Browsing Universidad Torcuato Di Tella by Author "Zimmerman, Federico"

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    • Arithmetic on your phone : a large scale investigation of simple additions and multiplications 

      Zimmerman, Federico; Shalom, Diego; González, Pablo A.; Garrido, Juan Manuel; Álvarez Heduan, Facundo; Dehaene, Stanislas; Sigman, Mariano; Rieznik, Andrés (2016-12-29)
      We present the results of a gamified mobile device arithmetic application which allowed us to collect vast amount of data in simple arithmetic operations. Our results confirm and replicate, on a large sample, six of the ...

    • Attraction by ingroup coherence drives the emergence of ideological sorting 

      Navajas, Joaquín; Zimmerman, Federico; Pedraza, Lucía; Balenzuela, Pablo (2023)
      The increasing political polarization is driving hatred and segregation, and these pose a threat to democracy. While disagreement on policy issues is increasing and receiving great attention, people are also becoming more ...

    • Attraction to politically extreme users on social media 

      Zimmerman, Federico; Bailey, David D.; Muric, Goran; Ferrara, Emilio; Schönef, Jonas; Willer, Robb; Halperin,Eran; Navajas, Joaquín; Gross, James J.; Goldenberg, Amit (PNAS Nexus (e-ISSN 2752-6542), 2024-10-15)
      Political segregation is a pressing issue, particularly on social media platforms. Recent research suggests that one driver of segregation is political acrophily—people’s preference for others in their political group who ...