Paul Stillman
@stillman.bsky.social
Behavioral Scientist studying self-control and motivation. Assistant Professor at Boston University
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Using this approach, we find evidence for *both* impulse inhibition and dynamic competition. Notably, however, impulse inhibition occurs much less frequently (in only 26% of successful self-control decisions) and seems to be characteristic of impatient and present-focused individuals
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Using this approach, we find evidence for *both* impulse inhibition and dynamic competition. Notably, however, impulse inhibition occurs much less frequently (in only 26% of successful self-control decisions) and seems to be characteristic of impatient and present-focused individuals
How do we succeed at self-control? In a new paper in @pnas.org with James Wilson, David Kalkstein, and Melissa Ferguson, we use mouse-tracking of ~47,000 decisions of long-term over short-term to show that 'willpower' is too narrow a conception of self-control www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How do we succeed at self-control? In a new paper in @pnas.org with James Wilson, David Kalkstein, and Melissa Ferguson, we use mouse-tracking of ~47,000 decisions of long-term over short-term to show that 'willpower' is too narrow a conception of self-control www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Kaleb Horton was my favorite living writer and now he’s gone. His writing could make you feel things deep in your core in a way that was truly unique. Just an immeasurable loss.
If you’re not familiar, Luke here gives a touching tribute.
If you’re not familiar, Luke here gives a touching tribute.
Put together some thoughts here.
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
In an earlier time he would have been the kind of writer being paid $5 a word by magazines to go write about whatever he pleased. And no one would be pissed off or jealous about it either.
www.welcometohellworld.com/life-is-a-pr...
September 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kaleb Horton was my favorite living writer and now he’s gone. His writing could make you feel things deep in your core in a way that was truly unique. Just an immeasurable loss.
If you’re not familiar, Luke here gives a touching tribute.
If you’re not familiar, Luke here gives a touching tribute.
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I wrote about George Harrison. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
George Harrison's Quiet Love Affair With Formula One
Just another guy at the track, The Beatle could shed fame, and just be himself
www.rollingstone.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wrote about George Harrison. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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🚨New in @PNASNews, led by @DSchultner & Ben Stillerman:
In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
🚨New in @PNASNews, led by @DSchultner & Ben Stillerman:
In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Me and some friends founded a popsci magazine. It's @sequencermag.bsky.social. We are writer owned and reader supported.
www.sequencermag.com
www.sequencermag.com
October 31, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Me and some friends founded a popsci magazine. It's @sequencermag.bsky.social. We are writer owned and reader supported.
www.sequencermag.com
www.sequencermag.com
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After years of sharing psych science with the public as a side project, I’m excited to share that I was selected for a National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) given by @theNASEM + @schmidtsciences!
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3YEvKOL
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3YEvKOL
October 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
After years of sharing psych science with the public as a side project, I’m excited to share that I was selected for a National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) given by @theNASEM + @schmidtsciences!
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3YEvKOL
Learn more: https://buff.ly/3YEvKOL
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Sunday in autumn feels like a good time to revisit 17776
What football will look like in the future
Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.
www.sbnation.com
October 20, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Sunday in autumn feels like a good time to revisit 17776
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Psst... Opinion Science is back. New episodes start Monday, October 21.
Can you guess what Monday's episode is about?
Can you guess what Monday's episode is about?
October 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Psst... Opinion Science is back. New episodes start Monday, October 21.
Can you guess what Monday's episode is about?
Can you guess what Monday's episode is about?
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October 14, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Using my first post to introduce myself with a Learning Bayesian Statistics podcast episode I was on recently! Come have a listen 🎧
learnbayesstats.com/episode/115-...
learnbayesstats.com/episode/115-...
#115 Using Time Series to Estimate Uncertainty, with Nate Haines
Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch! My Intuitive Bayes Online Courses 1:1 Mentorship with me Our&nbs...
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September 26, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Using my first post to introduce myself with a Learning Bayesian Statistics podcast episode I was on recently! Come have a listen 🎧
learnbayesstats.com/episode/115-...
learnbayesstats.com/episode/115-...
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I'm very excited to share this new review in @natrevpsych.bsky.social with @charlottemoser.bsky.social, India Johnson, and Veronica Derricks, outlining our four “As” of the allyship framework. 1/5
A framework for understanding effective allyship
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
September 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I'm very excited to share this new review in @natrevpsych.bsky.social with @charlottemoser.bsky.social, India Johnson, and Veronica Derricks, outlining our four “As” of the allyship framework. 1/5
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Excited to share that I am officially on the academic job market! I’m currently a postdoc at UChicago Booth and did my graduate training in social psychology at Ohio State.
If you know of any opportunities or have advice, I’d love to connect!
If you know of any opportunities or have advice, I’d love to connect!
September 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Excited to share that I am officially on the academic job market! I’m currently a postdoc at UChicago Booth and did my graduate training in social psychology at Ohio State.
If you know of any opportunities or have advice, I’d love to connect!
If you know of any opportunities or have advice, I’d love to connect!
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A framework for understanding effective allyship
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
September 17, 2024 at 2:10 PM
A framework for understanding effective allyship
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson
Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
PDF: rdcu.be/dUc9T
Hell yeah
Congrats to Data Colada for the dismissal of libel claims. Great news for affirmation of scholarly criticism as normal and needed.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/67659...
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September 11, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hell yeah
LinkedIn posts are the opposite of shitposts, which is amusing because they are some of the shittiest posts on the internet.
Bluesky’s best shot at success is to embrace shitposting
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/blueskys-best-shot-at-success-is-to-embrace-shitposting/
“bluesky (serious people making silly little posts) is the spiritual opposite of linkedin (deeply silly people trying to write serious thoughtposts)”
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/blueskys-best-shot-at-success-is-to-embrace-shitposting/
“bluesky (serious people making silly little posts) is the spiritual opposite of linkedin (deeply silly people trying to write serious thoughtposts)”
September 8, 2024 at 1:28 PM
LinkedIn posts are the opposite of shitposts, which is amusing because they are some of the shittiest posts on the internet.
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Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister
August 15, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister
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📊When teaching or giving a talk, do you like presenting plots step by step, revealing e.g. one group at a time? This is often useful for walking through complex results.
I made a R package that makes it extremely easy to do this!
ggreveal: Reveal a ggplot incrementally
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
I made a R package that makes it extremely easy to do this!
ggreveal: Reveal a ggplot incrementally
#rstats #dataviz #ggplot2
Reveal a ggplot incrementally
Provides functions that make it easy to reveal ggplot2 graphs incrementally. The functions take a ggplot2 object and return a list of plots showing data incrementally by panels, layers, groups, the va...
www.weverthon.com
July 24, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Why nuance is dead:
We dislike people who share balanced perspectives, even if we agree with them!
Expressing ambivalence seems like it might help bridge political divides, but it reduces support from allies while maintains animosity from adversaries:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We dislike people who share balanced perspectives, even if we agree with them!
Expressing ambivalence seems like it might help bridge political divides, but it reduces support from allies while maintains animosity from adversaries:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 14, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Why nuance is dead:
We dislike people who share balanced perspectives, even if we agree with them!
Expressing ambivalence seems like it might help bridge political divides, but it reduces support from allies while maintains animosity from adversaries:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We dislike people who share balanced perspectives, even if we agree with them!
Expressing ambivalence seems like it might help bridge political divides, but it reduces support from allies while maintains animosity from adversaries:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Newsletter is up. Please subscribe if you have five bucks you don't know what to do with. It'll make me keep doing this. kalebhorton.ghost.io/perihelion-a...
Perihelion & Aphelion
By the skin of his teeth, my youngest brother had finally graduated high school. I was in my dad’s garage, going through all my brothers’ old homework. After some thirty years, it was time to ritually...
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June 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Newsletter is up. Please subscribe if you have five bucks you don't know what to do with. It'll make me keep doing this. kalebhorton.ghost.io/perihelion-a...
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I just launched my newsletter: kalebhorton.ghost.io
If anybody has any tips on things like enabling subscribers/payment mechanisms etc., I’d appreciate it. I still find the dashboard pretty unintuitive.
If anybody has any tips on things like enabling subscribers/payment mechanisms etc., I’d appreciate it. I still find the dashboard pretty unintuitive.
May 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I just launched my newsletter: kalebhorton.ghost.io
If anybody has any tips on things like enabling subscribers/payment mechanisms etc., I’d appreciate it. I still find the dashboard pretty unintuitive.
If anybody has any tips on things like enabling subscribers/payment mechanisms etc., I’d appreciate it. I still find the dashboard pretty unintuitive.
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Now out in @PNASNews -
We identify organizational celebrations of history as a social identity threat for Black Americans
tinyurl.com/historythreat
We identify organizational celebrations of history as a social identity threat for Black Americans
tinyurl.com/historythreat
tinyurl.com
April 9, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Now out in @PNASNews -
We identify organizational celebrations of history as a social identity threat for Black Americans
tinyurl.com/historythreat
We identify organizational celebrations of history as a social identity threat for Black Americans
tinyurl.com/historythreat
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In light of Daniel Kahneman's passing last week, I decided to release a special bonus episode of the podcast featuring our (as-yet unreleased) full conversation with him. He talks about the early days of his work on heuristics and prospect theory.
Listen: link.chtbl.com/OpinionScien...
Listen: link.chtbl.com/OpinionScien...
April 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM
In light of Daniel Kahneman's passing last week, I decided to release a special bonus episode of the podcast featuring our (as-yet unreleased) full conversation with him. He talks about the early days of his work on heuristics and prospect theory.
Listen: link.chtbl.com/OpinionScien...
Listen: link.chtbl.com/OpinionScien...
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A 5-ep podcast series on behavioral economics comes out in 2 weeks!
I was only loosely familiar with that literature when another podcast pitched the collaboration, but it was a chance to step outside my scicomm comfort zone. I'm excited to share the final product!
Trailer: ridiculous-podcast.com
I was only loosely familiar with that literature when another podcast pitched the collaboration, but it was a chance to step outside my scicomm comfort zone. I'm excited to share the final product!
Trailer: ridiculous-podcast.com
February 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
A 5-ep podcast series on behavioral economics comes out in 2 weeks!
I was only loosely familiar with that literature when another podcast pitched the collaboration, but it was a chance to step outside my scicomm comfort zone. I'm excited to share the final product!
Trailer: ridiculous-podcast.com
I was only loosely familiar with that literature when another podcast pitched the collaboration, but it was a chance to step outside my scicomm comfort zone. I'm excited to share the final product!
Trailer: ridiculous-podcast.com
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Excited to share new work in TiCS
on Simplifying Social Learning: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iZ4S4sIRv...
We highlight how social expertise lets us simplify complex reinforcement learning, offering a prototype for how people can turn hard learning problems into easier ones.
on Simplifying Social Learning: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iZ4S4sIRv...
We highlight how social expertise lets us simplify complex reinforcement learning, offering a prototype for how people can turn hard learning problems into easier ones.
February 7, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Excited to share new work in TiCS
on Simplifying Social Learning: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iZ4S4sIRv...
We highlight how social expertise lets us simplify complex reinforcement learning, offering a prototype for how people can turn hard learning problems into easier ones.
on Simplifying Social Learning: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iZ4S4sIRv...
We highlight how social expertise lets us simplify complex reinforcement learning, offering a prototype for how people can turn hard learning problems into easier ones.