nathan liang

If you're at #SPSP2026, come check out what folks in my lab are up to!

We’re all set up at #SPSP2026 Annual Convention. Booth is built, goodies are being unpacked, and our team is excited to meet you.

If you’re here, come by the Verasight booth #8.

Thanks @spspnews.bsky.social for the opportunity to connect with psychologists and scholars from around the world.

🚨🚨 My lab is hiring a Postdoc! 🚨🚨

Postdoc opening in my lab at Harvard Psych (start: Summer/Fall 2026).

We study identity, group dynamics, language, & politics.

Rolling review begins 3/14
Apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15806

Please repost + tag folks who might be a good fit! 👇

Come join our academic family!

We've been getting a lot of submissions by folks excited by juries resisting the federal government, and monitor much bemoaning by MAGA folks that this constitutes jury nullification, but the vast majority of such cases are being thrown out by juries over weak evidence or lies.

Bots have made their way to Prolific experiments. Our lab has stopped online testing of adults entirely now for this reason - we want to know if what we study is real. Probably data collected 2-3 years ago are ok, but moving forward we just can't know. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations.
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

Zachariah Berry Talk | Liberal Arts Events Speaker: Zachariah Berry (Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business) Speaker Bio: Zachariah Berry studies morality at work. His...

Our next Consortium workshop will be this Thursday at 12:30pmEST, with @zberry.bsky.social on "Demographically Diverse Teams are Perceived as Less Corruptible”. It will be on Zoom. Check out even if you haven't attended a Consortium workshop before!
events.la.psu.edu/event/zachar...

SPSP is pleased to launch a new series that recognizes scholars for their dedication to their science as well as evidence-based policy.

We hope their stories inspire other psychologists to explore advocacy in the future!

Read their stories: https://ow.ly/z8aG50YcwsA

Top Border Official Praised Agent Who Shot Chicago Woman, Evidence Shows A Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez five times, claiming that she tried to run him over. Newly released videos and text messages reveal fresh details about what happened.

After a Border Patrol agent shot a Chicago woman five times in October, Gregory Bovino reached out to the agent via email to offer his praise, newly released evidence shows.

Iranian Nobel Laureate Gets Second Prison Sentence and Ends Hunger Strike The activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to another seven years, bringing the total she must serve to 17 years, her foundation said.

Iranian authorities have sentenced the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a second prison sentence even before she had completed her last jail term, her family and lawyers said on Sunday.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Stay warm!

Family of Alex Pretti, the Man Shot in Minnesota, Says They Are Heartbroken and Angry In a statement, the parents of the man slain in Minneapolis said that their son “wanted to make a difference.”

The parents of Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, joined a chorus of criticism of the Trump administration over its response to the shooting. The family said in a statement that they were heartbroken, but also “very angry.”

Does anyone else get the sense that Stephen Miller grew up playing Civilization and took it too seriously?

I'm thrilled to share news about this new EMP Lab pre-print on empathic AI--led by my student @jdweng.bsky.social & with the amazing @mgreinecke.bsky.social. We lean into meta-science & philosophy of science to consider what empathic AI means for *empathy* as a construct, now & into the future. 1/n

A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...

Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise.

“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”

We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.

For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...

Please share widely & consider applying!

YouTube video by CBS Evening News Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

New paper from the IMC lab! I am very excited about this one. For years, I have been arguing that one of the main claims of the so-called "simulation heuristic" is likely not true for episodic counterfactual thinking, namely that the harder it is to mentally simulate it, the less plausible (1/n)

Bill Seeks Insider Trading Crackdown After Bettor Made $400,000 On Maduro Capture The Polymarket bettor, the identity of whom is unknown, bet $30,000 on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro less than a day before he was abducted by U.S. forces.

The Polymarket bettor, the identity of whom is unknown, bet $30,000 on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro less than a day before he was abducted by U.S. forces.

Nvidia Strikes a Deal With Groq, an A.I. Chip Start-Up Nvidia will license Groq’s technology and hire its top executives, adding to the Silicon Valley giant’s heft in artificial intelligence chips.

Nvidia, the maker of A.I. chips and the world’s most valuable public company, agreed to license the technology of the chip start-up Groq and hire its top executives.

Curiosity, Exploration and Information Seeking Conference 2025 - YouTube

🔭 Did you miss out on the inaugural Curiosity, Information-Seeking, & Exploration conference? Videos of our entire 2-day program are now available: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #CISE2025 @socforneuroecon.bsky.social @drjocutler.bsky.social

Reminder that award nominations are due in two days!

🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate

Warmed by Japan’s Support, Taiwan Takes Up Sushi Diplomacy China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.

China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan declared strong support for Taiwan.

Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.

Congratulations!

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Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17
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We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!

How physical information is used to make sense of the psychological world - Nature Reviews Psychology Reasoning about minds and reasoning about physical objects are governed by two distinct systems. In this Perspective, Liu et al. review research from developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscienc...

New perspective paper (w/ @sedaakbiyik.bsky.social, Joseph Outa, & @minjaek.bsky.social ) in @natrevpsychol.nature.com ⚽💭🧠👶 : www.nature.com/articles/s44...