Margaux Wienk
@margauxwienk.bsky.social
🇳🇱 | PhD from Columbia | Digital Nomading for a bit | How places and changes influence social cognition and well-being | Social Data Science
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Have these people ever interacted with a Dutch person. No one here has ever started a sentence with: “that’s a great idea…”
Don’t say you are surprised 🤖🇩🇪
A Harvard study shows that ChatGPT, in terms of cultural attitudes, is closest to Germany and the Netherlands - countries of rationalism, discipline, and trust in institutions.
A Harvard study shows that ChatGPT, in terms of cultural attitudes, is closest to Germany and the Netherlands - countries of rationalism, discipline, and trust in institutions.
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Have these people ever interacted with a Dutch person. No one here has ever started a sentence with: “that’s a great idea…”
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In our now published letter in @pnas.org, we raise two wider issues for behavioral science:
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In our now published letter in @pnas.org, we raise two wider issues for behavioral science:
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior
2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior
We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Margaux Wienk
Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Transformation starts at the periphery of networks where pushback is less
www.nature.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Intervening on a central node in a network likely does little given that its connected neighbors will "flip it back" immediately. Happy to see this position supported now.
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Change is most likely [..] if it spreads first among relatively poorly connected nodes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper out in PSPB: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We investigated whether historical Ku Klux Klan presence in an area is associated with higher levels of modern-day implicit bias.
We investigated whether historical Ku Klux Klan presence in an area is associated with higher levels of modern-day implicit bias.
December 16, 2024 at 2:25 PM
New paper out in PSPB: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We investigated whether historical Ku Klux Klan presence in an area is associated with higher levels of modern-day implicit bias.
We investigated whether historical Ku Klux Klan presence in an area is associated with higher levels of modern-day implicit bias.
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If you, like me, love hiking, you know rugged terrain *does* something to you 🥾😰
In a new paper led by @tsudaka.bsky.social, we asked: Is rugged terrain linked not only to how your knees feel but also how you think about authority? (1/n)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a new paper led by @tsudaka.bsky.social, we asked: Is rugged terrain linked not only to how your knees feel but also how you think about authority? (1/n)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Rugged terrain and rigid hierarchy
Human societies differ markedly in their endorsement of hierarchical authority, ranging from strict obedience to powerful leaders and militaries to mo…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If you, like me, love hiking, you know rugged terrain *does* something to you 🥾😰
In a new paper led by @tsudaka.bsky.social, we asked: Is rugged terrain linked not only to how your knees feel but also how you think about authority? (1/n)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a new paper led by @tsudaka.bsky.social, we asked: Is rugged terrain linked not only to how your knees feel but also how you think about authority? (1/n)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...