Lecturer (assistant prof equivalent) @EdinburghUni. Social cog, gender, androcentrism. Formerly @Yale @NYUPsych @UofNH @colgateuniv. Dancer. Wanabee cyclist
University of Edinburgh
Joined May 2015
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New work in press at PSPB! With @aashnapod @AndreiCimpian @adinamwilliams
We find intersectional male-centric and White-centric biases based on a list of 4,000+ first names in large-scale (English) text using word embeddings
Results overview ⬇️
osf.io/preprints/osf/72pg5
New preprint! @jialin_psycher
Western samples tend to think of a "person" as a man. How persistent is this?
Evidence from two novel groups begins to answer this question; see below for findings from the matrilineal Mosuo and from an age-diverse mainstream Chinese sample ⬇️
🚨New Preprint: Person = Me or Person = Man?
Male defaults aren't inevitable. In the matrilineal Mosuo, men and women imagined someone like themselves. In mainstream China, girls and women increasingly favored men with age.
Read more: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ej…
Nominations are open for ISCON's Early Career Award! This award celebrates researchers in social cognition. To apply, you must have earned your PhD 2020 or later. The winner is invited to give an address at SPSP Preconf (Feb 2027)
Apply by Nov 1 2026
🔗 socialcognition.net/early-ca…
People represent men and women as balanced, mirror images of each other... right? e.g., women as communal but men as agentic
We argue that people actually often see women as one thing but men as MANY
New open-access piece out in TiCS, with Rachel Leshin cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…
The SPSP Gender Precon is accepting abstracts for blitz talks and posters! Our invited lineup this year is 🔥including Janet Hyde, Adriene Beltz, Will Beischel, Sa-kiera Hudson, Ashley Martin, and Gandalf Nicolas. tinyurl.com/Gender26
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What kinds of conversations spark instant connection?
Excited to share my first NYT Guest Essay, with @ericaboothby.
We argue that playful riffing — creating a little world together — forges and deepens relationships through shared reality.
nytimes.com/2025/09/04/opini…
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Dear researchers on AI-empathy,
We (@AnatPerry, @minzlicht, and @_desmond_ong) are writing a short review of current research on AI and empathy.
We know your published work but are also looking for preprints or submitted papers that we may have missed.
Share in comments!
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Attention philosophers, x-philosophers and moral psychologists - I'm hiring! Two, 3-year research fellowships on an interdisciplinary project in the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab at the Uehiro Institute, Oxford. Pass it on! For more info and to apply: tinyurl.com/mrwwuyaw
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Excited to be travelling to NY for SPP this week to present my paper with @mattlindauer and Cesar Palacios-Gonzalez on the moral psychology of respecting the wishes of the dead 🧠♥️🪦📊
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Attending #APS25DC this Friday? Check out the symposium chaired by @yan_zi_huang and @pmendesiedlecki! Featuring talks by @LeshinRachel, @jowylie2, @yan_zi_huang, and myself (presenting new work in collab w Shan Gao & @ahbailey04)!
⏰: Friday 1-2:20pm
📍: rm Piscataway
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I am honored to receive the dissertation year fellowship at UNH which will support my dissertation work on how emotional experiences shift within individuals over time 🎉
Thank you to my advisor for her support!
And congrats to my lab mate Alix who also received a fellowship!
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Check out our symposium on *parents' lay theories of cognitive development* at #SRCD2025!
How do parents intuitively assume prejudice, ability, and number develop?
Ft. work by @Reut_Shachnai and @julia_a_leonard, @domgibs, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman!
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👉 Job Alert: We're hiring a Lab Manager for the Brain Recording & Cognitive Science Lab at @colgateuniv! Great opportunity for recent grads looking for research experience before grad school. Know someone? Please share! careers.colgate.edu/postings…
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Colgate University is tuition-free for families with an income of $80,000 or less.
The Colgate Commitment meets the full cost of attendance – including tuition, the average cost for textbooks, and other classroom expenses.
#ColgateThirdCentury | bit.ly/48QCEEe
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Friends, I'm hiring a post doc to join the culture group, please spread the word! michelegelfand.com/_files/ug…
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I am seeking applicants for a fully-funded PhD student position in my lab. The student will join the Cognition track in the Psychology PhD program at UNH. Please spread the word if you know someone who might be interested.
(RTs appreciated)
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Postdoc opportunity at the University of Amsterdam!
Our project examines human sources of bias in AI models of face classification & implications for users' behavior. Co-supervised by me and Andreas Schuck.
Details here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancie…
Deadline Apr 15! DM me with Qs
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Thank you to everyone who attended our wonderful event at @boswellbooks in Milwaukee with Sally Haldorson of @porchlightbooks! It was amazing to engage with so many people on psychological richness. If you missed out, the full interview is out now: youtu.be/bz0TQRHtEH0?si=SpOe…
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So much is going on right now, and it's all pretty scary, but I logged in to share some good news!
My spouse wrote a fascinating book about AI with a friend, and it is coming out today! 🥳
You can learn more and snag a copy here: commonnotions.org/why-we-fea…
