Social Evaluations: Mind Perception and Conversation

Conversation is a mechanism by which humans communicate what is on their minds to others. One means by which people convey their mental experiences is through their voices (e.g., in spoken conversation). A person’s voice is a conduit for expressing sophisticated thoughts, beliefs, and knowledge using both semantic and paralinguistic information. How does hearing a person’s thoughts via their own speech change beliefs about that person’s mental capacities, compared with reading the same thoughts? More broadly, how can the act of conversing in different ways (e.g., via talking, writing, video-chatting, and so on) affect social inferences?

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Keep Talking: (Mis)understanding The Hedonic Trajectory of Conversation
Kardas, M., Schroeder, J., & O’Brien, E. (in press). Keep talking: (Mis)understanding the hedonic trajectory of conversation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Hello, Stranger? Pleasant Conversations are Preceded by Concerns About Starting One

Schroeder, J., Lyons, D., & Epley, N. (in press). Hello, stranger? Pleasant conversations are preceded by concerns about starting one. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Ending Conversation is a Fraught Endeavor
Schroeder, J. (2021). Ending conversation is a fraught endeavor. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(7), 552-553.

Tell it Like it is: When Politically Incorrect Language Promotes Authenticity
Rosenblum, M., Schroeder, J., & Gino, F. (2020). Tell is like it is: When politically incorrect language promotes authenticity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(1), 75–103

Consumer Decisions with Artificially Intelligent Voice Assistants
Dellaert, B., Shu, S., Arentze, T., Baker, T., Diehl, K., Donkers, B., Haeubl, G., Johnson, H., Karmarkar, U., Oppewal, H., Schmitt, B., Schroeder, J., Spiller, S., & Steffel, M. (2020). Consumer decisions with artificially intelligent voice assistants. Marketing Letters, 31(4), 335-347.

The Humanizing Voice: Speech Reveals, and Text Conceals, a More Thoughtful Mind in the Midst of Disagreement
Schroeder, J., Kardas, M., & Epley, N. (2017). The humanizing voice: Speech reveals, and text conceals, a more thoughtful mind in the midst of disagreement. Psychological Science, 28, 1745-1762.

Mistaking Minds and Machines: How Speech Affects Dehumanization and Anthropomorphism
Schroeder, J., & Epley, N. (2016). Mistaking minds and machines: How speech affects dehumanization and anthropomorphism. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 1427-1437.

The Sound of Intellect: Speech Reveals a Thoughtful Mind, Increasing a Job Candidate’s Appeal
Schroeder, J., & Epley, N. (2015). The sound of intellect: Speech reveals a thoughtful mind, increasing a job candidate’s appeal. Psychological Science, 26, 877-891.

Mistakenly Seeking Solitude
Epley, N., & Schroeder, J. (2014). Mistakenly seeking solitude. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1980-1999.