PD Naderi
@onlywitheffort.bsky.social
Researcher, Writer, Teacher, Upasaka, and Proud Uncle.
Quality over quantity, depth over breadth, always.
Quality over quantity, depth over breadth, always.
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Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity
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June 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Although classes @umassamherst.bsky.social ended 3 weeks ago & graduations are past us, the amazing students that I had this spring semester @isenbergumass.bsky.social frequently enter my thoughts. I share with others how lucky I am to have such outstanding students, from both near & very far.
May 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Although classes @umassamherst.bsky.social ended 3 weeks ago & graduations are past us, the amazing students that I had this spring semester @isenbergumass.bsky.social frequently enter my thoughts. I share with others how lucky I am to have such outstanding students, from both near & very far.
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ASA member Christopher Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social @umnsociology.bsky.social was a guest on the Criminology Academy podcast, talking about voting rights, felony disenfranchisement, and the movement for reenfranchisement.
New pod just dropped, talking voting rights at thecriminologyacademy.com. They’re building a terrific archive of interviews.
May 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ASA member Christopher Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social @umnsociology.bsky.social was a guest on the Criminology Academy podcast, talking about voting rights, felony disenfranchisement, and the movement for reenfranchisement.
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New paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections. The policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers. Also, there were no productivity gains among incumbents. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection
This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a diff
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May 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections. The policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers. Also, there were no productivity gains among incumbents. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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At today's seminar, Dave Patterson and Andy Konwinski discussed themes from their paper "Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives," arguing that we are still in the early days of practical AI, and that collaborative efforts can guide AI's impact. @jlanday.bsky.social hai.stanford.edu/events/andy-...
May 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At today's seminar, Dave Patterson and Andy Konwinski discussed themes from their paper "Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives," arguing that we are still in the early days of practical AI, and that collaborative efforts can guide AI's impact. @jlanday.bsky.social hai.stanford.edu/events/andy-...
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The ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology has gone digital! Department leaders—share your details w/ administrators, advisers, faculty, students, & others seeking info on graduate departments of sociology. https://bit.ly/4iLZVeP
May 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology has gone digital! Department leaders—share your details w/ administrators, advisers, faculty, students, & others seeking info on graduate departments of sociology. https://bit.ly/4iLZVeP
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Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work.
Today is the launch of the 6th edition.
Incredibly, The HSP is now open-access—free to read, download, and share, as a collaboration by 100 of the world's leading scholars.
Today is the launch of the 6th edition.
Incredibly, The HSP is now open-access—free to read, download, and share, as a collaboration by 100 of the world's leading scholars.
The Handbook of Social Psychology | Open Publishing
<p style="font-size: 1em;"> Since 1954, *The Handbook of Social Psychology* has been the field's most authoritative reference work. The 6th edition of this essential resource contains 50 new chapters on a wide range of topics, written by the world's leading experts. It is available only in digital form and is free to read online and to download. <br> <br> <p style="font-size: 1.2em;"> **Editors** <p style="font-size: 1em;"> Daniel T. Gilbert, Harvard University <br> Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University <br> Eli J. Finkel, Northwestern University <br> Wendy B. Mendes, Yale University <br> <br> <p style="font-size: 1.2em;"> **How to read** <p style="font-size: 1em;"> For the best experience, read <i>The Handbook</i> online by scrolling down to the next section and clicking on a chapter title. <br><br> <p style="font-size: 1.2em;"> **How to cite** <p style="font-size: 1em;"> Gilbert, D. T., Fiske, S. T., Finkel, E. J., & Mendes, W. B. (Eds.). (2025). <i>The handbook of social psychology </i>, (6th ed.). Situational Press. https://doi.org/10.70400/NYKH3013 <br> <p style="font-size: 1.2em;"> **How to download** <p style="font-size: 1em;"> <i>The Handbook</i> is designed to be read online as a continuous-scroll e-book. PDFs may contain inelegant page breaks. You can download <i>The Handbook</i> in PDF or EPUB format <a href=" https://openpublishing.princeton.edu/projects/the-handbook-of-social-psychology/resource-collections" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work.
Today is the launch of the 6th edition.
Incredibly, The HSP is now open-access—free to read, download, and share, as a collaboration by 100 of the world's leading scholars.
Today is the launch of the 6th edition.
Incredibly, The HSP is now open-access—free to read, download, and share, as a collaboration by 100 of the world's leading scholars.
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I am not sure (based on the facts I am aware of so far) that not publishing this research is optimal or indeed even ethical. The benefits of knowing the findings and modifying the tech may outweigh what appear to be modest harms. But let’s see how case unfolds. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Reddit slams ‘unethical experiment’ that deployed secret AI bots in forum
The platform’s chief legal officer called out the University of Zurich team that deployed bots on r/changemyview to study how AI can influence opinions.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am not sure (based on the facts I am aware of so far) that not publishing this research is optimal or indeed even ethical. The benefits of knowing the findings and modifying the tech may outweigh what appear to be modest harms. But let’s see how case unfolds. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Listen to the latest episode of the ASA Altruism Morality & Social Solidarity Section's Moral Matters podcast, featuring a conversation w/ ASA member Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social on her book, Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World.
Speaking of Solidarity with Michèle Lamont
Moral Matters: Conversations with Sociologists on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity · Episode
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March 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Listen to the latest episode of the ASA Altruism Morality & Social Solidarity Section's Moral Matters podcast, featuring a conversation w/ ASA member Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social on her book, Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World.
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On Tuesday, the Vermont Department of Health confirmed the state's first measles case in Lamoille County, affecting a school-aged child.
March 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
On Tuesday, the Vermont Department of Health confirmed the state's first measles case in Lamoille County, affecting a school-aged child.
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Maryland confirms measles case; Dulles Airport travelers may have been exposed
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Md. confirms measles case; Dulles Airport travelers may have been exposed
The health department said there may have been exposures at Dulles’s international arrivals area and a Howard County pediatric emergency department.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Maryland confirms measles case; Dulles Airport travelers may have been exposed
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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COVID upended everyday life. What’s stuck around 5 years after lockdown? www.wgbh.org/news/health/... via @wgbh.org
COVID upended everyday life. What’s stuck around 5 years after lockdown?
Hybrid work, e-commerce, distrust in institutions are more are continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
COVID upended everyday life. What’s stuck around 5 years after lockdown? www.wgbh.org/news/health/... via @wgbh.org
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How might a deep understanding of human social network structure and function be used to intervene in the world to make it better? CHIBE and @bcfginitiative.bsky.social are co-hosting a virtual seminar on 3/26 at 12 ET with @nachristakis.bsky.social. Register here! chibe.upenn.edu/event/nichol...
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH │CHIBE/BCFG Research Seminar - Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH will be speaking at a CHIBE/BCFG Virtual Seminar at noon EST on March 26, 2025 via Zoom.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How might a deep understanding of human social network structure and function be used to intervene in the world to make it better? CHIBE and @bcfginitiative.bsky.social are co-hosting a virtual seminar on 3/26 at 12 ET with @nachristakis.bsky.social. Register here! chibe.upenn.edu/event/nichol...
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Homosexuality is not contagious. In a 2013 #HNL observational study of 90,118 adolescents in 142 US schools, we found sexual activity (OR=1.79) and desire for relationship (OR=2.69) may spread from person to person. But attraction to same-sex partners did not (OR=0.96).
Same-Sex Sexual Attraction Does Not Spread in Adolescent Social Networks - Archives of Sexual Behavior
Peers have a powerful effect on adolescents’ beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Here, we examine the role of social networks in the spread of attitudes towards sexuality using data from the National L...
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December 22, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Homosexuality is not contagious. In a 2013 #HNL observational study of 90,118 adolescents in 142 US schools, we found sexual activity (OR=1.79) and desire for relationship (OR=2.69) may spread from person to person. But attraction to same-sex partners did not (OR=0.96).
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"How social networks make us who we are": a short interview with SPIRAL Magazine rubinmuseum.org/rooted-in-co... (featuring a cool design by Eleni Christakis, based on the first network map of human happiness, which we published in @bmj.com in 2008).
Rooted in Connection | Spiral Magazine
An interview with Nicholas Christakis about social networks. Explore the Interdependence issue of Spiral magazine from the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"How social networks make us who we are": a short interview with SPIRAL Magazine rubinmuseum.org/rooted-in-co... (featuring a cool design by Eleni Christakis, based on the first network map of human happiness, which we published in @bmj.com in 2008).
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Could we easily identify a subset of structurally influential people who could maximize social contagion to people we ourselves did not contact with the intervention? science.org/doi/10.1126/... 6/
Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages
Certain people occupy topological positions within social networks that enhance their effectiveness at inducing spillovers. We mapped face-to-face networks among 24,702 people in 176 isolated villages...
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December 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Could we easily identify a subset of structurally influential people who could maximize social contagion to people we ourselves did not contact with the intervention? science.org/doi/10.1126/... 6/
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Read the paper here: hai.stanford.edu/safeguarding...
Safeguarding Third-Party AI Research
Safeguarding Third-Party AI Research
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February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Read the paper here: hai.stanford.edu/safeguarding...
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ASA has joined with 230 national, state, and local organizations (+ 2,600 individuals from the private, public, non-profit, and scientific sectors) demanding Congress to order the restoration of taxpayer financed data removed from federal agency websites. www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ASA has joined with 230 national, state, and local organizations (+ 2,600 individuals from the private, public, non-profit, and scientific sectors) demanding Congress to order the restoration of taxpayer financed data removed from federal agency websites. www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
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I really enjoyed taking calls on NPR stations across the nation with @jeremyhobson.bsky.social and @kimcobb.bsky.social
So many practical tips and inspiration tales from recent disaster survivors
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So many practical tips and inspiration tales from recent disaster survivors
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Are you prepared for the next natural disaster?
Podcast Episode · The Middle with Jeremy Hobson · 02/07/2025 · 51m
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February 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I really enjoyed taking calls on NPR stations across the nation with @jeremyhobson.bsky.social and @kimcobb.bsky.social
So many practical tips and inspiration tales from recent disaster survivors
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
So many practical tips and inspiration tales from recent disaster survivors
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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January 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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This is our updated AI policy regarding the conduct of science in the Human Nature Lab (#HNL). Suggestions or comments welcome. humannaturelab.net/sites/defaul...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is our updated AI policy regarding the conduct of science in the Human Nature Lab (#HNL). Suggestions or comments welcome. humannaturelab.net/sites/defaul...
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BREAKING Since the #HughesFire started about 2 hours ago near Lake Castaic, it's burned 3,400 acres....a football field every 2-3 seconds.
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING Since the #HughesFire started about 2 hours ago near Lake Castaic, it's burned 3,400 acres....a football field every 2-3 seconds.
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Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Bilingualism is associated with a bigger brain. Similar to other cognitively demanding skills, it leads to dynamic subcortical structural adaptations which can be nonlinear, in line with expansion-renormalisation models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Often the objective of the critic is not to improve, but to impede good work: “If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk…. I would have no time for constructive work.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Often the objective of the critic is not to improve, but to impede good work: “If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk…. I would have no time for constructive work.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
‘The Atlantic’ published this landmark document of the civil-rights movement in the August 1963 issue
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January 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Often the objective of the critic is not to improve, but to impede good work: “If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk…. I would have no time for constructive work.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Often the objective of the critic is not to improve, but to impede good work: “If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk…. I would have no time for constructive work.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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A short recent interview: Induction of Social Contagion faculti.net/induction-of...
Induction of Social Contagion | Faculti
What is social contagion? How does friendship-nomination targeting enhance the spread of health education and behaviors in social networks?
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December 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
A short recent interview: Induction of Social Contagion faculti.net/induction-of...