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With the fall semester gearing up, I wanted to mention that I am on the post-doc market this cycle! My research examines strategies for reducing intergroup bias and creating environments in which targets of bias can thrive.🧵

*Very* excited for this paper-led by amazing Cameron Martel (on the job market!)-to be out. He validates a scale for trust in fact-checkers & presents experiments w 14k subjects showing that fact-checker warnings reduce misinfo belief + sharing even among those low in trust!

I am recruiting 🚨grad students🚨postdocs🚨visiting scholars🚨for 2025! My lab UC San Diego study⭐️person perception⭐️social cognition⭐️using experimental, cross-cultural, computational methods & more! 👉Lab: shorturl.at/kq4qu 👉Grad (DDL Dec 4): shorturl.at/NSkoU

🚨Out in Science!🚨 Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya? WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%! -Lasts over 2mo -Works on entrenched beliefs -Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 1/

DebunkBot, an AI chatbot designed by researchers to “very effectively persuade” users to stop believing conspiracy theories, made significant and long-lasting progress at changing people’s convictions, a new study found. nyti.ms/3zjMfXI

Misinformation is harmless? “Federal emergency response personnel directed employees…in hard-hit Rutherford County, N.C., to stop working and move to a different area because of concerns over “armed militia” threatening government workers.” washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/1…

📢 PhD position in human, ape, or dog cognition Johns Hopkins University - please RT! We study how animals think, & what makes the human mind unique Deadline: Dec 1 Learn more here: social-cognitive-origins.com And here: social-cognitive-origins.com/join-our-team.… And in QT'd thread

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

One key skill in science and in life is knowing when to leave. I switched labs in my second year of grad school, then switched jobs in my second year on the tenure track. Better to admit that you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room.

Hi all! Maryam Kouchaki and I will be recruiting a shared lab manager through Kellogg's Behavioral Research Fellow program. Please apply and forward to interested RAs who are interested in pursuing PhDs. More info here: kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-rese…

Just a reminder that I'm recruiting a grad student at Florida this fall! If you find boredom interesting, and psychological richness weirdly compelling, consider applying! Pumpkin carving and rock painting skills a bonus. Applications due 12/1, see website for details

Me in a cab in NYC pretending to be a local (Jay Van Bavel, PhD and Tessa West waved it down for me bc I was scared lol)

Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛 In this piece for nature, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓Academic Mom, PhD 🔗nature.com/articles/d4158…

If you’re at #psynom24, check out my lab’s posters today! Katie Allen finds that while repetition inflates many judgments, it doesn’t create an illusion of creativity (5168) And Phuc Huynh Le counters the intuition that ostracized people share more fake news (6062)

Finally out Nature Human Behaviour🚨 Across a large set of mental states, traits, situations, and faces, and participants in five continents🌎 We showed that face impressions shape inferences of others' momentary thoughts and feelings in various situations nature.com/articles/s4156…

Submitted grades for the third new prep I taught in a row! I am a shell of the person I once was!

🥳I am joining Columbia Department of Psychology at Columbia University July 2025! Looking for🚨lab managers🚨postdocs🚨grad students! Pls RETWEET🙏 We study⭐️person perception⭐️social cognition using experimental, cross-cultural, & computational methods! App👉shorturl.at/5UVPl

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