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Daniel Yudkin

5 months

I'm launching a new monthly newsletter about morality, mind, and society called The Partial Spectator. My first post is about how I decided to step away from academia and move to New Orleans. Check it out below. ✌️

Lessons in marshmallow-hunting

Why I'm stepping away from academia

www.partialspectator.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

How do I reduce a 13,500 word manuscript down to 10,000 words? Wrong answers only.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

Me normally: Me recently:

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

I spent four years learning to run efficient regression analyses in R. Now I've written them into some handy functions so you won't have to. #r #rstats #psychology #DataScience

Custom R Regression Functions You Might Find Useful

Background

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

For those feeling down about the academic job market, I offer my services as your friendly neighborhood downward comparison target. I applied to 30 faculty positions this year. Stats attached. If you’re feeling overlooked or underappreciated these days, you’re in good company.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 months

Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Daniel, and I walked away from academia to live in New Orleans. Success takes many forms.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

JPSP, 2016: Your manuscript doesn't test for mediation, which everyone knows is necessary to show causation. Reject. JPSP, 2021: Your manuscript tests for mediation, which everyone knows is a garbage analysis. Reject.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 months

🚨THRILLED to share new preprint for a project I have been working on for 4+ years. In this work we do a deep-dive into the internet's most fascinating repository of everyday morality: Reddit's Am I the Asshole? (AITA). 🧵

A Large-Scale Investigation of Everyday Moral Dilemmas

Questions of right and wrong are central to daily life, yet how people experience everyday moral dilemmas remains uncertain. We combined state-of-the-art tools in machine learning with survey-based...

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

I am in total disbelief: a project I have been working on for EIGHT YEARS was just accepted for publication. 🙀😂🤩🥳

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

In this article, I argue that because liberals and conservatives use different moral languages to talk about social problems, it can lead our political divide to appear wider than it really is.

Opinion | The Psychology of Political Polarization (Published 2018)

Our country is divided, but science suggests the rift is less severe than it seems.

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 month

RIP to brilliant scientist and Nobel Laureate Danny Kahneman, the only psychologist I’ve ever fanboyed hard enough over to take a selfie with.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

***OUT TODAY IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS*** Results of a decade-long investigation on how the "mere presence" of others changes our moral values. Title: "Binding Moral Values Gain Importance in the Presence of Close others" @natcomms THREAD 1/n

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

tfw when you realize that the reason your analyses are taking so long is that they are actually a snail

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

Thread. THRILLED to announce the acceptance of a 5-year project at Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. In this paper, co-authors @marjorie_rhodes , @jayvanbavel and I investigated "costly third-party punishment" in kids age 3-6. LINK:

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

Excited but most of all *relieved* to share a sneak preview of a project NINE years in the making on how people's moral values change based on whom they are currently with, now in press at Nature Communications @NatureComms THREAD 1/5

Binding Moral Values Gain Importance in the Presence of Close Others

A key function of morality is to regulate social behavior. Research suggests moral values may be divided into two types: binding values, which govern behavior in groups, and individualizing values,...

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Changing my relationship status with academia to "it's complicated."

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Just learned that a paper I have been working on for over 6 years has been accepted in principle and I am over the 🌓

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

🚨🚨🚨NEW PAPER ALERT!🚨🚨🚨 My colleagues @mollycrockett , @annayahprosser , @katerpickle , Alek Chakroff, S. Megan Heller, and I are delighted to announce the publication of a 7-year project on transformative experiences at secular mass gatherings. 1/n

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Hi! My name is Andromeda, or Andie for short. I’m named after an Indian or Israeli princess from Greek mythology renowned for her beautiful dark complexion. I’m new here—I arrived on May 12th (the same birthday as my dad!). So tell me—what are your favorite things to do on Earth?

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 months

It's been six months since I made the decision to walk away from my dream of being a professor. In the moment, it felt like a part of me was dying. Now I've never felt more alive: more open to possibilities, to creative ways of applying my talents and energy. Never…

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 months

For the 12 years I was in academia, I invested every fiber of my being into publishing scientific papers. Now I'm investing every fiber of my being into changing the world. It's the most liberating feeling.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

Total brag but I don’t care: cut from my high school soccer team, I never considered myself particularly athletic. This year at age 33 I’ve discovered a passion and purity in mid-distance running. And I just ran my first FIVE-MINUTE MILE!! 🤩🤩🤩🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

I'm thrilled to share this recently published field study on the positive social and emotional impact of #psychedelic substance use. The paper represents a huge effort among many collaborators. But it also caps off an important chapter in my own life:

Transformative experience and social connectedness mediate the mood-enhancing effects of psychede...

Past research suggests that use of psychedelic substances such as LSD or psilocybin may have positive effects on mood and feelings of social connec...

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

My coauthors @rystoli @NeilLewisJr and I have an article out today in @TrendsCognSci about an unexplored aspect of the relationship between academia and private industry, and its implications for diversity in psychological science. THREAD #AcademicChatter

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

I spent my life wondering if I’d ever find someone I wanted to take this insane leap of faith called marriage with. With Vani there’s no question. She’s taught me what it means to have a partnership that makes the world seem even bigger and more exciting than it was before.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

Thrilled to announce I've accepted a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Social and Behavioral Science Initiative at UPenn ( @SBSI_UPenn ). Honored to join an already stellar intellectual community: @corenapicella , @jonbaron1944 , @kris_m_smith , @ExistWell , G. Goodwin, M. Seligman, et al.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

Excited to share I've been selected to be a Synergy Scholar at the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. I'll be working with @kurtjgray and Geoff Goodwin to investigate the psychology of moral conflict in daily life.

Center for the Science of Moral Understanding

www.moralunderstanding.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

#psychology tweeps: has anyone successfully taught introductory R over Zoom? I'm trying to figure out a way to do it that's not hair-pullingly boring. All tips, tricks, advice welcome! #AcademicChatter #RStats

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

What a difference 28 years makes. My dad insisted on taking pictures of me on my first day of school from pre-k to college. Here I am on my first day of kindergarten—and the first day of my Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Social and Behavioral Science Initiative at...

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

Thanks @washingtonpost for profiling my forthcoming report with @MiC_Global on the “Perception Gap.” Dems and Reps have an abysmal understanding of each other’s beliefs. We look at what helps and hurts, and why this matters. More to come. #PerceptionGap

Opinion | Democrats and Republicans are very bad at guessing each other’s beliefs

Political polarization distorts reality. Here’s proof.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

I’m excited to see that some research I’ve been involved in is being applied in a political context with significant national implications. THREAD 1/n

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Is anyone else shocked by how low these salary numbers are or have I just been naive?

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@ErinWestgate

2 years

It's negotiation time on the TT psych job market! Earlier today @feadeh asked some questions....we have answers. About ~ 120 job market veterans told us about their offers (back in 2020). First up, salary! R1's paid the most (esp b-schools) 1/n

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

And now for something completely different. I'm excited to share that on Friday, April 1st (no joke), I'll be releasing the first two singles from a year-long project: my first solo jazz piano EP, "Pure Imagination." Stay tuned for links at all music streaming services! 🎼

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 year

#twitterverse I need some help: I'm looking for a platform where online workers (e.g., Prolific) can connect and play economic games (e.g., a sharing game) in real time. I know these exist; can someone point me in the right direction?

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

Classic box plots don't won't cut it in psych journals because they show the median, not the mean. I wrote a set of functions to help you create box plots ready-made for psychological science, and describe how to use them in this handy article. Enjoy!

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

7 years

@MattWalshBlog Life begins at conception #thingsJesusneversaid

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Psychologist here confirming that oxytocin is a helluva drug

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 months

Me: 😱 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 😭 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 🤬 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 😳 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 🫤 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 🤔 My wife: You don’t need academia Me: 🤩 Vani, you’re the best. ❤️

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

I think it’s time for a collective scream.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

In early 2018 my wonderful colleagues at More in Common and I started working on a project to better understand the "core beliefs" that animate everyday Americans. We discovered that 67% of Americans belong to what we termed the "Exhausted Majority." THREAD 1/n

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Me on a Friday night in 2019: Cant wait to go out dancing with my friends 🕺🏻 Me on a Friday night in 2022: Cant wait to put on my special weekend socks 🧦

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 month

Cool new paper showing people find more common ground and feel more social connection than they predict when having conversations with political opponents--even on challenging topics! By K. Wald, M. Kardas, N. Epley

Misplaced Divides? Discussing Political Disagreement With Strangers Can Be Unexpectedly Positive -...

Differences of opinion between people are common in everyday life, but discussing those differences openly in conversation may be unnecessarily rare. We report ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

💥Excited to share that w/ co-authors Sudeep Bhatia ( @sdpbht ) and Geoff Goodwin at @SBSI_UPenn I've been awarded a generous grant from the @templeton_fdn entitled "Am I the A-hole for Lying: A Large-Scale Investigation of Honesty in Daily Life" 💥 THREAD

Am I The A-Hole for Lying?.pdf

drive.google.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

@Shawpsych Actually as a social scientist I have used questions like this to help ensure people are paying attention. No idea if that was the intention here, though.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

The *best* part of moving into a new apartment has been the opportunity to find exciting new uses for everyday household items, like:

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

9 days

If you want to understand moral psychology, you need to understand relationships. Thanks @SigalSamuel for a great writeup in @voxdotcom of our recent work on Reddit's "Am I the Asshole?" Paper here: Article here:

Philosophers are studying Reddit’s "Am I the Asshole?"

In which philosophy tries to understand how normal people think about morality.

www.vox.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Me when I get three likes on a tweet

Dr Meming

@Dr_Meming

2 years

Me, when my paper gets cited more than once @OpenAcademics #academictwitter

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Two decades ago, I got cut from my HS soccer team and was told I wasn't aggressive enough to be a good athlete. Two years ago, I picked up jogging as a way to stay fit. Yesterday, I completed the Brooklyn Half Marathon in 91:22, placing 388th out of 21,973🏃‍♂️

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

Well, the job market hasn't been the kindest this go-round, but the community wildly so. Thanks everyone for the support!

Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

For those feeling down about the academic job market, I offer my services as your friendly neighborhood downward comparison target. I applied to 30 faculty positions this year. Stats attached. If you’re feeling overlooked or underappreciated these days, you’re in good company.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

6 years

Excited to announce a new preprint, "Actions Speak Louder than Outcomes in Judgments of Prosocial Behavior" with @mollycrockett & @annayahprosser . People are more approving of "feel-good" actions than beneficial ones. .

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

Calling scientists at all stages & disciplines: my colleagues @rystoli , @NeilLewisJr , and I are looking at how academic hiring committees view job candidates with non-academic work experience. We’d love you to complete this 2-minute survey (and retweet!):

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@dyudkin

1 year

Serious question for #psych peeps: where and how do you fit "reading interesting-looking research papers" into your daily/weekly workflow? #AcademicChatter

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

5 years

@jayvanbavel Thought this graph, from our recent #PerceptionGap study, was appropriate, though not especially comforting

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

So excited to finally share this collaboration with the amazing @_julia_marshall and @mollycrockett . Our results show that young children punish wrongdoers both to teach them a lesson and to ensure they get their just deserts.

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1 month

@mattyglesias Obvi. How else would I have learned about ‘Ludes’!?

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Daniel Yudkin

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5 years

Excited to share results of a recently published article on the psychology of exploration, with implications for everything from picking a restaurant to breaking up with your significant other. #psychology @NYUPsych #exploration #search

Psychological Distance Promotes Exploration in Search of a Global Maximum

Agents must sometimes decide whether to exploit a known resource or search for potentially more profitable options. Here, we investigate the role of psychological distancing in promoting exploratory...

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

New by me for CNN: the most informed people are also among the *worst* at understanding their political opponents. Thanks to @CNN and @yaffanyc for featuring our ongoing research at @MiC_Global . #PerceptionGap @HiddenTribesUS @dixontim @mlefevre1976

CNN Opinion

@CNNOpinion

4 years

. @dyudkin of @MiC_Global writes that many Democrats and Republicans will happily proclaim endlessly about politics. But despite their confidence, "there's a startling blind spot in their understanding: what the other side actually believes." #fracturedusa

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Daniel Yudkin

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2 months

Thank God for @Outlook . When I used @gmail , I loved reading and responding to emails. Now, thanks to Outlook's unintuitive and clunky design, I hate it! It's really boosted my productivity. #grateful

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 months

TIP: NEVER LOSE TRACK OF ANOTHER #R PLOT. Q: Do you make multiple drafts of R scripts? Q: Do you ever find yourself looking at a saved plot, asking, "Which script did that plot come from?" Solution: *Watermark your plots* See how below 👇

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

When I was a child my grandparents gave me a special menorah. It sat in a drawer after I left for college. Something about this year made me want to light those candles again. Happy first night of Hanukkah.

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@dyudkin

2 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this but you can import your data directly from Qualtrics into R with a simple function. Just install the qualtRics package and define the function below. Then pass your study name: data <- import_study("qualtrics_study_name") Voilà! #RStats

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5 years

Thrilled that an article based on research I helped conduct, showing that social media isn’t real life (I know, incredible), appeared on the front page of today’s New York Times! @MiC_Global @HiddenTribesUS @dixontim @miriamjtg

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@dyudkin

4 years

My incredible sister is featured in the @nytimes today and I’m beaming with #Pride

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@dyudkin

5 years

Had a great time speaking with BBC World News ( @BBCWorld ) yesterday about More in Common ( @MiC_Global 's) new work on political misperceptions. #PerceptionGap @HiddenTribesUS

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 year

@CDelawalla I’m a jazz pianist. Check out my solo album on Spotify!

Pure Imagination

Daniel Yudkin · Ep · 2022 · 5 songs.

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@dyudkin

5 years

Overall, the results add to growing evidence of how, even at a very young age, humans are predisposed to encourage good behavior in others. /fin @NYUScience @nyuniversity @NYUPsych

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@dyudkin

4 years

All these years searching for happiness...little did I know the secret was writing a mildly popular tweet.

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@dyudkin

2 months

TAKEAWAYS - Everyday morality is richer & more varied than is often reflected in lab studies - Much of morality concerns understudied questions of what we owe friends, family, & coworkers - Many other dilemmas warrant more investigation, including privacy, feelings, & honesty 🧵

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@dyudkin

2 years

Don’t tempt me…

Abdel Abdellaoui

@dr_appie

2 years

Industry scientists seem to be more satisfied than those in academia 🧑🏽‍🔬💰 Academia must step its game up

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4 years

Maybe the best thing about this code is the way that it allows you to efficiently store and input variables for regression analysis, then outputs them in apa-ready format. This my first public code-related post so feedback is greatly appreciated!

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7 years

Excited to share my first-ever @nytimes article: The Roots of Implicit Bias. Race bias may just be group bias.

Opinion | The Roots of Implicit Bias (Published 2016)

It’s not about racism per se. It’s about us versus them.

www.nytimes.com

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5 years

This important study shows that mental inflexibility is related to more to political partisanship than conservatism. @HiddenTribesUS @MiC_Global @LeorZmigrod

The partisan mind: Is extreme political partisanship related to cognitive inflexibility?

The rise of partisan animosity, ideological polarization, and political dogmatism has reignited important questions about the relationship between psychological rigidity and political partisanship....

psycnet.apa.org

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@dyudkin

1 month

The biggest still-unanswered question in moral psych is what happens when values conflict. Even if you defend MFT by arguing COVID activated libertarian foundations, we still have no theory of when one value will take precedence over another.

Kurt Gray

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Theories need to be falsifiable. There is no more obvious threat to disease-related purity than Covid, and yet the pandemic didn’t move the needle?

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@dyudkin

4 years

Proud to be a part of this project using research insights from social science to help protect the integrity of our upcoming election.

More in Common US

@MoreInCommon_US

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Today we launch #democracyforpresident , a new initiative to build confidence in the integrity of the 2020 election! Insights, tools, and resources at

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The best paper I've ever coauthored is Prosocial Correlates of Transformative Experience at Multi-Day Mass Gatherings (Nature Comms). In the SOM we show that dancing was an important factor in prosocial change. Was it at Burning Man? Yes, yes it was.…

Erik Hoel

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They buried the lede on this new study. It's not that exercise beats out SSRIs for depression treatment, but that *just* dancing has the largest effect of *any treatment* for depression. That's kind of beautiful.

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@paulbloomatyale @jayvanbavel A perfect example of the illiberal left. I disagree therefore you must retract.

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Actually, alcohol is the f-ing worst. At a naturalistic experiment at mass gatherings, my colleagues and I found that use of only one substance predicted *decreased* affect, connectedness, and feelings of personal transformation: alcohol.

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A lot of truth to this meme. Even in our own society, we thrived back when we were a country full of nicotine-addicted alcoholics. I'm not saying we should be nicotine-addicted alcoholics, but clearly tobacco and alcohol do not prevent a society from becoming great. Every great…

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I finally made it. I finally have a friend in Brooklyn with a pool. #blessed #startedfromthebottomnowwerehere

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Mood

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@ActuallyItsDr I actually just did this and it saved me ~500 words

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Cindy, the woman who cleans my house, calls today “Old Year’s Day” and I love it.

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@primalpoly This is a great thread! But it left me wondering: after obtaining all this experience, what policy changes would *you* recommend to address our country’s gun problem?

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Had a blast hopping onto this adorable multicolored piano on NYC's Little Island last week and dusting off some old jazz standards (heard here: Misty). Even made $7 in tips! Thanks to the @MiC_Global team for a wonderful afternoon.

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We also created a shiny app where you can explore all this data for yourself, seeing which dilemmas are more common in which situational and relational contexts: 8/n

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@dyudkin

4 years

I started my #psych PhD at the age of 25 after spending three years living in Paris and Nicaragua. I learned more about people in that time than I could have from any textbook. There’s no one “right path” in academia.

Mitchell Mazzone

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Fellow PhD students: how old were you when you started your program? I just turned 26, & I've already been told a handful of times by others that I'm "very old" for a First Year & I definitely think I'm the oldest in my cohort!

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@NinaStrohminger excuse me. Postdoc.

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4 years

I'm genuinely surprised at the level of positive reaction to this post. To me it suggests three things: 1. There remains a great need for user-friendly functions that streamline everyday operations in R (1/2)

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@dyudkin

4 years

I spent four years learning to run efficient regression analyses in R. Now I've written them into some handy functions so you won't have to. #r #rstats #psychology #DataScience

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@Leesplez My collaborators and I have developed a 30-item taxonomy of moral behaviors that capture 99%+ of all "Am I The Asshole" posts Reddit (according to independent raters). It's not published yet so it may not be what you're looking for but DM me if you're interested :)

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@dyudkin

2 years

Started griping to my wife about family-members’ Covid philosophy and then realized the exact same conversation is happening in every household across America. Stay sane, everyone.

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5 years

Overall, we found that around 50% closed the slide and punishment rates increased with age. Even kids as young as 3-4 showed rates of punishment that differed significantly from 0.

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There are some wonderful job opportunities coming down the pipeline at @MoreInCommon_US : Senior Researcher: Research Fellows: Please share widely!

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

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In the past decade, Effective Altruism has motivated people to give hundreds of millions of dollars to charity. In this post, I argue that EA's foundational theory, utilitarianism, overlooks a core feature of morality: honoring relational obligations.

Effective Altruism is a Trampoline

What a controversial theory tells us about ourselves

www.partialspectator.com

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 year

Having a baby is a wonderful experience that reveals new kinds of joy. Having a sick baby is a unique form of torture I would not wish on my worst enemy. Lesson: have a baby. Do not have a sick baby.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

3 years

Filling out job apps like: I am not a protected veteran I am not a protected veteran I am not a protected veteran I am not a protected veteran I am not a protected veteran I am not a protected veteran I am not a pro

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

4 years

The people have spoken. I will now start sharing 29% of my thoughts on Twitter. 43.4% of my thoughts I'll take to the grave.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

6 years

Notice Trump’s missing option. This is what lying looks like.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

8 years

My first first-author paper, on reflexive intergroup bias in punishment, just published @jayvanbavel @natashathalla

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

1 year

Petition to move the holidays to sometime other than the statistically most likely time for someone to be sick

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

6 years

@KatMcKinley @OutOfMiddleClas @benshapiro In Florida, you have to be 21 to buy a handgun. To buy an AR-15 you only need to be 18. Keep dwelling in ignorance.

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Daniel Yudkin

@dyudkin

2 years

This is one of the most compelling and thought-provoking analyses I’ve seen in a long time, and has made me reflect on some of my own views. 💥💥💥

Thomas Zimmer

@tzimmer_history

2 years

Not polarization, but radicalization of the Right. This critique by @JRubinBlogger is crucial. I am researching the history of the #polarization idea and how it rose to become a defining narrative of our time, and I’d like to add some thoughts. A (long) thread: 1/

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