Stav Atir @stavatir.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Very cool that our paper got featured on SJDM. After taking an intro finance class, students know more finance than they did before - but also think they know more made-up finance terms. Essentially, intro education helps us know what we know, but not what we don't know. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ 130
Stav Atir @stavatir.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Thinking about a PhD program in organizational behavior or social psychology? Come work with me! My lab studies when people are overconfident about their knowledge/learning, alongside work on how language and communication shape inequality. More: stavatir.com and business.wisc.edu/phd/stavatir.comStav AtirI am an Assistant Professor studying behavioral science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 030
Stav Atir @stavatir.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I'm excited to be giving a TEDxOshkosh talk this fall, Nov. 15! It's about one of my favorite research projects, showing that people learn more than they expect from conversations with strangers. Tix and more info: www.tedxoshkosh.com/attend/speak... @tedxoshkosh.com #TEDxOshkosh #TEDxOshkosh2025tedxoshkosh.comSpeakers and TalksTEDxOshkosh speakers and talks 072
Stav Atir @stavatir.bsky.social · 25/07/2025🎇 Our recent paper on the effect of introductory education on meta knowledge 👇 120
Stav Atir @stavatir.bsky.social · 31/01/2025When everything feels familiar, that's exactly when you should be least sure you know it all. Our research shows that familiarity creates a spillover effect -making people report they know concepts they’ve never encountered. The paper with @daviddunning6.bsky.social and Emily Rosenzweig in OBHDP:authors.elsevier.com 186
Reposted by Stav AtirMarkus Brauer @markusbrauer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Exciting news! A paper I wrote with Mitch Campbell, Andrea Miller, and my former lab manager Kevin Kennedy about a pro-diversity intervention for marginalized students was selected for SPSP/Sage/PSPB’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Collection! 🎉 More here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec... 063
Reposted by Stav Atirkoenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Research by @stavatir.bsky.social & Risen suggests explaining learned material—a very effective learning strategy—is underused because of the self-threatening nature of knowledge reflection involved in explaining, and offers remedies to overcome this reluctance: buff.ly/4g2sxyX 042