David Amodio
@davidamodio.bsky.social
Social Psychology Prof at University of Amsterdam. Prejudice & social cognition using experimental, computational, neuro, & AI approaches.
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David Amodio
@davidamodio.bsky.social
· May 12
A learning and memory account of impression formation and updating - Nature Reviews Psychology
Impression formation occurs when a perceiver infers another person’s traits, goals and preferences and forms an attitude towards that person. In this Perspective, Amodio describes the unique and inter...
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I’m thrilled to share my new paper on impression formation & updating in @natrevpsychol.nature.com!
In it, I argue that impression formation is fundamentally a learning process. And as such, theories of impression formation should be based on mechanisms of learning and memory.
Some key take-aways:
In it, I argue that impression formation is fundamentally a learning process. And as such, theories of impression formation should be based on mechanisms of learning and memory.
Some key take-aways:
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Is unconscious bias real? @davidamodio.bsky.social points out critiques (people are aware of “implicit bias”) rely on semantics. In experiments, people have biased priors, which leads to biased “learning” (noticing stereotype-consistent info)…and. They aren’t aware and can’t suppress it. #PMIG2025
October 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Is unconscious bias real? @davidamodio.bsky.social points out critiques (people are aware of “implicit bias”) rely on semantics. In experiments, people have biased priors, which leads to biased “learning” (noticing stereotype-consistent info)…and. They aren’t aware and can’t suppress it. #PMIG2025
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New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(1/6)
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Wow. And this is the kind of study that will likely lose funding in our current moment. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Wow. And this is the kind of study that will likely lose funding in our current moment. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
I had a fantastic time at the Computational Social Cognition Summer School at U of Birmingham!
What an amazing resource & opportunity for students.
Thanks to organizers @drjocutler.bsky.social Lei Zhang and @thepsychologist.bsky.social & the speakers, instructors, and students!
What an amazing resource & opportunity for students.
Thanks to organizers @drjocutler.bsky.social Lei Zhang and @thepsychologist.bsky.social & the speakers, instructors, and students!
Today's the day we welcome over 80 participants, instructors & keynote speakers from all over the world to @uob-sop.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the Computational Social Cognition (CSC) Summer School with @leidenpsychology.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
#CSC2025
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#CSC2025
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CSC 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I had a fantastic time at the Computational Social Cognition Summer School at U of Birmingham!
What an amazing resource & opportunity for students.
Thanks to organizers @drjocutler.bsky.social Lei Zhang and @thepsychologist.bsky.social & the speakers, instructors, and students!
What an amazing resource & opportunity for students.
Thanks to organizers @drjocutler.bsky.social Lei Zhang and @thepsychologist.bsky.social & the speakers, instructors, and students!
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A huge part of the Republican playbook is to break otherwise beneficial social services and then point to their brokenness as evidence that those things are bad actually so they can justify privatizing or abolishing it. They are very good at doing this because they do it across all sectors.
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A huge part of the Republican playbook is to break otherwise beneficial social services and then point to their brokenness as evidence that those things are bad actually so they can justify privatizing or abolishing it. They are very good at doing this because they do it across all sectors.
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RIP Ozzy ✌️
Ozzy was my first real concert when I was 14. My ears are still ringing.
Ozzy was my first real concert when I was 14. My ears are still ringing.
July 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
RIP Ozzy ✌️
Ozzy was my first real concert when I was 14. My ears are still ringing.
Ozzy was my first real concert when I was 14. My ears are still ringing.
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure!
My career peak was when he devoted a whole segment to our paper on scarcity & race perception on The Colbert Report (!) And of course he nailed it.
Sadly it's not on youtube anymore, but it's on AppleTV (Season 10, Episode 119, on June 16, 2014).
My career peak was when he devoted a whole segment to our paper on scarcity & race perception on The Colbert Report (!) And of course he nailed it.
Sadly it's not on youtube anymore, but it's on AppleTV (Season 10, Episode 119, on June 16, 2014).
July 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Stephen Colbert is a national treasure!
My career peak was when he devoted a whole segment to our paper on scarcity & race perception on The Colbert Report (!) And of course he nailed it.
Sadly it's not on youtube anymore, but it's on AppleTV (Season 10, Episode 119, on June 16, 2014).
My career peak was when he devoted a whole segment to our paper on scarcity & race perception on The Colbert Report (!) And of course he nailed it.
Sadly it's not on youtube anymore, but it's on AppleTV (Season 10, Episode 119, on June 16, 2014).
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I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly.
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly.
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.
You can sign up at the link below!
www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
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🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎉New paper out @Psychological Review on the neuroscience of intergroup contact🎉
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Led by the fantastic @margaretrwelte.bsky.social and Jas Cloutier!
@apajournals.bsky.social @spspnews.bsky.social @sansmeeting.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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🌟 Jim Sidanius has been added to the SPSP Heritage Wall! His social dominance theory revolutionized how we study intergroup relations & inequality. A brilliant theorist, master teacher, and mentor who shaped our field over 44 years.
Learn more about his work and legacy: ow.ly/pj7A50WnLfB
Learn more about his work and legacy: ow.ly/pj7A50WnLfB
July 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🌟 Jim Sidanius has been added to the SPSP Heritage Wall! His social dominance theory revolutionized how we study intergroup relations & inequality. A brilliant theorist, master teacher, and mentor who shaped our field over 44 years.
Learn more about his work and legacy: ow.ly/pj7A50WnLfB
Learn more about his work and legacy: ow.ly/pj7A50WnLfB
Congratulations @page-gould.bsky.social!
She is far too un-self-promoting to do this herself, so I'm shouting out *THE* Elizabeth Page-Gould (@page-gould.bsky.social) for winning the SESP Career Trajectory Award!
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Liz is the reason they had to invent the high-warmth/high competence quadrant. She is such a gem and so damn deserving of this.
Elizabeth Page-Gould recognized with Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology
The Society for Experimental Social Psychology has recognized Elizabeth Page-Gould with a Career Trajectory Award in recognition of uniquely creative and influential scholarly productivity.
www.psych.utoronto.ca
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Congratulations @page-gould.bsky.social!
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“If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” needs to be added to high school civics curriculums.
June 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“If You Give A Mouse A Cookie” needs to be added to high school civics curriculums.
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Seeking WV scientists! My dad (a non-scientist who works with scientists) is leading a FABBS delegation to discuss NIH funding with Senator Capito in August and needs to build the delegation. Please reach out and I’ll put you in touch with him! CC @standupforscience.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Seeking WV scientists! My dad (a non-scientist who works with scientists) is leading a FABBS delegation to discuss NIH funding with Senator Capito in August and needs to build the delegation. Please reach out and I’ll put you in touch with him! CC @standupforscience.bsky.social
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NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
ALT: two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NIH BREAKING NEWS NIH BREAKING NEWS
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
Hearing from multiple sources that an email went out late yesterday afternoon
Effective immediately: Please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please pull back all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated.
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🎉 New face database just dropped!
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
Thread 🧵👇
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
Thread 🧵👇
June 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🎉 New face database just dropped!
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
Thread 🧵👇
The Israeli Face Database (IFD) is a massive, diverse, and richly annotated set of facial images — now published in Behavior Research Methods.
Thread 🧵👇
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I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
sks.to
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
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I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Call for Manuscript Proposals: Special Issue on Intergroup Allyship
Current Directions in Psychological ScienceEditor: Dr. Sylvia PerryIntergroup allyship–referring to actions taken to support, advocate for, or stand in solidarity with members of marginalized groups b...
www.psychologicalscience.org
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Even Amsterdam turned out for the #nokings day... With @davidamodio.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Even Amsterdam turned out for the #nokings day... With @davidamodio.bsky.social
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"I have never seen a record where racial discrimination by the government is so palpable... Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?" Judge Young (Reagan appointee) ruling in our favor against Trump research cuts.
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
NIH grant funding restored
Judge rules grant terminations on the basis of DEI and gender identity are discriminatory and illegal
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"I have never seen a record where racial discrimination by the government is so palpable... Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?" Judge Young (Reagan appointee) ruling in our favor against Trump research cuts.
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
Read more of the Judge's fiery language: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/breaking-n...
No Kings Amsterdam MVP
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No Kings Amsterdam MVP