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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 16h

I'm excited to share the news that our climate change project won the @spspnews.bsky.social Robert Cialdini Prize for a "paper that uses field methods and demonstrates the relevance of social psychology to outside groups and communities"!

You can read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 21h

Keynotes: @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social & Abigail Marsh

Invited talks: @peez.bsky.social, Amrisha Vaish, @joshcjackson.bsky.social, @joodykeem.bsky.social, @sydneylevine.bsky.social, @nourkteily.bsky.social, Jessica Salerno, @mattlindauer.bsky.social

Organizers: yours truly & @jowylie.bsky.social

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 21h

We're accepting poster & data blitz abstract submissions from all career stages. If your work is broadly related to morality, you should apply! We welcome a wide range of topics and approaches.

Submit here: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...

Deadline to submit an abstract: Oct. 23.

2026 Preconference Submission Portal

Use this submission form for all preconference submissions. Select your preconference first as this may change submission fields. The submission guide can be found here . You may submit to multi...

spsp.wufoo.com

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 21h

🚨Excited to announce the full-day Moral Psychology pre-conference at #SPSP2026!

We sold out last year, and with this year’s incredible speaker lineup, we expect the same.

Submit your poster or data blitz abstract by Oct. 23! spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p... There’s a best poster award!

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 29d

🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)

To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com

Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...

Sinclair Lab

The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair

www.sinclairlab-rice.com

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Sep 5

In this @pnas.org Letter, we respond to a comment on our paper about behavioral interventions to motivate action on climate change. In new analyses exploring individual differences, we find that our leading interventions were effective across the political spectrum. 🧵⤵️
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Sep 5

Original paper here. @falklab.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @dcosme.bsky.social @diegoreinero.bsky.social @curse10.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change | PNAS

Mitigating climate change requires urgent action at individual, collective, and institutional levels. However, individuals may fail to act because ...

www.pnas.org

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · Sep 3

The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs

Bar plot showing the number of psychology jobs posted each year by area. There are major dips in 2020 due to covid, and in 2025 (now).

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Jul 3

In this letter in @pnas.org, we respond to a comment on our recent paper.

Although multiple factors shape whether we act on our intentions, intentions are valuable precursors of behavior that can guide the iterative development of behavior change interventions.

www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Jun 27

Cool new paper in PNAS from @vanessachg.bsky.social et al. When it comes to moral dilemmas, LLM's:

1) are more altruistic than humans
2) exhibit a stronger omission bias than humans
3) are biased toward answering "no"

These biases may come from fine-tuning.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Nov 26

New paper suggests economists’ political preferences may influence their writing/work.

E.g., Papers on the left imply a higher optimal top tax rate (77%) vs. ones on the right (60%), though note our actual federal top tax rate is just 37%.

What should we takeaway?

academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

Political Language in Economics

Abstract. Does academic writing in economics reflect the political orientation of economists? We use machine learning to measure partisanship in academic e

academic.oup.com

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Nov 26

That being said, scientists are people too. Read Helen Longino's "Science as Social Knowledge" for a nice discussion of the inherent subjectivity of science. jstor.org/stable/j.ctv....

So we shouldn't be that surprised by this latest econ paper's finding.

Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry on JSTOR

Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light o...

jstor.org

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Tom Costello @tomcostello.bsky.social · May 21

🚨New WP🚨

Can AI do "deep canvassing"—the time-intensive, empathic persuasive dialogues that durably reduce prejudice when done by humans?

Spoiler: Yes! We find durable reduction in prejudice toward undocumented immigrants

LLMs make deep canvassing possible at massive scale
osf.io/preprints/os...

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Daniel Gilbert @danielgilbert.bsky.social · May 19

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com

Cover of the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition 2025

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · May 13

🚨Excited to see our new paper out in @pnas.org led by @asinclair.bsky.social!🚨

We tested 17 psychological interventions head-to-head in a “tournament” to see what motivated people to take action and share info about climate change.

Winners depicted here for brevity; read our paper for details!

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · May 13

What motivates people to take action and share info about climate change? We tested 17 psychological interventions in a tournament—Discover the winners in our new paper! Out now in @pnas.org w/ @falklab.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social, & team. Thread ⤵️ 1/9

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change | PNAS

Mitigating climate change requires urgent action at individual, collective, and institutional levels. However, individuals may fail to act because ...

www.pnas.org

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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · May 7

Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · Apr 22

👉 👈 Meta announced that they're changing their models to reduce "left-leaning [political] bias"--that means leaning them to the political "right". Lots to unpack about what that might mean. So I ran a quick "shot in the dark" study...and found a *political right* bias in Meta models. Some notes.🧵

Barchart showing meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B, meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B, meta-llama/Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct. Each model has two bars, a blue one saying PRO-LEFT and a red one saying PRO-RIGHT. The PRO-RIGHT bars on higher than the PRO-LEFT in all of them.

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 22

Interesting! Where did Meta announce this? Is it from this blog post re: this section here? ai.meta.com/blog/llama-4...

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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · Apr 18

This statement from the NSF is insane.

Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.

Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · Apr 18

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · Apr 18

NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

www.nsf.gov

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 16

Moral Psych community: @jowylie.bsky.social & I will be organizing the pre-con at SPSP again! This past year was sold-out and we expect next year to be even bigger!

Who do you YOU want to hear from next year? Recommend a speaker with this quick form: tinyurl.com/moralpsychrecs

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 4

Sounds stressful! The data showed speeding was rare (only 3.4% of the time) so sounds like you got a special one haha. Buckle up!

Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 3

Plus nice commentary by Dean Knox & Jonathan Mummolo emphasizing that since actual speeding was rare (3.4% of data), racial disparity is even larger. I.e., denominator should be conditional on speeding

Paper: science.org/doi/full/10....
Commentary: science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · Apr 3

Using GPS data from 220,000+ Lyft drivers in Florida to look at actual speeding behavior (not just police reports), Aggarwal et al find:

White & Minority drivers drive similarly, BUT minority drivers were 33% more likely to be cited for speeding + paid 34% more money in fines.

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