Abhay Alaukik

SocialPsyc PhD, UF (BA @ UKansas) | Social cognition, Polarization | Mathematically modeling verbal theories; views own;
Website:

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

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I'm on the job market!

I’m a social psychologist building computational models to study social cognition, attitudes, polarization, and how people update beliefs.

Methods: Hierarchical Bayesian models, Agent-based models, NLP.

Interested in formal theorizing!

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

Bottom line: bias may start operating at basic perceptual stages, even before more complicated processing can take place. SFT and GRT analyses allow us to study this minutely as well as allows us to estimate individual-level processing behavior. Preprint: https://t.co/LLKLi3BYvp

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

🚨New preprint🚨: Attitude measures like the IAT reveal biased behavior — but the levels across which bias operates are varied. Our new preprint borrows formal modeling approaches from perceptual science to find out where age-valence interactions happen in perceptual processing🧵

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

Put all three tests together and only a small subset of people are able to process age and valence independently at every single stage:

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

And many more ongoing extensions using Joint Modeling, ABMs, NLP, etc. Check out my website (https://t.co/McQwIFJKI3) and reach out if interested! I'll also be at @SPSPnews presenting my work on how to join multiple measures of the same construct/s under one unified formal model

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

(Mic check 1-2-3)

I'm on the job market!

I’m a social psychologist building computational models to study social cognition, attitudes, polarization, and how people update beliefs.

Methods: Hierarchical Bayesian models, Agent-based models, NLP.

Interested in formal theorizing!

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

(2) Polarization and extremism of textual information:
https://t.co/xsqAn6CZGT

[Marjorie Prokosch @MlProkosch]

Don’t forget to register to join us at the #SPSP2026 Sustainability Preconference! We have an exciting lineup of speakers, panelists, and posters around our theme: Integrating Science, Community, and Policy for Sustainable Change. @SPSPnews

[Meltem Yucel (Melt-um You-Jell) @DrMeltemYucel]

Last 10 days to apply~~

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

Wouldn't be possible without Drs. Colin Smith & Peter Kvam!

The thread above gives the general rundown but if your to-read folder isn't full enough:
Paper: https://t.co/flJKrWl2Bz
Pre-print: https://t.co/wt9030lBwf

Extending this work in several directions, stay tuned!

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

Out in Social Cognition! We present the "Tug-of-War" (computational) model of attitude associations. It posits a specific mechanism behind behavior on implicit cognition tasks (IAT here; working to implement it to other tasks). We believe it enhances theory and psychometrics😁

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

First first-author paper submitted; preprint: https://t.co/wt9030lBwf😌 We (Dr. Colin Smith and @PeterKvam) give a tutorial on the Tug-of-war model (TOW) of attitude associations as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). The TOW quantifies associations as...(1/13)

[Abhay Alaukik @AAlaukik]

📢Check out our project on some structural reasons why widespread economic issues don't result in coherent and effective collective action to address these issues. Amazing work led by @egarciaferres !

[Eva Garcia Ferres @egarciaferres]

🚨NEW PREPRINT ALERT!
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.

[Saurabh @researchingcog]

World models are a highly speculative topic in AI as well as in cognitive science. I’m excited to share my manuscript on investigating internal world models using imagination networks in humans and LLMs! 🧵1/n
https://t.co/Laha7M99Tt

[Meltem Yucel (Melt-um You-Jell) @DrMeltemYucel]

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩

Learn more: https://t.co/9dxCzHRaud

(P.S. Ted Schwaba is also taking a student!) @MsuPsychology

[Iris van Rooij 💭 @IrisVanRooij]

✨We are organising (again) an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: Registration is open! (closes July 1, spaces are limited) 🧵1/n https://t.co/8k2SMjCB6k