David Schultner
About me
In my research, I aim to understand social cognition and social learning using experimental and computational methods. During my PhD research, I investigated how societal biases become internalized as personal prejudice. When political figures spread opinions about a social group, what happens in the mind of the recipient? Once internalized, such stereotype messages can affect an individual's own thought and behavior. In a second project, I asked: When naive individuals observe such prejudiced behavior, do they learn to express similar biases themselves? And lastly, I asked if similar learning dynamics may contribute to the widespread animosity common on social media.
More recently, my research has been focusing on the fundamental mechanisms underlying social learning. Although learning from others is generally adaptive, individuals differ substantially in the extent and the way they employ social learning. What explains these differences? In ongoing work, I delve into the question whether a person's environment may shape the way they learn from others.
Articles
- Article: SCIENTIFIC DATA. 2023;10(1):272
- Article: PNAS NEXUS. 2022;1(3):pgac093
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):517
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):1311
All other publications
- Corrigendum: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):1949
- Corrigendum: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):1802
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2020
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2019