Daniel Nettle
@danielnettle.bsky.social
Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS, Paris www.danielnettle.eu
Pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of 'From Questions to Knowledge: Data Analysis for Psychology and Behavioural Science Using R' mybook.to/questionstok...
In poverty, do people take more or less risk? Some theories contend that they avoid risk out of caution. Others that they take risks (e.g. crime) out of desperation. In our new paper in BBS, we show that they are the two sides of the same coin: the desperation threshold. Peer commentary call soon!
Explaining the paradoxical effects of poverty on risk taking: The Desperation Threshold Model | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Explaining the paradoxical effects of poverty on risk taking: The Desperation Threshold Model
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🔺 New preprint 🔺 Why does poverty increase time discounting? With W. Frankenhuis and @danielnettle.bsky.social, we argue that current models do not account for discounting in *persistent* poverty, and show that a desperation threshold can! A quick 🧵
This week, we talk to @danielnettle.bsky.social about big picture issues in the evolutionary social sciences, craving sugar, income inequality, running, and more! youtu.be/-NPuZSolsEs podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9hsnf...
Evolutionary Social Sciences with Dan Nettle
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NEW: We show and replicate socioeconomic gradients in heuristics for decision-making under uncertainty, possibly reflecting adaptations varying levels of scarcity and competition for resources 🫰 Shoutout and thanks to @danielnettle.bsky.social & @coraliechevallier.bsky.social ❤️🔥 tinyurl.com/mu7rzz6k
Low socioeconomic status amplifies the perceived rarity of large rewards
Decision-making relies on heuristics derived from past experiences that likely vary with socioeconomic status. We investigate socioeconomic difference…
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Do people judge what is going to happen in unknown situations differently depending on their socioeconomic position? Yes, if you experience lower socioeconomic position, you think the big rewards are even more unlikely to come your way: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Low socioeconomic status amplifies the perceived rarity of large rewards
Decision-making relies on heuristics derived from past experiences that likely vary with socioeconomic status. We investigate socioeconomic difference…
sciencedirect.com
In a new paper, we show from longitudinal UK and France data that income volatility (fluctatuations month to month) are bad for mental and general health. And it is much badder than you would expect given the lowness of the low months: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
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It's hiring season at @iast.fr! - 2y research postdoc contract - Full autonomy, you are your own PI - Awesome multidisciplinary environment - All social and behavioral sciences welcome - Seed funding for projects and workshops - Gorgeous city in the south of France www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Delighted to announce the publication of 'From Questions to Knowledge', my new and updated statistics and data analysis handbook. www.danielnettle.eu/2025/09/14/f...
From Questions to Knowledge
I am delighted to announce the publications of my statistics and data analysis book, ‘From Questions to Knowledge: Data Analysis for Psychology and Behavioural Science Using R’. This b…
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Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
“Really thought provoking” – Natasha Devon Dr Elliott Johnson joined @lbc.co.uk to discuss the transformative power of a #BasicIncome to enhance public health, increase financial security, and empower people across the income distribution. Listen from 02:10:11 www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
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Catch up on the last 7 days of shows from Natasha Devon on LBC UK
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🚨JOB alert🚨 Full-time Managing Editor role for @asab.org journal Animal Behaviour. Applicants must have animal #behaviour background; previous editorial experience would be ideal. Apply by 31st July 2025. #publishing #editor #job More details: www.asab.org/opportunities PLEASE share widely.
Opportunities — ASAB
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#Nouveauté // “Psychology”, la nouvelle section de la revue “Peer Community Journal”, est désormais en ligne ! 👉 www.uga-editions.com/uga-editions... 👏 Diffusion : centre Mersenne en collaboration avec UGA Éditions ! @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social @centre-mersenne.bsky.social
Hello folks, I am writing a stats book based on my teaching materials (bookdown.org/danielnettle...). I want advice on the title.
Producing and Using Data in Cognitive Science
Producing and Using Data in Cognitive Science
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CSPG's Epidemiology Lead @profkepickett.bsky.social in @theguardian.com making the case for Basic Income as a powerful upstream intervention to reduce pressure on the NHS and improve population health in the poorest areas. Read more: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #CommonSense #BasicIncome
Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities
Deprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomes
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Laypeople often learn about science from expert explanations & those explanations often contain JARGON. Does jargon make explanations better or worse? In a paper out today in Nature Human Behaviour, @cruzf.bsky.social and I find that jargon can support illusions of understanding...
Next deadline for submitting a proposal for a special issue in @royalsocietypublishing.org #PhilTransB is July 18th. I'm on the editorial board and would highly recommend it as an opportunity for new networks, insights and highlighting your field. Find out more at bit.ly/PTBproposals
What do people want from a welfare system? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Poverty & Public Policy | PSO Journal | Wiley Online Library
What do people want from a welfare system? Previous research has suggested a list of desiderata, such as that the system: reduces poverty; reduces inequality; improves mental and physical health; cos...
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"Rethinking Ostensive Communication in an Evolutionary, Comparative, and Developmental Perspective" now published in Psychological Review psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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We often have to judge who is knowledgeable—precisely when we are not. Can humans really do that? Our new paper in Psychological Science shows that, surprisingly, we can. drive.google.com/file/d/1b15E...
Our new book 'Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything' is published today: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/basic-...
Basic Income
Basic Income - The Policy That Changes Everything; This book presents the most comprehensive account yet of how basic income transforms societies for the better. It sets out the ripple effects that wi...
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🧵New paper out in Cognition Why do people moralize harmless carnal sins (e.g. gluttony, masturbation)? @danielnettle.bsky.social & I find that these behaviors activate reciprocity-based moral judgment—no need for a distinct "purity" module. 50 days free link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l18D2Hx2-...
New paper from @lfitouchi.bsky.social: Why do people moralize harmless bodily pleasures? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Harmless bodily pleasures are moralized because they are perceived as reducing self-control and cooperativeness
Why do many people morally condemn unrestrained indulgence in bodily pleasures—such as gluttony, masturbation, and drinking alcohol—even when these be…
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@danielnettle.bsky.social will be a @marsglobal.bsky.social speaker at the 32nd Annual @ssibsociety.bsky.social Meeting! 🗓️July 28–August 1, 2025 📍Mathematical Institute, Oxford, UK. Register now at www.ssib.org/2025/registr... and join in on the fun!
