👩🏻🔬 Researcher - Science of social incentives 👀 🔭 Cooperation & Competition; Inequality; Morality; Cultural Change 🍃 Evolutionary & Ecological approaches
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined June 2014
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Rational ≠ Reasonable. Across five studies we find that people deliberately switch standards of “good judgment” depending on the task. in press in Open Mind🔗 doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fc8n…
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Five years ago, @DanTGilbert and Susan Fiske contacted me and @EliJFinkel to join them as editors for the HSP 6th ed. Dan envisioned a completely free, open access edition and I doubted it was possible. Today, Dan proved me wrong, and I present the HSP 6th ed.
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the all-new 6th edition. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com/
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If you design a study to test a prediction, you need to be able to falsify it. In frequentist statistics this is achieved through an equivalence test. You can't have an informative test if you can't prove yourself wrong. Learn about equivalence testing.
lakens.github.io/statistical…
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The HBES 2025 elections are open for all executive positions! HBES members can vote by logging in to the HBES website, and a page will appear with access to the ballot. See for details: hbes.com/hbes-elections-2025…
Have your voice heard!
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Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders: A 25-country study sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Happy to be part of this large-scale project led by the great Lasse Laustsen pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons…
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A reminder that not all replications are equal. Online replications can't always be expected to replicate findings that are contingent upon in-person cues.
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟
Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing)
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens
🧵👇
@NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
Amanda Rotella retweeted
Fascinating results:
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟
Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing)
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens
🧵👇
@NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
Amanda Rotella retweeted
Very cool
1/ 🌟Paper *just* accepted @ PSPB!🌟
Does moral licensing really exist?? 👀(doing a good thing, then a less good thing)
➡️ Many failed replications. Why?
➡️ Using #metaanalysis, we put the effect to the test—to uncover when & why it happens
🧵👇
@NorthumbriaPsych #SocialPsych
Amanda Rotella retweeted
Interested in a postdoc on the modeling of reputation and social dynamics? Contact Eleanor Power or check out jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2… (deadline May 4)
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The European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA) has scheduled their 2026 meeting for April 15-17 in beautiful Leiden, Netherlands... save the date!
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On this day, five years ago, we launched the #Forecasting #Collaborative - which led to worldaftercovid.info/ futurescape.uwaterloo.ca & papers in Am Psych & Nature Human Behaviour nature.com/articles/s41562-0… For the summary in TICS: doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.… Still more forthcoming!
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I am hiring a PhD student to study the relation between disgust and moral cognition. Master's degree required. A background in evolutionary psychology is a big plus. Please circulate!
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph…
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Almost 100k papers have been published in the last year with NIH funding. These are the top 200 most frequent title words from 10k of them. Disrupting NIH will cause incalculable harm to US citizens.
![Top 20 words: [1] "cell" "cancer" "patient" "analysis" "health" "disease" "adult" "effect" "outcome" "protein" "risk" "care" "human" "trial" "clinical" "treatment" "review" "disorder" "impact" "association"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmPyb-CagAAO0t6.png?name=orig)
ALT Top 20 words: [1] "cell" "cancer" "patient" "analysis" "health" "disease" "adult" "effect" "outcome" "protein" "risk" "care" "human" "trial" "clinical" "treatment" "review" "disorder" "impact" "association"
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New research reinforces the link between envy and mass violence: ‘Manifestos of envious mass murderers show narcissism, grievances, and desire for social/romantic status.’ bit.ly/4bJyz70. This aligns with my own research on envy’s role in radicalization.
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Organizations are WEIRD too. Research on companies is mostly done with Western companies (around 80%). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.
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I quickly skimmed the thread and I thought this was last year WEF Global Risks Report, but no! Misinformation and disinformation is AGAIN considered the biggest world short term risk!
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After careful consideration, we've decided that we'll longer be present on this platform. This account is now inactive.
Updates and communitation will be available via our website and on the alternative platform (see below).🦋
Hope to see you at EHBEA 2025 in April! #EHBEA2025
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🚨 FINAL REMINDER! 🚨
⏳ Abstract submissions for #EHBEA2025 close TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT (GMT)!
No extensions this time! Be part of this amazing conference in the vibrant city of Newcastle this April 🌉
Submit here now: ehbea2025.com 🚀
@EHBEA1 #BehaviouralSciences