New preprint! ✨ Do you and your partner have made-up words ("eggy" to mean awkward)? Do you and your bestie have an anecdote you love to tell together (that time one of you tripped over an acorn)? Do you and your closest colleague have a cherished ritual (weekly lunch at "the usual spot")? 🧵

New paper out in Social Psychological and Personality Science with @mohammadatari.bsky.social! We ask: How does moral diversity shape communities’ responses to norm violations? Across 7 studies (N = 235k+), we find a surprisingly consistent pattern. tinyurl.com/48tp5k6j

One more week before the start of the Shared Reality Virtual Conference! Sign up here to be sent the zoom link: universityofhouston.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thrilled to release this year’s program for the Shared Reality Virtual Conference (Mar 24-25)!! Register here to receive the Zoom link (free!): universityofhouston.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Organized with: @emmamiller.bsky.social @abdoe.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social

Neat paper finding ~3% socialization of prejudice in german adolescents social networks psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

In an interesting #SPSP2026 talk, @asmiley.bsky.social presented work suggesting that the proportion of out-partisans at one’s church had a curvilinear association with affective polarization—politically balanced churches showed the lowest rates of affective polarization.

In an interesting #SPSP2026 talk, @abdoe.bsky.social presented data showing that assigning participants to watch a debate (versus an informational video, or no video) on rent control made them significantly more intellectually humble.

If you’re at @spspnews.bsky.social, we would love to see you (yes, you 🫵🏼🤓) there!

Very excited to be chairing this symposium at @spspnews.bsky.social this Saturday at 2 with @abdoe.bsky.social! With Zarnab Zahoor (UIC) and Jan Voelkel (Cornell), we will collectively discuss the factor which can combat or amplify group-based animosity amidst rampant polarization. (Room E353A) 🧵1/6

A little over a week left for blitz applications for the conference! Please share to those that might be interested :)

We’re excited to announce this year’s Shared Reality Virtual Conference on Mar 24-25! Register below to receive the Zoom link (free!). Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 20. Organized with @abdoe.bsky.social @emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

So thrilled to see this paper in print at PSPR—I propose a new theoretical model of self-protection motivation that reimagines how people might think, feel, and act when navigating self-threats. I enjoy this sort of theoretical work & excited to share it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

✨New preprint! Why do people express outrage online? In 4 studies we develop a taxonomy of online outrage motives, test what motives people report, what they infer for in- vs. out-partisans, and how motive inferences shape downstream intergroup consequences. Led by @felix-chenwei.bsky.social 🧵👇

Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊 For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com

What kinds of conversations spark instant connection? Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.bsky.social. We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...

📢JOB POSTING: Senior Director for the Center for Enlightened Disagreement (CED).📢 @nourkteily.bsky.social and I seek a strategic leader to help us build the Center (see ensuing post for information about CED). Target salary range: $125,000-$155,000. 1/2 careers.northwestern.edu/psc/hrnu_er/...

Don’t miss out on applying to this dream post doc! 🫵🏽🔥

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New preprint! We developed new measurement tools to examine moralization in ~2B Twitter/X & Reddit posts and ~5M traditional media texts. Key finding: moralization increased markedly on social media from 2013-2021; more than traditional media; associated with multiple user dynamics 🧵👇

Thrilled to share that my first first-authored publication is officially out (soon to be in press at Social Cognition)! 🚀 "From Data to Discovery: Unsupervised Machine Learning in Social Cognition" 📄 OSF preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

Are there contexts where expressing intellectual humility (IH) can backfire? On established or morally convicted topics, the positive impacts of perceived high (vs. low) IH on competence and warmth are attenuated or reversed. Full Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1948...

Excited to share a new paper in Current Directions on the theme of merging in close relationships, with @emmamcgorray.bsky.social, @erinhughes.bsky.social , and @abdoe.bsky.social! In the paper, we discuss merging in the domains of selves, goals, processing, and reality. tinyurl.com/ynbedzys (1/4)

First (but certainly not last) developmental paper now accepted at Developmental Psychology! We asked: Do children value intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance? The answer is YES! Preprint available here! osf.io/preprints/os...

Franki is a phenomenal scientist, mentor, and person. What an amazing opportunity!

I'm hiring a new lab manager! Deadline to apply is April 1st. More details here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu... I formed some of my deepest and most impactful partnerships as a lab manager, and it's a position that I highly value. If you are a PI, please circulate to possible applicants!

Live from #spsp2025: @abdoe.bsky.social shedding light on pluralistic ignorance. Democrats & Republicans *believe* they fundamentally disagree on core values, but in reality, are far more similar than they are different (ds~=1.3)--despite real differences (e.g., in conformity & traditionalism).

@curtispuryear.bsky.social a study of a decade of twitter posts shows and new measure of moralization shows that moralization has substantially increased over time (d = .45!). Driven by both self selection and within-user increase over time! #comppsych #spsp2025 (also stay tuned for this paper😎)

If you're going to #SPSP2025, please consider coming to our Friday symposium on false political pessimism!

👀New preprint! In 3 prereg experiments we study how engagement-based algorithms amplify ingroup, moral and emotional (IME) content in ways that disrupt social norm learning (and test one solution!) w/ @joshcjackson.bsky.social and my amazing lab managers @merielcd.bsky.social & Silvan Baier 🧵👇

We're extending out the deadline to submit blitz talks to the Shared Reality Virtual Conference! New deadline is February 26th. @emmamiller.bsky.social @changlu-cl.bsky.social Please share! Link to register for the conference and submit blitz here: t.co/TXCq3L724h

✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes: 💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong 💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social

New open-access paper in Annual Review of Psychology with @mjbsp.bsky.social: “Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined” www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

We are excited to announce this year's Shared Reality Virtual Conference happening Wednesday March 12 & Thursday March 13, 2025, between 9:50 AM - 1:10 PM ET! You can register below to receive the Zoom link! Submit a data blitz anytime until Feb 7. northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We know that people tend to see the world similarly with ingroup members. But do people share reality with just anyone in their ingroup? In a 🔥new paper🔥we find that people are specifically motivated to create a shared reality with those who support their goals. @mrossignacmilon.bsky.social 🧵1/

~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!

Welcome to the surge of new folks here! I'm a Northwestern/Kellogg psychology professor who studies: (1) romantic relationships and (2) U.S. political polarization/free speech. I co-direct NU's CENTER FOR ENLIGHTENED DISAGREEMENT & co-host the LOVE FACTUALLY podcast. lovefactually.substack.com

I will be reading applications for our PhD program this year. Our lab studies social cognition, attitude formation and change, and social learning and memory. For more information, please read this document: benedekkurdi.com/files/Kurdi_.... The deadline is December 1.

I’m so excited to share our new paper in JPSP from me, @lydiaemery.bsky.social, @emmamcgorray.bsky.social, Wendi Gardner, & @elijfinkel.bsky.social! We find that avoidantly attached people report self-loss due to their relationship, but external metrics fail to detect such loss. tinyurl.com/yaztcjc2

I'm hosting a FREE online workshop about experience sampling methods & how to implement them for APA! If you wanna run an experience sampling or a daily diary study but don't know where to start, I'll help you out with lots of practical advice! apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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This survey is closing at the end of June! Thank you to everyone who has completed the survey so far. If you haven't taken it yet, we would still love to hear from you! To determine if you're eligible and to take the survey, you can follow this link: tinyurl.com/relscisurvey.

In a new paper with Alex Huynh and @igi.bsky.social we find that inviting people to explain contentious political issues promotes open-minded thinking. Link to paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ioyP2Hx2x... tl;dr Twitter/X thread here: x.com/abdoelnakour...

NEW PAPER Never mind moral universals in 60 cultures, how about moral universals in 256 cultures?! doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

Question for Prolific users! @abdoe.bsky.social and I ran a study in early December that yielded unusually bad data quality (as in, basic effects that always replicate weren't there). Has anyone had a similar experience recently?

There is still time to apply for a blitz talk—deadline for blitz submissions has been extended till the 17th! :)

Help us answer important questions about how relationship researchers conduct our science! (And some fun bonus questions on the relationships of relationship scientists)