A PICture is worth a thousand words (and ten references).

Scientists have long been fascinated by the complexity of eukaryotic transcription and the large numbers of proteins involved at each step in the process. In this issue of Cell, Schilbach et al. bring…

Travaux de Schilbach
Kaplan, C. D., & Arndt, K. M. (2021). A PICture is worth a thousand words (and ten references).. Cell, 184(15), 3850-3851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.030

Meeting another's gaze shortens subjective time by capturing attention.

Gaze directed at the observer (direct gaze) is an important and highly salient social signal with multiple effects on cognitive processes and behavior. It is disputed whether the effect of direct gaze…

Attention partagée et cognition sociale
Burra, N., & Kerzel, D. (2021). Meeting another's gaze shortens subjective time by capturing attention.. Cognition, 212, 104734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104734

Meaningful messaging: Sentiment in elite social media communication with the public on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elite messaging plays a crucial role in shaping public debate and spreading information. We examine elite political communication during an emergent international crisis to investigate the role of ton…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Box-Steffensmeier, J. M., & Moses, L. (2021). Meaningful messaging: Sentiment in elite social media communication with the public on the COVID-19 pandemic.. Sci Adv, 7(29). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg2898

An analysis of COVID-19 vaccine sentiments and opinions on Twitter.

OBJECTIVE: We identified public sentiments and opinions toward the COVID-19 vaccines based on the content of Twitter.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrieved 4,552,652 publicly available tweets posted with…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Yousefinaghani, S., Dara, R., Mubareka, S., Papadopoulos, A., & Sharif, S. (2021). An analysis of COVID-19 vaccine sentiments and opinions on Twitter.. Int J Infect Dis, 108, 256-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.059

Analysing Twitter semantic networks: the case of 2018 Italian elections.

Social media play a key role in shaping citizens' political opinion. According to the Eurobarometer, the percentage of EU citizens employing online social networks on a daily basis has increased from …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Radicioni, T., Saracco, F., Pavan, E., & Squartini, T. (2021). Analysing Twitter semantic networks: the case of 2018 Italian elections.. Sci Rep, 11(1), 13207. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92337-2

Testing the effects of Facebook usage in an ethnically polarized setting.

Despite the belief that social media is altering intergroup dynamics-bringing people closer or further alienating them from one another-the impact of social media on interethnic attitudes has yet to b…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Asimovic, N., Nagler, J., Bonneau, R., & Tucker, J. A. (2021). Testing the effects of Facebook usage in an ethnically polarized setting.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118(25). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022819118

Political Partisanship and Antiscience Attitudes in Online Discussions About COVID-19: Twitter Content Analysis.

BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage communities across the United States. Opinion surveys identified the importance of political ideology in shaping perceptions of the pande…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Rao, A., Morstatter, F., Hu, M., Chen, E., Burghardt, K., Ferrara, E., & Lerman, K. (2021). Political Partisanship and Antiscience Attitudes in Online Discussions About COVID-19: Twitter Content Analysis.. J Med Internet Res, 23(6), e26692. https://doi.org/10.2196/26692

Observing others' joint attention increases 9-month-old infants' object encoding.

In direct interactions with others, 9-month-old infants' learning about objects is facilitated when the interaction partner addresses the infant through eye contact before looking toward an object. In…

Attention partagée et cognition sociale
Thiele, M., Hepach, R., Michel, C., & Haun, D. B. M. (2021). Observing others' joint attention increases 9-month-old infants' object encoding.. Dev Psychol, 57(6), 837-850. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001189

Motivated moral judgments about freedom of speech are constrained by a need to maintain consistency.

Speech is a critical means of negotiating political, adaptive interests in human society. Prior research on motivated political cognition has found that support for freedom of speech depends on whethe…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Eftedal, N. H., & Thomsen, L. (2021). Motivated moral judgments about freedom of speech are constrained by a need to maintain consistency.. Cognition, 211, 104623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104623

Heterogeneity in preventive behaviors during COVID-19: Health risk, economic insecurity, and slanted information.

The present study examines whether people respond heterogeneously to statewide social distancing mandates as a function of factors that proxy for health risk, economic insecurity, and media consumptio…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Shin, S. H., Ji, H., & Lim, H. (2021). Heterogeneity in preventive behaviors during COVID-19: Health risk, economic insecurity, and slanted information.. Soc Sci Med, 278, 113944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113944

Intolerance of uncertainty modulates brain-to-brain synchrony during politically polarized perception.

Political partisans see the world through an ideologically biased lens. What drives political polarization? Although it has been posited that polarization arises because of an inability to tolerate un…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
van, B. a. a. r. . J. M., Halpern, D. J., & FeldmanHall, O. (2021). Intolerance of uncertainty modulates brain-to-brain synchrony during politically polarized perception.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118(20). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2022491118

Italian onco-haematological patients' preferences in bad news communication: a preliminary investigation.

BACKGROUND: The manner in which bad news is communicated in oncological contexts can affect patients' engagement, their coping strategies and therapeutic compliance. Although this topic has been broad…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Bongelli, R., Bertolazzi, A., Piccioni, L., & Burro, R. (2021). Italian onco-haematological patients' preferences in bad news communication: a preliminary investigation.. BMC Cancer, 21(1), 555. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08181-0