Daniel Vastfjall
@DanielVastfjall
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Emotion & decision researcher with side interest in music. Psych professor @Liu_universitet and PI at Decision Research @AofCompassion Co-director @jedilab_liu
Linkoping, Swe & Eugene, OR
Joined March 2012
๐ New paper in @CommsPsychol ๐ https://t.co/jFTx5fxgEz There is an urgent need to choose behaviours that mitigate climate change, but these are often more effortful. Can we increase pro-environmental motivation? Joint w/ @lsebastian_ch & amazing international team ๐๐งต
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@CommsPsychol @lsebastian_ch @boryana_td @JonasNitschke @KateMichalakis @linakoppel @TGkinopoulos @ToddVogelPsych @ClausLamm @DanielVastfjall @manos_tsakiris @brain_apps @thepsychologist @kim_doell @jayvanbavel Read more about the story behind the project here - https://t.co/kMYkbDj71m Thanks to all the co-authors across @TheCHBH, @UoB_SoP, @LES_UniBham, @BhamSustain, @ScanUnit, @labactionbody, @jedilab_liu & @MSNlab
communities.springernature.com
Actions that protect the environment are crucial but often require effort, which people avoid. In a large international collaboration, we identified psychological interventions that can effectively...
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New paper out today! On the complexities of nuclear weapons decision making (makes a good companion to โA house of dynamiteโ on Netflix)
cambridge.org
To โuse or not to useโ nuclear weapons? Understanding public thinking about nuclear weapons decisions in the United States - Volume 20
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Wallenberg Scholar Daniel Vรคstfjรคll is studying the emotional mechanisms behind human decision-making. The goal is to understand how our willingness to help can be made more effective on a larger scale #research #psychology #decisionmaking @liu_universitet
kaw.wallenberg.org
Emotions are a key driver when we choose to engage in issues such as peace or the environment. However, we do not always help where our efforts would have the greatest impact. Wallenberg Scholar...
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Honestly, I think our new paper has serious implications for experimental econ 22โ27% failed comprehension in the Dictator and Ultimatum games In the Trust Game and Public Goods Game, that number hit 70% and 52% These are foundational tools of exp econ https://t.co/2MFW5hc96G ๐งต
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Deadline is approaching! Postdoc in social and affective learning / decision-making w us @EmotionLabKI @karolinskainst Stockholm
We are looking for a postdoc to lead a new project onย human social learningย in contexts varying in threat and volatility. For more info and to apply https://t.co/oH8HngENz4
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New @jedilab_liu paper led by padawan @Harold_Karlsson examining moderators for overhead aversion in charitable giving https://t.co/UtILjwtuAZ
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Decision making integrates affective dynamics, with affect providing information, signalling changes in the environment and conveying the current relevance of goals.@ErkinAsutay @DanielVastfjall
https://t.co/irwUIdzZr2
nature.com
Communications Psychology - Decision making integrates affective dynamics, with affect providing information, signalling changes in the environment and conveying the current relevance of goals
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New @jedilab_liu paper in Psych Comm where we propose that affective dynamics is the key to better understand affective influences on judgment and decision-making https://t.co/MnCkeiUvuX
@ErkinAsutay
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Communications Psychology - Decision making integrates affective dynamics, with affect providing information, signalling changes in the environment and conveying the current relevance of goals
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Today is Giving Tuesday - the most important day of the year for charitable giving. If you a) have a charity that means a lot to you and b) are open to learning about top-rated charities, I hope you'll check out @GiveMultiplier. ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ:
givingmultiplier.org
Give to both your personal favorite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts. Weโll add to both of your donations through our matching system.
Giving Multiplier solves the โheart vs. headโ dilemma in charitable giving. ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 3,500 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ? โ๏ธ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ: Founded by @Harvard researchers as a validated tool to
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New paper out in AI & Society with @ErkinAsutay, @tinghog, @DanielVastfjall, and @kposadzy! We looked at how various traits such as digital information ignorance, digital self-control, and digital literacy predict digital well-being. Paper is open access: https://t.co/9fkPlOTawy
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Come work with us - SIX yr. postdoc in Environmental Social Neuroscience ๐ง ๐๏ธ @univie (@ScanUnit, @clauslamm). Develop own research line, transition towards junior group leader, xlnt research infrastructure, supportive work environment ๐ฅณ & ๐mentoring ๐
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New @jedilab_liu publication on Affective Paternalism - how affective science can inform behavioral public policy @tinghog @ErkinAsutay
https://t.co/ON9hNlHqht
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Research reveals music's power to mobilize action, enhance productivity, and foster empathy. Can this synchronization be harnessed for climate action? Discover more ๐ https://t.co/cQSBaGDSmf
@TempoAction
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Is ignorance (financial) bliss? Check out if you are a financial Homo Ignorans using the new scale developed by @kposadzy @tinghog @jedilab_liu
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New @jedilab_liu publication. @kposadzy led an expedition to capture savings behavior in the wild. Read it with Attenboroughโs voice.
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New @jedilab_liu publication! Jedi Knight @emiaper with some cool new ideas on intertemporal prosociality @tinghog Be kind to your future self and check it out now! https://t.co/7EjiCyLDXy
frontiersin.org
Research on intertemporal and prosocial decisions has largely developed in separate strands of literature. However, many of the decisions we make occur at th...
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New @jedilab_liu publication now out. The third in our trilogy - The return of the unit asking effect (but the quest for the identifiable victim effect continue) @Harold_Karlsson
https://t.co/3URDd7EPNh
journals.plos.org
This study examines the identifiable victim effect (being more willing to help an identified victim than an unidentified), the singularity effect (i.e., being more willing to help a single identified...
New @jedilab_liu publication! Jedi knight Hajdi Moche led a group Jedis on the quest for a unit asking effect in charitable giving. This is part 2 (the boundary conditions strikes back) in a trilogy of papers. Part 3 - the return of the UA effect out soon
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