APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Advances In Computational Social Cognition: From Individuals to Collectives

Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · How We Know: Methods, Measurement & Open Science

The symposium bridges domains (from social evaluation and decision making to concept learning), modeling frameworks (including reinforcement learning, information-theoretic analyses, and Bayesian inference), and levels of analysis (from individuals to collectives) to highlight how computational approaches can produce surprising discoveries about the rational and irrational aspects of the social mind.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Benedek KurdiChair
    University of Illinois
  • Julian Jara-EttingerDiscussant
    Yale University

Presentations

  1. Model-Based Algorithms Shape Implicit EvaluationsBenedek Kurdi
  2. From Bayesian Concept Learning to Optimal Knowledge TransmissionBonan Zhao
  3. Collective Bias Can Emerge from Rational Social LearningXuechunzi Bai