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Jordan Axt

Jordan Axt

@jordanaxt.bsky.social

2.2K followers 230 following 63 posts

Associate Professor of Psychology at McGill, Director of Data and Methodology at Project Implicit.

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Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Jordan Axt, Calvin K. Lai , and 1 more Brian A. Nosek, Jordan Axt, Calvin K. Lai, Kate A. Ratliff

Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 3d

Have you used Project Implicit for class demo or research? I know I have. Project Implicit fundamentally changed social psych research and public discourse. Its impact is too big to write in one post. But all this work is in jeopardy, so pls join me in donating to sustain Project Implicit!!

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · 4d

So weird, me too! Clear majority of my emails started with "I hope this email finds Eric Hehman well."

Reposted by Andrew F. Hayes, Jordan Axt

McGill University @mcgill.ca · 24d

McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026.

Learn more and submit your candidacy: https://mcgill.ca/x/5Zh

McGill’s Arts Building on campus, featuring its stone façade and green dome, with the McGill flag raised and autumn foliage surrounding the building.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Should be available to download here: osf.io/nh5wg/files/...

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Other Bluesky authors include @michelangelo77.bsky.social @adamhahn.bsky.social and @tomcostello.bsky.social. But again check out the full paper here! osf.io/preprints/ps....

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Such a pleasure to work on this project, especially with co-leads Paul Connor and Suzanne Hoogeveen. Additional thanks to Eric Uhlmann, Cory Clark, Gregory Mitchell and Philip Tetlock, who made sure the adversarial collaboration model could be used to contribute to the study of implicit attitudes.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Much, much more -- including tests of various moderators -- is available in the paper. In all we think this work lends itself to optimistic and pessimistic interpretations of the results and what the findings mean for the larger field of implicit social cognition.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Notably, our behavioral tasks did not show anti-Black discrimination on average -- several showed slight pro-Black biases in behavior. This complicates some of our conclusions and raises more general questions about whether we can expect anti-Black discrimination to arise in typical "lab" studies.

Reposted by Josh Pasek, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Implicit racial attitudes accounted for ~2.5% of variance in behavior beyond explicit racial attitudes, an effect size that was *just* over our agreed upon threshold for what would constitute a practically significant effect. Explicit racial attitudes still explained much more variance (~45%).

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Over 2000 White American adults across two study sessions completed: four measures of implicit racial attitudes (IAT, SC-IAT, AMP, EPT), four measures of explicit racial attitudes, and four behavioral discrimination measures (like hypothetical admissions or hiring tasks).

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Proponents, skeptics and more neutral observers of indirect measures like the IAT worked together to design a study and pre-register analyses, with everyone agreeing that results would be an informative test of our central questions.

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Brendan Nyhan, Linda J. Skitka , and 8 more Brian A. Nosek, Brendan Nyhan, Linda J. Skitka, Serge Guimond, Calvin K. Lai, Kate A. Ratliff, Eric Hehman, Richard Pettigrew, Marcus Credé, Colin Tucker Smith, David Darmofal

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

New paper in press at JPSP! An adversarial collaboration focusing on a large-scale test of how strongly implicit racial attitudes predict discriminatory behavior. Pre-print here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

But please read the full paper here! osf.io/preprints/ps....

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Other Bluesky authors include @michelangelo77.bsky.social @adamhahn.bsky.social @tomcostello.bsky.social

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Such a pleasure to work on this project, especially with co-leads Paul Connor and Suzanne Hoogeveen. Additional thanks to Eric Uhlmann, Cory Clark, Gregory Mitchell and Philip Tetlock, who made sure this adversarial collaboration model could make a contribution to the study of implicit attitudes.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Much more -- including tests of various moderators -- in the paper. In all we think this work lends itself to both comparatively optimistic and pessimistic interpretations of the results and what the findings mean for larger discussions about the field of implicit social cognition.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Notably, our behavioral tasks did not show anti-Black discrimination on average—several showed slight “pro-Black” biases in behavior. This complicates some of our conclusions and raises more general questions about whether we can expect anti-Black discrimination to arise in typical “lab” studies.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Implicit racial attitudes accounted for ~2.5% of variance beyond explicit attitudes on behavior, an effect size that was *just* over our agreed upon threshold for what would constitute a practically significant effect. Explicit racial attitudes still explained much more variance in behavior (~45%).

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

In the study, over 2000 White American adults completed: four measures of implicit racial attitudes (IAT, SC-IAT, AMP, EPT), four measures of explicit racial attitudes, and four behavioral discrimination measures (like hypothetical admissions or hiring tasks).

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 2

Proponents, skeptics and more neutral observers of indirect measures like the IAT worked together to agree on measures, design the study, and pre-register analyses, with all agreeing that results would be an informative test of our central questions.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Mark J. Brandt, Laura K. Taylor , and 3 more Lisa W. Fazio, Mark J. Brandt, Laura K. Taylor, Jordan Axt, Efrén O. Pérez, Jill A. Jacobson

Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · Sep 23

Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....

McGill University in early Autumn

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Jackie Chen @jackiemchen.bsky.social · Nov 21

ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!

Reposted by Jordan Axt, Thierry Devos

Eliane Roy @elianeroy.bsky.social · Dec 5

New JPSP article is out, with @jordanaxt.bsky.social, @calvinklai.bsky.social, and many collaborators! We organised a contest study with an open call for interested researchers to submit their discrimination-reduction intervention ideas. doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

For sure, I think there is a "physiological" component here that contributes to differences in *desired* portion sizes. Though there are also societal factors in terms of bodily expectations. Paper finds that explicit gender-portion beliefs do correlate with things like support for beauty ideals.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Though also interesting that many people seem to believe in a gender effect. Check out the 500k likes on this video, for example: www.tiktok.com/@travelintho...

Your husband orders your chipotle order… when he orders it for me, I get wayyyy more food #chipotle #chipotlehacks #foodie #mexicanfood #burritobowl #rvlife #fulltimetraveler #husbandgoals

TikTok video by Fulltime Travel| Libby & Alex

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Yeah, I think that's right. There is certainly variance in portion sizes given at these restos -- here is a fun demonstration of that:
www.cnn.com/chipotle-por...
But that variance does not seem related to customer gender alone. Could also be as you note that men are more into order 'hacks'

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Read much more about this (open access) work, led by lab members Elisabeth Irvine and William Li, here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

authors.elsevier.com

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

This field study finding was far from obvious, though – a majority of both a laypeople and social psychologist sample predicted that men would receive larger portions than women in our field study.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Perhaps surprisingly, the field study showed no significant difference in portion sizes given to men vs. women. Hard to know exactly why this occurred, but one possibility is that standardization in serving practices at such restaurants may have limited the impact of gender on portion decisions.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

But my favorite (and most expensive) part is the field study, where we sent 91 pairs of men and women – matched on BMI -- to fast-casual restaurants where they ordered the exact same meal from the same server separated by a few minutes. We then weighed their portions outside the restaurant.