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Joakim Sundh

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Researcher in cognitive psychology. Spending most of my work days thinking really hard about probability. Based at Uppsala University. Statistics, metal, wine & cheese.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Aug 12

How do people deal with all those things that probably won’t happen but would be huge disasters if they did? In this article I have tried to briefly summarize what we know, what we don’t know, what we can do, and what we need to find out.

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Human behavior in the context of low-probability high-impact events - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Human behavior in the context of low-probability high-impact events

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fantastiskt! Sällan man ser så lila solnedgångar. Hade kunnat vara ett skivomslag från The Birthday Massacre.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · May 19

Learning how to use semicolons were like learning to ride a bike; it opened up so many new possibilities.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · May 9

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 31

Själv sökte jag på "mugger" när jag letade illustration till en presentation och fick till min förvåning enbart upp bilder på krokodiler. Mugger Crocodile är tydligen engelska ordet för Sumpkrokodil. Gjorde det enda rimliga och skrev om så att det handlade om en krokodil istället för en rånare.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 10

Disentangling Perceptual and Process-Related Sources of Behavioral Variability in Categorization; by Seitz, Jarecki, Rieskamp and Helversen

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 10

Noise in Cognition: Bug or Feature?; by Sanborn et al.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 10

(Ir)rationality of Moral Judgment; by Regenwetter, Currie, Huang, Smeulders and Carlson

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 10

Very pleased that the special section I've edited with some colleagues (none of them on Bluesky, unfortunately) on Enriching Psychological Research by Exploring the Source and Nature of Noise is now published in PPS! Links to all of the articles in the section below.

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Enriching Psychological Research by Exploring the Source and Nature of Noise - Joakim Sundh, Philip Millroth, August Collsiöö, Peter Juslin, 2025

In psychological research, noise is often considered a nuisance that obscures rather than contributes information. This simplification overlooks that noise can ...

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 8

I don't fully buy all of his conclusions and I think that the theory has a few holes, but I think that this kind of human behavior makes a lot more sense if we consider values to be more an emergent phenomenon than an innate trait.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Mar 8

Have you read The Mind is Flat, by Nick Chater? According to his hypothesis, opinions, attitudes etc. are the mind trying to make sense of our behavior, while behavior are governed mostly by habit and improvisation. In that perspective, values are governed by behavior, not the other way around.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Feb 21

I actually tend to find some solace in history podcasts for this exact reason. Of course, this can potentially backfire if the themes get too dark, so careful curation is probably advisable.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Feb 21

I remember our post-seminar discussion on the same theme! I still believe that unless we can find a general purpose definition of "thinking", which I think is very unlikely to happen, this question cannot be meaningfully answered. We'll see if your paper convinces me differently. 🙂

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Jan 17

I don't usually get emotionally invested in celebrity deaths but this one kind of hurts. His works mean a lot to me and from what I could tell he seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Nov 26

Det här var intressant. Kan inte påstå att jag känner känslor fysiskt på det sättet, men det är definitivt inte en abstrakt upplevelse heller. Mer som att växla mellan kvalitativt olika medvetandetillstånd. Märks i hur sinnesintryck gestaltar sig, vilken form tankarna tar osv.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Nov 22

Måste säga att när du nämnde den här fårmålaren sist vi sågs föreställde jag mig inte något så dramatiskt.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Nov 8

Really looking forward to this one! I read it for the first time just recently and it’ll be great hearing your take on it.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Nov 8

Skriver definitivt under på detta. Skulle vilja gå så långt som att säga att det publiceras alldeles för mycket, punkt. Mängden artiklar är i sig ett problem och många gånger hade även bra forskning kunnat publiceras i en artikel istället för fem.

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Beatghoul ⑆⑇⑈⑉ @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · Nov 2

Moomin & Snufkin by Tove Jansson

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Oct 29

”Ja, jag skriver skräck, men det är faktiskt SERIÖS skräck.”

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Oct 29

Upplever att den typen av påklistrat psykologiskt ”djup” återkommer väldigt ofta i modern skräck. Min gissning är att det oftast är något slags nervöst försök att undvika genrestämpeln.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Oct 5

Samtliga konstverk på Chichu Art Museum på Noashima (ändå bara åtta stycken) hade typ den effekten för mig. Det är något alldeles särskilt som händer när man bygger ett museum runt konsten istället för att bara stoppa in konsten i ett hus.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sundh 2024: Surely a wholesaler can also down a glass of champagne if they’re offered one.

Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Human behavior in the context of low-probability high-impact events - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Human behavior in the context of low-probability high-impact events

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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Igor Grossmann, PhD @igi.bsky.social · Jul 31

🌟 First, we're paying homage to Daniel Kahneman! 🏆 His groundbreaking work has blown our minds & changed the way we think about human behavior and decision-making. In ‘Kahneman in Quotes and Reflections,’ scholars from around the world share their favorite wisdom bombs. bit.ly/KQuRe #KahnemanFanClub

Kahneman in Quotes and Reflections

In this retrospective honoring the exemplary psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024), the authors present a curated selection of quotes from the academic community reflecting on his ideas. These s...

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Joakim Sundh @joakimsundh.bsky.social · May 13

Glad you got to see it! I apparently slept right through it…

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