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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

We conclude by advocating for a 'psychology of algorithmic bias' and the deeper engagement of computer and data scientists with social and cognitive psychologists—particularly those studying prejudice, social cognition, and decision making. We need fair humans to make a fair AI!

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We further conceptualize ‘algorithmic bias’ as a novel form of implicit prejudice—in which human prejudices are 'laundered' via the opacity of AI—and introduce the idea of a computational level of prejudice that interacts with systemic and individual levels of analysis.

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We then detail mechanisms through which human biases infiltrate AI systems at multiple points of human-AI interaction—from the creation and selection of training data to the consumption and use of algorithmic outputs.

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We argue that an account of *how* human judgment and prejudice interact with AI is key to understanding and mitigating AI bias. Our Human-AI Loop Model describes how societal inequalities are perpetuated by AI systems via human behavioral effects on both the creation of AI and use of its outputs.

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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 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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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The moral of this story (yet again): read the fine print. n/n

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Btw, for those interested in the recent replication attempts of dissonance research, see this excellent thread (6/n): bsky.app/profile/quil...

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

In any case, "When Prophesy Fails" was never considered an actual empirical study, but an intriguing anecdote and theoretical analysis. So if the book is now relegated to the fiction aisle, I think we're with fine that 😁 It's the idea that mattered and all the empirical work it inspired 5/n

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Not sure what to make of the rest of the paper—i.e., the detailed examples of specific events and whether they matched Festinger et al.'s account. The differences often seem small, nuanced, or irrelevant to the theory. But the conclusion—my goodness!—it's a bit much (4/n):

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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

I wondered about the author's background/angle: his affiliation is listed as "Independent Scholar, Washington DC" And in an earlier paper, a letter to the editor in JAMA, as a "Self-employed political consultant, Columbus, Ohio" So, perhaps not a psychologist. A political consultant? Unclear. 3/n

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The paper incorrectly describes the 'New Look' as a leftwing movement that inspired social psychology—New Look actually refers to Bruner's take on motivated perception, or within dissonance, to Cooper's revision of the theory. It reads like a low-key rightwing takedown of social psychology... 2/n

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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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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Is unconscious bias real? @davidamodio.bsky.social points out critiques (people are aware of “implicit bias”) rely on semantics. In experiments, people have biased priors, which leads to biased “learning” (noticing stereotype-consistent info)…and. They aren’t aware and can’t suppress it. #PMIG2025

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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Happy birthday, and CONGRATS on the (very well-deserved) tenure vote!!

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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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David Amodio @davidamodio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Americans in Amsterdam protesting in front of the US consulate on Museumplein!

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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 · 13/06/2025

You’ll have to read beyond the title! :) …but your comment gets at the point of the paper

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