Prospect Theory's famous “S-shaped” value function is a cornerstone of behavioural economics. Surprisingly, more than 40 years after its inception, there seem to be a lot of remaining puzzles about it.

Or... perhaps not anymore. A 🧵that may change your view on Prospect Theory.

The culture lab at Stanford is hiring a Lab Coordinator! Please spread the word! careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/lab-coord…

🚨Out in Nature Human Behaviour🚨
We examine psychology of misinformation across
16 countries, N=34k
➤Consistent cognitive, social & ideological predictors of misinfo belief
➤Interventions (accuracy prompts, diglit tips, crowdsourcing) all broadly effective
nature.com/articles/s4156…
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A lot of research looks at 'who is attractive' and much less looks at 'how did an actual relationship form.'

This paper does the latter - looking over a period of time, how did new initial meetings turn into relationships and what predicted those? 🧵

My paper with Daniel Gilbert is out today in Nature: people believe that people are less kind than they used to be, they're probably wrong about that, and we have an idea where this illusion comes from. nature.com/articles/s4158…

POOR BUT NOT BY CHOICE(S): Across 27 countries (5,000 participants), our team of 40 researchers found *NO DIFFERENCES* in bias patterns for financial decisions between income groups. NONE.

Economic inequality isn't caused by bad choices.

Open access: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Humility opens many doorways, creating valuable spaciousness where people can feel the authenticity and an invitation for connection.

Our new paper: To make a good impression, you need to make a good introduction. Your LinkedIn Profile,your Twitter Bio,or your introduction at a networking event matters a lot. So, how do we make a good introduction? The key is to emphasize your JOURNEY👇

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Had a highly enriching time at the first Inaugural SJDM Doctoral Symposium where I also shared my work in the #CB session. Heartfelt thank you to the faculty panelists and organizers for this insightful event Irene Scopelliti Alix Barasch Emma Edelman Levine Övül Sezer Abby Sussman

Huge congratulations to our student poster winning presenters at the SJDM Doctoral Symposium!

Thanks so much to all our participants who joined the first SJDM doctoral symposium! Great to learn from our amazing faculty panelists
Alex Imas #anujshah Wendy De La Rosa Jack Soll Jennifer Trueblood; and share latest research! Irene Scopelliti Emma Edelman Levine Alix Barasch Abby Sussman

Thanks to all who made the first SJDM doctoral symposium a huge success!!
Övül Sezer Irene Scopelliti Emma Edelman Levine Alix Barasch for organizing; faculty panelists Alex Imas #anujshah Wendy De La Rosa Jack Soll Jennifer Trueblood; and all of our participants!

June 22 deadline.

🎉Celebrate a paper you love by nominating it for the the Inaugural SJDM Best Paper Award🎉

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Best paper on JDM topic published in 2020 w/ promise for long-term influence in the field. Self nominations encouraged.

Nominate here
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🔥🔥Inaugural SJDM Best Paper Award: Call for nominations 🔥🔥 For best paper published in 2020.

Complete survey here by June 22:
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Gretchen Chapman

An amazing experience at the Inaugural SJDM Doctoral Symposium.

I am glad to have presented my early ideas and findings on 'Unveiling the Meta Me', where I shared how, across two lab experiments, when consumers experience high immersion in metaverse environments, their…

Here Övül Sezer discusses her fascinating research on the downsides of hiding our successes from others in our lives.

It really gave me something to think about. Check it out 👇

Great to join Stanford Psychology Podcast and discuss our research on sharing good news!

You are definitely one of my favorite podcasts, thanks so much for having me Stanford Psychology Podcast 😊

EPISODE ALERT!!
This we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes! Eric Neumann chats with Övül Sezer on the case for sharing good news!

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It was great to interview Professor Övül Sezer on a topic we all wonder about: how do you make a good impression?