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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 1d

🎯 Three experimental studies found.... a neat series of null findings. Absolutely nooothing - no link between the two! 🙈 Check out the paper, published #openaccess in Frontiers in Psychology, if you are curious:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Distrusting minds, skeptical judgments? No evidence for a trust-truth link

IntroductionMany daily situations require rapid judgments about whether information is true or false based on limited information. Prior research has predomi...

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 1d

📄 New paper from our lab! Anna-Marie Bertram, @fannylalot.bsky.social and Rainer Greifeneder investigated how truth judgments (thinking an affirmation is true vs. false) might be related to people's trust propensity (their general tendency to see others as trustworthy).
#socialpsych #trust

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Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social · 9d

"A lot of the crazy things that keep happening in the world actually can make a lot of sense once you start seeing it through that lens – people get in groups and then they do weird stuff."

Yeah that's what you get when you force me to face a camera 😅 #socialpsych #psychology #AcademicSky

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Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social · 9d

📽️ We have an official video for the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) summer school 2025!

Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet...

youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...

Social Psychology Summer School at Kent

YouTube video by University of Kent

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Fernando Blanco 🦋 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @fernandoblancopsy.com · 15d

ICYMI: We are hiring a postodoctoral researcher to join us at @cimcyc.bsky.social (Granada, Spain) to study mis/disinformation.

🚨 Only a few days left to apply!

Fernando Blanco 🦋 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @fernandoblancopsy.com · 22d

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information.

Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️

Please share! 🔃

cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati...

#socialpsychology
#cogpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#PsychJob
#PhDJob

Job Offer: Postdoctoral Researcher in Disinformation

As part of the strategic plan linked to the María de Maeztu Seal of Excellence award, the CIMCYC is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with experience in the field of the psychology of disinformatio...

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 15d

📢 New paper out by @fannylalot.bsky.social and colleagues from the University of Turku!

Interested in future thinking, environmental psychology, and policy acceptance? Check out their latest paper hot off the press in Journal of Environmental Psychology ⬇️

🌱 #socialpsych #psychology #AcademicSky

Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social · 16d

📢 New paper alert - hot off the press in #JEVP ! In our latest piece from the BIODIFUL project, we investigate how #FuturesConsciousness relates to acceptance of strong pro-environmental policies.

🗞️ Curious? You can read the article #openaccess:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Effective, fair or Intrusive? The role of futures consciousness in environmental policy acceptance

As the current environmental crisis unfolds, there is an increasing call for stronger governmental action to accelerate societal transformation. The c…

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 22d

👏 We are INSANELY happy to share that former PhD student and lab member Christiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social is one of the recipient of the 2025 SAGE Emerging Scholar Award @spspnews.bsky.social! Huge congratulations, Christiane, this is so well deserved!!

spsp.org/news/spsp-ne...

SPSP Announces Recipients of 2025 Early and Mid Career Awards | SPSP

Please join us in applauding the winners of SPSP’s 2025 Early and Mid Career Awards!

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · 22d

📢 A new semester has just started, and we are extremely happy to announce that TWO brilliant PhD students are joining our lab this autumn!

👏 Please join us in welcoming Camilla Boggia and Anna Lambrich to Basel. Anna and Camilla, we are thrilled to have you with us!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

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Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social · Aug 8

@anagantman.bsky.social @jowylie.bsky.social and I are starting to study everyday revenge. Have you ever successfully gotten back at someone after being wronged? We would love to hear about it.

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#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #cognition

Everyday Revenge

We are interested in stories of everyday revenge—cases where you successfully got back at someone after being wronged. Please think up an experience of when you took revenge and tell us about it. Pl...

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jul 6

How Willing are we to Engage with Different Others? At #ISPP2025, Melissa Jauch @melissajauch.bsky.social presents her recent work on the WEDO task including super cool behavioural data!
@polpsyispp.bsky.social #polpsy #socialpsyc

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jul 6

Last but not least! Natalia Bogatyreva @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social presents her latest (and intriguing!) findings on message framing and political attitudes depending on the person's and their state 🇺🇸 majority political orientation.
#ISPP2025 @polpsyispp.bsky.social #polpsy

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Julia Reiter @juliareiter.bsky.social · Jul 4

PSA: If you're currently in Prague for #ISPP2025, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February!
No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊
Submissions are open until the end of September: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at #24hpolpsy2026

24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026

24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jul 5

At ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social, lab member Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social presents her work on futures consciousness and political engagement, with data collected during the French 🇨🇵 and American 🇺🇸 2024 election.
#socialpsychology #polpsych

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jul 5

We're at ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social! Today Natalia Bogatyreva @bogatyreva-nat.bsky.social presented her work on ostracism and voter absenteeism in 11 European countries 🇪🇺

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉 Early Career Scholars @ #ISPP2025!

If you registered for the ECC Social Hour, don’t forget to join us on Friday, 4 July from 18:05–19:05 in Atrium RB.

Connect with fellow students and scholars (anyone ≤ 8 years post-degree) for conversation, collaboration, and community.

See you in Prague!

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Crowds & Identities @crowdsidentities.bsky.social · Nov 22

Crowds & Identities starter pack!

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jun 16

🌟 Wishing all the best to our stellar former PhD student and Postdoc Christiane Büttner for her next steps at Stanford! They are lucky to have you 🙃
👉 Follow @chrbuettner.bsky.social for more updates on her work!

Christiane Büttner @chrbuettner.bsky.social · Jun 9

I am beyond excited to start my @snsf.ch PostdocMobility project with Prof Greg Walton @stanford.edu !

In the project we will look at how people think about their social energy 🔋🪫 and how to utilize those beliefs to make social interactions more positive and meaningful!

#SocialPsych #PsychSciSky

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Fanny Lalot @fannylalot.bsky.social · Jun 16

🎤 Packed room for our symposium on #future thinking at #ICEP2025! Congratulations to Jakob Schuck for a fantastic talk + all speakers, @auroregrandin.bsky.social, @iaojala.bsky.social, C. Jinhee Capozzoli, @maiensachis.bsky.social. Great to see so much interest from the environmnt psych community! 🌟

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Benjamin Getenet @benjamingetenet.fr · Jun 4

Why do people exclude others? 🤝🔍 New research reveals it’s not always about hostility—sometimes it’s fear, self-protection, or group pressure. A nuanced look at social exclusion. #SocialPsychology #Belonging #Exclusion

Why Do People Exclude Others? | SPSP

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Avis aux francophones! 🇨🇵🇨🇭🇧🇪➕️
L'appel à communication est ouvert pour la première journée d'étude en psychologie politique de l' @afr-psypol.bsky.social. Soumettez votre proposition de blitz ⬇️
#PolPsy

AFR-PsyPol @afr-psypol.bsky.social · Jun 3

📢 Appel à communication ! 📢

Nous sommes très heureuses et heureux d'enfin pouvoir vous accueillir pour la première Journée d’Etude organisée par l’AFR- PsyPol intitulée ‘Psychologie Politique : Directions Présentes et Futures’ !

Toutes les informations sont disponibles ici : tinyurl.com/2y6bmfny

Nos évènements

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · May 20

📊Research shows people get excluded for two main reasons: breaking group norms or seeming unable to contribute. But researchers report that exclusion decisions are strategic, not just about disliking someone.

Follow SPSP for more #EverydayPsych insights: ow.ly/sY2I50VVCa1

A circle of blue characters with a red character standing outside, indicating exclusion.

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Pure Science @purescience.news · Apr 21

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #Narcissism #SocialPsychology

Narcissistic people are more likely to feel ostracized and misread social cues

Despite exuding confidence, narcissistic people relentlessly crave admiration. In other words, they are unable to convince themselves of their own brilliance. Growing research shows the gap between perception...

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Apr 22

🌍Research shows people with higher "futures consciousness" engage more in environmental actions across all levels.

This #EarthDay, consider how thinking about our collective future might inspire more sustainable choices.

Learn more: ow.ly/pMal50VFFpQ

A group of people pick up trash together in a meadow and place it in bags.

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Kai Sassenberg @kaisassenberg.bsky.social · Apr 25

Job Alert: We are searching for a postdoc (1 fte, 22 months) for a DFG-funded project on bias reduction via cognitive conflicts. Feel free to contact me via e-mail (address provided in the post) or DM.
leibniz-psychology.onlyfy.jobs/job/ux0vb9i0

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

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Social Psych Lab Basel @socpsychbasel.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 Pour les #francophones: un nouveau réseau de recherche autour de la #psychologie #politique se constitue ici 👇

AFR-PsyPol @afr-psypol.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 AFR-PsyPol fait ses 1ers pas sur les réseaux ! Nous sommes l'Association Francophone pour la Recherche en Psychologie Politique et avons pour but de promouvoir la recherche et la coopération en #Psychologie #Politique. Envie d'en savoir davantage ? Découvrez nous ici : afr-psypol.org

Promouvoir la recherche et la coopération entre les chercheur·se·s et faciliter le partage du savoir sur la psychologie politique

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