Daqing Liu
@liudaqing.bsky.social
Lecturer in social psychology @YorkStJohn, researching moral emotions and moral character
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🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨Two postdoc positions @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr 🚨
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
We are recruiting two postdocs as part of the ANR-funded project ENFORCE.
Join me, @giuliandr.bsky.social, & @zhgarfield.com, to study punitive systems across societies.
Full time, 2 years, no teaching.
Deadline: Jan 23
www.tse-fr.eu/groups/depar...
It's been a fun conference! Thank you to all disgust nerds for making this happen @iast.fr
WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF DISGUSTED PEOPLE! 😄
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's been a fun conference! Thank you to all disgust nerds for making this happen @iast.fr
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WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF DISGUSTED PEOPLE! 😄
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WHAT AN AMAZING GROUP OF DISGUSTED PEOPLE! 😄
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
Thank you all for attending and for the fantastic talks and discussions throughout the conference! #DisgustAcrossBorders #ConferenceVibes #ScienceCommunity @iast.fr
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Social psych friends, please help me out with a class discussion by responding to the following (and sharing):
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Social psych friends, please help me out with a class discussion by responding to the following (and sharing):
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
What do you see as the biggest challenge for social and personality psychology in the immediate future? What should we as a field be doing better than we are now?
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Training initiative FORRT has released a platform for those who wish to discover and publicize computer and tabletop games about open research and publishing! Linked through this landing page:
forrt.org/games/
forrt.org/games/
Open Research Games Portal
Integrating open and reproducible science into higher education
forrt.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Training initiative FORRT has released a platform for those who wish to discover and publicize computer and tabletop games about open research and publishing! Linked through this landing page:
forrt.org/games/
forrt.org/games/
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
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📽️ We have an official video for the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) summer school 2025!
Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet...
youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...
Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet...
youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...
Social Psychology Summer School at Kent
YouTube video by University of Kent
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📽️ We have an official video for the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) summer school 2025!
Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet...
youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...
Not only does it show my face as a still (why, oh why??), it also features my best take on #socialpsychology yet...
youtu.be/JDcGJJuyRto?...
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Our paper "The strategic use of harm-based moral arguments in the context of women’s bodily autonomy" is now out in JPSP! 🥳with @shellkryan.bsky.social, @abiclick29.bsky.social, and @nadirafaber.bsky.social. 🧵
March 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Our paper "The strategic use of harm-based moral arguments in the context of women’s bodily autonomy" is now out in JPSP! 🥳with @shellkryan.bsky.social, @abiclick29.bsky.social, and @nadirafaber.bsky.social. 🧵
A great, intuitive way to demonstrate hypothesis testing. Might use it in my class.
Taught intro to hypothesis testing today in undergrad stats for the first time in a while and this activity is undefeated for giving the intuition for hypothesis testing: jse.amstat.org/v2n1/eckert..... Plus you can do it as a magic trick which makes it fun.
Journal of Statistics Education, V2N1: Eckert
jse.amstat.org
September 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A great, intuitive way to demonstrate hypothesis testing. Might use it in my class.
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📣 Call to all disgust nerds out there: Join our interdisciplinary conference on 'Disgust across borders'!
🗓️ Dec 4 & 5
📍Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse @iast.fr
💡Four fantastic keynotes, roundtables, & more
Submit your abstracts and register by *August 31* here: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
🗓️ Dec 4 & 5
📍Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse @iast.fr
💡Four fantastic keynotes, roundtables, & more
Submit your abstracts and register by *August 31* here: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
August 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📣 Call to all disgust nerds out there: Join our interdisciplinary conference on 'Disgust across borders'!
🗓️ Dec 4 & 5
📍Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse @iast.fr
💡Four fantastic keynotes, roundtables, & more
Submit your abstracts and register by *August 31* here: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
🗓️ Dec 4 & 5
📍Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse @iast.fr
💡Four fantastic keynotes, roundtables, & more
Submit your abstracts and register by *August 31* here: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...
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And Published!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Moral Dilution effect. Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Moral Dilution effect. Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.
August 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And Published!!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Moral Dilution effect. Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Moral Dilution effect. Including non-diagnostic (irrelevant) information leads to less extreme evaluations of moral character.
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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Kudos to the four editors and scores of authors for bringing the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition to the public and open access! The other chapters are likely to be my reading project this summer ... Here's my own contribution, in any case.
the-hsp.com
doi.org/10.70400/ZUT...
the-hsp.com
doi.org/10.70400/ZUT...
May 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Kudos to the four editors and scores of authors for bringing the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition to the public and open access! The other chapters are likely to be my reading project this summer ... Here's my own contribution, in any case.
the-hsp.com
doi.org/10.70400/ZUT...
the-hsp.com
doi.org/10.70400/ZUT...
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"Platforms are calibrated to capture attention by amplifying moralized and emotional content. This can have benefits, such as raising awareness of injustices by propagating expressions of outrage," explains @stefanleach.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-05...
Examining the relationship between moral outrage on social media and activism
A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science examines how expressions of moral outrage on social media are linked to online activism, specifically petition-signing behavior.
phys.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"Platforms are calibrated to capture attention by amplifying moralized and emotional content. This can have benefits, such as raising awareness of injustices by propagating expressions of outrage," explains @stefanleach.bsky.social phys.org/news/2025-05...
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🧵New paper out in Cognition
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🧵New paper out in Cognition
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)?
@danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module.
50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
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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:
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...
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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Very keen to work with potential applicants to come work me at Kent on things related to moral psychology :)
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very keen to work with potential applicants to come work me at Kent on things related to moral psychology :)
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Out now and open access at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin! How do people's trajectories in well-being tend to differ? 🧵 (with Robin Wollast, Chloe Bracegirdle, Olivia Spiegler, Chris Sibley, Éric Lacourse, and @sengupta.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Out now and open access at Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin! How do people's trajectories in well-being tend to differ? 🧵 (with Robin Wollast, Chloe Bracegirdle, Olivia Spiegler, Chris Sibley, Éric Lacourse, and @sengupta.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
February 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
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Where do moralizing religions come from? Useless cognitive by-products?Cultural group selection for complex societies?
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Where do moralizing religions come from? Useless cognitive by-products?Cultural group selection for complex societies?
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
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✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
✨New preprint✨How does repeated exposure to transgressions online shape moral judgment? Results show two competing processes:
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
💠We get desensitized = ⬇️ wrong
💠Transgression seems more infamous =⬆️wrong
Relative strength of each may predict outrage to viral transgressions w/ @danieleffron.bsky.social
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"This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment."
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
@qmucu.bsky.social
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
@qmucu.bsky.social
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment."
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
@qmucu.bsky.social
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
@qmucu.bsky.social
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Three Myths About Statistical Power
🔹️ Myth 1: Power is an objective feature
🔹️ Myth 2: With low power comes low credibility
🔹️ Myth 3: High power protects against questionable research practices
BSky author: @clauslamm.bsky.social
🔹️ Myth 1: Power is an objective feature
🔹️ Myth 2: With low power comes low credibility
🔹️ Myth 3: High power protects against questionable research practices
BSky author: @clauslamm.bsky.social
Powerful Myths: Common Misconceptions About Statistical Power
Lukas Lengersdorff and Claus Lamm discuss three misconceptions that stand in the way of an informed discussion.
www.psychologicalscience.org
January 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Three Myths About Statistical Power
🔹️ Myth 1: Power is an objective feature
🔹️ Myth 2: With low power comes low credibility
🔹️ Myth 3: High power protects against questionable research practices
BSky author: @clauslamm.bsky.social
🔹️ Myth 1: Power is an objective feature
🔹️ Myth 2: With low power comes low credibility
🔹️ Myth 3: High power protects against questionable research practices
BSky author: @clauslamm.bsky.social
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🔥 The 2025 EASP Summer School will take place from 20th - 30th July at the University of Kent, UK.
The call for applications and the website will be shared at the beginning of November.
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
The call for applications and the website will be shared at the beginning of November.
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
EASP Summer School 2025
Social Psychology News Articles
www.easp.eu
October 20, 2024 at 7:50 AM
🔥 The 2025 EASP Summer School will take place from 20th - 30th July at the University of Kent, UK.
The call for applications and the website will be shared at the beginning of November.
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
The call for applications and the website will be shared at the beginning of November.
www.easp.eu/news/itm/eas...
Drink tea & carry on,
new semester approaching.
new semester approaching.
September 14, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Drink tea & carry on,
new semester approaching.
new semester approaching.