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Omid Ghasemi
@omidghasemi.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral research fellow at Institute for Climate Risk & Response, UNSW | Interested in Climate change, Judgment, Decision-making, Open Science, and rstat
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Jul 3
A new amazing study led by my brilliant collaborator @colognaviktoria.bsky.social shows it’s not just experiencing extreme weather that matters — it’s whether people link it to climate change.

Here’s my piece on it at @aunz.theconversation.com
The published paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action, study shows
A 70,000-person global study found understanding how events such as fires and floods are linked to climate change may be a key driver of support for climate action.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Jun 5
Our recently published paper in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review on #reasoning styles and #belief in God is now featured by @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social!
Thanks, Jonathan Caballero, for the interesting article.

📄 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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mat marques, ph.d. @mdmarques.com · May 19
great to see the work by @omidghasemi.bsky.social in the @aunz.theconversation.com

read about our research here:
theconversation.com/climate-scie...
Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists – here’s why
New research shows climate scientists are less trusted than other types of scientists. But there are big differences between countries and specific groups of people.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · May 19
Trust is a super power. Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists. Check out this excellent summary of our latest research that explores the reasons why:
theconversation.com/climate-scie...
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Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists – here’s why
New research shows climate scientists are less trusted than other types of scientists. But there are big differences between countries and specific groups of people.
theconversation.com
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Apr 14
🚨 New paper in Memory & Cognition with Simon Handley & Rachel Stephens!

Do people have #intuitive access to #logic or just rely on simple heuristics?

Our findings suggest “intuitive” reasoning often reflects heuristics, not logic.

📄 Read: rdcu.be/ehp0J
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 27
Thanks Eric. I found them but this is the worst update ever. I cannot find them on the file tab but first I should go to a component and then the file tab.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 26
Yes. I can see the folders but not the files inside. So it is not just me.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 26
Am I the only person having difficulty accessing OSF files in my projects?
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 23
🚀 New publication alert! Ben Newell & I contributed two entries to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural & Experimental Economics:

🧠 Intuition: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
⚡ Heuristics: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

#BehavioralScience #DecisionMaking #Intuition #Heuristics
79: Intuition
Intuition is one of the most ill-defined concepts in psychology. Some scholars have focused on the features of intuitive thinking, such as the automatic processing of information without conscious del...
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koenfucius @koenfucius.bsky.social · Feb 19
Research by @omidghasemi.bsky.social et al suggests the framing effect is a rational response to information implied in the choice of frame—it is attenuated when the frame is not freely chosen and even more if speaker/listener interests are opposed:
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
Data & code: osf.io/xfrqj/
From Preference Shifts to Information Leaks: Examining Individuals’ Sensitivity to Information Leakage in the Framing Effect
In a series of 6 preregistered experiments (total N = 1211), we eliminated the informativeness of frames by reducing the perceived freedom of a speaker to choose a frame (the Choice Limitation manipul...
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
The big takeaway: Framing effects aren’t just cognitive biases; they can be rational responses to hidden social cues. People use framing as implicit communication, but they are selectively rational about when to rely on it.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
However, when a speaker has a motive—like competing against the listener—the framing effect disappears. This suggests that people infer the credibility of the source, not just the words used. Trust matters!
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
Across six preregistered experiments, we found that when framing choice doesn't signal speaker intent, people don’t always show the framing effect. If a frame is chosen randomly (e.g., by a coin toss), people sometimes ignore it. But not always—suggesting "leaky" information use.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
The framing effect is a robust phenomenon: people make different choices when options are framed as "90% chance of winning" vs. "10% chance of losing." But why? We tested the Information Leakage account, which suggests that framing isn’t irrational—it conveys useful social info.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Feb 17
🚀 New paper in Cognition!

Across six preregistered experiments, Ben Newell, Adam Harris & I show that people are sensitive to information leakage in the framing effect, providing evidence for a rational account of decision-making.

📖 Read it here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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mat marques, ph.d. @mdmarques.com · Jan 20
read some good news on January 20 2025

theconversation.com/most-of-us-t...
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
A global new survey shows there’s no crisis of trust in scientists, as some might claim. But there are some nuances.
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Jan 21
Excited to share that our paper is now published in Nature Human Behaviour!

A huge thanks to @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social for leading this huge project and to @robert-m-ross.bsky.social for helping me to join this :)
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Jan 20
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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Zoe Leviston @zlevo.bsky.social · Jan 20
📣 *New science alert*

🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P

🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
A global new survey shows there’s no crisis of trust in scientists, as some might claim. But there are some nuances.
theconversation.com
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Omid Ghasemi @omidghasemi.bsky.social · Dec 15
I have seen so many ads these days and all of which were asking for a letter at the time of application. This is so annoying for both the reference and the applicant. Fortunately I did not have to apply for them and might not do so in the future for such jobs unless I am extremely desperate.
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Niels G. Mede @nielsmede.bsky.social · Nov 28
Our preprint on a gap of trust in climate scientists vs scientists in general is featured in @science.org‘s news. Thanks to @omidghasemi.bsky.social who led this analysis and @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for reporting!

🔍 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
📰 Science: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Nov 27
Thanks to @science.org for covering our preprint on trust in climate researchers and to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for the opportunity to comment on our work, which was led by @omidghasemi.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...
People all over trust climate researchers less than scientists in general
Large international study finds “trust gap” in 43 out of 68 countries
www.science.org
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Nov 27
Big shout out to @cathleenogrady.bsky.social & her editors at Science Magazine for reporting on our research and other related new research on trust in scientists today today. www.science.org/content/arti... @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @nielsmede.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social
People all over trust climate researchers less than scientists in general
Large international study finds “trust gap” in 43 out of 68 countries
www.science.org
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Danielle Goldwert @dgoldwert.bsky.social · Nov 25
New paper!

Across two large experiments (6,000+ participants globally), we found no evidence that subtle differences in climate change terminology influence willingness to take climate action.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tim Raupach @timraupach.com · Nov 26
Please submit an abstract to our @eurogeosciences.bsky.social session "Interdisciplinary approaches to addressing climate risks associated with weather extremes". Abstract deadline is 15 January 2025. More info: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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