Abdo Elnakouri
@abdoe.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @uh.edu. Interested in how worldviews are shaped and how they can be changed 🗺️🧠👀. Previously @KelloggSchool @UWaterloo
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Abdo Elnakouri
@abdoe.bsky.social
· Oct 6
WIM Lab
www.abdoelnakouri.com
Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
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✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇
Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
WIM Lab
www.abdoelnakouri.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
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What kinds of conversations spark instant connection?
Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.bsky.social.
We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.bsky.social.
We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | You’re Probably Doing Small Talk Wrong
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What kinds of conversations spark instant connection?
Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.bsky.social.
We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.bsky.social.
We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
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📢JOB POSTING: Senior Director for the Center for Enlightened Disagreement (CED).📢
@nourkteily.bsky.social and I seek a strategic leader to help us build the Center (see ensuing post for information about CED).
Target salary range: $125,000-$155,000.
1/2
careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...
@nourkteily.bsky.social and I seek a strategic leader to help us build the Center (see ensuing post for information about CED).
Target salary range: $125,000-$155,000.
1/2
careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...
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August 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📢JOB POSTING: Senior Director for the Center for Enlightened Disagreement (CED).📢
@nourkteily.bsky.social and I seek a strategic leader to help us build the Center (see ensuing post for information about CED).
Target salary range: $125,000-$155,000.
1/2
careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...
@nourkteily.bsky.social and I seek a strategic leader to help us build the Center (see ensuing post for information about CED).
Target salary range: $125,000-$155,000.
1/2
careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...
Don’t miss out on applying to this dream post doc! 🫵🏽🔥
Are you interested in topics related to conflict and intergroup relations *broadly construed*? Come join us as a postdoc in the Dispute Research Research Center! This position is up to 3 years, comes with your own research funding, and a phenomenal network of past DRRC postdocs.
Apply now for Kellogg’s DRRC Postdoc Fellowship, which supports outstanding research in conflict and cooperation, offering dedicated time for scholarship, access to exceptional resources, and a vibrant academic community. Deadline: Nov 1.
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t.co/UDZwJCqDw5
August 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don’t miss out on applying to this dream post doc! 🫵🏽🔥
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New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts.
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
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Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
🧵👇
July 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts.
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
🧵👇
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
🧵👇
July 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts.
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
🧵👇
Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics
🧵👇
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Thrilled to share that my first first-authored publication is officially out (soon to be in press at Social Cognition)! 🚀
"From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition"
📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
"From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition"
📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thrilled to share that my first first-authored publication is officially out (soon to be in press at Social Cognition)! 🚀
"From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition"
📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
"From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition"
📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Are there contexts where expressing intellectual humility (IH) can backfire? On established or morally convicted topics, the positive impacts of perceived high (vs. low) IH on competence and warmth are attenuated or reversed.
Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...
Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...
Are There Consequences of Expressing Intellectual Humility Toward Claims Perceived as Established or Moral Truths? Implications for Judgments of Expresser’s Competence and Warmth - Jonah Koetke, Karin...
Prior research has found that people perceive intellectual humility (IH)—the awareness of one’s intellectual limitations—as a positive characteristic. Here, we ...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Are there contexts where expressing intellectual humility (IH) can backfire? On established or morally convicted topics, the positive impacts of perceived high (vs. low) IH on competence and warmth are attenuated or reversed.
Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...
Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...
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Excited to share a new paper in Current Directions on the theme of merging in close relationships, with @emmamcgorray.bsky.social, @erinhughes.bsky.social , and @abdoe.bsky.social! In the paper, we discuss merging in the domains of selves, goals, processing, and reality. tinyurl.com/ynbedzys (1/4)
April 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Excited to share a new paper in Current Directions on the theme of merging in close relationships, with @emmamcgorray.bsky.social, @erinhughes.bsky.social , and @abdoe.bsky.social! In the paper, we discuss merging in the domains of selves, goals, processing, and reality. tinyurl.com/ynbedzys (1/4)
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First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
April 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...
Franki is a phenomenal scientist, mentor, and person. What an amazing opportunity!
We're hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! Come join our @conflictcollab.bsky.social at Purdue PSY in the fall 🎉
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
The role involves opportunities to research and lead writing projects on humanizing organization, conflict mgnt, workplace discrimination, goals, and more! drive.google.com/file/d/1tke0...
Conflict Collab_Postdoctoral Research Associate Ad.pdf
drive.google.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Franki is a phenomenal scientist, mentor, and person. What an amazing opportunity!
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I'm hiring a new lab manager!
Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...
I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.
If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!
Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...
I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.
If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!
March 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I'm hiring a new lab manager!
Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...
I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.
If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!
Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...
I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value.
If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!
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Live from #spsp2025: @abdoe.bsky.social shedding light on pluralistic ignorance. Democrats & Republicans *believe* they fundamentally disagree on core values, but in reality, are far more similar than they are different (ds~=1.3)--despite real differences (e.g., in conformity & traditionalism).
February 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Live from #spsp2025: @abdoe.bsky.social shedding light on pluralistic ignorance. Democrats & Republicans *believe* they fundamentally disagree on core values, but in reality, are far more similar than they are different (ds~=1.3)--despite real differences (e.g., in conformity & traditionalism).
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@curtispuryear.bsky.social a study of a decade of twitter posts shows and new measure of moralization shows that moralization has substantially increased over time (d = .45!). Driven by both self selection and within-user increase over time! #comppsych #spsp2025 (also stay tuned for this paper😎)
February 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@curtispuryear.bsky.social a study of a decade of twitter posts shows and new measure of moralization shows that moralization has substantially increased over time (d = .45!). Driven by both self selection and within-user increase over time! #comppsych #spsp2025 (also stay tuned for this paper😎)
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👀New preprint! In 3 prereg experiments we study how engagement-based algorithms amplify ingroup, moral and emotional (IME) content in ways that disrupt social norm learning (and test one solution!) w/ @joshcjackson.bsky.social and my amazing lab managers
@merielcd.bsky.social
& Silvan Baier 🧵👇
@merielcd.bsky.social
& Silvan Baier 🧵👇
February 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
👀New preprint! In 3 prereg experiments we study how engagement-based algorithms amplify ingroup, moral and emotional (IME) content in ways that disrupt social norm learning (and test one solution!) w/ @joshcjackson.bsky.social and my amazing lab managers
@merielcd.bsky.social
& Silvan Baier 🧵👇
@merielcd.bsky.social
& Silvan Baier 🧵👇
We're extending out the deadline to submit blitz talks to the Shared Reality Virtual Conference! New deadline is February 26th.
@emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social
Please share!
Link to register for the conference and submit blitz here: t.co/TXCq3L724h
@emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social
Please share!
Link to register for the conference and submit blitz here: t.co/TXCq3L724h
February 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We're extending out the deadline to submit blitz talks to the Shared Reality Virtual Conference! New deadline is February 26th.
@emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social
Please share!
Link to register for the conference and submit blitz here: t.co/TXCq3L724h
@emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social
Please share!
Link to register for the conference and submit blitz here: t.co/TXCq3L724h
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✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
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New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined | Annual Reviews
A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing people are meaningfully ...
www.annualreviews.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We are excited to announce this year's Shared Reality Virtual Conference happening Wednesday March 12 & Thursday March 13, 2025, between 9:50 AM - 1:10 PM ET!
You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
We are excited to announce this year's Shared Reality Virtual Conference happening Wednesday March 12 & Thursday March 13, 2025, between 9:50 AM - 1:10 PM ET!
You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7.
northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We know that people tend to see the world similarly with ingroup members. But do people share reality with just anyone in their ingroup?
In a 🔥new paper🔥we find that people are specifically motivated to create a shared reality with those who support their goals.
@mrossignacmilon.bsky.social
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In a 🔥new paper🔥we find that people are specifically motivated to create a shared reality with those who support their goals.
@mrossignacmilon.bsky.social
🧵1/
December 12, 2024 at 11:55 PM
We know that people tend to see the world similarly with ingroup members. But do people share reality with just anyone in their ingroup?
In a 🔥new paper🔥we find that people are specifically motivated to create a shared reality with those who support their goals.
@mrossignacmilon.bsky.social
🧵1/
In a 🔥new paper🔥we find that people are specifically motivated to create a shared reality with those who support their goals.
@mrossignacmilon.bsky.social
🧵1/
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~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 AM
~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇