Not all patriotism/nationalism is equal. Maryna Kołeczek et al. empirically dissociate wanting to *glorify* and wanting to *improve* one's country. Reasoning abilities correlated negatively with the former and positively with the latter. N ≅ 2500 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A belief that ingroup and the former adversary suffered during the conflict increases willingness to meet former adversaries - instigating positive changes in intergroup relations in post-conflict societies Gerardo doi.org/10.1177/136843…

Definitely something relatable ... Betablockers and benzodiazepines definitely help for presentation itself, yet three days before or after any conference I cant focus on anything else ....

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 For a special issue of #PAC: “Social Norms and Peace” 🕊 co-edited by Islam Borinca, PhD, Mario Sainz Martínez & Theofilos Gkinopoulos. Submissions due 7th October at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Details in the thread 🧵

Happy to share a new paper by members of our lab Mirjana Rupar , Sylvie Graf & Shpend Voca. Early view publication on topic of positive and negative mass-mediated contact and reconciliation is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… .

Another great news! Mirjana Rupar has been awarded a MINIATURA grant by Narodowe Centrum Nauki. She will pursue a project "Can Stories About Intergroup Help During the War Promote Reconciliation? The Mediating Role of Moral Elevation". Congrats!

The science of intergroup bias We made a TED-Ed video to explain the famous minimal groups studies, the roots of discrimination, and social identity theory (Dominic Packer) It opens with the story of the town of bent necks we describe in Power Of Us youtube.com/watch?v=fNUQ8R…

⚡️New Paper in EJSP⚡️ What affected changes in #prejudice and behavior that should limit the #COVID19 transmission (anti-COVID behavior) during the pandemic? 😷Anti-COVID behavior by norms 🤝Prejudice by intergroup contact 😨No effect of fear of COVID ‼️ doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2…

Social psychologists from over 60 countries tell us of the difficulties and inequalities they face in producing their research. We see further evidence of multiple system failures affecting the field and academia more broadly. Now out, open access JSPP

I've spent hours experimenting with using multiple large language models (LLMs) such as Bard AI, GPT-4, GPT-3.5 and Bing AI for academic research. They're extremely powerful but with some very painful pitfalls. Here's my guide to using LLMs as your personal research assistant:

ChatGPT is just the tip of the iceberg. 1,000+ AI tools were released in March. Here are the 10 most valuable AI tools to boost your productivity:

I am going to ask a terribly framed question so bear with me: Where can I find a full course in statistics? Not the standard "statistics for social sciences" or "statistics for people who hate maths" but (continued below)

Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior abs: arxiv.org/abs/2304.03442 project page: reverie.herokuapp.com/arXiv_Demo/

Do Good Citizens Look to the Future? To find out, check our recently published paper - doi.org/10.1177/014616…

I can't be prouder to be a part of the research team that Sylvie Graf leads.

📢 New Publication Alert!📚 New research of Mirjana Rupar @Shpend and Sylvie Graf explores the link between descriptive and injunctive social norms and reconciliation in Kosovo. Check it out psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-56…

Excited to announce a new collaboration with IRTIS and the Department of Statistical Modelling (Czech Academy of Sciences), examining how digital technologies influence well-being. Check out project details here: digiwell-opjak.cz/en/home/

🗳️📊New publication alert! Mirjana Rupar and collagues showed that constructive patriotism was linked to voting intentions across various elections in Poland, Spain, and Croatia. jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp…

Laura K Taylor 💙💛 UppsalaPeaceConflict Peacebuilding Journal Alliance for Peacebuilding PSA Political Psychology Academic Foundation for Peace & Conflict Studies Political Psychology Lab Political Research Quarterly 🕊️ New Study on #SocialNorms and #Reconciliation by Rupar, Shpend, and Graf explores how descriptive and injunctive norms influence reconciliation efforts in post-conflict Kosovo. 👉Read more: doi.org/10.1037/pac000…