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Two more weeks to apply for this position! Please help me by spreading the news to anyone you know who might be interested. Thanks!!

And here is a link to the proofed version, free for a while: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Excited to share our new paper in #ExperimentalEconomics with Alejandro Hirmas & @JoelvdWeele! We explore how #attention influences #decisionmaking, focusing on stimulus-driven vs. goal-directed attention. Read more: rdcu.be/dVDQO

Excited to share our new paper Neuron. Using fMRI, TMS and modelling we show that hippocampus infers responsibility when multiple people achieve an outcome together. With Shuyi Luo, Caroline Harbison Payam Piray and Matthew Rushworth. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🚨 New paper 🚨 Ever wondered how WHO you know predicts what you believe? 👥 In research led by Matthew Facciani is on Threads, we show that personal network composition + cognitive reflection uniquely predict susceptibility to different types of #misinformation: 🔗 shorturl.at/2hPDC

New paper preprint by Chris Frith Sharing the world - a social aspect of consciousness doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… "Our subjective experience of the environment seems objective and becomes a form of common knowledge of the kind that is critical for successful social coordination"

Now out in Nature Communications (lead: Xinming Xu)! How do conversations shape how (and what) people guess about the unknown past and future (e.g., in other people's lives)? Paper/code/data: nature.com/articles/s4146…

Before my mat leave, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the great The Dissenter! We discussed topics of #misinformation & #debunking vs #prebunking approaches to the misinformation threat. 🔗YouTube (tinyurl.com/3fzxvzmw) 🔗Spotify (shorturl.at/t9StG).

Last days to apply!! What are you waiting for? :)

עצה מקצועית (קצת מאוחרת, אבל רלוונטית היום): אל תצפו שוב בסרטונים הקשים של היום הקשה הזה, הם כנראה באמת מצלקים. ניתחנו נתוני אורך של כאלף איש, לבדוק את האפקט של צפייה בסרטונים הזוועות של השביעי באוקטובר ואילך. צפייה בהם הייתה קשורה באופן ספיציפי לעלייה ממושכת בסימפטומים

2nd paper from my new project is out!  How do social interactions affect the creation of knowledge? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧩 Throughout the history of mathematics, social contexts have shaped even the most abstract ideas 💡 [...]

Hernan Anllo will present "Experience and advice consequences shape information sharing strategies" joint with Uri Hertz Prof Nichola Raihani Friday, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Come say hi!!!

Interested in doing a PhD on "climate change and the environment"? pls get in touch - 2 x funded scholarships available at University of Auckland. Deadline 1 Nov ngaarawhetu.org/current-schola…

Exciting news from our lab! Check out our latest paper 'Processing of social closeness in the human brain', now published in Communications Biology. Congrats to Moshe Roseman-Shalem, Shahar Arzy, and our amazing collaborator Robin Dunbar! rdcu.be/dWvF0

hooray, the "Bayesian Models of Cognition" book is out, for all your Bayesian models of cognition needs :) (I contributed to 3 chapters in the book -- development, intuitive physics, theory of mind -- that can be read on the ol' website)

💥PNAS Nexus Special Feature: Polarization & Trust💥 In 2023, we hosted a workshop (co-organized with David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social Yphtach Lelkes Kati Kish Bar-On) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As a result, Michele J. Gelfand, Erik Kimbrough & I led a Special Feature at Nexus comprised of those talks. Short🧵with all contributions:

אכן בתזמון מאוד מעניין (בהעדר מילה טובה יותר), יוצא לו הגליון הזה שנולד מסדנה על קיטוב שעשינו ב MIT לפני כמעט שנה, כשכל הפצעים היו ממש טריים. מי חשב שעד שהגיליון יצא עדיין נהיה בסרט הזה וקיטוב בזמן מלחמה יהפוך מנושא למחקר לחיינו בניכר…

So excited to introduce this new work from myself, Thalia Wheatley , and meghan meyer (@[email protected]) out now in PNASNews! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

🚨Preprint on anxiety & planning biases is updated: osf.io/preprints/psya…! I give examples of (1) how biased task construal leads to repetitive worry and (2) how intolerance of uncertainty + biased sampling leads to generalized worry. Send feedback & thanks to anon reviewers!