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David Hauser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen's University, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Science. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and a BA from Gettysburg College. His research examines judgment and social cognition, focusing on how communication shapes inferences, preferences, and reasoning. Specific areas include the impact of semantic prosody on evaluations, metaphorical understanding of abstract concepts like health, and methodological influences on research conclusions.
His research interests span social cognition, metaphor analysis, and survey methodology, with emphases on language-driven cognitive biases and communication frameworks in decision-making.
Hauser's recent publications explore cognitive defaults, semantic prosody effects, and behavioral methodology. His work consistently addresses how linguistic structures and experimental designs influence human judgment across health, risk perception, and social evaluations.
- Association of Psychological Science Rising Star Award
- Web of Science Highly Cited Awards
He directs the Situated Social Cognition Lab and contributes to public discourse through op-eds in The Guardian and WNYC. His research is funded by NSERC and SSHRC.
