Oliver Genschow
@olivergenschow.bsky.social
Psychological Scientist at Leuphana University Lüneburg; I study person perception, imitation, mimicry, and free will beliefs; Editor at In-Mind magazine | https://de.in-mind.org | https://www.automatic-imitation.com/
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Automatic Imitation
Book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research.
link.springer.com
@craccoemiel.bsky.social and I are excited that our edited book on #AutomaticImitation is now published online as open access @SpringerPsych. The chapters cover sections on measures, processes, and consequences of diverse forms of automatic imitation. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
We looking for a PhD-student (75%, 3 years) on social-cognition @leuphana.bsky.social.
Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.).
Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology
📅 Apply by 31.12.2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr
Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.).
Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology
📅 Apply by 31.12.2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr
Research Assistant (m/f/d) PhD student
www.leuphana.de
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We looking for a PhD-student (75%, 3 years) on social-cognition @leuphana.bsky.social.
Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.).
Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology
📅 Apply by 31.12.2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr
Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will belief, etc.).
Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology
📅 Apply by 31.12.2025
🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr
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Can reading one article change your belief in free will? New studies say maybe—but the effect doesn’t last. Our beliefs might be more resilient than they seem
New work by @olivergenschow.bsky.social
@protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social 💡
New work by @olivergenschow.bsky.social
@protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social 💡
a man pointing to a sign that says believe
ALT: a man pointing to a sign that says believe
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November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Can reading one article change your belief in free will? New studies say maybe—but the effect doesn’t last. Our beliefs might be more resilient than they seem
New work by @olivergenschow.bsky.social
@protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social 💡
New work by @olivergenschow.bsky.social
@protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social 💡
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
Check out some new science!! 👀
Do messages claiming free will doesn’t exist actually shift people's beliefs? Our @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social paper finds believe reductions over a week—but only when the context of reporting beliefs is the same as when reading text. w/ @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
Does reading an anti-free will text affect beliefs related to free will over time? — A registered report
Scientists debate how the public would react when anti-free will messages are communicated in the media. Taking part in this debate, social psychologi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Check out some new science!! 👀
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
Do messages claiming free will doesn’t exist actually shift people's beliefs? Our @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social paper finds believe reductions over a week—but only when the context of reporting beliefs is the same as when reading text. w/ @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
Does reading an anti-free will text affect beliefs related to free will over time? — A registered report
Scientists debate how the public would react when anti-free will messages are communicated in the media. Taking part in this debate, social psychologi…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Do messages claiming free will doesn’t exist actually shift people's beliefs? Our @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social paper finds believe reductions over a week—but only when the context of reporting beliefs is the same as when reading text. w/ @protzko.bsky.social @sebraem.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
tinyurl.com/yb3y4ahs
Balancing academia, family, and personal health can be tough. A year ago, I started jogging once a week to pick up my kids from daycare—fun for them & good for me (at least until they get heavier 😅). More about combining academia with family at the Parenthesis blog: parenthesis-blog.de
September 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Balancing academia, family, and personal health can be tough. A year ago, I started jogging once a week to pick up my kids from daycare—fun for them & good for me (at least until they get heavier 😅). More about combining academia with family at the Parenthesis blog: parenthesis-blog.de
🎓Leuphana University Lüneburg (@leuphana.bsky.social) offers 6 PhD scholarships in #psychology with the focus on how psychology connects with sustainable transformation on individual, collective & systemic levels.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
ℹ️ Details: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
ℹ️ Details: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🎓Leuphana University Lüneburg (@leuphana.bsky.social) offers 6 PhD scholarships in #psychology with the focus on how psychology connects with sustainable transformation on individual, collective & systemic levels.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
ℹ️ Details: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
ℹ️ Details: www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
What a great end of a fantastic #FGSP2025 conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de organized by @hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social. We will give our best to organize a similarly good #FGSP3027 conference in Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social in 2 years.
September 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
What a great end of a fantastic #FGSP2025 conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de organized by @hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social. We will give our best to organize a similarly good #FGSP3027 conference in Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social in 2 years.
Pursuing a career in academy while having a family can be challenging! @rolandimhoff.bsky.social presented a poster about this challenge at the current #FGSP2025 conference. More insights can be found on the following blog: parenthesis-blog.de
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Pursuing a career in academy while having a family can be challenging! @rolandimhoff.bsky.social presented a poster about this challenge at the current #FGSP2025 conference. More insights can be found on the following blog: parenthesis-blog.de
@hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social kicking off the #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. I'm very much looking forward to inspiring talks and discussions over the next couple of days.
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@hansalves.bsky.social and @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social kicking off the #FGSP2025 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. I'm very much looking forward to inspiring talks and discussions over the next couple of days.
Today, the #AOWI2025 conference at @leuphana.bsky.social kicked off with an @de.in-mind.org writing workshop among others.
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today, the #AOWI2025 conference at @leuphana.bsky.social kicked off with an @de.in-mind.org writing workshop among others.
What can be learned from the so-called replication crisis in psychological science? In a recent publication, we summarize the open science movement in a fairytale and explore how business research can profit from it. @susanne-adler.bsky.social @dsiegfried1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s414...
doi.org/10.1007/s414...
August 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What can be learned from the so-called replication crisis in psychological science? In a recent publication, we summarize the open science movement in a fairytale and explore how business research can profit from it. @susanne-adler.bsky.social @dsiegfried1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s414...
doi.org/10.1007/s414...
This interesting project found a positive association of individual victimhood and both general and specific conspiracy beliefs within different countries, though this association varied across countries. Thank you for involving me in this project, Daniel Toribio-Flórez & @marlephie.bsky.social
🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
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Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood
Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This interesting project found a positive association of individual victimhood and both general and specific conspiracy beliefs within different countries, though this association varied across countries. Thank you for involving me in this project, Daniel Toribio-Flórez & @marlephie.bsky.social
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
1/8 🧵
1/8 🧵
Victims of Conspiracies? An Examination of the Relationship Between Conspiracy Beliefs and Dispositional Individual Victimhood
Conspiracy beliefs have been linked to perceptions of collective victimhood. We adopt an individual perspective on victimhood by investigating the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and the indi....
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨 Fresh off the press 🚨 Our #TISP spin-off paper on the relationship between #ConspiracyBeliefs and individual #victimhood is now out! doi.org/10.1002/ejsp...
1/8 🧵
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Are you passionate about how individuals and societies transform? Join the Psychology of Transformation PhD program at Leuphana University (Germany) and explore psychological questions about change and sustainability, and human development @leuphana.bsky.social
👉 www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
👉 www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
Psychology of Transformation
www.leuphana.de
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Are you passionate about how individuals and societies transform? Join the Psychology of Transformation PhD program at Leuphana University (Germany) and explore psychological questions about change and sustainability, and human development @leuphana.bsky.social
👉 www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
👉 www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-...
There is only this week left to apply for the Phd-position (75%; 4 yrs) about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social.
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
www.leuphana.de
June 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There is only this week left to apply for the Phd-position (75%; 4 yrs) about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social.
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
We are hiring 14 early-career researchers!
In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped.
Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped.
Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We are hiring 14 early-career researchers!
In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped.
Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped.
Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
Psychotherapeut:innen gesucht!
Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)!
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)!
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Psychologische*r Psychotherapeut*in (w/m/d)
Bewerberfrist: 22.06.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Psychotherapeut:innen gesucht!
Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)!
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Ab September haben wir weitere Stellen in unserer Hochschulambulanz zu vergeben. Alles wichtigen Infos stehen in der Ausschreibung. Ich freue mich über Fragen auf Bluesky oder per Email und natürlich über Bewerbungen :-)!
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/9...
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
www.leuphana.de
June 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Especially since I have kids myself, I kept on wondering whether the sequence in which siblings are born influences their personality. New research suggests that sibling order has rather small effects on personality.
Does the number of siblings you have, and where in the sequence you were born determine your personality? Susan Whitbourne reviews recent research and concludes any influence of birth order or family size on your personality is small: buff.ly/MtnC6D6
March 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Especially since I have kids myself, I kept on wondering whether the sequence in which siblings are born influences their personality. New research suggests that sibling order has rather small effects on personality.
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
March 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌍 We are launching a new #ManyLabs!!! Join the Heat & Cognition project! We're studying how extreme heat affects human thinking, social behavior & well-being — globally.
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Contribute & co-author:
🔗 Info: heatandmind.wordpress.com
📋 Sign up: www.soscisurvey.de/HeatandCogni...
#EnvironmentalPsychology
Der Parenthesis Blog ist an der #teap2025 mit einem Poster vertreten. Der Blog illustriert anhand individueller Karrierewege, ob und wie eine wissenschaftliche Karriere mit Familie vereinbar sein kann. Erfahrungsberichte können hier nachgelesen werden: parenthesis-blog.de @teap2025.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Der Parenthesis Blog ist an der #teap2025 mit einem Poster vertreten. Der Blog illustriert anhand individueller Karrierewege, ob und wie eine wissenschaftliche Karriere mit Familie vereinbar sein kann. Erfahrungsberichte können hier nachgelesen werden: parenthesis-blog.de @teap2025.bsky.social
Reposted by Oliver Genschow
ChatGPT says I coined the term ‘automatic imitation’. I'm not sure that's true, but this book is a fine survey of the state of the art. Open access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Automatic Imitation
Book brings together leading researchers from various domains to provide readers with a recent overview of developments in automatic imitation research.
link.springer.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
ChatGPT says I coined the term ‘automatic imitation’. I'm not sure that's true, but this book is a fine survey of the state of the art. Open access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Finally, the hard copy version of the book on automatic imitation, @craccoemiel.bsky.social and I edited, has arrived. We're glad the book is also available as open access via the following link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
February 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Finally, the hard copy version of the book on automatic imitation, @craccoemiel.bsky.social and I edited, has arrived. We're glad the book is also available as open access via the following link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Currently, I'm working on a new lecture on cogntive psychology. In this lecture, I would like to do several class demonstration/class experiments. Based on your experiences, which topics work very very well for such kind of experiments?
February 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Currently, I'm working on a new lecture on cogntive psychology. In this lecture, I would like to do several class demonstration/class experiments. Based on your experiences, which topics work very very well for such kind of experiments?