David Schultner
@davidschultner.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher at Karolinska Institute. I study social cognition and social learning using a mix of experiments, computational models and simulations.
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💥 Our new paper (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
Reposted by David Schultner
I am pleased to announce that @davidschultner.bsky.social will be our next guest as part of the SoCR Lab's Invited Talk Series. Dr. Schultner will present recent work that offers evidence for a parsimonious and mechanistic explanation of human social learning strategies via reward learning!
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I am pleased to announce that @davidschultner.bsky.social will be our next guest as part of the SoCR Lab's Invited Talk Series. Dr. Schultner will present recent work that offers evidence for a parsimonious and mechanistic explanation of human social learning strategies via reward learning!
Reposted by David Schultner
How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone?
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone?
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
Our new preprint, led by
@anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social
shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837
🎊 New paper out! In this @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social Forum, we (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) summarize how reward learning can lead to adaptive social learning. We also explore the broader consequences for cultural evolution:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🚄
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🚄
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🎊 New paper out! In this @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social Forum, we (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) summarize how reward learning can lead to adaptive social learning. We also explore the broader consequences for cultural evolution:
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🚄
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 🚄
Reposted by David Schultner
Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Feature-based reward learning shapes human social learning strategies - Nature Human Behaviour
This research advances a mechanistic reward learning account of social learning strategies. Through experiments and simulations, it shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shapin...
www.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Through experiments and simulations, this study shows how individuals learn to learn from others, dynamically shaping the processes involved in cultural evolution. @davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lucasmolleman.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
💥 Our new paper (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
July 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
💥 Our new paper (with @lucasmolleman.bsky.social and @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social) is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
🧠 Here, we advance a novel RL account—the Social Feature Learning (SFL) model—that explains how people learn to learn from others! 🤝
🧵👇
Join our team as a Postdoc! 💐
Postdoc opening in beautiful Stockholm 🇸🇪!
Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution.
🧠 Behavioral + computational work
🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven
Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o
Join us at Karolinska Institutet to explore how interdependent traits shape social learning and cultural evolution.
🧠 Behavioral + computational work
🤝 Work w/ labs in Amsterdam @lucasmolleman.bsky.social & Leuven
Details: shorturl.at/Wzy9o
Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified
shorturl.at
April 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Join our team as a Postdoc! 💐
🚨 New preprint out! 🚨
How do people make moral judgments as third parties? 👀 We show how two motivations—inequality aversion (fair = moral) ⚖️ and the common-is-moral heuristic (frequent = moral 👨👩👧👧—interact to shape evaluations 🧵👇
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
How do people make moral judgments as third parties? 👀 We show how two motivations—inequality aversion (fair = moral) ⚖️ and the common-is-moral heuristic (frequent = moral 👨👩👧👧—interact to shape evaluations 🧵👇
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
March 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨 New preprint out! 🚨
How do people make moral judgments as third parties? 👀 We show how two motivations—inequality aversion (fair = moral) ⚖️ and the common-is-moral heuristic (frequent = moral 👨👩👧👧—interact to shape evaluations 🧵👇
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
How do people make moral judgments as third parties? 👀 We show how two motivations—inequality aversion (fair = moral) ⚖️ and the common-is-moral heuristic (frequent = moral 👨👩👧👧—interact to shape evaluations 🧵👇
📄 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by David Schultner
A fantastic blog post on our recent PNAS paper!
It elegantly describes our rather complex findings and discusses their implications for bias reduction. And I love the AI-generated podcast version, too.
Thanks @thepeoplegeek.bsky.social!
davehodges.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
It elegantly describes our rather complex findings and discusses their implications for bias reduction. And I love the AI-generated podcast version, too.
Thanks @thepeoplegeek.bsky.social!
davehodges.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
The Hidden Game of Bias: How Prejudice Goes Viral Without Saying a Word
In the interest of providing multiple means of engaging with this blog, below is the podcast style conversation, using our AI friends Johnny and Joanne.
davehodges.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A fantastic blog post on our recent PNAS paper!
It elegantly describes our rather complex findings and discusses their implications for bias reduction. And I love the AI-generated podcast version, too.
Thanks @thepeoplegeek.bsky.social!
davehodges.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
It elegantly describes our rather complex findings and discusses their implications for bias reduction. And I love the AI-generated podcast version, too.
Thanks @thepeoplegeek.bsky.social!
davehodges.substack.com/p/the-hidden...
Reposted by David Schultner
New paper from the lab! w/@davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social & Mina Cikara
We show that merely viewing a prejudiced person’s intergroup behavior induces bias in observers—a novel learning mechanism for prejudice formation and propagation
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We show that merely viewing a prejudiced person’s intergroup behavior induces bias in observers—a novel learning mechanism for prejudice formation and propagation
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 1, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New paper from the lab! w/@davidschultner.bsky.social @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social & Mina Cikara
We show that merely viewing a prejudiced person’s intergroup behavior induces bias in observers—a novel learning mechanism for prejudice formation and propagation
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We show that merely viewing a prejudiced person’s intergroup behavior induces bias in observers—a novel learning mechanism for prejudice formation and propagation
science.org/doi/10.1126/...