Keith Markman

Social cognitionist. Studies counterfactuals, regret, nostalgia, meaning, conspiracy theories, memory, free will, momentum. Cackles loudly at amusing things.

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

We're searching at Ohio University this year for a Tenure-Track Quantitative Psychologist position at the Assistant Professor level! Please consider applying and/or letting others know about this opportunity! https://t.co/5ZkfasqNDz

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

Mentally time traveling back to the beginning of the pandemic: https://t.co/ZSL6gNgLrt

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

Daniel Pink and I had an opportunity to discuss “Functions of Human Regret” on NPR-LA (89.3 FM Pasadena). Most notable was how the live callers expressed how they were able to use their regrets as catalysts for future change. Link: https://t.co/flVB9QAnuo

[Andrew Shtulman @andrewshtulman]

Learning to Imagine: The Science of Discovering New Possibilities (https://t.co/TuJ9gWBlmu) is coming out Nov. 14!

To celebrate, I will be posting an image and caption from each chapter over the next several days. Here’s the table of contents to start things off.

[Adam Morris @that_adammorris]

A common view in behavioral science is that people cannot introspect directly on the mental processes underlying their choices. Here, in a new preprint, we provide evidence that they can.

https://t.co/R4TZRg60wd

Work with @carlsonr_ , @hedykober, and @mollycrockett

(1/8)

[Bojana Većkalov (bojanaveckalov.bsky.social) @BVeckalov]

Analytic thinking is related to lower belief in conspiracies. So can analytic thinking decrease belief in conspiracy theories? We don’t really know, as the one set of studies in support of this does not seem to replicate.

With @petrovicbm & @v_gligoric
https://t.co/O7CKSGrZEu

[Emily Liquin @emilyliquin]

New paper with @TaniaLombrozo! Why do people only wonder “why?” about certain observations? Why do people only find certain explanations satisfying? We propose the “picky with a purpose” hypothesis. Thread below, paper here: https://t.co/Uc1v12rl9A

[Shauna Bowes-Flores @ShaunaBowes1]

First paper with my awesome postdoc advisor @lkfazio using person-centered approaches to understand conspiracy theorists! Takeaway: conspiracy theorists appear to be motivated by intuition and rationality but lack truth discernment abilities https://t.co/mwlKKUNBdH

[Joshua Confer @joshuaconfer]

We often blame people for the beliefs they hold.

Does this mean we think people can choose their beliefs, like they can choose their actions?

We find children and adults generally think we can select our beliefs, but think we are restricted by evidence and morality.

Out now!

[David G. Rand @dgrand.bsky.social @DG_Rand]

🚨Out in PoPS🚨
Can crowds help identify misinfo at scale? In this review we show seemingly contradictory findings in the lit are simply due to different analytic approaches. In all data, crowd is highly correlated w experts!
Crowd ratings=useful signals
https://t.co/0sNZjmtmqi

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

How to mitigate misinformation | PNAS https://t.co/rc1YKeRApY

[Jabin Binnendyk @JabinBinnendyk]

New working paper: “Individual differences in overconfidence: A new measurement approach”

Are some ppl generally more overconfident than others? We (@GordPennycook) validated a novel measure that suggests reliable individual differences in overconfidence

https://t.co/z9hMyCTAKH

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

@JohnJost1 Thanks for spearheading this, @JohnJost1. This is going to be a valuable outlet.

[Jaimie Arona Krems @JaimieKrems]

My social psych lab has moved to UCLA, + we're looking for driven graduate student applicants!

More on the *NEW* UCLA Social Minds Lab👇

Please RT + share with your students!

https://t.co/I2ypBOiZXW

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

@Chops310 @dreddiewaldrep Thanks, Bill!

[Keith Markman @MentSIM]

1/The Psychology Department at Ohio University is recruiting this fall for TWO tenure-track assistant professor positions, and we are strongly encouraging persons with SOCIAL and/or COGNITIVE research programs to apply.