@adrianfward

Asst professor @ UT-Austin. I explore how our social/technological worlds shape our decisions, and how we can live life better. I love jokes, dogs, and queso.

 Austin, TX
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Joined May 2013
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💡 Big Ideas: Sharing articles on social media can lead us to believe we're experts on a topic, according to new research from Susan Broniarczyk, @adrianfward and Frank Zheng, Ph.D. Marketing '20. @myscp @risj_oxford Read more: medium.com/texas-mccombs/i-s…

I Share, Therefore I Know

Sharing articles on social media, even when we haven’t read them, can lead us to believe we are experts on a topic.

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Kurt Gray@kurtjgray25 Feb 2021
Academics: I spent 7 years on this paper and it's lovely and I really really want it to be perfect and get accepted. Also academics: I can't bear to look at this paper for even one more second, so let's just submit it and forget about it.
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I spoke with @TimHerrera of the NY Times' Smarter Living section about my research on smartphones, cognitive performance, and why you should probably hide your phone when you’re trying to work. (Seriously.) nyti.ms/2zE6nBD
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Gap in Financial Literacy Widens for Couples the Longer the Relationship Lasts ow.ly/9rJy30jIsJR @UTAustin
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New research from Assistant Professor Adrian Ward @adrianfward explains one reason why couples struggle so often with finances bit.ly/2FkMFee #personalfinance @UTexasMcCombs
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Digitized Behavior (6.7.2018): A one day conference on how #digitization is changing behavior and business in Boston at @BUQuestrom / preconference for #BDRM2018. Speakers, registration, and information at: blogs.bu.edu/decision/2018/0…
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Bright and early Friday morning (March 2nd) at #SPSP2018 - learn how technology is changing the human experience in “The Psychological Consequences of Technological Advances” @DunnHappyLab @adrianfward @jschroeder0527. Interested in this topic? Go to: ow.ly/K6vP30is3mS
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Diana Tamir@DianaTamir22 Feb 2018
Don't take a picture, it won't last longer. New work with @etemp17 @adrianfward @zakijam finds that using media to capture and share our experiences may prevent us from remembering those experiences sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Jamil Zaki@zakijam30 Jan 2018
New lab paper: when people use technology to record and share experiences, they ironically remember those experiences less well. Great to work with @etemp17, @DianaTamir, and @adrianfward! paper: ssnl.stanford.edu/download/f… open materials: osf.io/uqh5d/
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Customers Won’t Pay as Much for Digital Goods — and Research Explains Why s.hbr.org/2CVKGML

Customers Won’t Pay as Much for Digital Goods — and Research Explains Why

Despite the many advantages of digital products, research shows that in many cases, people are willing to pay significantly more for physical products. In this piece, the authors describe a recent...

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Double wow! The latest video by @missmayim talks about our recent "brain drain" paper AND earlier research with Dan Wegner on the "Google effect." (So happy to contribute to the conversation about smarter smartphone use!) youtu.be/MkdcnkGBQSw xitter.cf/missmayim/status/94135…

Your Brain On Cell Phones || Mayim Bialik

Hi everyone! Mayim Bialik here. You may know me as Amy Farrah Fowle...

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Mayim Bialik
@missmayim14 Dec 2017
A recent study said that the average person uses their phone every five mins..but I think I use mine about 5 times a minute! What happens to our brains when we use smart phones? Turns out: a lot. Check it out my neuroscientific phone-addicted take on it: bit.ly/YourBrainOnSmartPhone…

Your Brain On Cell Phones || Mayim Bialik

Hi everyone! Mayim Bialik here. You may know me as Amy Farrah Fowle...

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Wow! Our paper on smartphones and "brain drain" made the list! (I would've tweeted about it sooner, but I'm trying to stay away from my phone.) #smartphones #braindrain #attention xitter.cf/altmetric/status/94052…
Altmetric@altmetric12 Dec 2017
The Altmetric Top 100 2017 is here! Check out this year’s list of the most talked about articles. altmetric.com/top100 #altmetrictop100
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Lada Adamic@ladamic3 Nov 2017
The tyranny of resale value: ladamic.com/wordpress/?p=829
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Jay Hartzell
@JCHartzell3 Oct 2017
.@PoetsandQuants makes the case for #WhyMcCombs and why Austin. Terrific feature of the @UTexasMBA class of 2019. bit.ly/2xeQxcZ
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How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds wsj.com/articles/how-smartph… via @WSJ

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens.

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If you were living in a simulation, would you live your life differently? petermcgraw.org/are-you-livi…
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Oh, stop! 😊 (S/O to @b_cavello for being such a cool human!) xitter.cf/b_cavello/status/84748…
it's B! Cavello 🐝@b_cavello30 Mar 2017
Replying to @b_cavello
S/O to @adrianfward for being such a cool prof and also respecting people's pronouns 🙌
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.@SEMcBain w/ beautiful thoughts on the Internet, memory, identity, love, etc. (Also, a connection to my research.) xitter.cf/NewStatesman/status/70…
The New Statesman
@NewStatesman23 Feb 2016
The digital future and what the internet is doing to our brains. By @SEMcBain #longread newstatesman.com/politics/ed…
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Clickbait title, cool work RT @newscientist: The leading theory of consciousness has been rocked by an oddball study ow.ly/UeNr6
This is a rad idea. Let's encourage curiosity--and the empowerment that comes from acting on that curiosity. xitter.cf/paulacroxson/status/64…
Paula Croxson @paulacroxson.bsky.social@paulacroxson15 Sep 2015
Scientists! Fancy being a pen pal to inspire a middle school child about science? prescientist.org/about-us/ HT @CarolynJLacey
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