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🚨New in JEP:G APA Journals🚨 Why do ppl preferentially reciprocate follows by co-partisans online? In a Twitter field exp & survey we find: -Both content *and* social prefs drive co-party tie-making -Distinct roles for in-party pref & out-party dispref dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge000…

Want to do a PhD with me at Duke University? I'm considering applications this fall for a new graduate student! ⭐️ For more info, check out this FAQ for prospective students to learn what the lab is focusing on & what I'm looking for in a graduate student. mindandculturelab.com/faq

🚨 NEW PRE-PRINT 🚨 Our participants think >40% (!) of online users act toxic on Reddit and share fake news on FB. (😅) Are they correct? No. Research finds only a tiny % of online users produce most of (harmful) content. w/ Angela Y. Lee Jamil Zaki jeff hancock 1/9

Want to grow your own social networks to study creativity, cultural evolution & decision-making? Now official! We're hiring a postdoc at Cornell in collaboration with UC Davis, CUNY, & Princeton, funded by the #NSF. Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28959

taking my rejected manuscript to a different journal

i bet academics who publish a lot while also teaching and raising children have failed to watch as many shows as i have

New episode — an interview with the scientists who created Debunkbot, an AI that reliably reduces belief in conspiracy theories via back-and-forth chat, no matter how far down the rabbit hole a person may be: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you… (try it at debunkbot.com)

Our new working paper shows how a single choice by many social media platforms—to treat all resharing as if from the original poster—can drastically reshape our understanding of the social dynamics on those platforms. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv…

So what have I learnt about #misinformation research? I tried to condense it into a list of the 5 biggest challenges the field faces. Second story in my package of stories about misinformation research is up here (and thread to come): science.org/content/articl…

Psychological “inoculation”: A strategy for combating #misinformation can help people distinguish truth from falsehood – when combined with reminders to focus on accuracy, Cornell University-led research finds. #podcast Nature Human Behaviour CornellArts&Sciences Gordon Pennycook news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/1…

.Gordon Pennycook et al. found that while psychological inoculation helps detecting misinformation at scale globally, it may not be effective unless it is combined with accuracy reminders. @STWorg David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Adam Berinsky Hause Lin nature.com/articles/s4156…

An interview with the scientists who created Debunkbot, an AI/LLM that reliably reduces belief in conspiracy theories via back-and-forth chat: youarenotsosmart.com/2024/10/29/yan… ( featuring Tom Costello - David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social - Gordon Pennycook )

"On the role of analytic thinking in religious belief change: Evidence from over 50,000 participants in 16 countries" ✍️Michael N Stagnaro & Gordon Pennycook Key finding: Reflection is associated with belief change independent of the direction of change. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are AIs the misinformation machines? Or are we humans the originals? In our latest episode of the Behavioral Design Podcast, Gordon Pennycook schools Samuel Salzer 🇺🇦 and I on all things BS and misinfo. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/behav…

This is a very cool paper by two of my fav people! Many studies have shown that more reflective people believe in God less. This paper shows that *changing* belief (in either direction) is ALSO associated with reflectiveness. Higher CRT = more willing to update beliefs

‼️ NEW WORKING PAPER ‼️ Can a conversation with ChatGPT reduce certainty in false or unsupported beliefs? If so, is this because AI as a source is particularly persuasive? OSF preprint: doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… (Feedback welcome!) Here is a not so short 🧵: