New paper in early publication at Annual Review of Psychology: @kurtjgray and I review how the mind makes sense of morality. We argue that morality is fundamentally tied to perceptions of harm/victimhood/suffering and discuss how to understand and bridge moral/political divides

RT @sampratt99: New paper in JEP Applied:. Why do so many instructors use trigger warnings or announce that their classroom is a "safe spac….

RT @jayvanbavel: Trigger warnings had no overall impact on students' perceptions of instructors. In contrast, safe space notifications in….

RT @paytonjjones: Forget whether or not "trigger warnings" and "safe spaces" are effective - what do they SIGNAL?. That's the premise of th….

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@APA_Journals You can read the full paper here (click doi for open access link):

New paper in JEP Applied:. Why do so many instructors use trigger warnings or announce that their classroom is a "safe space"?. We find that these practices send important signals about the instructor's intentions, values, and political commitments. @APA_Journals

RT @paytonjjones: Why do professors often make a point of saying their classroom is a "safe space"? And why has the practice spread so rapi….

Very cool experience giving a talk at the YMCA summer camp I attended in New Hampshire from age 9-16. I spoke about the youth mental health crisis and how summer camps can provide boys and young men with a sense of belonging.

RT @MoralityLab: 🧵1/12 New GreeneLab paper in Nature Human Behaviour—after 5+ years! Our cooperative quiz game, Tango (.

RT @sampratt99: Some promising trends in the psychology replication crisis since 2004:. - Fewer studies publish weak p values (.01 < p < .0….

Lower rates of weak p values predict replicability, so this is good news. Open access paper here:

Some promising trends in the psychology replication crisis since 2004:. - Fewer studies publish weak p values (.01 < p < .05).- Studies with weak p values are less likely to get cited.- The % of weak p values (26%) is now roughly what we would expect from studies with 80% power.

RT @sampratt99: AI is quickly becoming a valuable tool in psychological research. I created a short guide to help you use it well (link in….

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AI is quickly becoming a valuable tool in psychological research. I created a short guide to help you use it well (link in comments 👇). Includes CustomGPTs, example prompts, and tools for lit reviews, survey design, data analysis, and manuscript prep.

RT @DavidPinsof: There is no legit evolutionary psychology podcast. My friend @DavePietrasz and I thought this was a dire situation, so we….

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I recently had the chance to go on the @OutrageOverload Podcast with David Beckemeyer. We discussed the psychology of morality, the role of victimhood in political conflict, and how we might lower the temperature on society's biggest divides. Link in the comments!

50 years ago Thomas Nagel famously asked "What is it like to be a bat?" Now, some really promising insights into the stream of consciousness.