Latest publications

October 14, 2024

Self-views converge during enjoyable conversations

Christopher Welker, Thalia Wheatley, Grace Cason, Catherine Gorman, Meghan Meyer

PNAS

August 22, 2024

Integrating stereotypes and factual evidence in interpersonal communication

Saskia B. J. Koch, Anna Tyborowska, Hannah C. M. Niermann, Antonius H. N. Cillessen, Karin Roelofs, Jana Bašnáková, Ivan Toni & Arjen Stolk

Nature npj Science of Learning

Research paper

August 6, 2024

Observers of social media discussions about racial discrimination condemn denial but also adopt it

Kiara L. Sanchez, Maggie Harrington, Cinoo Lee & Jennifer L. Eberhardt

Nature Scientific Reports

Research paper

May 10, 2024

Consensus-building conversation leads to neural alignment

Beau Sievers, Christopher Welker, Uri Hasson, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Thalia Wheatley

Natures Communications

Research paper

December 14, 2023

The Emerging Science of Interacting Minds

Thalia Wheatley, Mark A. Thornton, Arjen Stolk, Luke J. Chang

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Research paper

September 29, 2023

Gossip drives vicarious learning and facilitates social connection

Eshin Jolly, Luke J. Chang

Current Biology

Research paper

May 28, 2023

Evidence for bidirectional causation between trait and mental state inferences

Chunjin Lin, Mark Allen Thornton

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Research paper

March 6, 2023

Long gaps between turns are awkward for strangers but not for friends

Emma M. Templeton, Luke J. Chang, Elizabeth A. Reynolds, Marie D. Cone LeBeaumont, Thalia Wheatley

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Research paper

March 3, 2023

Synchrony to a beat predicts synchrony with other minds

Sophie Wohltjen, Brigitta Toth, Adam Boncz, Thalia Wheatley

Scientific Reports

Research paper

February 7, 2023

Transition dynamics shape mental state concepts

Mark Allen Thornton, Milena Rmus, Amisha D. Vyas, Diana Tamir

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Research paper