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Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors
Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
Trading decisions are observable in the eyes of buyers and sellers
In a new collaborative study, PIK Professor Michael Platt models how the decision-making process unfolds in the brains of buyers and sellers considering a deal. These decisions were observable in eye movements and pupil dilation.
Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research
Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research
Ph.D. candidate Linnea Gandhi of the Wharton School and research assistant Anoushka Kiyawat discuss the development of their team’s innovative research tool.
Factors that make correcting misinformation about science more successful
Factors that make correcting misinformation about science more successful
New Penn research assesses belief in misinformation about science and determines how well debunking misinformation proves to be effective.
AI could transform social science research
AI could transform social science research
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Philip Tetlock and researchers from the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, and Yale, discuss AI and its application to their work.
Why is machine learning trending in medical research but not in our doctor’s offices?
Why is machine learning trending in medical research but not in our doctor’s offices?
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Konrad Kording will lead Penn’s NIH-funded cohort for making advancements in the field of machine learning in biomedical research by creating the Community for Rigor, which will provide open-access resources on conducting sound science.
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Folding@home: How you, and your computer, can play scientist
Two heads are better than one. The ethos behind the scientific research project Folding@home is that same idea, multiplied: 50,000 computers are better than one.
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society
Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society
Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities.
Four from Penn elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Four from Penn elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The newly elected members, distinguished scholars recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, include faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, Annenberg School for Communication, and Wharton School.
Instead of refuting misinformation head-on, try ‘bypassing’ it
Instead of refuting misinformation head-on, try ‘bypassing’ it
A new study from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín has found that redirecting an individual’s attention away from misinformation and toward other beliefs can be just as effective as debunking it.
In the News
The New York Times
Does Obamacare explain Medicare’s spending slowdown?
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says the Affordable Care Act’s payment experiments have added up to a new culture of medical practice.
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Technical.ly Philly
This Penn researcher is exploring how ChatGPT fits into the social sciences
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton and colleagues are studying how generative AI, particularly chatbots, can be used ethically in social sciences work.
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KFF Health News
‘All we want is revenge’: How social media fuels gun violence among teens
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that online outpourings of grief after gang violence often presage additional violence.
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6ABC.com
Philadelphia high school cracks down on cellphones during class
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton advises parents how best to regulate cellphone use for their children.
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France 24
The race to link our brains to computers is heating up
PIK Professor Michael Platt says that the brain’s immune system will generally attack foreign additions like implants.
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Association for Psychological Science
Public may overestimate pushback against controversial research findings
A pair of studies co-authored by PIK Professor Philip E. Tetlock and Cory Clark of the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences suggests a tendency to overestimate the risk that research findings will fuel public support for harmful actions.
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