Fun episode this week with Dr. Tessa Charlesworth and her interesting research on the macro-level changes in public beliefs and attitudes over time.

People become experts in things they love, but by doing so, they lose their sense of joy that led them to become experts. "Across seven studies... we found consistent evidence that expertise leads to emotional numbness" Refocusing on your emotional reactions brings the joy back!

AOM folks, come have fun with words! And learn about using state-of-the-art text analysis to understand organisations. Today at 12 noon in Hynes 303, with rising stars Matt Rocklage Dr. Tessa Charlesworth Madison Singell Academy of Management #NLProc #textasdata

I'm very excited to share this one. Russ is a legend, and his research has pushed psychology forward in a lot of ways over the years. Also, we recorded this at WOSU Public Media, so both of our voices were captured by those smooth, smooth public radio mics. Check it out and share!

Critics suffer. People become experts in things they love, but they lose their sense of joy as a result "Across seven studies... we found consistent evidence that expertise leads to emotional numbness." Refocusing on your emotional reactions, like Ego did,👇 brings the joy back!

🚨 NEW RESEARCH 🚨 Expressing certainty can increase persuasion. But might the way people communicate (speaking vs writing) shape how much certainty they express? -Speaking leads people to express less certainty -Which reduces their communications' impact t.ly/4uWJ5

Check out our latest piece! w/ jonah berger & Matt Rocklage

Our group at MIT is hiring an assistant professor! Come join our wonderful crew Rahul Bhui Dean Eckles Drazen Prelec Catherine Tucker Dr. Renée Gosline Sinan Aral Duncan Simester, John Hauser, JuanJuan Zhang. Applications due Aug 12 - happy to answer any qs! apply.interfolio.com/149758

🚨 Preprint Alert 🚨osf.io/preprints/psya… How do we aggregate emotional information on social media feeds, and are we accurate in our estimation of what other people feel? Our new paper suggests that we tend to amplify aggregated emotional content. Check out our thread. 🧵

1/7: 📢 New pre-print alert! Matt Rocklage, Mohsen Mosleh, David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social and I challenge the common belief that confidence is purely a driver of misinformation susceptibility. Our results show that confidence in specific judgments might actually improve truth discernment. A 🧵👇

🚨 Out in JPSP! 🚨 Ever found that your social media feed feels more emotionally intense than it really is? We show how the aggregation of emotional intensity across posts leads to overestimation of emotional intensity on social media. 📄 psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-46… APA Journals