Theory of collective mind. 📖 En lecture

Theory of mind research has traditionally focused on the ascription of mental states to a single individual. Here, we introduce a theory of collective mind: the ascription of a unified mental state to…

Travaux de Shteynberg
Shteynberg, G., Hirsh, J. B., Wolf, W., Bargh, J. A., Boothby, E. J., Colman, A. M., Echterhoff, G., & Rossignac-Milon, M. (2023). Theory of collective mind.. Trends Cogn Sci, 27(11), 1019-1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2023.06.009

Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S.

Social networks, particularly Twitter 9.0 (known as X as of 23 July 2023), have provided an avenue for prompt interactions and sharing public health-related concerns and emotions, especially during th…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Gao, J., Gallegos, G. A., & West, J. F. (2023). Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20216993

The effects of social presence on cooperative trust with algorithms.

Algorithms support many processes in modern society. Research using trust games frequently reports that people are less inclined to cooperate when believed to play against an algorithm. Trust is, howe…

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction
Liefooghe, B., Min, E., & Aarts, H. (2023). The effects of social presence on cooperative trust with algorithms.. Sci Rep, 13(1), 17463. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44354-6

Politics Over Public Health: Analysis of Twitter and Reddit Posts Concerning the Role of Politics in the Public Health Response to COVID-19.

The purpose of this study is to foster an understanding of the safety, science, and political polarization issues public health officials (PHOs) must navigate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thi…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Valiavska, A., & Smith-Frigerio, S. (2023). Politics Over Public Health: Analysis of Twitter and Reddit Posts Concerning the Role of Politics in the Public Health Response to COVID-19.. Health Commun, 38(11), 2271-2280. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2063497

Exposure Effects or Confirmation Bias? Examining Reciprocal Dynamics of Misinformation, Misperceptions, and Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccines.

This longitudinal study integrates exposure effects and confirmation bias under the theoretical framework of dynamic motivation activation (DMA) to examine the dynamic reciprocity of misinformation, m…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Xu, S., Coman, I. A., Yamamoto, M., & Najera, C. J. (2023). Exposure Effects or Confirmation Bias? Examining Reciprocal Dynamics of Misinformation, Misperceptions, and Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccines.. Health Commun, 38(10), 2210-2220. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2022.2059802

The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant.

Prevailing theories of partisan incivility on social media suggest that it derives from disagreement about political issues or from status competition between groups. This study-which analyzes the com…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Mamakos, M., & Finkel, E. J. (2023). The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant.. PNAS Nexus, 2(10), pgad325. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad325

The relationship between mental health and public attention to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation.

RATIONALE: Researchers have rarely considered how public attention surrounding political events influences mental health. Specifically, in a politically polarized nation like the United States, it is …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Sleeper, C., Cartwright, K., & van, d. e. r. . G. o. e. s. . D. N. (2023). The relationship between mental health and public attention to the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and confirmation.. Soc Sci Med, 335, 116131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116131

Online Interaction Turns the Congeniality Bias Into an Uncongeniality Bias.

Online phenomena like echo chambers and polarization are believed to be driven by humans' penchant to selectively expose themselves to attitudinally congenial content. However, if like-minded content …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Buder, J., Zimmermann, A., Buttliere, B., Rabl, L., Vogel, M., & Huff, M. (2023). Online Interaction Turns the Congeniality Bias Into an Uncongeniality Bias.. Psychol Sci, 34(10), 1055-1068. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231194590

Discovery and characterisation of socially polarised communities on social media.

Social polarisation processes have become a central phenomenon for the explanation of population behavioural dynamics in today's societies. Although recent works offer solutions for the detection of p…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Alvarez-Galvez, J., Cruz, F. L., & Troyano, J. A. (2023). Discovery and characterisation of socially polarised communities on social media.. Sci Rep, 13(1), 15439. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42592-2

Combating Scientific Disinformation on Gender-Affirming Care.

Scientific disinformation is false and misleading information that is used intentionally by legal and political actors to sway public opinion and oppose facts. In recent years, disinformation has beco…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
McNamara, M., Abdul-Latif, H., Boulware, S. D., Kamody, R., Kuper, L. E., Olezeski, C. L., Szilagyi, N., & Alstott, A. (2023). Combating Scientific Disinformation on Gender-Affirming Care.. Pediatrics, 152(3). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060943

Reducing political polarization in the United States with a mobile chat platform.

Do anonymous online conversations between people with different political views exacerbate or mitigate partisan polarization? We created a mobile chat platform to study the impact of such discussions.…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Combs, A., Tierney, G., Guay, B., Merhout, F., Bail, C. A., Hillygus, D. S., & Volfovsky, A. (2023). Reducing political polarization in the United States with a mobile chat platform.. Nat Hum Behav, 7(9), 1454-1461. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01655-0

People's perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination: an analysis of twitter discourse from four countries.

More than six and half million people have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic till Dec 2022. Vaccination is the most effective means to prevent mortality and infection attributed to COVID-19. I…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Verma, M., Moudgil, N., Goel, G., Pardeshi, P., Joseph, J., Kumar, N., Singh, K., Singh, H., & Kodali, P. B. (2023). People's perceptions on COVID-19 vaccination: an analysis of twitter discourse from four countries.. Sci Rep, 13(1), 14281. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41478-7