Running an experiment to study racial discrimination? Going to use names to signal race? Here's a new tool! This helps you to choose the names you want to use based on: 1.) the strength of the racial signal you want to send 2.) whether you want to hold other factors (e.g., class) constant

System Justification “Ultimately, people seem motivated to justify systems they feel connected to in a given moment, suggesting that system justification is functionally equivalent to group justification.” New chapter by Luca Caricati, @chuma73.bsky.social, me, and Russell Spears. #SocialPsyc

We have a new paper in Psych Review, creating a taxonomy of discrimination, in hopes of better organizing results and knowing when they might generalize With Becca Neel, @lorapark.bsky.social, Keita Christophe Free link: erichehman.com/wp-content/u...

www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... I remember Obama skipping major sports events to not cause disruption. Trump (who said high ticket prices don’t matter because you can watch it on tv) will, instead, cause this free watching event to be cancelled. What a tiny human.

The Ideology 2.0 dataset is now publicly accessible. 280,000 unique sessions, ~40 implicit measures, ~30 self-report items on the same topics as the implicit measures, 25 individual difference questionnaires, and dozens of individual self-report items. More: osf.io/2483h/overview

New paper by Donahue & Reich, forthcoming in AJS. Using 18 years of Florida voter records, they find Republicans significantly more likely than Democrats to shift Hispanic→White. Democrats more likely to shift White→Hispanic. 1/ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... HT @mattgrossmann.bsky.social

@keithpayne.bsky.social, @jimmycalanchini.bsky.social, Heidi Vuletich and I are co-editing a new Social Cognition special issue titled "10 Years of Bias of Crowds – Reflections and Future Directions". Deadline for letters of intent is July 15th. bit.ly/3R9e8KB

“Mandated freedom” is so on brand…

This cruel death was the final straw for me, so I made time to gather my thoughts on it, out today @latinonewsnetwork.bsky.social latinonewsnetwork.com/community/ho...

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

Fun geography game! www.maptap.gg April 24 96🏅 97🔥 95🏅 89👑 60😐 Final score: 830

Unfortunately, knowing this information is likely to make me a more annoying person moving forward…

New REPS Lab paper🚨 Ideological Sorting Helps Explain the Galvanization of Latino Republicans in Contemporary U.S. Politics: Qualitative Evidence from In-Depth Interviews Led by @solisrodolfo.bsky.social + his fieldwork 1 big theme: GOP Latinos view their ethnicity very positively yet distinctly

While watching, one of my “favorite” facts about Florida politics is that, in 2006, voters voted to raise the level to pass a Constitutional amendment from 50% to 60%. It passed with a vote of….58%. (Under previous rules, marijuana would now be legal and abortion wouldn’t be nearly as restrictive).

Our paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception” (w/ Lauren Davenport & @hrendleman.bsky.social), has been conditionally accepted at Perspectives on Politics! Sharing abstract below. Long time coming, but we are really proud of this paper. More soon!

Weird day today with no meetings because the NSF SBE panel I would have been serving on was canceled.

New paper out in JPSP with @erichehman.bsky.social! We asked: What is the framework underlying our impressions of environments? Our large bottom-up study shows that people pay attention to 4 factors. We’re calling it the Environment Impressions Model: doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

The music collection of a 59-year-old Chicago man who attended more than 10,000 concerts and recorded them on cassette tapes is slowly being digitized and released online for free.

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Students and documentarians spent three years filming the Florida GOP effort to reshape New College of Florida as a conservative institution. I spoke with the filmmakers in this Q&A about the resulting work, "First They Came for My College." www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

We do now know the NSF is proceeding with dissolving the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division. Congress might reverse it, but it is now already underway. YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT FUNDING PROPOSALS TO SBE. Program officers are being moved to different parts of the agency. Call your Congress member

New preprint! w/Tessa Charlesworth & @williambrady.bsky.social: The Psychology of Algorithmic Bias We introduce a psychology-centered framework to specify mechanisms through which human behavior interacts dynamically with AI systems to produce algorithmic bias. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rxu37_v1

Concerned about the possible dismantling of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate of NSF?? www.nature.com/articles/d41... Find out what's happening and what we can do to protect behavioral science with @fabbs.org Friday April 10th at 1:30 ET. Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Come join us! We have two research coordinator positions open with the Stanford IRISS predoctoral program, a program designed to mentor students for graduate study: LEVANTE: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p... BabyView: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p... (deadline 5/1)

🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Pre-doc Researcher/Lab Manager! 🚨🚨 Full-time pre-doc research opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026). Review begins April 10 Apply: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/HarvardUnive... Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇

The targeted defunding of science on diversity, equity, & inclusion means that we'll all know less about the world outside our window. @alanyhyu.bsky.social reports on what that looks like at the science nonprofit, Project Implicit (@projectimplicit.bsky.social) whyy.org/articles/soc...

1/ NEW in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology — our first review of a decade+ of research on understanding & predicting cultural change, with Michael Varnum. This one is personal. A thread on what we found, what surprised us, and how two kids reading Asimov ended up here. 🧵

I had no idea about this aspect of Hughes' life and work.

This piece is SO GOOD, both as an artifact of what research is, at its best, and as a cautionary tale to those who resist engaging with criticism with at least a somewhat open mind. Thanks for this @kurtjgray.bsky.social! The next time I teach a social science research class, this'll be assigned.

This is very good: www.pinstripealley.com/yankees-edit... cc: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social): Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.

Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278

I’m excited to announce a special issue I am guest editing at SCAN with Johanna Jarcho and @maureenritchey.bsky.social on the intersection of memory and social cognition. Find more info here: academic.oup.com/scan/pages/c...

This is consistent with earlier psychometric work that suggests 5-7 is the best response scale options, but good to see that the finding holds up in contemporary research. Also, good to see that labeling scales whether anchored or not has little impact on findings. academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

Members of the Social Cognition Lab presented 4 exciting posters at #SPSP2026, all of which are now available via OSF:

I recommend checking out Abhay's (@aalaukik.bsky.social) poster at Computational Psych today (2:45) or Saturday morning (8-9). He's making great progress connecting different measures (e.g., implicit, explicit, behavioroid) with their theorized generative processes. #SPSP2026 @spspnews.bsky.social

Eva (@egarciaferres.bsky.social) is doing really interesting work informed by multiple literatures and inspired by the times we're living in. Check her thread for where and when to find her on Thursday and Saturday! #SPSP2026

Excited to share that our lab will be presenting multiple projects at SPSP 2026! If you’re interested in social perception, race talk, intergroup dynamics, or collective action — come check us out! #SPSP2026 #SocialPsychology #PersonalityPsychology #AcademicResearch #RaceTalk

New w/@scottclifford.bsky.social. Lots of work uses agree-disagree scales, and a lit review shows these are 1) frequently just measured in one direction (agree = higher trait) and 2) correlated with each other. This has potentially big issues for conclusions. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Junior faculty- Consider coming to Princeton Psych -all expenses paid- for a few weeks to hang out with my great colleagues! (I can’t host this year, but we have so many great labs to choose from!). Application details below.

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

Look, I know it's a small thing, but Duo authentication now requires me to enter a code. Over/under on my university requiring facial recognition for me to log in to Canvas? (Please, do my grading for me hackers).

Postdoc position! Myself and @jordanaxt.bsky.social are seeking applications for a shared post-doctoral researcher at McGill, beginning Fall 2026. Topic area broadly centered on intergroup dynamics, prejudice, discrimination Full description here: hehmanlab.org/ad 1/2

About 10 years ago, I set out to better understand the drivers of radicalization and deradicalization into white supremacy. Work from our endeavors is starting to come out, and I am no longer concerned about sharing it. I want to share the findings from one of these studies, published last March. 🧵

Thank you for supporting Project Implicit. With the additional $3K not included on the landing page, we’ve raised $6,763 or 13.5% of our goal in less than a month. Please help us protect scientific integrity and expand access to research and education by sharing. 4agc.com/landing/impl...

I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏 Start date: May 2026 at latest Deadline: Feb 8 Please share it widely! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

📣Revised preprint by @cas-goos.bsky.social Measurement reliability, validity, and reporting in psychology still has a long way to go... We compared original studies w replications, and where possible recalculated reliability & unidimensionality. Some findings > osf.io/preprints/ps...