Stav Atir
I am an Assistant Professor studying behavioral science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Thinking about a PhD program in organizational behavior or social psychology? Come work with me!
My lab studies when people are overconfident about their knowledge/learning, alongside work on how language and communication shape inequality.
More: stavatir.com and business.wisc.edu/phd/
18.08.2025 14:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Speakers and Talks
TEDxOshkosh speakers and talks
I'm excited to be giving a TEDxOshkosh talk this fall, Nov. 15!
It's about one of my favorite research projects, showing that people learn more than they expect from conversations with strangers.
Tix and more info: www.tedxoshkosh.com/attend/speak... @tedxoshkosh.com #TEDxOshkosh #TEDxOshkosh2025
11.08.2025 18:29 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🎇 Our recent paper on the effect of introductory education on meta knowledge 👇
25.07.2025 17:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
When everything feels familiar, that's exactly when you should be least sure you know it all.
Our research shows that familiarity creates a spillover effect -making people report they know concepts they’ve never encountered.
The paper with @daviddunning6.bsky.social and Emily Rosenzweig in OBHDP:
31.01.2025 16:38 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Exciting news! A paper I wrote with Mitch Campbell, Andrea Miller, and my former lab manager Kevin Kennedy about a pro-diversity intervention for marginalized students was selected for SPSP/Sage/PSPB’s Evidence-Based Policymaking Collection! 🎉
More here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
23.01.2025 22:15 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Research by @stavatir.bsky.social & Risen suggests explaining learned material—a very effective learning strategy—is underused because of the self-threatening nature of knowledge reflection involved in explaining, and offers remedies to overcome this reluctance:
https://buff.ly/4g2sxyX
19.01.2025 16:09 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Official account of the UW-Madison Department of Psychology.
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