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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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Professor | University of Chicago Cognitive Neuroscience - Social Neuroscience - Psychology - Morality - Evolution

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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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The Downfall of Stereotype Threatโ—๏ธ ๐Ÿ™@minzlicht and @jayvanbavel https://t.co/pztCoXuvB0
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powerofusnewsletter.com
How one of social psychologyโ€™s most influential ideas started to crumbleโ€”and what replaces it.
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Maarten Boudry
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How about the ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ("Linda is a bank teller and feminist", etc.), not discussed in my piece? It ain't a real fallacy either. As Gerd Gigerenzer has shown, words like โ€˜probableโ€™ are ambiguous, and can also mean plausible, sensible, supported by
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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A realistic perspective on Sapiens. We are not inherently cooperative but have the capacity for cooperation, just as we have the capacity for exploitation and selfishness. What matters at the individual level is the way we choose to behave towards others.
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aeon.co
An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition
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@JDaviesPhD
Dr James Davies (PhD) ๐Ÿ’ญ
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"Neurodiversity advocates ignore the harsh realities of severe autism... Theyโ€™ve done a good job of hijacking the message & monopolising the discourse... controlling the narrative so tightly that people like my sons will have no choice in the world." https://t.co/5Lq3l5sfNp
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aeon.co
The movement has good intentions, but it favours the high-functioning and overlooks those who struggle with severe autism
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Simon Kuestenmacher
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Hey, remember that music you loved when you were about 13 or 14? I bet you still loooove that music. Source: https://t.co/rdudW4nLf7
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Pew Research Center
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Do you need to believe in God to be moral and have good values? Views on this question vary widely around the world, according to our 2025 survey of 25 countries. https://t.co/fXAgj9TrU7
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@stevemagness
Steve Magness
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In a โ€‹new paperโ€‹, researchers argue that: โ€œa primary cause of the rise in mental disorders [in youth] is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults.โ€
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Even generous welfare states are not immune to a "Breaking Bad" effect. A study conducted in Denmark and the Netherlands shows that a cancer diagnosis can push people to crime.
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economist.com
Even generous welfare states are not immune to a โ€œBreaking Badโ€ effect
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Across 42 societies, women report stronger motivation for threat avoidance, long-term pair bonding and caregiving, while men report stronger motivation for status and mate-seeking. https://t.co/C9NX4PFFZx
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿฆบ โฃ๏ธ With age, children increasingly prioritize younger individuals. Mothers prioritize younger and female lives. Evolutionary frameworks offer potential explanation for why such social norms seem pervasiveโ— https://t.co/2SYJG7fLgx
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when confounding factors are addressed | Science
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science.org
How heritable is human life span? If genetic heritability is high, longevity genes can reveal aging mechanisms and inform medicine and public health. However, current estimates of heritability are...
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@robsica
Rob Sica
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"this paper has brought together evidence from evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, hormonal studies, cross-cultural surveys, and analyses of sexual orientation to demonstrate that biological factors play a foundational role in shaping sex and gender" https://t.co/ORxJCtYCTg
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Human Nature - This paper challenges the social constructionist perspective on sex and gender, which argues that gender is solely shaped by cultural norms and that biological sex exists on a...
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@jayvanbavel
Jay Van Bavel, PhD
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Collaborative groups often outperform single individuals in complex problem solving. A new paper examined how to create the right incentives to promote this kind of collective intelligence. Rewarding experts who are accurate can improve collective intelligence. But rewarding
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Mia Hughes
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The Tale of Two Contagions In 2019, German psychiatrists observed a sudden surge of adolescent girls presenting to clinics with abrupt-onset Tourette-like tics. This immediately raised alarm bells. Touretteโ€™s typically affects boys and begins in early childhood. This was an
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Ismael Sanz
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El New York Times recupera evidencias sobre aprendizaje: leer en papel mejora la comprensiรณn, y tomar apuntes a mano aumenta la probabilidad de sacar sobresaliente hasta un 58%. No es nostalgia: es neurociencia aplicada al aula. Menos pantalla โ‰  mรกs aprendizaje
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€ผ๏ธ This pattern challenges explanations based on sex roles and suggests these differences reflect a stable aspect of human nature. https://t.co/x6JCAgal1a
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
2 months
Analysis by @uchicago sociologist @profjamesevans of 41 million papers finds that AI expands individual impact and accelerates careers. But for science as a whole, it narrows collective scientific exploration. https://t.co/hazsujQOdl
science.org
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
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Jean Decety ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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I need your opinion, medical professionals (physicians, clinical psychologists, nurses & medical students), for a new project on โ€ผ๏ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒโ€ผ๏ธ The survey below takes only a few minutes. โœ๏ธ
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Rob Henderson
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"DEI programs actually reduced gender and racial diversity in companies...policies also generally lowered the performance of the targeted groups and increased the perception of workplace unfairness. Many companies are now rapidly unwinding DEI programs."
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The discipline points to constructive ways to celebrate differences in the workplace.
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