Stav Atir

Assistant Prof studying how we know what we know and what we don't know. @UWMadison (she/her).

[Koenfucius 🔍 @koenfucius]

Research by @atirstav & Risen suggests explaining learned material—a very effective learning strategy—is underused because of the self-threatening nature of knowledge reflection involved in explaining, and offers remedies to overcome this reluctance:

https://t.co/p9IjASlByT

[Guy Itzchakov @GuyItzchakov]

What fuels thriving relationships? #Responsiveness: #Listening, understanding, and supporting each other.
In our new chapter, Harry Reis and I present an integrated model of responsiveness and its powerful impact on #connection and well-being.
https://t.co/Q9whbPtNJ8

[Paula Niedenthal @PaulaNiedenthal]

After lecturing on findings that show that, while they don’t predict it, talking to strangers makes people happy (⁦@AtirStav⁩) I asked my students how a 3-min dance party would feel and then played Dance With a Stranger by ⁦@lakestreetdive⁩ … and they danced!

[David Dunning @daviddunning6]

People who think they're an expert claim knowledge about nonexistent things; real expertise helps people stay within their "circle of competence" instead. From Harvard Business Review. w/ @atirstav

On Buffett, Moneyball, and mebamectin

https://t.co/fNon9byMhr

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Are you staying within your circle of competence?

In recent research, we explain why feeling like an expert often leads to overestimating your knowledge—and how real expertise can protect you.

We discuss our results in this HBR article. W/ @daviddunning6
https://t.co/D0LZcahrKC

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

In an internal meta-analysis of 17 studies, greater expertise was linked with less "overclaiming" knowledge of bogus terms within one's domain of expertise.

The effect was larger when controlling for self-perceived expertise.

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Do experts know what they DON'T know? Sort of.

Our new paper suggests that expertise has a small but detectable effect on recognizing one’s own ignorance.
@daviddunning6 https://t.co/cef9f7yt99

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

For example, we tested doctors, med students, and pre-meds with a list of medical terms, including some bogus ones. Doctors and med students were slightly better at saying "I don't know" than pre-meds.

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

This is going to be such an amazing pre-conference. Can't wait!

[Brenda Straka, Ph.D. @BrendaCStraka]

So excited to be co-chairing the Self & Identity Preconference for #SPSP2024 with @AtirStav ! We have an amazing line-up of speakers and submissions are open now for the poster session, so come join us‼️ Can't wait to see everyone's amazing work 🤩

[Rajen Anderson @AndersonRajen]

Very excited to announce my new paper w/ @isobelaheck & @K_Kinzler on how kids think about censorship and depictions of harm! Would kids censor if given the chance? If so, why?
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https://t.co/1iDttLNPWe

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

@RafMBatista @katy_milkman @OlegUrminsky @danielmabuse You can simply redact the identifier. That’s what I do.

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Excited to see UW-Madison spotlighting my work on language and gender bias! https://t.co/jdh3dNimYF

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Congratulations, Dr. Khoshimov!

[Bek Khoshimov @bkhoshim]

Thrilled to announce that I have defended my dissertation!

A huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to the fantastic committee members @jon_eckhardt, @ProfLauraHuang, @brentdg2, @AtirStav, Martin Ganco for your continuous support and guidance.

Celebrating it with sparkling juice!

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Loneliness is on the rise, yet people remain reluctant to connect with strangers. Why, and what can we do?

A new piece I wrote with @drxuanzhao and @tweetsbymidge for Current Opinion in Psychology.

https://t.co/soFgAgdVGe

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

Congrats, Jirs! 🎉🎉

[Jirs Meuris @JirsMeuris]

Nice surprise that my paper on gender diversity and performance recognition in law enforcement with Jen Merluzzi won the best paper on environmental and social practices from @AOM_OMT

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

@_kendracalhoun @UofIllinois Woohoo!!!! So happy for you!

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

@AndersonRajen Leeds is lucky to have you!

[Paula Niedenthal @PaulaNiedenthal]

Huge congrats to @ambwinst and Markus Brauer (@brauerlab1) on the inauguration of the new Institute for Diversity Science. What a lineup of speakers from
@UWMadison and the wider community. Here's to continued success of the institute!!

[Stav Atir @AtirStav]

@BenedekKurdi @PsychScience Congratulations! Well deserved!

[Elizabeth Dunn @DunnHappyLab]

Anyone know of any pre-registered experiments testing the happiness benefits of ANY workplace interventions (eg, flexible work policies, email-free Fridays, workweek reductions)? We can find ZERO, which seems crazy.