Oliver Genschow

Bruine de Bruin et al. (2021) proposed alternative climate terms to ease laypeople’s understanding. In a recent @ClimaticChange_ article we find: Not all terms improve understanding nor do they increase intentions to act sustainably. @dloschelder link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We are looking for PhD-student (75%, 3 years) on social-cognition @leuphana. Topic: Perception-action coupling (person perception, imitation, free-will, etc.). Methods: Surveys, observations, reaction-times, neuro-physiology 📅 Apply 31.12.2025 🔗 Details: tinyurl.com/bdf8ebpr

Can reading one article change your belief in free will? New studies say maybe—but the effect doesn’t last. Our beliefs might be more resilient than they seem New work by @OGenschow @JProtzko @sebraem💡

🎓@leuphana University Lüneburg offers 6 PhD scholarships in #psychology with the focus on how psychology connects with sustainable transformation on individual, collective & systemic levels. Deadline for applications: Oct 1, 2025 ℹ️ Details: leuphana.de/en/graduate-sc…

Today, the #AOWI2025 conference at @leuphana University Lüneburg kicked off with some workshops including an @InMindMagazin writing workshop.

Are you passionate about how individuals and societies transform? Join the Psychology of Transformation PhD program @leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany) and explore psychological questions about change and sustainability, and human development. 👉 leuphana.de/en/graduate-sc…

Postdoctoral Research Position #2, Ghent University, Belgium The successful candidate will train recurrent neural networks to learn the generative structure of existing behavioral, EEG and MEG data sets. ugent.be/en/work/scient…

@dloschelder @LehrDirk92253 @lea_boecker @franzi_koessler @InMindMagazin @InMind_NL @Mind @InMindMagazine @InMindFR @InMind_Italia @annabelnijhof @JanCrusius @LauraMKoenig @JanaDreston @WingenTobias

Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" @leuphana University Lüneburg! leuphana.de/universitaet/j…

GUEST BLOG at TRN ("Replication Research Symposium and Journal") A major new initiative in replication research is launching. Check it out! @FORRTproject replicationnetwork.com/2025/02/08/ros…

Looking for new #OpenAccess books in #Psychology? AUTOMATIC IMITATION, edited by @OGenschow and @CraccoEmiel is now available in full on SpringerLink! Check it out for free below 👇 🔗link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Finally, the hard copy version of the book on automatic imitation, @CraccoEmiel and I edited, has arrived. We're glad the book is also available as open access via the following link: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

@FelixJGoetz Oh yeah! This is a good one!

@OGenschow The end-state comfort effect: Tell everyone to place their bottles on the floor and shout "stop" the moment they touch the bottle. Then ask them why they grabbed it at the top.

Currently, I'm working on a new lecture on cogntive psychology. In this lecture, I would like to do several class demonstration/class experiments. Based on your experiences, which topics work very very well for such kind of experiments?

@helenahhartmann I also love the rubberhand illusion. This might be difficult to demonstrat in a lecture, but I'm considering trying it out in one of the accompanied seminars.

@OGenschow Placebo effects? e.g. two "different" drinks (cheap vs. expensive) which are actually the same? I also LOVE the rubberhand illusion although not sure it fits the lecture?

🚨Exciting news! We now have the first-ever complete #EEGManyLabs replication. This large-scale multi-site study revisits a key debate in EEG & reinforcement learning. A thread! 🧵👇 📄 Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.cort…

People who want to try out the task can run through a demo version of the task here: automatic-imitation.com

On the following @OSFramework page, we provide tutorials, codes, and analysis scripts to make the implementation of the online version of the imitation-inhibition task as easy as possible: osf.io/q7fju/

Mareike Westfal recently developed and validated an online version of the imitation-inhibition task. This allows even researcher with few programming experiences to assess imitative behavior online. Together with @JanCrusius @CraccoEmiel link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758/s…

@_lindseypowell and Piotr Winkielman take a third-person perspective on imitation and review literature on the inferences people draw from observing others imitating each other. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

@salazarkaempf and Cornelia Exner summarize existing studies on mimicry and akin phenomena in psychotherapy and related contexts (like counseling). link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…