Shiri Lev-Ari
@shirilevari.bsky.social
Cognitive psychologist studying language, cultural evolution, and (real life) social networks.
But is this strategy effective? To test that, participants were presented with triads of apologies that had the same meaning but differed in word length or word frequency. The triad sentences appeared in random order and participants ranked them from most to least apologetic.
May 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
But is this strategy effective? To test that, participants were presented with triads of apologies that had the same meaning but differed in word length or word frequency. The triad sentences appeared in random order and participants ranked them from most to least apologetic.
Apology tweets of 25 celebrities and 25 non-celebrities were compared to other tweets by the same users. Apology tweets had longer words! In contrast, they didn’t have more infrequent words.
May 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Apology tweets of 25 celebrities and 25 non-celebrities were compared to other tweets by the same users. Apology tweets had longer words! In contrast, they didn’t have more infrequent words.