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Human Altruism - Are We Unique?

31 January 2018

Dr. van der Linden rejoined BBC Cambridge this week to chat with the Naked Scientists about human altruism. You can listen to or read more about the interview here: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/altruism-humans-what-makes-us-special Altruism in humans - what makes us special? Dr. van der Linden...

Dr. van der Linden named 2017 "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science (APS)

1 January 2018

Dr. van der Linden is honored to be named a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The APS designation is given to outstanding early-career psychological scientists who have already influenced the field in meaningful and important ways through their research. The full list of APS Rising Stars...

Dr. van der Linden on BBC World Service on the Psychology of Crowds

14 December 2017

Dr. van der Linden was interviewed recently by BBC World Service: "The Why Factor" to talk about the psychology of crowds and how crowds form online and how they empower people collectively. You can listen here to the radio segment . Full episode below Relatedly, Dr. van der Linden was back on with the Naked Scientists at...

MPhil Student Philipp Jabold has won support from the Boak Fund

4 December 2017

Philipp Jabold, SDP MPhil 17-18, has won support from the Boak Fund at Clare Hall. Philipp will be using the award towards his research on modeling implicit and explicit stereotype development in response to slanted crime news reporting about immigrants. The Boak Student Support Fund provides support for students of Clare...

Our Letter in Science: Inoculating Against Misinformation

30 November 2017

We published a letter in Science Magazine today about the importance of inoculating against misinformation and the need for more research on this topic: Read the full story here: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6367/1141.2

Viral Altruism Research Covered in Nature Outlook

25 October 2017

Nature Outlook released a special this week on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and the viral success of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The article discusses our 2017 Nature Human Behaviour article on the psychology of viral altruism. Read more here: https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v550/n7676_supp_out/full/550S113a...

Dr. van der Linden shares tips on how to spot fake news with Rai Italia TV

2 October 2017

Panellists included Deborah Cohen (BBC Radio Science Editor), Silvia Bencivelli (Italian Journalist), Luca Mercalli (Climatologist), and Pier Giuseppe Pelicci (Prof of Oncology) - moderated by Andrea Bettini (Rai).

Dr. van der Linden listed as global expert on debunking misinformation

14 September 2017

Dr. van der Linden has been listed as a global expert on debunking misinformation as part of an excellent new database featuring "post-truth" experts, an initiative from the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.

The Psychology of Doom and Gloom

5 September 2017

Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Anne Marthe van der Bles writes about her important research on the development of a new psychological measure to capture the Zeitgeist of our time: Factor Z and the Psychology of Doom and Gloom. Read the full article at Scientific American Mind here :

UK Parliament Fake News Report Cites Inoculation Research

13 July 2017

The UK Government recently launched a parliamentary investigation into the ways in which fake news may be undermining democracy. We were pleased to see that the UK Parliament's Office of Science and Technology (POST) Report on Fake News cites our inoculation research when discussing potential ways of addressing the issue...