Psychology Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. Interested in moral decision-making, fairness, cognitive processes, and the brain.
(he/him)
What can moral judgement response times⌛️tell us about the moral judgement process⚙️?
Does this process change in dynamic settings, when we expect to learn more info?
Are we faster to condemn or praise?
Check out our new Cognition paper to find out:
https://t.co/EHQOlEV29I
Join our rapidly growing UTS Psychology as external honours supervisor. You'll supervise a group of 3 students, for online research only. You need: Masters/PhD in Psych, working rights and residence anywhere in Australia. https://t.co/8oWu5MH6B7
🚨New paper @Mark_A_Thornton & myself🌟how people infer others' traits dynamically from naturalistic videos🌟https://t.co/xCnCVdVpII
Using various #computational tools, we identify importance of vocal, visual, & semantic info & effects of perceivers' moods, attitudes, & traits🧵
Pleased to share my short summary of this multinational study into effects of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on wellbeing, and the role personality played in people’s recovery from the shock.
https://t.co/RAi9SkJTXx
@UniMelb @UniMelbMDHS @Psychunimelb@EWB_Hub
Big study, expected outcomes: Economic Inequality Fuels the Desire for Wealth and Status - Zhechen Wang, Jolanda Jetten, Niklas K. Steffens, 2023 https://t.co/uGG7mOx2k4 #inequality
New paper demonstrating the hidden cost of receiving favors led by Xiaoxue Gao with @Eshjolly, @PsyHongbo, Huiying Liu, & Xiaolin Zhou. Indebtedness motivates reciprocity by minimizing feelings of guilt and obligation. https://t.co/DzVWk1BwpZ
"...checking in on how you are treating others can become an ongoing process that might involve facing some uncomfortable truths about yourself." Fantastic new article from @hohwy and @KevinBerrymn in @aeonmag https://t.co/HhsFDnQ926
Tim Bayne & Iwan Williams explain why the Turing test isn’t a good benchmark for thought in large language models (LLMs). (4/20)
https://t.co/B840DtSkfZ
'Accelerating scientific progress through Bayesian adversarial collaboration' -- out now in the latest issue of @NeuroCellPress. We hope this will be a useful contribution for consciousness science (& adversarial collaborative research more generally)
https://t.co/7tRUqRA9Nd
TWO tenure track open positions in psychology available at the University of Melbourne (equivalent to assistant and associate professor). Come join us and please share widely. https://t.co/9X0zuVRn8e
In our new @NeuroCellPress paper, Friston @hohwy & I propose a Bayesian solution: Formalise contrasting predictions as priors over generative model parameters, & use established variational methods to compare how well each model fits the experimental data https://t.co/oCbzyGUlfZ
These are uncertain times, so enjoy life while you can! In this new paper with @M_Moutoussis@kyo_iigaya @GeertJanWill @Bastien__Blain@TobiasUHauser and others we model delay discounting as sensitivity to volatility in future reward value. https://t.co/athjPTQkc0
Our new preprint is about the risk of psychedelic-induced false insights and beliefs.
McGovern as lead with @HilaryGrimmer, @ManojDoss, @PhilCorlett1, @neurodelia, @aidanlyon, & @B_Hutchy.
These Qs are why I did a PhD on insight. So, some reflections on why it matters👇
Thrilled to share my latest work @eLife: "Spatiotemporal neural dynamics of object recognition under uncertainty in humans"
Huge thanks to @BiyuHe and @ellapod https://t.co/rEktGl8Lmp
📢New book from @Monash_M3CS's amazing Monima Chadha!📢
Selfless Minds: A Contemporary Perspective on Vasubandhu's Metaphysics
@Monash_Arts
https://t.co/u466TldAjP
Our new paper in @SciReports reveals the most challenging finding I have published throughout my career - the younger people are in violent conflict, the less hope they have. So much work ahead of us, but the protest in Israel shows that change is possible https://t.co/QHwvbWSaHw
How does metacognition shape how we search for information? Happy to share our full theory+data paper out now in PsychReview (w/ @smfleming & Peter Dayan @MPICybernetics). We’ve made big chances since the 1st preprint (all new empirical section!) so here’s an updated thread 👇🧵
Does stress make you more honest or dishonest? Find out in our recent work published today: https://t.co/9lg24OnUeS with @MaartenBoksem & @Ana_Martinovici
Slowly transforming, in everyday experiences! 🙌@Monash_M3CS Jenny Windt discusses how personal transformation can start with a whisper, not a bang – https://t.co/3AUfboQFuh via @psyche_the_mag