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Very collaborative work from SPAC led by neuroscientist @MagSimal, physicist @fredericorfr, and psychologist Cristina Mendonça. Now out @NatureHumBehav You can also checkout the research briefing: nature.com/articles/s41562-0…

14 Sep 2023
Are the least knowledgeable also unaware of it? How does confidence vary with (scientific) knowledge? After years of working on these questions @SpacLab, our results are out in @NatureHumBehav 👇 nature.com/articles/s41562-0… @MagSimal @fredericorfrCristina Mendonça Andre Mata
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12 Oct 2023
Had a fun conversation w/ @ConorJDillon Gabriel Borrud for #ScienceUnscripted podcast @dwnews Starting from @SpacLab's recent paper, we discussed how much we should "dumb down" science to make it accessible and lowering the bar for saying "I don't know" dw.com/en/moderate-knowledge…
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14 Sep 2023
Are the least knowledgeable also unaware of it? How does confidence vary with (scientific) knowledge? After years of working on these questions @SpacLab, our results are out in @NatureHumBehav 👇 nature.com/articles/s41562-0… @MagSimal @fredericorfrCristina Mendonça Andre Mata
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Super busy week! -27th, learning about medical disinfo w/ @IRIS_Academic -28th, discussing "Impact(s) of human, data, and algorithmic bias" @ JRC disinfo meeting -29th, "What should AI learn from Biology?" @dwp_movement summit -29th, find us @Neuro_CF for super @exploREsearchAT
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New paper from the lab! For the 1st time it's not #openaccess but reach out for re-prints, or read view-only version here: nature.com/articles/s41562-0…. The fee money will go towards an internship for underprivileged researchers (details soon)

14 Sep 2023
Are the least knowledgeable also unaware of it? How does confidence vary with (scientific) knowledge? After years of working on these questions @SpacLab, our results are out in @NatureHumBehav 👇 nature.com/articles/s41562-0… @MagSimal @fredericorfrCristina Mendonça Andre Mata
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25 Apr 2023
Replying to @SpacLab
@SpacLab had 3 abstracts accepted to @CompleNet and we’re looking forward to it. However, the students decided not to go when they realized it would fall on April 25th. I hope all attendees have a great time and the opportunity to learn about why we could not be there today.
We have a nice venue here in Aveiro #Complenet23
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28 Apr 2023
We're #hiring an admin assistant @Spaclab! Candidates do not need experience (only knowledge of PT and EN) as we'll offer training. The internship can turn into a work contract. Also, the admin and scientific teams at @lip_pt are super nice! socialcomplexity.eu/2023/04/…
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@siri_zabele from @SpacLab is one of the lucky participants of #winscollabathon Such a great initiative from @WiNS_Society and you couldn’t have made a better choice ;)
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New pre-print! - How did the dynamics of non-influenza respiratory viruses change during the #COVID19 pandemic? - What were the effects of weather and mobility? - How should surveillance and monitoring systems integrate this information?
PRE-PRINT from @SpacLab What we call the "flu season" results from several different respiratory viruses including #influenza, #RSV, #corona...These mostly infect(ed) during the winter but the #COVID19 pandemic seriously disrupted their dynamics. How? 1/ medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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23 Mar 2023
We are hiring! @SpacLab-@lip_pt is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on an @ERC_Research funded project Candidates should have: - PhD in #CS, #Math, #Physics, or related; - experience with #complexsystems, #networks, or #socialnetworkanalysis euraxess.pt/jobs/85833
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Do search engines on social media platforms spread low-credibility content? ERC-funded researchers @SpacLab are developing an audit tool in an effort to detect #disinformation in real time. 👉bit.ly/3QqFg3m @lip_pt @istecnico @mjoanasa #FactsMatter #DataScience
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12 Jan 2023
Who is more susceptible to disinformation? When? Why? If interested in our approach, you can now read this excellent short piece. Thank you @ERC_Research and Laura Bauer for such a clear highlight! @lip_pt @SpacLab
Why are some people more likely to share #disinformation? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is disentangling personal traits of digital users and the workings of #socialmedia platforms. 👉bit.ly/3QqFg3m @lip_pt @istecnico @mjoanasa #EUvsDisinfo #FactsMatter #DataScience
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Why are some people more likely to share #disinformation? Joana Gonçalves de Sá @SpacLab is disentangling personal traits of digital users and the workings of #socialmedia platforms. 👉bit.ly/3QqFg3m @lip_pt @istecnico @mjoanasa #EUvsDisinfo #FactsMatter #DataScience
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Congratulations to @almeida_d_c for his MSc defense in #DataScience @FC_UL! With @mjoanasa @CPesquita, David built a large dataset of news, tweets, online searches and looked at salience of different topics (science, politics, climate...) from year -1 to year 1 of #COVID19
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He found that salience can vary greatly between fora raising interesting questions on current salience metrics. Is it enough to look at only one source? Great discussion with @ecozzo and Tiago Guerreio. Super proud of his work and brilliant grade and we wish you all the best!
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Misinfo researchers, what do you see as the major controversies / points of disagreement within the field currently? Plz share widely to see what we come up with - thanks!
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18 Oct 2022
Past interaction on social networks influences our feed. Similarly, past searches influence results to future searches But how does browsing history influence search engines to recommend #misinformation? @siri_zabele presenting work w/ @JoseM_Reis Victoria room @ccs2022 #ERC_PoC
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17 Oct 2022
2. Tomorrow @siri_zabele 4:30pm, Victoria on auditing search engines for fake news recommendations 3 and 4. Thursday’s Poster session with @Dr_Lil and @MesquitaSra on information spread on Twitter and learning from pandemics to inform seasonal nowcasting, respectively.
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We have just been awarded an @ERC_Research #ERCPoC to help burst (dis)information bubbles @lip_pt Thread below to know more👇
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@ERC_Research has just announced the new round of the #ERCPoC and @SpacLab was one of the awardees. @JoseM_Reis, @siri_zabele, @pddalm and others are trying to help burst the (dis)information bubble by auditing search engines and how they rank results lip.pt/?section=press&page=n… 1/4
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