Lee de-Wit

Why do 9 in 10 Trump supporters think American values and prosperity are “under threat”? Polling from @leedewit at Cambridge’s Political Psychology Lab and @Yougov reveals strong link between the US election result and concerns over economic and cultural instability. Learn why this data is crucial for politicians: cam.ac.uk/stories/trump-…

🚨 New in @NatureComms! While many studies show that negativity drives online virality, we find that predictors of what people like and share can change over time, with ingroup solidarity showing significant viral potential during the war in Ukraine. (1/6) nature.com/articles/s4146…

The times (in behavioural sciences) they are a-changin'. Recent contributions in cognitive science and economics show a renewed interest in going beyond 'biases' and viewing the sometimes puzzling features of human cognition as solutions to the complex problems we face.

"[Labour’s pro-Corbyn and pro-Starmer factions] now show levels of mutual enmity that are slightly worse than between Leavers and Remainers" 🚨📊 NEW: @David_JYoung on the findings of his recent research on polarisation between factions within parties. ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-factio…

🚨 As trust in science faces new challenges, our new study with @walraslaw @Prashant_Garg_ explores the impact of scientists' political expression on SM. Looking at 98K US scientists on Twitter, we observe their ideological polarization and test impact on public perceptions🧵

Six months after passing my viva, I graduated from my PhD today! Thanks to my brilliant supervisor @leedewit, my fantastic examiners @Sander_vdLinden and @mjbsp, and the many many more from @CambPsych and beyond who helped me along the way!

Recently published by the British Journal of Social Psychology, @leedewit and I ask "Can the manner in which we visualize data impact perceptions of political polarization?" doi.org/10.1111/bjso.1… Thanks to @Colinstrong and @Ipsos @Cambridge_Uni @BPSOfficial @socialpsychUK

🚨New article drop in @PNASNexus, exploring the link between economic inequality and moralization – on Twitter (X) and around the globe! doi.org/10.1093/pnasne… Thanks to @drbrockbastian, @PaulvanLange, @DrewGorenz, @KhandisBlake and my excellent co-authors around the world!

Now out in PNAS Nexus 🚨 People in the U.S. believe that political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, like fraud, animal abuse, and homicide. This fuels dehumanization across party lines. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

Great read on how we also can dislike factions WITHIN our own political party quite a lot too! By @David_JYoung and @leedewit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/po…

@rubenarslan @CameronBrick It was a more substantial part of previous drafts, but TICs wanted a really sharp / focused piece for this format, so we only have this reference in one of the boxes "especially given the limited estimates of the impact of interventions [14]" but that was also a motivator for us!

@CameronBrick I agree with the proposal, but I'm surprised you don't mention the poor replication record of many of the 'lol [other] people are irrational' studies (priming, nudging, subliminal influence, backfire etc. etc.)

"Behavioral science should start by assuming people are reasonable" Nice piece in TCS. Couldn't agree more sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Thx for linking to my work w/ Jan Koenderink & Joachim Krueger @jenskoedmadsen @leedewit @Thruthal @CameronBrick @laurademoliere @carla_groom

New paper 😃 With @CameronBrick, @leedewit and others, we argue behavioural sciences too frequently jump to conclusions of irrationality and bias - instead, we argue we should initially assume people are reasonable as a point of departure. @LSE_PBS shorturl.at/Z93O2

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Never mind moral universals in 60 cultures, how about moral universals in 256 cultures?! 🧵 #moralityascooperation @HRAF755 doi.org/10.1016/j.heli…

Curious how much Starmer and Corbyn supporters dislike each other? Do anti-Trump republicans sometimes dislike pro-Trump republicans more than bi-partisan Democrats? Read our new paper on Within Party Affective Polarization to find out!

What can Facebook friendships tell us about geographies of social and political (dis)trust? New research with @drjennings @ProfStoker – ‘Social ties, trust and the geography of discontent’ out in @camjres (1/8) academic.oup.com/cjres/advance-…

Job alert! Professor of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43391/

@TheNewsAgents @lewis_goodall @Moreincommon_ @LukeTryl @GlobalPlayer Great analysis on Tory right's misunderstanding of social conservative. But another key element is that Corbyn's 2019 labour party misunderstood them too, whereas Keir's labour party knows how to talk to them, hence Keir's focus on Suella causing chaos and "being out of control".

“The Tory right has projected this view of Red Wall voters that doesn’t bear up to reality… I think it’s quite patronising.” UK Director of @Moreincommon_, @LukeTryl, on the Tory party’s distorted view of voters they hope to win over. Listen on @GlobalPlayer @lewis_goodall

🎉Congratulations to @jenskoedmadsen & @leedewit who have been awarded a significant grant from the prestigious @TempletonWorld to study perceptions of source independence & polarisation. #research #grant #polarisation #psychology