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The work in the Wisdom and Culture Lab is guided by two broad themes:
- Demystifying wisdom: a “philosopher’s stone” in behavioral, cognitive and social sciences. Are there unique qualities distinguishing sound judgment beyond abstract intelligence and personality dimensions? Or is wisdom just a pipedream? To address this question, we aim to uncover misconceptions about wisdom and identify psychological processes that enable people to reason wisely.
- Modeling of cultural change: Social scientists have developed lofty theories about the origins and evolution of culture and the role of social and ecological processes for human nature. Most of these theories rely on anecdotes and cross-sectional observations. We aim to shift the paradigm by studying and model changein cultural and psychological processes.
News
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
New BBC Article out now!
Dr. Grossmann and other lab members are now featured in the BBC article: "Dear AI: This is what happens when you ask an algorithm for relationship advice". Click here to read the full article!
Thursday, May 9, 2024
New paper accepted in Nature Communications!
The piece Social Perception of Wisdom Across Cultures from the Geography of Philosophy project has recently been accepted in Nature Communications. Check out the pre-print here.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Lab works cited in The Economist!
Check out this article "How Scientists are Using Artificial Intelligence" which refers to our lab's work on the use of LLMs in research.