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David Amodio

@davidamodio.bsky.social
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Social Psychology Prof at University of Amsterdam. Prejudice & social cognition using experimental, computational, neuro, & AI approaches.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Opposition leader Péter Magyar WINS the election for prime minister of Hungary, defeating Putin and Trump’s ally Viktor Orbán. 🇭🇺
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/04/2026
ORBÁN HAS CONCEDED 60% in
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New preprint! w/Tessa Charlesworth & @williambrady.bsky.social: The Psychology of Algorithmic Bias We introduce a psychology-centered framework to specify mechanisms through which human behavior interacts dynamically with AI systems to produce algorithmic bias. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rxu37_v1
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Attending the #SPSP2026 Social Cognition Preconference? I'll see you there! I'll be giving the talk for the Best Paper Award today at 3:45, representing my coauthors on this paper:
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
They keep misspelling "bored"
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"It's all happening": Trump basks in the pomp surrounding his new "Board of Peace"
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Follow for live news updates.
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David Schultner @davidschultner.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Very grateful that our paper was awarded ISCON’s Best 2024 Paper in Social Cognition!! Huge thanks to the fantastic team: Ben Stillerman, @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social , @leorhackel.bsky.social , Damaris Hagen, Nils Jostmann, and @davidamodio.bsky.social 🎊💐
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Wow, we're thrilled by this award! So proud of the team: @davidschultner.bsky.social, Ben Stillerman, @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social, @leorhackel.bsky.social, Damaris Hagen & Nils Jostmann Thanks to @erichehman.bsky.social and the ISCON committee! For a thread on our paper: bsky.app/profile/davi...
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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 26/11/2025
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof). We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice! international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
So, is "When Prophesy Fails"—the foundation of cognitive dissonance theory—debunked? Unclear. The article making this claim is... odd. It describes Festinger and Schachter as leftwing radicals, critiques the political slant of their funding, generally refers to their work as failed... 1/n
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Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist. Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/6)
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Wow. And this is the kind of study that will likely lose funding in our current moment. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Though boys and girls scored similarly on math aptitude tests before starting first grade, the researchers found that it only took four months of formal instruction for a gender gap to emerge. Even after teachers began introducing math a year earlier, this result held true, and kindergarten boys started to score higher than their female counterparts.
"What's causing these differences?" Spelke asked. "We don't know the answer at all, but I think we now have good reason to believe that whatever is causing them is taking place in the schools."
Researchers found that the difference between boys and girls' math scores only narrowed during the pandemic, when in-person instruction at schools stopped and students returned home for online education.
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I had a fantastic time at the Computational Social Cognition Summer School at U of Birmingham! What an amazing resource & opportunity for students. Thanks to organizers @drjocutler.bsky.social Lei Zhang and @thepsychologist.bsky.social & the speakers, instructors, and students!
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 13/08/2025
A huge part of the Republican playbook is to break otherwise beneficial social services and then point to their brokenness as evidence that those things are bad actually so they can justify privatizing or abolishing it. They are very good at doing this because they do it across all sectors.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Well, this is a huge Executive Order power grab... www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 1/3
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Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/07/2025
This is perfect.
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
RIP Ozzy ✌️ Ozzy was my first real concert when I was 14. My ears are still ringing.
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure! My career peak was when he devoted a whole segment to our paper on scarcity & race perception on The Colbert Report (!) And of course he nailed it. Sadly it's not on youtube anymore, but it's on AppleTV (Season 10, Episode 119, on June 16, 2014).
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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Aaron J. Waltke @goodaaron.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly. Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent. You can sign up at the link below! www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉 Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social ‬and Jas Cloutier! @apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🌟 Jim Sidanius has been added to the SPSP Heritage Wall! His social dominance theory revolutionized how we study intergroup relations & inequality. A brilliant theorist, master teacher, and mentor who shaped our field over 44 years. Learn more about his work and legacy: ow.ly/pj7A50WnLfB
Jim Sidanius, Trailblazer in Social Dominance Theory, Added to SPSP Heritage Wall
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Congratulations @page-gould.bsky.social!
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” needs to be added to high school civics curriculums.
University of Virginia
President Resigns
Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025
... www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Seeking WV scientists! My dad (a non-scientist who works with scientists) is leading a FABBS delegation to discuss NIH funding with Senator Capito in August and needs to build the delegation. Please reach out and I’ll put you in touch with him! CC @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Science story about termination of terminations... www.science.org/content/arti...
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Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants
After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
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two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
ALT: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🎉 New face database just dropped! The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods. Thread 🧵👇
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 19/06/2025
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
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The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Call for Manuscript Proposals: Special Issue on Intergroup Allyship
Current Directions in Psychological ScienceEditor: Dr. Sylvia PerryIntergroup allyship–referring to actions taken to support, advocate for, or stand in solidarity with members of marginalized groups b...
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Eddie Harmon-Jones @eddiehj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Even Amsterdam turned out for the #nokings day... With @davidamodio.bsky.social
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"I have never seen a record where racial discrimination by the government is so palpable... Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?" Judge Young (Reagan appointee) ruling in our favor against Trump research cuts. Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
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NIH grant funding restored
Judge rules grant terminations on the basis of DEI and gender identity are discriminatory and illegal
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings Amsterdam MVP
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No Kings Amsterdam!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU. Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Check our new—dare I say provocative—paper in Motivation Science, led by @eddiehj.bsky.social: "Valid Replications Require Valid Methods: Recommendations for Best Methodological Practices With Lab Experiments" psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Sam Pratt @sampratt99.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Some promising trends in the psychology replication crisis since 2004: - Fewer studies publish weak p values (.01 < p < .05) - Studies with weak p values are less likely to get cited - The % of weak p values (26%) is now roughly what we would expect from studies with 80% power.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: (1) Failed states, where criminals contest the government’s hold on power. (2) Authoritarian states, where the government has total, unchecked power." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
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The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/05/2025
Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.
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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Join our @erc.europa.eu funded lab @ki.se! We're hiring a postdoc to explore how humans learn from each other — with fMRI, modeling, & behavioral experiments. 🧠👫 A chance to lead cutting-edge work in social neuro & computational psychology. Apply: shorturl.at/GJQuW
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Postdoctoral Researcher in social/cognitive neuroscience with focus on social learning
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral researcher.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
OECS thematic collections.
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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
When research is done by AI instead of actual human scientists...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2025
Our op-ed in the Guardian addresses the danger of Trump's "Gold Standard Science" executive order. with @cdelawalla.bsky.social @vambros.bsky.social Carol Greider @michaelemann.bsky.social @briannosek.bsky.social
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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
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Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature
This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...
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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🧠 Out now: Handbook of Experimental Social Psychology, edited by Chadly Stern FREE content: doi.org/10.4337/9781... More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... 🔔 Mentioned in www.choice360.org/choice-pick/... @choicereviews.bsky.social #Psychology #PoliticalScience #SocialPsychology
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