Nicholas Epley
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Nick is a Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Before moving to the University of Chicago GSB, he was an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. His current research interests are primarily focused on mind-reading—how, and how well, people can intuit others’ thoughts, feelings, and internal mental states, ranging from inferences made about other humans, non-human animals, as well as religious agents. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Templeton Foundation, and has been published in psychology, management, decision-making, and behavioral economics journals. He received his B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1996, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2001.
Primary Interests:
- Causal Attribution
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Person Perception
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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2:33 Mindwise: An Overview
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9:04 On the Importance of Being Social
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1:20:52 Designing a Good Life
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5:33 The Power of Social Connection in the Age of Social Distancing
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5:18 How to Spot a Lie
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5:26 Why Your Voice Is a Window to Your Mind
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28:56 Wisely Social
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4:40 Why You're Choosing the Wrong Mode of Communication
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4:18 To Land a Job, Use Your Voice
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1:23:58 Putting Research to Work: Together We Can Transform the Way We Ask
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4:46 What Your Voice Tells Others About Your Humanity
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4:45 Mental Well-Being Should Be Part of the COVID-19 Policy Response
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1:10:39 The Surprising Power of Social Connection
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24:57 Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier
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Journal Articles:
- Chambers, J. R., Epley, N., Savitsky, K., & Windschitl, P. D. (2008). Knowing too much: Using private knowledge to predict how one is viewed by others. Psychological Science, 19, 542-548.
- Epley, N. (2008). Solving the (real) other minds problem. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1455-1474.
- Epley, N., Akalis, S., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Creating social connection through inferential reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120.
- Epley, N., Caruso, E. M., & Bazerman, M. H. (2006). When perspective taking increases taking: Reactive egoism in social interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 872-889.
- Epley, N., & Dunning, D. (2000). Feeling “holier than thou”: Are self-serving assessments produced by errors in self- or social prediction? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 861-875.
- Epley, N., & Gilovich, T. (2006). The anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic: Why the adjustments are insufficient. Psychological Science, 17, 311-318.
- Epley, N., Keysar, B., Van Boven, L., & Gilovich, T. (2004). Perspective taking as egocentric anchoring and adjustment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 327-339.
- Epley, N., Morewedge, C., & Keysar, B. (2004). Perspective taking in children and adults: Equivalent egocentrism but differential correction. Journal of Experimental Social psychology, 40, 760-768.
- Epley, N., Savitsky, K., & Gilovich, T. (2002). Empathy neglect: Reconciling the spotlight effect and the correspondence bias. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 300-312.
- Epley, N., Waytz, A., Akalis, S., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). When we need a human: Motivational determinants of anthropomorphism. Social Cognition, 26, 143-155.
- Epley, N., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism. Psychological Review, 114, 864-886.
- Epley, N., & Whitchurch, E. (2008). Mirror, mirror on the wall: Enhancement in self-recognition. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1159-1170.
- Kruger, J., Epley, N., Parker, J., & Ng, Z. (2005). Egocentrism over e-mail: Can we communicate as well as we think? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 925-936.
Other Publications:
- Epley, N. (2004). A tale of tuned decks? Anchoring as accessibility and anchoring as adjustment. In D. J. Koehler & N. Harvey (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making (pp. 240-256). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Courses Taught:
- Current Topics in Behavioral Science: Social Judgment
- Current Topics in Behavioral Science: The Self
- Introduction to Social Psychology
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Managing in Organizations
- Social Judgment
Nicholas Epley
Booth School of Business
University of Chicago
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Chicago, Illinois 60637
United States of America
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