A cognitive neuroscientist studying social learning and collective decision making. University of Haifa. Mastodon: @uhertz@mstdn.social

Haifa, Israel
Joined June 2012
New paper is out in @CommsPsychol - Social learning asymmetries and the persistence of intergroup bias - with @Nafcha_O . We used video game task to track and model the way people learn about competitive and cooperative behaviors of in/outgroups. nature.com/articles/s44271-0โ€ฆ
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๐ŸšจPreprint on anxiety & planning biases is updated: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hgโ€ฆ! I give examples of (1) how biased task construal leads to repetitive worry and (2) how intolerance of uncertainty + biased sampling leads to generalized worry. Send feedback & thanks to anon reviewers!
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ืื›ืŸ ื‘ืชื–ืžื•ืŸ ืžืื•ื“ ืžืขื ื™ื™ืŸ (ื‘ื”ืขื“ืจ ืžื™ืœื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ื™ื•ืชืจ), ื™ื•ืฆื ืœื• ื”ื’ืœื™ื•ืŸ ื”ื–ื” ืฉื ื•ืœื“ ืžืกื“ื ื” ืขืœ ืงื™ื˜ื•ื‘ ืฉืขืฉื™ื ื• ื‘ MIT ืœืคื ื™ ื›ืžืขื˜ ืฉื ื”, ื›ืฉื›ืœ ื”ืคืฆืขื™ื ื”ื™ื• ืžืžืฉ ื˜ืจื™ื™ื. ืžื™ ื—ืฉื‘ ืฉืขื“ ืฉื”ื’ื™ืœื™ื•ืŸ ื™ืฆื ืขื“ื™ื™ืŸ ื ื”ื™ื” ื‘ืกืจื˜ ื”ื–ื” ื•ืงื™ื˜ื•ื‘ ื‘ื–ืžืŸ ืžืœื—ืžื” ื™ื”ืคื•ืš ืžื ื•ืฉื ืœืžื—ืงืจ ืœื—ื™ื™ื ื• ื‘ื ื™ื›ืจโ€ฆ
ืœืงืจืืช ื”ื‘ื—ื™ืจื•ืช ื‘๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ื™ืฆื special issue ืžืจืชืง ืขืœ ืงื™ื˜ื•ื‘, ื—ื‘ืจื” ื•ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืงื” ื‘ @PNASNexus. ื–ื• ื”ืชืจื•ืžื” ืฉืœื ื• - ืขืœ ื”ื–ื•ื•ื™ืช ืฉืœ ืžื•ืชื’ื™ื ื•ืืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ื–ื - ืื‘ืœ ื–ื” ื—ืœืง ืžืฉืจืฉื•ืจ ืขื ื›ืœ ื”ืžืืžืจื™ื. ืชื•ื“ื” ืขืžื•ืงื” ืœ @kati_kish ืขืฉื•ื™ ืœืขื ื™ื™ืŸ: @NoamGidron @eranh75_eran @Nadav_Eyal @iDembin @WashingtonExp @OdeliaMinnes
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๐Ÿ’ฅ@PNASNexus Special Feature: Polarization & Trust๐Ÿ’ฅ In 2023, we hosted a workshop (co-organized with @DG_Rand @ylelkes @kati_kish) at @MIT. As a result, @MicheleJGelfand, Erik Kimbrough & I led a Special Feature at Nexus comprised of those talks. Short๐Ÿงตwith all contributions:
๐ŸšจInterested in the newest research on polarization, norms & trust?๐Ÿšจ Join our workshop on ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ @ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“, co-organized with @DG_Rand, @ylelkes & @kati_kish Keynotes from @profcikara & Ben Enke + many superstar speakers ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: t.ly/4lA5A
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hooray, the "Bayesian Models of Cognition" book is out, for all your Bayesian models of cognition needs :) (I contributed to 3 chapters in the book -- development, intuitive physics, theory of mind -- that can be read on the ol' website)
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Uri Hertz retweeted
Exciting news from our lab! Check out our latest paper 'Processing of social closeness in the human brain', now published in @CommsBio. Congrats to @MosheRoseman, @ShaharArzy, and our amazing collaborator @RobinDunbar10! rdcu.be/dWvF0
Thrilled to share our latest publication in @CommsBio: 'Processing of social closeness in the human brain', where we show how brain processing of very close friends differs from others. Huge thanks to the legendary @RobinDunbar10 and brilliant @ShaharArzy! rdcu.be/dWvF0
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Interested in doing a PhD on "climate change and the environment"? pls get in touch - 2 x funded scholarships available at University of Auckland. Deadline 1 Nov ngaarawhetu.org/current-schoโ€ฆ
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Come say hi!!!
Replying to @StePalminteri
@AnlloHernan will present "Experience and advice consequences shape information sharing strategies" joint with @UHertz @nicholaraihani Friday, 2:00 pm โ€“ 3:30 pm
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@AnlloHernan will present "Experience and advice consequences shape information sharing strategies" joint with @UHertz @nicholaraihani Friday, 2:00 pm โ€“ 3:30 pm
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ืขืฆื” ืžืงืฆื•ืขื™ืช (ืงืฆืช ืžืื•ื—ืจืช, ืื‘ืœ ืจืœื•ื•ื ื˜ื™ืช ื”ื™ื•ื): ืืœ ืชืฆืคื• ืฉื•ื‘ ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ื ื”ืงืฉื™ื ืฉืœ ื”ื™ื•ื ื”ืงืฉื” ื”ื–ื”, ื”ื ื›ื ืจืื” ื‘ืืžืช ืžืฆืœืงื™ื. ื ื™ืชื—ื ื• ื ืชื•ื ื™ ืื•ืจืš ืฉืœ ื›ืืœืฃ ืื™ืฉ, ืœื‘ื“ื•ืง ืืช ื”ืืคืงื˜ ืฉืœ ืฆืคื™ื™ื” ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ื ื”ื–ื•ื•ืขื•ืช ืฉืœ ื”ืฉื‘ื™ืขื™ ื‘ืื•ืงื˜ื•ื‘ืจ ื•ืื™ืœืš. ืฆืคื™ื™ื” ื‘ื”ื ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ืงืฉื•ืจื” ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืกืคื™ืฆื™ืคื™ ืœืขืœื™ื™ื” ืžืžื•ืฉื›ืช ื‘ืกื™ืžืคื˜ื•ืžื™ื ืคื•ืกื˜-ื˜ืจืื•ืžื˜ื™ื™ื, ืžืขื‘ืจ ืœืžื™ื“ืช ื”ื—ืฉื™ืคื” ื”ื™ืฉื™ืจื” ืœืื™ืจื•ืขื™ื, ืจืžืช ื‘ืกื™ืก ืฉืœ ืคื•ืกื˜-ื˜ืจืื•ืžื”, ื•ื ื˜ื™ื™ื” ืœืฆืจื•ืš ืชื›ื ื™ื ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ืœื ืžื‘ื•ืงืจ. ืืช ื”ืžื—ืงืจ ื”ื–ื” ื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœ ื”ื“ื•ืงื˜ื•ืจื ื˜ ืžืื•ืจ ืœื•ื™ื˜ื™ืŸ ื™ื—ื“ ืขื ืคืจื•ืค' ืžื™ืงื•ืœื™ื ืกืจ ื•ื“"ืจ ื“ื‘ื•ืจื” ืฉืžื•ืœื•ื‘ื™ืฅ', ื•ื“"ืจ ืžืชืŸ ื‘ืŸ-ืฉื—ืจ ืขื–ืจ ืœื ื•. ื‘ืชืงื•ื•ื” ื™ืชืคืจืกื ื‘ืงืจื•ื‘ ื•ืืฉืชืฃ ืืช ื”ืคืจื”-ืคืจื™ื ื˜. ืื ืฉื™ื ืจื‘ื™ื ืžืจื’ื™ืฉื™ื ืฉื™ืฉ ื—ื•ื‘ื” ืžื•ืกืจื™ืช ืœืจืื•ืช ื‘ืžื• ืขื™ื ื™ื”ื ืืช ื”ืจื•ืข, ืื‘ืœ ืื•ืœื™ ืœื ืžืกืคื™ืง ืžืคื ื™ืžื™ื ืฉื™ืฉ ืœื–ื” ืžื—ื™ืจ ืืžื™ืชื™.
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2nd paper from my new project is out!ย  How do social interactions affect the creation of knowledge? ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿงฉ Throughout the history of mathematics, social contexts have shaped even the most abstract ideas ๐Ÿ’ก [...] โ€“ at Brookline, MA
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Last days to apply!! What are you waiting for? :)
โญ๏ธPhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychologyโญ๏ธ PhD alert! Do your PhD with me and use Reinforcement Learning to study how misinformation affects us. Deadline: October 7. Please RT! For more information: findaphd.com/phds/project/chโ€ฆ
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Before my mat leave, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the great @TheDissenterYT! We discussed topics of #misinformation & #debunking vs #prebunking approaches to the misinformation threat. ๐Ÿ”—@YouTube (tinyurl.com/3fzxvzmw) ๐Ÿ”—@Spotify (shorturl.at/t9StG).
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New paper preprint by Chris Frith Sharing the world - a social aspect of consciousness doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/d74sโ€ฆ "Our subjective experience of the environment seems objective and becomes a form of common knowledge of the kind that is critical for successful social coordination"
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Excited to share our new paper @NeuroCellPress. Using fMRI, TMS and modelling we show that hippocampus infers responsibility when multiple people achieve an outcome together. With Shuyi Luo, @Caro_Harbison @payampiray and Matthew Rushworth. sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ New paper ๐Ÿšจ Ever wondered how WHO you know predicts what you believe? ๐Ÿ‘ฅ In research led by @MatthewFacciani, we show that personal network composition + cognitive reflection uniquely predict susceptibility to different types of #misinformation: ๐Ÿ”— shorturl.at/2hPDC
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Excited to share our new paper in #ExperimentalEconomics with @AlejandroHirmas & @JoelvdWeele! We explore how #attention influences #decisionmaking, focusing on stimulus-driven vs. goal-directed attention. Read more: rdcu.be/dVDQO
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Two more weeks to apply for this position! Please help me by spreading the news to anyone you know who might be interested. Thanks!!
โญ๏ธPhD in Cognitive/Computational Psychologyโญ๏ธ PhD alert! Do your PhD with me and use Reinforcement Learning to study how misinformation affects us. Deadline: October 7. Please RT! For more information: findaphd.com/phds/project/chโ€ฆ
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And here is a link to the proofed version, free for a while: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstracโ€ฆ
New short opinion paper - A cognitive approach to learning, monitoring, and shifting social norms - where I discuss the way cognitive processes associated with detection and monitoring of norm behaviors can shape their prevalence and scale. read doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.202โ€ฆ
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