Hirotaka Imada
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social
Social Psychologist (PhD).
Lecturer @rhulpsychology.bsky.social.
Interests: Intergroup relations/cooperation/reputation.
Love music. Made in Japan. Views my own.
More about Hiro: https://himada2018.github.io/
Lecturer @rhulpsychology.bsky.social.
Interests: Intergroup relations/cooperation/reputation.
Love music. Made in Japan. Views my own.
More about Hiro: https://himada2018.github.io/
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FOUR teaching roles available at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social
Interested in joining a large teaching focused group, in a wonderfully supportive, dual excellence department? Check out the job adverts below:
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Interested in joining a large teaching focused group, in a wonderfully supportive, dual excellence department? Check out the job adverts below:
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Teaching Associate
Full-Time, Permanent/Fixed-Term - One permanent appointment and one 12-month appointmentApplications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Teaching Associate post in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holl...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
FOUR teaching roles available at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social
Interested in joining a large teaching focused group, in a wonderfully supportive, dual excellence department? Check out the job adverts below:
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Interested in joining a large teaching focused group, in a wonderfully supportive, dual excellence department? Check out the job adverts below:
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
🚨Save the date and please help us spread the word!
We are hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Social Identity Meeting!
Abstract deadline: Dec 20, 2025
Decision: early 2026
Conference: July 7-8, 2026
Location: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
More info: socialidentitymeeting.org
We are hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Social Identity Meeting!
Abstract deadline: Dec 20, 2025
Decision: early 2026
Conference: July 7-8, 2026
Location: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
More info: socialidentitymeeting.org
BiAnnual Social Identity Meeting
socialidentitymeeting.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨Save the date and please help us spread the word!
We are hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Social Identity Meeting!
Abstract deadline: Dec 20, 2025
Decision: early 2026
Conference: July 7-8, 2026
Location: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
More info: socialidentitymeeting.org
We are hosting the 2nd Bi-Annual Social Identity Meeting!
Abstract deadline: Dec 20, 2025
Decision: early 2026
Conference: July 7-8, 2026
Location: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
More info: socialidentitymeeting.org
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🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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🚨New paper led by Lei Fan, with Florian van Leeuwen, @hirotakaimada.bsky.social, and @joshtybur.bsky.social, out in Cognition & Emotion:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...
In two preregistered studies from Japan 🇯🇵 , we find that anger relates to confrontation while disgust to gossip and social exclusion.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...
In two preregistered studies from Japan 🇯🇵 , we find that anger relates to confrontation while disgust to gossip and social exclusion.
Linking anger and disgust to motives and anticipations of aggression in the East: testing a socio-functional account of moral emotions in Japan
Anger and disgust often underlie responses to social transgressions, yet their links to aggressive punishments have been primarily studied in Western populations. Across two studies sampling from J...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨New paper led by Lei Fan, with Florian van Leeuwen, @hirotakaimada.bsky.social, and @joshtybur.bsky.social, out in Cognition & Emotion:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...
In two preregistered studies from Japan 🇯🇵 , we find that anger relates to confrontation while disgust to gossip and social exclusion.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0269...
In two preregistered studies from Japan 🇯🇵 , we find that anger relates to confrontation while disgust to gossip and social exclusion.
Reposted by Hirotaka Imada
Can people be led to defend the opposite of their religious beliefs? A new study by Prof. Ryan McKay and colleagues shows they can, shifting later attitudes too. The paradigm holds real promise for illuminating big questions in the field. Open access: doi.org/10.1080/2153...
“I once was blind”: experimental manipulation of religious attitudes via choice blindness
Given ongoing debates about the nature and consequences of religious belief, effective procedures for experimentally controlling such beliefs are highly desirable. To date, however, there are few r...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Can people be led to defend the opposite of their religious beliefs? A new study by Prof. Ryan McKay and colleagues shows they can, shifting later attitudes too. The paradigm holds real promise for illuminating big questions in the field. Open access: doi.org/10.1080/2153...
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@hirotakaimada.bsky.social, Carya Maharja, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Valeria Vitale, @lei-zhang.bsky.social, Claudio Rosa, Zenith Delabrida, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, @franzessl1.bsky.social, Mathew White, @envpsyvienna.bsky.social, @acee.princeton.edu
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Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda
Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…
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September 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social, Carya Maharja, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Valeria Vitale, @lei-zhang.bsky.social, Claudio Rosa, Zenith Delabrida, @kristiansn89.bsky.social, @franzessl1.bsky.social, Mathew White, @envpsyvienna.bsky.social, @acee.princeton.edu
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🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda
Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🌏 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
It’s not that people doubt biodiversity is declining—it’s that we underestimate how many others already share this concern.
In our new Perspective, we review work on pluralistic ignorance and set out a research agenda to:
New paper out🌍
Following PRISMA2020, we conducted a systematic literature search and identified/discussed four psychological intervention approaches to engine idling: individual training, offering feedback, community-based interventions, and psychological messaging🚗
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Following PRISMA2020, we conducted a systematic literature search and identified/discussed four psychological intervention approaches to engine idling: individual training, offering feedback, community-based interventions, and psychological messaging🚗
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Redirecting
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August 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
New paper out🌍
Following PRISMA2020, we conducted a systematic literature search and identified/discussed four psychological intervention approaches to engine idling: individual training, offering feedback, community-based interventions, and psychological messaging🚗
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Following PRISMA2020, we conducted a systematic literature search and identified/discussed four psychological intervention approaches to engine idling: individual training, offering feedback, community-based interventions, and psychological messaging🚗
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
New paper out in Political Psychology (@ispp-pops.bsky.social)🚨
We explored the race x politics crossed-categorisation effect on cooperation - the effect depends on participants' race and politics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We explored the race x politics crossed-categorisation effect on cooperation - the effect depends on participants' race and politics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Effects of race and political identity on interpersonal cooperation: A secondary analysis and replication
The highly polarized nature of American politics today has been attributed, in part, to the power of partisanship as a social identity and the increasing alignment of party affiliation, political ide...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New paper out in Political Psychology (@ispp-pops.bsky.social)🚨
We explored the race x politics crossed-categorisation effect on cooperation - the effect depends on participants' race and politics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We explored the race x politics crossed-categorisation effect on cooperation - the effect depends on participants' race and politics.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Hirotaka Imada
Two experimental studies using the intergenerational sustainable dilemma game found that people made more sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup members, and less when they were outgroup members.
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in intergenerational cooperation - Communications Psychology
Two experimental studies using the intergenerational sustainable dilemma game found that people made more sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup members, and less when they were ou...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Two experimental studies using the intergenerational sustainable dilemma game found that people made more sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup members, and less when they were outgroup members.
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@hirotakaimada.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Hirotaka Imada
It was great to host Hiro @hirotakaimada.bsky.social for a few days in Vienna to discuss research on in-group favouritism, indirect reciprocity, and intergenerational cooperation!
June 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It was great to host Hiro @hirotakaimada.bsky.social for a few days in Vienna to discuss research on in-group favouritism, indirect reciprocity, and intergenerational cooperation!
New paper in @commspsychol.nature.com 🚨
We found future ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in both minimal and national group contexts: people made more and less sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup and outgroup members, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We found future ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in both minimal and national group contexts: people made more and less sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup and outgroup members, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in intergenerational cooperation - Communications Psychology
Two experimental studies using the intergenerational sustainable dilemma game found that people made more sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup members, and less when they were ou...
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New paper in @commspsychol.nature.com 🚨
We found future ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in both minimal and national group contexts: people made more and less sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup and outgroup members, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We found future ingroup favoritism and outgroup derogation in both minimal and national group contexts: people made more and less sustainable choices when future beneficiaries were ingroup and outgroup members, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Off to Vienna✈️🇦🇹
June 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Off to Vienna✈️🇦🇹
Runnymede Jazz Orchestra will throw a summer gig at St John’s church in Egham on June 24!🎺🎷🎶☀️😎
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June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Runnymede Jazz Orchestra will throw a summer gig at St John’s church in Egham on June 24!🎺🎷🎶☀️😎
www.ticketsource.co.uk/runnymede-ja...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/runnymede-ja...
I had the chance to be interviewed by a journalist recently and I asked how they found and approached me. One of the things they said was “I also like jazz”🤣🎺
May 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I had the chance to be interviewed by a journalist recently and I asked how they found and approached me. One of the things they said was “I also like jazz”🤣🎺
New paper: Online social identity mapping (oSIM) is now available in Japanese😎
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Online Social Identity Mapping (oSIM) in Japan
The social identity approach to health in social psychology (the so-called “social cure”) explores the capacity for group memberships that furnish people with a positive sense of social identity to e...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New paper: Online social identity mapping (oSIM) is now available in Japanese😎
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New paper orchestrated by @giotravaglino.bsky.social
Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
When Confidence in Institutions Backfires: Power‐Distance Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Institutional Trust and Civic Honesty Across Eight Countries
Confidence in institutions is a key predictor of civic honesty, yet evidence shows that this relationship varies across contexts and individuals. This study examined whether power-distance orientatio....
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May 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
New paper orchestrated by @giotravaglino.bsky.social
Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Using data from 8 countries (🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇹🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇨🇱🇨🇴), we found that the relationship between institutional confidence and civic honesty is moderated by power distance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New work led and orchestrated by @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social🌍 We replicated pluralistic ignorance in climate beliefs in 11 underrepresented countries. Public-consensus intervention? Not really effective. We also looked at cultural differences using secondary data.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New work led and orchestrated by @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social🌍 We replicated pluralistic ignorance in climate beliefs in 11 underrepresented countries. Public-consensus intervention? Not really effective. We also looked at cultural differences using secondary data.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Had a great time visiting London Interdisciplinary School. I’m very excited for potential future collaborations🧠💡
May 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Had a great time visiting London Interdisciplinary School. I’m very excited for potential future collaborations🧠💡
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
New replication & extension paper out in RSOS via @pci-regreports.bsky.social with @giladfeldman.bsky.social
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.250441
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April 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New replication & extension paper out in RSOS via @pci-regreports.bsky.social with @giladfeldman.bsky.social
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Happy International Jazz Day🎺🎶
April 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy International Jazz Day🎺🎶
I had a great time in 🇵🇱
Thank you very much again, the Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences at U of Warsaw for inviting me to give a talk and lead a workshop🙏
Looking forward to staying in touch and exploring future collaborations 📝
Thank you very much again, the Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences at U of Warsaw for inviting me to give a talk and lead a workshop🙏
Looking forward to staying in touch and exploring future collaborations 📝
April 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I had a great time in 🇵🇱
Thank you very much again, the Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences at U of Warsaw for inviting me to give a talk and lead a workshop🙏
Looking forward to staying in touch and exploring future collaborations 📝
Thank you very much again, the Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences at U of Warsaw for inviting me to give a talk and lead a workshop🙏
Looking forward to staying in touch and exploring future collaborations 📝
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Really pleased that this paper from my PhD has been published in Nature Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation
Trait dissociation is associated with dissociative experiences arising from disrupted multisensory integration - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Trait dissociation is associated with dissociative experiences arising from disrupted multisensory integration
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Really pleased that this paper from my PhD has been published in Nature Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We used mixed reality to explore how manipulating multisensory integration leads to dis-ownership from the body and how those experiences relate to trait dissociation