Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/yyh929ns), The Enigma of Reason (http://tinyurl.com/6hbpn84).
Institut Jean Nicod; École Normale Supérieure; Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) • Misinformation and Its Impacts, Child and Animal Learning Development, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Hugo Mercier, Efrén O. Pérez
Unclear. The article making this claim is... odd.
It describes Festinger and Schachter as leftwing radicals, critiques the political slant of their funding, generally refers to their work as failed...
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We aimed to cover all the foundations of the topic in an accessible manner for a large audience.
It could help set up a bachelor-level curriculum on the topic.
Pre-orders are very key for the fate of books: shorturl.at/Dxbif
Reposted by David M. Amodio, Hugo Mercier, Larry W. Hunter
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Ruth Mace, Hugo Mercier , and 2 more Richard S.J. Tol, Ruth Mace, Hugo Mercier, Maria Abreu, Georg Weizsäcker
Using data from 274,316 French students, we find that lower-SES students are less likely to wait for better university offers, even when waiting would lead to more prestigious or better-fit programs.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Alessandro Nai
So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.
Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Hugo Mercier, Bonnie N. Field
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Brian Keegan, David W. Lawson
learning, and payoff-biased imitation shape group-level accuracy in complex prediction and decision-making tasks in Konstanz
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Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Nathan Nunn
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
Reposted by Cas Mudde, Daniela Gabor, Lisa W. Fazio , and 35 more Cas Mudde, Daniela Gabor, Lisa W. Fazio, Jan W. Mueller, Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Colin F. Camerer, David Brady, Jesse H. Kroll, Hugo Mercier, Rosemary A. Joyce, Caroline Krafft, Jacob Montgomery, Gernot Wagner, Smith, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Daniel Huppmann, Adrian Daub, Bessma Momani, Claudia Diehl, David J. Berri, Brian Keegan, David Rosnick, Sarah Roberts, Aija Leiponen, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Thomas Masterson, Leah Stokes, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Charles T. Mathewes, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Melinda Baldwin, David Darmofal, Peter Jacobs
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Nathan Nunn, Rebecca Sear , and 2 more Hugo Mercier, Nathan Nunn, Rebecca Sear, Alex Mesoudi, David W. Lawson
🔗Submit here: airess.fgses-um6p.ma/ces2026
We look forward to seeing you in Rabat!
We warmly invite researchers, scholars, and practitioners to submit their presentation proposals by November 16th through the submission portal on the website.
@ces2026.bsky.social @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Olivier Klein, Hugo Mercier, Todd M. Gureckis
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Olivier Morin
If someone knows that Venus is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates clockwise, will they also know what Earth’s only natural satellite is? What about which planets have no moons at all?
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Rafael H. M. Pereira, Rebecca Sear
Apply by 15 Dec 2025 🎓🔍
👉 More info + application: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum...
Reposted by Hugo Mercier
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Nathan Nunn, Randall A. Kramer , and 1 more Hugo Mercier, Nathan Nunn, Randall A. Kramer, Clark Gray
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Reposted by Steven French, Hugo Mercier, Juan Rocha , and 1 more Steven French, Hugo Mercier, Juan Rocha, Massimiliano Simons
Reposted by Serge Guimond, Hugo Mercier
"Pas né de la dernière pluie", d'Hugo Mercier démonte l'idée reçue que les gens seraient majoritairement stupides et les foules crédules.
J'extrais ici trois arguments très pertinents pour défendre son hypothèse. ⤵️
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Rosemary A. Joyce, Ryan Enos , and 1 more Hugo Mercier, Rosemary A. Joyce, Ryan Enos, Nathan P. Kalmoe
Along with @orbenamy.bsky.social, Nik & @jaeggiadrian.bsky.social, @realadamhunt.bsky.social & I revisit an old theoretical question using concepts from evo psychiatry and anthro:
Why do mixed associations exist b/w social media & mental health?
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Reposted by Hugo Mercier
Reposted by Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich , and 13 more Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Richard McElreath, Steve Peers, Andreas Ortmann, Hugo Mercier, Nicolas Véron, Dawn J. Wright, Trevon D. Logan, Daryl Adair, Richard Pettigrew, Thijs Heus, Lex Heerma van Voss, Federica Genovese, Nicolai von Ondarza
Reposted by Hugo Mercier, Leigh Sparks, Lesley A. Hall , and 1 more Hugo Mercier, Leigh Sparks, Lesley A. Hall, Rod Earle
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Hugo Mercier, Calvin K. Lai
predicted from digital footprints, and personality‐tailored messages show negligible effects on behavior... When design and evaluation flaws are controlled, the combined end‐to‐end effectiveness of psychological targeting approaches zero."