Nature research paper: Rate and noise in human amygdala drive increased exploration in aversive learning go.nature.com/4lQ2xcW

This still clears as one of the greatest moments ever caught on film. I actually can’t fathom it sometimes.

Interesting analysis. More like this is needed from across the spectrum of researchers.

As someone who studies multiple domains of risk and trust, it’s surprising the number of folks who indicate they’d absolutely do this if put in that situation. And while distrust in experts and institutions is a *huge* problem, trust requires willingness to be vulnerable to

Glad our paper about Canine Vaccine Hesitancy is being read again

This is what Kyle Saunders and I have been saying for a few years now. Everything that gets big enough gets politicized and issue capture is real. Trump exponentiates it.

Do you agree that vaccines, which some people say cause dangerous side effects even though other people say they’re safe, are probably more or less risky than people say they could be? 1) Not very safe 2) Very safe 3) Not sure but probably yes

It also makes it confusing—something you kind of really don’t need if the goal is actually to grow the movement, not just deflect from why you can’t.

Our NBC News Decision Desk poll asked Gen Z adults (18-29 years old) what they consider important to a successful life. The combination of gender and politics produced two very different sets of priorities:

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Strong partisanship. Weak parties.

Turns out we should've been just asking people this whole time

To my knowledge, this is the first publicly available precinct-level estimate of Presidential support by demographic on a national scale. Here’s a quick demo of how it works:

Is Belief in Conspiracies Theories More Prevalent Among Republicans and Conservatives? A recent article in Political Behavior by Enders, Farhart, Miller, Uscinski, Saunders, and Drochon finds the answer is no: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #PoliticalScience #research 🧵(1/7)

as a vegan who doesn’t drink beer, watch football or know how to drive and holds an advanced degree, i feel uniquely positioned to understand the median american voter