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David Schultner

@DSchultner

Postdoctoral researcher @karolinskainst | previously @UvA_Amsterdam | social learning & social cognition | @davidschultner on BLSKY
Stockholm Joined November 2018
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David Schultner @DSchultner
🎊 New paper out! In this @TrendsCognSci
Forum, we (with Lucas Molleman and Björn Lindström) summarize how reward learning can lead to adaptive social learning. We also explore the broader consequences for cultural evolution: cell.com/trends/cogniti…
www.cell.com Reward is enough for social learning Adaptive behaviour relies on selective social learning, yet the mechanisms underlying this capacity remain debated. A new account demonstrates that key strategies can emerge through reward-based...
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David Schultner @DSchultner
🚨 New preprint out! 🚨

How do people make moral judgments as third parties? 👀 We show how two motivations—inequality aversion (fair = moral) ⚖️ and the common-is-moral heuristic (frequent = moral) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧—interact to shape evaluations
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📄 osf.io/preprints/psya…
osf.io Inequality Aversion and the Common-is-Moral Heuristic shape Third-party Morality Moral norms regulate social life in ways that can promote prosocial behavior. Not only directly involved individuals, but also uninvolved third parties judge and punish norm violators. The principles...
David Schultner @DSchultner
🌻 New paper out in @PNASNews! We employ a reinforcement learning approach to understand how societal stereotypes are internalised as personal prejudice.

link: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@david_m_amodio's excellent explainer 🧵 below:
David Amodio @david_m_amodio Nov 4, 2024
🚨New in @PNASNews, led by @DSchultner & Ben Stillerman:

In 8 studies, we test a mechanism through which exposure to societal stereotypes—even those we know may be false—can implicitly transform into individual-level prejudice and then spread across a community.
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David Schultner @DSchultner
🔅Later today! I will share some new work on the processes shaping moral judgments.
Cooperation Colloquium this Friday:

David Schultner @DSchultner
Independent contributions of inequality aversion and conformity in moral judgments

Friday, November 1
15:00 UCT+1 (CET) / 10 am ET

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