I’m super happy to have worked on the #ML sections of this paper with my amazing lab mate Elisa Militaru and the rest of our brilliant team! #personality & geographical #psych continues to adopt computational approaches to glean cool insights and I’m all for it :)

Large language models change everything for linguistics, starting with Chomsky. Featuring: LLMs as scientific theories, response to prior takes, "why" questions in language, acquisition... and how the field should have seen this coming. Paper is here: lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/007180

Neuroticism is a puzzle for evolution. Worrying seems to be pretty bad for humans! Studies have linked it to lots of bad outcomes. But neuroticism is a good early warning alert! 🚨 New study found neurotic areas of Germany suffered fewer Covid cases.

🚨 New in PNASNews! Evolutionary science has led to many practical uses of genetic #evolution but few practical uses of #culturalevolution. David Sloan Wilson, Michele J. Gelfand Steven C. Hayes, Paul Atkins, Rita Colwell & I explore the what, the how, & why now pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Today is publication day for the first 4 papers resulting from a unique collaboration between Meta researchers and outside academics to study the political effects of Facebook and Instagram in the 2020 U.S. election! 🧵 1/N

Thrilled to see our issue on environmental influences out. Here are word clouds asking what the most (and least) important influences are on personality. Thanks to the authors for such wonderful work. And to Rebekka Weidmann (esp w/this)! Check out the issue! doi.org/10.1111/jopy.1…