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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · 1d

Also, a big and heartfelt thank you to the many advisors, mentors, and friends who helped make this lab a reality ❤️

Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · 1d

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

WIM Lab

www.abdoelnakouri.com

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Maya Rossignac-Milon @mrossignacmilon.bsky.social · Sep 4

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...

Opinion | You’re Probably Doing Small Talk Wrong

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Eli Finkel @elijfinkel.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢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.

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Aug 18

I’ll miss you 🥺❤️

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Aug 14

Don’t miss out on applying to this dream post doc! 🫵🏽🔥

William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · Aug 12

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.

Dispute Resolution Research Center @drrc-kellogg.bsky.social · Aug 11

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.
t.co/UDZwJCqDw5

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Jul 31

This moustache needs to be permanent, that’s for sure

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Curtis Puryear @curtispuryear.bsky.social · Jul 22

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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Curtis Puryear @curtispuryear.bsky.social · Jul 22

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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Jonathan Doriscar @jonds7.bsky.social · Jun 3

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...

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Jonah Koetke @jonahkoetke.bsky.social · Jun 2

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...

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 ...

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

You might say it was a labour of love…lol, I’ll show myself out

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Lydia Emery @lydiaemery.bsky.social · Apr 14

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)

Title page of the paper "Merging in Close Relationships"

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Shauna Bowes-Flores @shaunambowes.bsky.social · Apr 9

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

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Apr 5

Franki is a phenomenal scientist, mentor, and person. What an amazing opportunity!

Franki Kung @frankikung.bsky.social · Apr 5

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...

Conflict Collab_Postdoctoral Research Associate Ad.pdf

drive.google.com

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Joshua Conrad Jackson @joshcjackson.bsky.social · Mar 5

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!

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Mar 1

Congrats, Shauna!!

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks for sharing this!! :)

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Sally Xie @xallysie.bsky.social · Feb 21

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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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · Feb 20

@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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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Feb 18

If you're going to #SPSP2025, please consider coming to our Friday symposium on false political pessimism!

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · Feb 14

👀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 🧵👇

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Abdo Elnakouri @abdoe.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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William J. Brady @williambrady.bsky.social · Feb 5

✨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

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Nour Kteily @nourkteily.bsky.social · Jan 26

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...

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

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