🇨🇴/🇬🇧 PhD candidate Nottingham Trent Uni | Interested in Moral Psychology, Threat and Uncertainty.https://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mtgo6rohic23Glad to share that our book chapter, Mental States: When They Matter to Moral Judgments and When They Don’t, was recently published in the Research Handbook on Social Judgments. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgo6rohic23https://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mpxwgr2cr222I’m very happy and honoured to have received the Best Poster Award 🥇 at the Conference on Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security #BASS26 in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @crest-research.bsky.social Grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to present my work and to learn from talented people from around the world.06 Jul 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxwgr2cr222https://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mofn3zk3m22zLast week I gave a talk at the Foundations of Utility and Risk Conference (FUR 2026) at the Universitat d'Alacant. I presented the results from our recently published paper on how uncertainty amplifies the effect of scarcity in delay of gratification. lnkd.in/erb6XneF Great weather and food BTW😅.16 Jun 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofn3zk3m22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mnrsjw2lgk2uI had the opportunity to visit beautiful places in 🇯🇵 , learn about Japanese culture, and present my PhD project at @icsd2026.bsky.social. It was a great chance to receive feedback and reconnect with colleagues from around the world. Thanks to the organizers for such an incredible conference!08 Jun 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrsjw2lgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mllczqh6as22🚨 New paper published in Theory and Decision! 📄 “Uncertainty amplifies the impact of scarcity on delay of gratification: evidence from a serious game experiment” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11238-026-10141-811 May 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllczqh6as22https://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3ml4ecbwjvk2qWhy do so many people support authoritarian leaders? This paper shows that one explanation is anomie: the perception that society is breaking down. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-57038-00105 May 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ecbwjvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mjopqdemdc2gIt was really nice to attend the @ehbea.bsky.social and share the first results from my PhD project. It’s always good to connect with and learn from such talented and friendly people. #ehbea202617 Apr 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjopqdemdc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mjefudwqls23“More research is needed” but for how long? Chris Ferguson suggests that in the social sciences, some fields are exhausted and should not require further research, given that no matter how many studies are produced, the results remain inconclusive. https://grimoiremanor.substack.com/p/we-dont-always-need-more-research13 Apr 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjefudwqls23https://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mj2loq3jds2zI wrote this opinion column in @lasillavacia.bsky.social, offering a reflection on political polarization in Colombia from a moral psychology perspective https://www.lasillavacia.com/red-de-expertos/red-social/la-polarizacion-es-en-el-fondo-una-disputa-moral-sobre-quien-sufre-el-dano/09 Apr 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2loq3jds2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mdknkt62jc2nDo emotions play an essential role in moral judgments? Nice paper by W. McAuliffe on the discussion Rationalism vs. Sentimentalism: Does reason or "gut feeling" drive morality? #Moralpsychology https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13546783.2018.149955229 Jan 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdknkt62jc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3mdg7ciw5sk2spubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34730453/ Why Evolutionary Psychology (EP) should abandon the term "modularity." This thread summarizes a key paper by Pietraszewski & Wertz on the "Modularity Mistake". For 40 years, researchers have been arguing past each other due to a confusion of "levels of analysis". https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34730453/27 Jan 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg7ciw5sk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3m6zfqqppzs2whttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763410001405 This insightful paper provides a sound evolutionary explanation of the threat management in humans. Threat detection is pivotal for reproductive fitness. Here, the authors emphasize two independent, yet related systems: self-protection and disease avoidance.02 Dec 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zfqqppzs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3m4ftw5p66s2jDo we judge a bad action the same way regardless of where or when it occurred? An interesting 2016 study conducted across 7 diverse societies pointed out moral parochialism... https://rsj.scienceconnect.io/api/oauth/authorize?ui_locales=en&scope=affiliations+merged_users+openid+session_level+settings&response_type=code&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Froyalsocietypublishing.org%2Faction%2FoidcCallback%3FidpCode%3Dconnect&state=Dps2IO0LOrpSUAYYguc7KjWtugvQmVzeP%2BZi3%2FtprDt85i1LUfrFFFjCaL%2BHrN%2FHUtI4QyX%2BZcm3UVrSjJqwBRfzPiiUE15MmKk9FeWIv3LuVIPo6Nivgx6%2F19A4zlOseqSHqcd4bg1nyrqmNf%2FBRQ%3D%3D&prompt=none&nonce=TblJM31%2FFoCTxBM75O%2BczzNjfkqc%2FffYKbtgzjevzsk%3D&client_id=rsj30 Oct 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ftw5p66s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3loegnnb4ls2wCould a deadly virus help explain the significant global trend toward conservative and right-wing leadership? The parasite stress model may offer insight into this dynamic…04 May 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3loegnnb4ls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3li4ziieup22kAbout the case of Trump calling immigrants as a “threat”: This a common strategy among some leaders as a tool to foster unity by creating a shared sense of danger. This often involves portraying outgroups as existential threats to the ingroup's welfare… https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19485506241260075?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.314 Feb 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3li4ziieup22khttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3lgnhzkrhns2sOne of the main problems about cultural relativism. People often put at the same level opinions and scientific evidence/rational conclusions. This is why a lot of university students strongly supports empty beliefs as astrology and homeopathy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnhzkrhns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/juanpah.bsky.social/post/3lgiwtonlfs22"The human mind is in the service of evolutionary success, not truth. To think otherwise is to resurrect the pre-Darwinian error that humans are different from all other animals.” -John Gray, 2002 Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (p. 26).24 Jan 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:nnrsseeywtqqn4ncbye2bkft/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgiwtonlfs22