\,,CASBS Summit 2012 Where Social Meets Science Nalini Ambady Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Stanford University Nalini Ambady is a Professor of social psychology at Stanford University. She is an expert in the area of person perception and nonverbal communication. Much of her research has focused on the accuracy of judgments from "thin slices" of behavior. She is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (1999), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Behavioral Science Research Award (1993), as well as several awards for teaching and mentoring. Her work has been featured in several national and international media reports and television and radio programs. Summary of work on the accuracy of judgments How do we glean information about others? How accurate are the judgments we make about others from fleeting glimpses or "thin slices" of their behavior? How do our own mental states influence such judgments? How do cultural exposure and experience shape our judgments? What are the neural correlates underlying thin-slicing? What traits can be judged accurately? These are some of the questions we have been exploring in my lab for the last 20 years. We've examined a variety of thin-slice judgments, including judgments of teachers, doctors, managers, politicians, and, most recently, Facebook pages. Such judgments can sometimes be unexpectedly accurate, but accuracy is nuanced by factors such as exposure, expertise, sociocultural contexts and mental states. EFTA01089440