Updates and Travel
7/27/2020 - Out today in PNAS: Objecting to experiments even while approving of the policies or treatments they compare.
6/1/2020 - Joachim Krueger and I published a review of Don Moore's excellent book, "Perfectly Confident."
5/1/2020 - New review paper out today in ERSP on 15 years (and three academic generations) of work with Joachim Krueger. Social game theory: Preferences, perceptions, and choices.
1/7/2020 - Mislavky, Dietvorst and Simonsohn published a letter and Data Colada post on our work on experiment aversion and the A/B Effect (see our published response letter and blog post).
6/27/2019 - I started blogging at Psychology Today. I'll be writing about overconfidence, experimentation, deliberate ignorance, and more.
6/10/2019 - Out today in Social Cognition special issue on health: Information Avoidance in Genetic Health: Perceptions, Norms, and Preferences.
6/9/2019 - Our lab's new work on attitudes toward experimentation and A/B testing was published in PNAS.
3/9/2019 - Presented our new overconfidence study on chess players at ICPS in Paris.
2/5/2019 - Heading to Portland for SPSP! Check out our poster here. I will be presenting new work entitled, "Does Overconfidence Persist Despite Precise, Accurate, and Objective Information About One’s Own Skill? A Study of 2,081 Rated Tournament Chess Players."
1/5/2019 - Social Psychology published our attempts to replicate two classic studies in the field: No Evidence that Priming Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth.
9/05/2018 - Check out some of the coverage of our recent paper on overconfidence: our Wall Street Journal Essay, Pacific Standard, Bloomberg, RealClearScience, and even the local Pennsylvania NBC affiliate.
7/04/2018 - Out today (with Dan Simons and Chris Chabris): 65% of Americans believe they are above average in intelligence: Results of two nationally representative surveys. Happy 4th of July!
6/07/2018 - Traveling to Cambridge as a coauthor at BDRM at Harvard Business School.
4/01/2018 - Posted a preprint version of our in-press manuscript at The American Statistician: Putting the P Value in its Place.
3/28/2018 - A new paper on p-values, Testing Significance Testing, was accepted for publication in Collabra: Psychology.
3/14/2018 - Posted a preprint version of our in-press manuscript: Egocentrism in the Volunteer's Dilemma.
2/27/2018 - Heading out to SPSP to present my latest work: Self-Enhancement Errors Motivate Social Projection.
1/10/2018 - New paper out in Social Cognition on social perceptions of volunteering behavior.
11/27/2017 - New work out today with Joachim Krueger. Self-Enhancement: Conceptualization and Assessment.
10/15/2017 - I was quoted in The Atlantic in a piece by Julie Beck: "People Who Boast About Their IQ are Losers."
10/12/2017 - Joined Joachim Krueger at the American Statistical Association to present our research on NHST's p-value.
10/9/2017 - Presented to the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
10/4/2017 - Traveled to Penn State University to speak at the Moral Psychology Research Group meeting and conference.
9/1/2017 - My paper with Joachim Krueger on the heuristic value of p reached the 90th percentile of views in all Frontiers journals.
7/1/2017 - Started my postdoctoral work at Geisinger Health System with Chris Chabris and Michelle Meyer.
6/01/2017 - Concluded my appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University.
1/15/2017 - Defended my PhD at Brown University.
6/1/2020 - Joachim Krueger and I published a review of Don Moore's excellent book, "Perfectly Confident."
5/1/2020 - New review paper out today in ERSP on 15 years (and three academic generations) of work with Joachim Krueger. Social game theory: Preferences, perceptions, and choices.
1/7/2020 - Mislavky, Dietvorst and Simonsohn published a letter and Data Colada post on our work on experiment aversion and the A/B Effect (see our published response letter and blog post).
6/27/2019 - I started blogging at Psychology Today. I'll be writing about overconfidence, experimentation, deliberate ignorance, and more.
6/10/2019 - Out today in Social Cognition special issue on health: Information Avoidance in Genetic Health: Perceptions, Norms, and Preferences.
6/9/2019 - Our lab's new work on attitudes toward experimentation and A/B testing was published in PNAS.
3/9/2019 - Presented our new overconfidence study on chess players at ICPS in Paris.
2/5/2019 - Heading to Portland for SPSP! Check out our poster here. I will be presenting new work entitled, "Does Overconfidence Persist Despite Precise, Accurate, and Objective Information About One’s Own Skill? A Study of 2,081 Rated Tournament Chess Players."
1/5/2019 - Social Psychology published our attempts to replicate two classic studies in the field: No Evidence that Priming Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth.
9/05/2018 - Check out some of the coverage of our recent paper on overconfidence: our Wall Street Journal Essay, Pacific Standard, Bloomberg, RealClearScience, and even the local Pennsylvania NBC affiliate.
7/04/2018 - Out today (with Dan Simons and Chris Chabris): 65% of Americans believe they are above average in intelligence: Results of two nationally representative surveys. Happy 4th of July!
6/07/2018 - Traveling to Cambridge as a coauthor at BDRM at Harvard Business School.
4/01/2018 - Posted a preprint version of our in-press manuscript at The American Statistician: Putting the P Value in its Place.
3/28/2018 - A new paper on p-values, Testing Significance Testing, was accepted for publication in Collabra: Psychology.
3/14/2018 - Posted a preprint version of our in-press manuscript: Egocentrism in the Volunteer's Dilemma.
2/27/2018 - Heading out to SPSP to present my latest work: Self-Enhancement Errors Motivate Social Projection.
1/10/2018 - New paper out in Social Cognition on social perceptions of volunteering behavior.
11/27/2017 - New work out today with Joachim Krueger. Self-Enhancement: Conceptualization and Assessment.
10/15/2017 - I was quoted in The Atlantic in a piece by Julie Beck: "People Who Boast About Their IQ are Losers."
10/12/2017 - Joined Joachim Krueger at the American Statistical Association to present our research on NHST's p-value.
10/9/2017 - Presented to the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
10/4/2017 - Traveled to Penn State University to speak at the Moral Psychology Research Group meeting and conference.
9/1/2017 - My paper with Joachim Krueger on the heuristic value of p reached the 90th percentile of views in all Frontiers journals.
7/1/2017 - Started my postdoctoral work at Geisinger Health System with Chris Chabris and Michelle Meyer.
6/01/2017 - Concluded my appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University.
1/15/2017 - Defended my PhD at Brown University.