Social Lunch

Gandalf Nicolas, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University ~ Linguistic Social Cognition in Humans and Artificial Intelligence Language Models. Abstract ~ In this talk I will present my research on linguistic social cognition in humans and...

Ashwini Ashokkumar Assistant Professor of Psychology, NYU Topic ~ The Psychological Drivers and Effects of Political Discourse What are the individual and collective psychological processes that shape political discourse? Drawing on evidence from natural...

Abdo Elnakouri ~ Northwestern University Title ~ Goal-Colored Glasses: How Goals and Relationships Shape Our Sense of Reality. Abstract ~ How do people decide what is true and real in the world? People’s sense of truth and reality is not constructed in...

Julia Marshall , Ass't Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Brown University Topic: The Early Pursuit of Third-Party Punishment Responding to wrongdoing is a central feature of our social lives and allows cooperative societies to flourish...

Thomas Talhelm, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Topic: Collectivism Isn’t What Most People Think It Is: A Study of 100 Cultures When I started as a research assistant 20 years ago, senior professors let me in on an open secret...

Yoobin Park, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Topic: Thriving With Healthy Connections Social relationships have a profound impact on mental and physical health. But what relationships do people pursue and why? What are the necessary...

Steve Rathje, Ph.D. - New York University Topic: “The Paradox of Virality” I will present the results from a variety of interconnected studies about intergroup conflict, the spread of (mis)information, and how these topics interact with digital...

Shauna Bowes, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University Topic: The Promise of Intellectual Humility Beliefs have the power to drive human behavior—for better (e.g., social justice) and for worse (e.g., gun violence)—so it is essential to understand when, why, and how...

Steve Rathje, Ph.D., New York University

Dorsa Amir, Ph.D. UC Berkeley Topic: Culture and the developing mind Humans are an unusually successful species, numbering in the billions and inhabiting every habitat on the planet. An important determinant of this success is our adaptability, supported...