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Ruud Hortensius

@ruudhortensius.bsky.social

artificial intelligence and social cognition | Utrecht Young Academy | he/him 🤖🧠🤯 | Associate professor at Utrecht University Lab website: http://human-plus.gitlab.io Personal website: https://www.ruudhortensius.nl/

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Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Seven minds wrote a paper on seven questions on mind perception. Why seven you ask? Well this is not a complete list, they merely reflect questions that we have been thinking and working on over the last couple of years. This was so fun writing with the team. A real collaborative piece!

Wendel van der Sluis@wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Seeing a mind isn’t just about looks. From humans to robots, this study explores how we recognize thinking & feeling, why context matters, and why beliefs shape judgment.🧠 #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1163/1568... @fabioladiana.bsky.social @annhogenhuis.bsky.social @ruudhortensius.bsky.social

Mind perception across agents and species. Example of an interactive setup from our lab that tests mind perception across agents and species using a mobile neuroimaging setup. A human participant engages in an interaction with another human, AI chatbot, or a Border Collie dog (Canis familiaris). Photographs by Dorka Boda. All individuals gave permission for publication of the photographs.
Daniel Lakens@lakens.bsky.social · last yr.

New blog post: Easily download files from the Open Science Framework with Papercheck daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/07/easi... Downloading all files in an OSF project can be a hassle. Not anymore, with Papercheck! Just run: osf_file_download("6nt4v")

Easily download files from the Open Science Framework with Papercheck

Researchers increasingly use the Open Science Framework (OSF) to share files, such as data and code underlying scientific publications, or ...

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Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · last yr.

The roommate Alexa preprint is live! Fantastic work by Aline. In this beast of a paper (3 experiments, mixed methods) we explore how long-term interactions with DVAs impact trust and roles within households. One of the first results of the @erc.europa.eu F-AI-MILY project!

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · last yr.

The Impact of Long-term Interactions with a Digital Voice Agent on Trust and Roles Within a Household: https://osf.io/7zgt8

Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · last yr.

New preprint with @fabioladiana.bsky.social and Mariska Kret and collaborators reporting on two studies that explore the question if AI can trust us. How do patterns of dishonesty fluctuate across agents and pupil size in Japanese and European samples? Amazing work by @fabioladiana.bsky.social!

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Cross-Cultural Variation in Dishonesty Toward Humans and Artificial Agents Depends on Agent Pupil Size: https://osf.io/8nqsy

Mike Frank@mcxfrank.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.
Sara De Felice@saradefelice.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are in the process of designing a #fNIRS study to investigate cognition and want a list of dos and don'ts, have a look at our primer. Pre-print available here: osf.io/preprints/ps... @islalj.bsky.social @chiarabulgarelli.bsky.social @paola182.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social

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Antonia Hamilton @antoniahamilton.bsky.social · last yr.

new preprint - do you use #fnirs to study cognition? do you want to learn how to design better studies? our primer aims to get you started on using #fnirs for real-world #cognitive #neuroscience osf.io/preprints/ps...

Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌟First conference visit with the lab team 🌟Last week, we attended the 2024 ESCAN conference. My 🧠 is still buzzing of all the great science and scientists and seeing my dear colleagues and friends.

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Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · 3y ago

So normally I go to gigs at TivoliVredenburg, but yesterday I was standing on stage at the sold out Social Animal event at TivoliVredenburg organised by KLI and ASPO. I really felt like a rockstar. 🤟🤟🤟 Great evening with super cool talks and people. If you can, do visit it next year!

Me on stage with a slide with a still from the Wall-E movie showing. The picture is taking from the back of the room, so the crowd is visible from behind
Ruud Hortensius@ruudhortensius.bsky.social · 3y ago

Yesterday, I got the privilege to give a lecture in Eduard Fosch Villaronga Law and AI course, introducing a psychology perspective on living with AI and its impact on the law. Our growing ERC teams bonded over everything science. Really looking forward exploring synergies in the future!

A happy group of scientists bonding over lunch!
Digiconomist@digiconomist.bsky.social · 3y ago

Now that Bitcoin ETFs have been approved, let's recap the colossal waste of resources in BTC mining over the past year. During 2023, Bitcoin's proof-of-useless-work mechanism consumed almost as much electricity as the entire traditional financial sector combined.

Eiko Fried@eikofried.bsky.social · 3y ago

The "I only worked 35hrs a week as grad student & am successful, so you should do it too" rationale mistakes work hours for the *one* main factor of academic success: Ability, luck, mentors, resources, family support & many other factors play crucial roles.