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Ass’t Professor of Psych, University of Kent l Tweeting cutting-edge social science | Political Psychologist, Polarization & Ideology | https://xitter.gq/t.co/gDJbyYczyn

Canterbury UK (via IA,NYC,NL)
Joined April 2009
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Contribute to our upcoming special issue of Political Psychology: “Crowdsourcing the Next Generation of Ideas in Political Psychology.” A radical new approach to academic publishing! Read more at next-gen-ideas.com @manos_tsakiris @LeorZmigrod @_pruthie
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Great insight from Dr @benruisch @KentPsychology in @ClaireGilbodyD's article today
Donald Trump spent “quite a bit of time” rehearsing his mugshot face, a behaviour expert has said 💬 “It’s not an ‘off-the-cuff’ expression, but rather has probably been carefully tailored to communicate a message to his base” trib.al/1sa3xNf
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For our new Crowdsourcing special issue of @Journal_PoPs, we solicited reviews from experts—and (just for fun) the latest AI. We also asked DALL-E to translate researchers' proposals into visual form. The results were...unexpected Here are a few highlights (🧵):
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ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create images that illustrate the underlying mechanisms that drive individuals to seek and defend the status quo even when it is not in their own interest. Each image must show the distinct cultural influences that mold these mechanisms."
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ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create an image representing a political elite telling the Wedge Lie to a crowd of people..."
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ChatGPT-generated prompt: "Create an image of a politician drowning in information overload, trying to hold on to persuasive counterarguments but failing.”
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Chapeau for this amazing work folks! A pity that our proposal didn’t make it to the top 20, but the feedback we received was helpful anyway and shows the enthusiasm of the guest editor board. Also, we now already have a nice visual abstract for a potential future publication! ;)
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The results are in! We've analyzed the expert survey to see which proposals will advance to the next stage. The selected proposals span 17 countries & a stunning range of methods/topics. Thanks again to all who contributed—& stay tuned for more updates! next-gen-ideas.com
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There’s still ONE WEEK LEFT to help shape the next generation of ideas in Political Psychology Have some fun rating cutting-edge research proposals—and in the process, help us democratize scientific publishing @manos_tsakiris @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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It is really not a lot of work to complete this survey and actually fun to read and evaluate some cutting-edge ideas. So help @benruisch @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod & @manos_tsakiris out to complete this survey and shape the future of the discussions in Political Psychology
Stage 2 of an attempt at a democratized publishing system has launched! Pol/social psychologists & pol sci are invited to review abstracts submitted to the special issue of @Political_Psy. Help us (@benruisch @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod @manos_tsakiris) to make this effort a success
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Stage 2 of an attempt at a democratized publishing system has launched! Pol/social psychologists & pol sci are invited to review abstracts submitted to the special issue of @Political_Psy. Help us (@benruisch @_pruthie @LeorZmigrod @manos_tsakiris) to make this effort a success
The Expert Survey is live! If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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A fun and novel way of determining which studies are original, well designed and likely to make a unique contribution. 👇 if you’d like to contribute to the process by evaluating 10 abstracts for the special edition in political psychology. Hope to see more of this in the future!
The Expert Survey is live! If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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Help us by assessing the abstracts submitted for the Special Issue in @Journal_PoPs 👇🏽
The Expert Survey is live! If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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And so, the race has begun! Our proposal ( @KalishYuval and me - representing @WHU_edu ) is one of many very interesting topics. If you are interested in the future of political science research, feel free to join the experts ratings here : next-gen-ideas.com/expert
The Expert Survey is live! If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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The Expert Survey is live! If you didn't submit to our special issue but still want to shape the next generation of ideas in political psych—click the link In 15 min, you'll help democratize scientific publishing by choosing what YOU want to see in print next-gen-ideas.com/expert
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Our new crowdsourced special issue of Political Psychology received nearly TWO HUNDRED submissions. A huge thanks to all who contributed! Stay tuned to see a breakdown of the hottest topics and methods—and, of course, details on the expert survey! next-gen-ideas.com/
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After terrorist attacks, people’s support for their government spikes—termed the “rally-round-the-flag effect” New work shows this effect is even more robust than we thought—emerging even in weak states w/ frequent terrorism and no real power to fight back onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Social isolation hurts. New research shows that during pandemic lockdown, people coped with solitude by listening to nostalgic music—music from their adolescence and the distant past. Further analyses suggested this was driven by loneliness, not boredom. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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