Norbert Schwarz

I moved to Bluesky. You can find me at @nschwarz.bsky.social No need to support the Oligarchy.

Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/…

If you can VOTE EARLY in your state, PLEASE do so. The GOP is planning chaos on Election Day (polling place interference, etc.), so voting early would help to derail their plans and make it more likely that VP Harris has this thing sown up before then: x.com/voteearlyday/s…

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Congratulations, 2025 APS Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients! psychologicalscience.org/2025-aps-award…

Repeating aids believing: climate #misinformation feels more true through repetition - even if you back climate science theconversation.com/repeating-aids… "...the effect works immediately – a lie seems to be more true even after just one repetition." From study: "...repeated exposure increased perceptions of truth for climate-science and climate-skeptic claims to a similar extent." by @erynnewmanNZ @education_kate @aanobs et al. via @ConversationEDU cc @srmarcon #ScienceUpFirst

@NiemanLab-supported researchers report that repeated exposure to false claims, known as the illusory truth effect, makes them seem more truthful, regardless of existing beliefs – especially as related to climate science. With @ConversationUS tipaz.org/latest-news/tx…

In a special collection published in Perspectives, researchers discuss how #psychologicalscience can help policymakers and the public understand and address the spread of #infectiousdisease. @dalbarra @aanobs #PublicHealth psychologicalscience.org/publications/o…

Statement from President Clinton and Secretary Clinton

@CsabaBiro16 @AndrewMayne @DrewGorenz No joke. Data. Check out the paper. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

@AndrewMayne This is a joke, right? @DrewGorenz

ChatGPT-3.5(!) “ChatGPT 3.5-produced jokes were rated as equally funny or funnier than human-produced jokes regardless of the comedic task and the expertise of the human comedy writer.” journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Asked to generate jokes or satirical headlines from a prompt, ChatGPT 3.5 is funnier than, respectively, laypeople (doing the same), and professional The Onion comedy writers, research by @drewgorenz and @aanobs finds: buff.ly/3WduMZy

Here's a wild study! Researchers randomly assigned aging women to *jump on one leg* 50 times for 6 months to see if it would increase bone density compared to the non-jumping leg. It worked! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

@SethAbramson It is now time for prosecutors to show us all the evidence they have against Trump. Let us be the court of public opinion against him, before November.

It does feel to me, today, as though we have reached the apex of a reality that actually became clear back in 1992: Republicans can no longer win elections honestly, and they are not going to stand for it. They will use crime, graft and theft to ensure we are ruled by a minority.

I'm delighted to share that our lab has contributed to a groundbreaking anthology that explores the profound effects of music and art on health and the human experience! "Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness" edited by Renée Fleming. #musicscience

The #HumanAffectome is PUBLISHED! ✨🎉 A special thanks to Dr. Daniela Schiller, @Neuroqualia, and ALL of our 170 co-authors 🤯 🌐 We hope we’re one step closer to an integrated understanding of affective phenomena ♥️ doi.org/10.1016/j.neub… {1/12}

In creative problem solving, ChatGPT is outclassed by 3-year-olds, but as a humorist, it fares better, research by @drewgorenz & @aanobs suggests—based on the same prompts, AI-produced jokes were judged at least as funny as human-generated ones: bit.ly/4bw8p7a

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Now on PNAS Nexus @PNASNexus: The persuasive effects of political microtargeting in the age of generative AI w/ @STWorg and Matthew Edwards doi.org/10.1093/pnasne… [1/8]