted. kognitywistyka.org.pl/2025/05/03/p...
- www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... the world is not black and white.
- Bruce Springsteen's Trump Takedown Is Going Super Viral www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/bruce...
- Our paper was the top downloaded article in the International Journal of Social Robotics in 2024. Building Long-Term Human–Robot Relationships: Examining Disclosure, Perception and Well-Being Across Time. Guy Laban, Arvid Kappas, Val Morrison & Emily S. Cross link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- I guess there will be more conferences elsewhere then. Another brick in the wall. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Leuven in Belgium demonstrates urban #sustainability. Fantastic. Guardian article #circulareconomy www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- What kind of people do we want to be? What kind of world do you want to live in? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Arvid KappasMany psychological scientists are now calling for a “heterogeneity revolution,” focused on uncovering individual and contextual differences in experimental outcomes.
- Reposted by Arvid KappasFrom @theathletic.bsky.social: Ted Lasso, the comedy series following an American soccer coach at a fictional English Premier League club, will return for a fourth season. “Ted’s coaching a women’s team.” nyti.ms/4iSspnq
- I just learned about the insolvency of Aldebaran Robotics, producers of Pepper and Nao - the backbone of social robotics research. This is terrible news for the colleagues at #aldebaranrobotics and for #socialrobotics at large. Will smart and affordable social robots go the way of the flying car?
- Apparently, democracy not only dies in the dark, but in broad daylight www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
- Reposted by Arvid KappasDefunding the world’s leading scientific community is akin to a performing a prefrontal lobotomy on the nation—you are effectively severing the connections between the most innovative ideas and its citizens. Cutting support for science harms everyone! www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/a-national...
- Reposted by Arvid KappasCanada isn’t known for making a fuss, with niceness essentially part of its national brand. But President Trump's threats to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian exports and to annex the country have set off cascades of fury, leading many Canadians to shun American products and abandon trips to the U.S.
- R.I.P. David Johansen! A true Punk pioneer!
- Reposted by Arvid KappasPlay is so important that nature invented it long before it invented us. Almost all young mammals play, as do birds like parrots and crows. 🧪
- Real world Fahrenheit 451. They don’t want books. They don’t want knowledge. But who is going to heal the sick? Who is going to build the bridges? Magic?
- Reposted by Arvid KappasHow might teachers of #psychology respond to allegations that their subject undermines conservative values? David Myers has some thoughts. #Teaching #AcademicSky
- This is all very scary. Was enlightenment really just a blip?
- R.I.P. Roberta Flack.
- Reposted by Arvid KappasRick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies at 69 after short illness
- R.I.P. Eleanor Maguire. Read about her fascinating research on the neuroscience of memory. And yes - practice can make your brain grow, apparently.
- Don’t know why i suddenly had to think of this …
- Reposted by Arvid KappasAssociated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
- This is our most desperate hour. Help us, Obi-Wan Kenobi!
- Being here because hell is empty and all the devils are in that other place.
- It took me about 50 years to finally make it to the Deutsches Museum in Munich. An amazing collection of science and technology. Highly recommended! Completely bilingual.
- I updated my LinkedIn page a bit, including a new banner. This year I want to reboot my laboratory. Since about 30 years the name of my lab is X LAB. Too bad that the richest man in the world has given the letter X a bad name 😜
- Reposted by Arvid KappasNEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
