🚨Our new study @nature.com: Delegating to AI can increase dishonest behavior. Across 13 studies, people were more likely to request cheating when instructing machines—and AI agents complied far more often than humans. Co-first authored by ARC's Zoe Rahwan. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Die Delegation an KI erhöht unehrliches Verhalten. Und: KI folgt weitaus häufiger als Menschen unethischen Anweisungen. Studie von @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social @tse-fr.eu warnt vor steigenden moralischen Risiken, wenn wir Entscheidungen an Maschinen übergeben. tinyurl.com/49zf3phw

🚨PhD Positions at the Max Planck School of Cognition The new application cycle for the Max Planck School of Cognition has started. The deadline is December 1st 2025 for an intake in the fall of 2026. Check the website for details👇 cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en

Der Klimawandel belastet auch die Psyche. Die neue Lancet Psychiatry Commission @thelancetpsych.bsky.social will Lösungen entwickeln, um psychische Gesundheit fest in Klima- und Gesundheitsstrategien zu integrieren. Auch @cen-mpib.bsky.social ist beteiligt. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2155526/lanc...

🌍🧠 Climate change also takes a toll on mental health. The new Lancet Psychiatry Commission @thelancetpsych.bsky.social aims to develop solutions to integrate mental health into climate and health strategies. @cen-mpib.bsky.social is also taking part. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2155581/lanc...

🤖KI wird immer besser darin, unsere Gefühle zu erkennen. Wie lernt sie das? Im Beitrag von 3sat erklärt Hannes Diemerling @lipmpib.bsky.social ‬@imprs-life.bsky.social‬, wie KI mithilfe von Facial Landmarks Emotionen im Gesicht erkennen kann. #KI #Emotionserkennung www.3sat.de/wissen/kann-...

New episode of LIFE alumna @anasofiamorais.bsky.social's podcast out now! 👂

🍎 Do we really make 200 food decisions a day? In our latest podcast, Almudena Claassen @mpib-berlin.bsky.social reveals why that catchy number is flawed—and what really matters when studying eating habits. It's not about "magic numbers", but about context. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuDO...

Können Maschinen Emotionen zeigen? Im Podcast „Ach, Mensch!“ spricht @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social, was passiert, wenn Maschinen Mitleid äußern, wütend werden oder sich erschrecken und warum Emotionen auch Maschinen helfen könnten 🤖 detektor.fm/wissen/ach-m... #KI #Podcasts

How do early environments shape a child’s biology and their future? In this interview, Laurel Raffington @laraffington.bsky.social‬ shares how epigenetic biomarkers help track lifelong impact on children. 🧬 boldscience.org/the-developm... #ChildDevelopment #Epigenetics

Would you want to know if you were seriously ill? 🤔 A new study by @arc-mpib.bsky.social shows: 1 in 3 people avoid information about their own health—driven by fear, cognitive overload and lack of trust in the medical system. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas... #Health #Prevention

Ein Drittel der Menschen meidet Informationen zur eigenen Gesundheit – aus Angst, Überforderung und fehlendem Vertrauen ins Gesundheitssystem. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Studie @arc-mpib.bsky.social @mpib-berlin.bsky.social 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemeldun... #Gesundheit #Psychologie

Wie #lernen wir am besten – alleine oder voneinander? Die Antwort dazu suchte ein Forschungsteam... in #Minecraft!🕹️ 😀Das Ergebnis: Die Mischung macht's!🙃Carolin Riethmüller über die neue Studie @mpib-berlin.bsky.social von zu individuellem & sozialem Lernen. Video➡️ youtu.be/ZrVyGpIDgg8

Die Empfehlungen im Papier wurden daher auf Basis des Vorsorgeprinzips getroffen. Im Video stellt Ralph Hertwig @mpib-berlin.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social dieses Konzept vor und erläutert die Handlungsempfehlungen des Papiers ausführlich: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l5Q...

New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social! We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

🚨 We have two exciting talks at ARC this week. @nirg.bsky.social from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will talk about ‘Supersharers of fake news on Twitter’. 📆 Aug 12, 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) More info here: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/42585...

How do we know when democracy is in trouble? Our director Ralph Hertwig tackles this question in a recent interview. (Article in German) Link: perspective-daily.de/article/3853...

📑New CEN pre-print by @johanna-prugger.bsky.social, @isdedal.bsky.social and Simone Kühn is out! 'Urban versus Rural Living: Associations with Mental Health, Physical Health, and Psychological Constructs' osf.io/preprints/ps...

Unser Gleichstellungsteam sucht studentische Unterstützung (m/w/d). Helfe mit, Strategien für mehr #Vielfalt, #Gleichberechtigung und #Inklusion zu entwickeln. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2114319/2025...

🚨Job Alert (Deadline: August 31)🚨 We are seeking a student research assistant to assist research on using LLM to enhance risk communication by @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @mpib-berlin.bsky.social. See the link below for more details!👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2114278/2025...

Involving LIP colleagues @brandmaier.bsky.social and Ulman Lindenberger.

New research out!🚨 In our new paper, we discuss how generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT can mediate confirmation bias in health information seeking. As people turn to these tools for health-related queries, new risks emerge. 🧵👇 nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New videos online: Rethinking Digital Public Spaces for #Democracy 🎥 Featuring Francesca Bria (@francescabria.bsky.social), Josef Drexl, Robert Gorwa (@gorwa.ca) ▶️ Watch now: youtube.com/playlist?lis... ▶️ More: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2113822/new-... #humanet3

🌟This is Us! 🌟 Meet Maike Kleemeyer our Research Data Management Coordinator. In this interview, she explains how personal frustration with data chaos turned her into an advocate for clear structures. Learn more: 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2112176/2025... #OpenScience

🚨 New publication 🚨 Excited to see this published in Findings of #ACL2025, led by @zakashussain.bsky.social. We critically evaluate claims that #LLMs are "just next token predictors" or "just machines" and call for a more measured discussion on LLM cognition. aclanthology.org/2025.finding...

🚨We are seeking a student assistant to support web programming @mpib-berlin.bsky.social (Deadline: August 15) There are also opportunities to work with eye tracking, EEG, VR, 3D printing, and scientific computing. See the link for more details!👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2110361/2025...

Congratulations, Ulman Lindenberger @lipmpib.bsky.social! The British Academy has elected him as an International Fellow! 👉 His profile on the British Academy website: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/ulma... 👉 Announcement on the MPIB website: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2109593/awar...

🚨 Student Job Alert 🚨 Unsere Max Planck Forschgungsgruppe Biosocial – Biology, Social Disparities and Development von @laraffington.bsky.social ist auf der Suche nach einem Student Assistant (w/m/d) (40 Std. / Monat). 👉 mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2103685/2025...

🚨New working group for Psychiatric Environmental Neuroscience (PEN)🚨 PEN, a cooperation between CEN and the Department of Psychiatry led by Prof. Dr. Malek Bajbouj at #Charité Campus Mitte, will extend environmental neuroscience studies to clinical settings, under the leadership of Simone Kühn.

Great coverage by @sciam.bsky.social of our research on how ChatGPT is influencing the words we use in conversation! Work led by Hiromu Yakura & @levinbrinkmann.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...

"Individual differences in speed–accuracy trade-off influence social decision-making in dyads" 🚨Our paper has been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi.org/10.1098/rspb... w/ Alan Tump @alantump.bsky.social, Ralf Kurvers @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org 1/ 🧵👇

Martin Lövdén visited @mpib-berlin.bsky.social today and delivered some surprising conclusions about the (limited) effects of various interventions on behavior among older adults. The takeaway? To improve cognition in older adults, focus on early development. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/41729...

Generative AI (GenAI) can do more than just answer questions - it can tailor its responses based on users’ preferences, habits, and even emotional tone. We call this capability hypercustomization - explored in our new paper in Behavioral Science & Policy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We've wrapped the first run of Unraveling Behavior! 🎙️ Now planning next steps—your feedback helps shape the future + funding. 👉 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/25...

🍽️ 🫢 200 Essensentscheidungen pro Tag? Moment mal… Forschende @arc-mpib.bsky.social zeigen, dass die häufig zitierte Zahl auf fehlerhaften Messmethoden beruht und plädieren für eine differenziertere Sicht auf das Essverhalten. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemittei...

🍽️ 🫢 “200 food decisions a day”? Not so fast! Researchers at @arc-mpib.bsky.social reveal that this popular stat is based on flawed methods and demonstrate the need for a more nuanced view of eating behavior. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...

Virtual forest bathing using VR technology can improve emotional well-being – especially if the virtual natural environment appeals to multiple senses, such as hearing, sight and smell, at once. New study @cen-mpib.bsky.social and UKE: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...

Virtuelles Waldbaden mittels Virtual Reality (VR) kann das emotionale Wohlbefinden verbessern – besonders dann, wenn die virtuelle Naturumgebung mehrere Sinne wie Hören, Sehen und Riechen gleichzeitig anspricht. Neue Studie von @cen-mpib.bsky.social und UKE: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemeldun...

Wow! Das war unsere #LNDW: Rund 950 Besuchende, über 130 Mitwirkende, ein inspirierendes Programm aus Vorträgen, Mitmachaktionen, Führungen und Kunstinstallationen... 🤩 #ScienceForSociety #WissenschaftErleben #DankeTeam

We wrapped up the 22nd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social). ECRs from around the world joined us to share their insights on rationality, cognition, and decision-making. 1/🧵👇

"KI ist hier ein mächtiges Werkzeug, um wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu schärfen und die Psychologie als Disziplin weiterzuentwickeln", sagt Dirk Wulff @arc-mpib.bsky.social 👉 Jetzt lesen, wie #KI die #Psychologie umkrempelt: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/meldungen/in...

“AI is a powerful tool for sharpening scientific insights and advancing psychology as a discipline", says Dirk Wulff @arc-mpib.bsky.social. Read a conversation about opportunities, challenges, and the future of #psychology. 👉https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/other-highlights/interview-dirk-wulff-llms

🤩IT'S A PREPRINT 😍 Adolescents' social sensitivity isn't a bad thing—it's adaptive! In our new study, led by amazing Andrea Gradassi @connectedmindslab.bsky.social, we show that teens learned to copy successful peers faster than adults in a new multiplayer exploration task. osf.io/preprints/os...

Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften: Wir haben ein tolles Programm für die ganze Familie! 📍 MPI für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (Lentzeallee 94) 📆 28. Juni 2025 💸 Jubiläumstickets online: nur 5 € Jetzt unser Kinderprogramm entdecken: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/veranstaltun...

Das Banner ist schon ausgerollt 🤩 Am Samstag ist es dann soweit: Wir öffnen unsere Türen zur Langen Nacht. 📍 MPI für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (Lentzeallee 94) 📆 28. Juni 2025 💸 Jubiläumstickets online: nur 5 € 🔗 Programm: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2047157/prog...

Happy to have concluded another iteration of our 5-day open LLMs course, together with @zakashussain.bsky.social. If you are interested in LLMs for behavioral and social sciences, check out our... Tutorial: doi.org/10.3758/s134... Open materials: github.com/zak-Hussain/...

🚨 New preprint 🚨 How to improve risk communication? In this new piece, spearheaded by ‪@kevinetiede.bsky.social‬, we argue that traditional risk communication often fails to convey experiential dimensions of risk, and that experiential simulations can help fill this gap. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🚨Next week's talk at ARC We cordially invite you to join the talk by Josh Ramminger (@joshjramminger.bsky.social), Humboldt University of Berlin. 📅 26 June 11:00 (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online See the link for details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/42252...

🚨 3-year Postdoc Position at MPIB Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social (deadline: 15 July) We're hiring a postdoc to study why some citizens in Germany have become disillusioned with liberal democracy and shared reality, and how these shifts relate to social media use and broader societal polarization.

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12