We’ve been looking into ways police officers can reduce tension in interactions with their communities from the start. We find adding just one sentence—what we call a “transparency statement”—can help build trust. Read about our work now in The Boston Globe! 👇🏻
New paper alert with Olivier Toubia! We show how prompt architecture introduces systematic error in LLM responses.
🧵Key findings from our study on prompt structure (and how to mitigate silent bias in your research):
New paper with @IkeMDSilver1 and @deborahasmall just out at Psychological Science:
People often compare bad acts to other bad acts. Is it worse to kill two people than to kill one? Should someone who assaulted an adult be punished less than someone who did the same to a child?
We find that when making these kinds of judgments, the direction of comparison matters.
We're *checks calendar* less than 6 months out from the 2024 election (how?!), so I'm super happy to see our paper about reframing voting as a duty to others get out into the world - please check it out! https://t.co/OIQPbZKMSM
🚨 Now out at JEPG! 🚨
After college students graduate & head off to the workforce, there are many opportunities to collaborate at work. Do these opportunities reduce cultural mismatch for college grads from working-class backgrounds? (1/3)
🚨🚀 Hiring a Lab Manager for the @uclaanderson Behavioral Lab! 2-y position, ideal for those who want to go on to grad school.
Details: https://t.co/SLjAzOxZXc
This week on My Unsung Hero: A simple act of generosity from a coffee shop barista helped Hal Hershfield feel like he was finally a part of his community.
https://t.co/FEHtO4tOEg
Yesterday we threw a party to celebrate my first day WITH TENURE! Many have asked me if it “feels real?” or “what changed?” But the process was so steady there didn’t seem like a clear marker of accomplishment. Yesterday I felt it! Thank you to my community!
When you see what scholars have done, you see the few things that made it through to publication. Here's one fuller picture of the ratio of successes and failures: My 2019-2023 submissions to @JCRNEWS.
Publishing in marketing is not easy.
Note this is on the tail of publishing two papers in 2018 and 2019 that were finalists and winner of the best paper award, respectively.
Congratulations 🎉Dr.🎉 Julia Levine on a succesful PhD defense! We were all very impressed with your dissertation and the research program around habit formation & addiction that you are starting to develop. We look forward to seeing what you will do next …