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clic — Cognition, Language, Interaction, and Computation

The clic lab is a research group in the Psychology Department at Stony Brook University, directed by Cameron Jones.

Research interests

AI & psychology; language comprehension; psycholinguistics; large language models (LLMs); social cognition; theory of mind; manipulation, persuasion, and deception; interactive dialogue; human–AI interaction.

Current research

  1. Using the tools of psychology to understand similarities and differences between humans and AI systems.
  2. Using AI systems to understand how people interact with these systems and with each other in real time.
  3. Understanding the longer-term psychological impact of AI systems.

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