Can biased search results change people’s opinions about anything at all? a close replication of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME)
Robert Epstein, J. Li
PLoS ONE, 2024
Toward the search for the perfect blade runner: a large-scale, international assessment of a test that screens for “humanness sensitivity”
Robert Epstein, M. Bordyug, Y.-H. Chen, G. Kirkish, H. Stead
AI and Society, 2023
What would happen if twitter sent consequential messages to only a strategically important subset of users? A quantification of the Targeted Messaging Effect (TME)
Robert Epstein, C. Tyagi, H. Wang
PLoS ONE, 2023
Infantilization across the life span: A large-scale internet study suggests that emotional abuse is especially damaging
Robert Epstein, S.D. Bock, M.J. Drew, Z. Scandalis
Motivation and Emotion, 2023
Is everyone a mix of straight and gay? A social pressure theory of sexual orientation, with supporting data from a large global sample
Robert Epstein, H. Wang, V.R. Zankich
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
The Answer Bot Effect (ABE): A powerful new form of influence made possible by intelligent personal assistants and search engines
Robert Epstein, V. Lee, R. Mohr, V.R. Zankich
PLoS ONE, 2022
The surprising power of a click requirement: How click requirements and warnings affect users’ willingness to disclose personal information
Robert Epstein, V.R. Zankich
PLoS ONE, 2022
The Motivation Competencies That Count Most: An Online International Study
Robert Epstein, M.E. Ho, Z. Scandalis, A. Ginther
Open Psychology Journal, 2022
How SARS-CoV-2 and Comparable Pathogens Can Be Defeated in a Single Day: Description and Mathematical Model of the Carrier Separation Plan (CSP)
Robert Epstein, C. Houser, R. Wang
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Estimates of Non-Heterosexual Prevalence: The Roles of Anonymity and Privacy in Survey Methodology
R.E. Robertson, F.W. Tran, L.N. Lewark, Robert Epstein
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2018