New paper out today in Nature Reviews Psychology! Professor Dolores Albarracin and her team dug through years of research on the science behind behavior change to determine the best ways to promote changes in behavior: bit.ly/3UpaKcs

Our new paper on what really changes behavior! APPC Penn Penn LDI PennMindCORE Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annenberg School

As part of its 30th anniversary celebration, the APPC Penn has opened a new area of research, the Climate Communication division, led by The Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences faculty affiliate Emily Falk Communication Neuroscience Lab. annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/psychologist-a…

Congratulations Communication Neuroscience Lab! cc: Annenberg School Penn PennCSSM

It's difficult to gauge public opinion on #ClimateChange and severe weather.

LDI Fellow Dolores Albarracín (Dolores Albarracin) found which groups are changing their views on climate during extreme heat events, and how we can use this info to drive change.⤵️
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Come Work with Us on Communication, Behavioral Change & Motivation. Join Us as a Postdoc of the Penn Social Action Lab! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

NEW study reveals that implementing vaccine-promoting policies strengthens positive social norms and can significantly boost intentions for #vaccination , emphasizing the crucial role of policy communication.

Read more by Bita Fayaz Farkhad & Dolores Albarracin et al.:
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APA Consensus Statement: Using Psychological Science to Understand and Fight Health Misinformation apa.org/news/press/rel… APPC Penn PennMindCORE Social Action Lab Annenberg School American Psychological Association Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Experiencing record-breaking heat days affects perception of weather trends penntoday.upenn.edu/news/experienc…

Call for Editorial Fellows at JSPP: ASC: apa.org/pubs/journals/…

What we're up to at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Attitudes & Social Cognition: apa.org/pubs/highlight… Penn Society for Personality and Social Psychology APA Journals SESP PennMindCORE Annenberg School APPC Penn UIUC Psychology Department

Canada Research Chairs at Waterloo

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Heading to #APA2023 this week? Stop by this amazing session on Reducing Reliance on Misinformation with Nadia Brashier Jay Van Bavel, PhD Dolores Albarracin
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So proud of my brilliant friend Angelita Repetto for her first book chapter! (w/Dolores Albarracin). For many more to come.
Link to book: “Divided. Open-Mindedness and Dogmatism in a Polarized World”
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Congrats to PennPSC Research Associates Angela Duckworth Dolores Albarracin Kevin Volpp Duncan Watts Harsha Thirumurthy & colleagues!

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Harvard’s Francesca Gino, Dishonesty Expert, Is Accused of Fraud - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/06/24/bus…

Research identifies factors that make correcting misinformation about science more successful phys.org/news/2023-06-f…

- correction was emotionally more positive
- matched the ideology of the recipients
- issue was not politically polarized

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'...science-relevant #misinformation is particularly challenging to eliminate' – especially when topic is politically polarized.

A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation nature.com/articles/s4156…

Large body of evidence on debunking, but this a more…

A meta-analysis of correction effects in science-relevant misinformation nature.com/articles/s4156… via Dolores Albarracin et al

Research identifies political & psychological factors that make correcting misinformation about science more successful bit.ly/3qK0pww Dolores Albarracin Social Action Lab Annenberg School