Resistance to granting refugee status to individuals often originates in the belief that the influx of refugees endangers national security because of the presumably extremist ideological beliefs refugees hold. The popularity of such narratives says more about the psychology of … Continued
A new paper in Motivation and Emotion authored by Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska, and Marcin Bukowski from our Centre is already published! Authors tested the effort pattern under uncontrollability situations for individuals with different level of uncertainty tolerance. They found … Continued
How to make science more open and transparent? We will find out about it by listening to the podcast “Open Science”, created by a member of our Centre, Katarzyna Jaśko together with Bartosz Janik from the University of Silesia. The … Continued
We are very happy to announce that Marcin Bukowski from our Centre was awarded with a scholarship in the prestigious Bekker Programme and will start a research stay at The University of Toronto, Canada. The title of his project is … Continued
Gabriela Czarnek from our Centre together with Michael Richter and Paweł Strojny published a paper in Psychophysiology! The goals of this research were to analyze cardiac sympathetic recovery patterns and evaluate whether sympathetic cardiac responses to a task challenge can … Continued
We are very happy to announce that our colleague, Katarzyna Jaśko, received a prestigious scientific award in the competition organized by “Polityka” magazine! The scholarship was awarded to 5 Polish academics with outstanding scientific achievements. Katarzyna Jaśko is interested in … Continued
Researchers examined the job outcomes of men and women who recently graduated from STEM majors. The results demonstrated that women experienced more difficulties in finding a job, received fewer job offers, were less likely to find a job consistent with … Continued
Critical reflection on one’s own group is beneficial for the group in the long run, yet critics addressing its wrongdoings are usually not welcomed and have to cope with hostility and ostracism from the ingroup. The present research tested whether … Continued
We highly recommend a new paper authored by Wiktor Soral and Mirosław Kofta from Warsaw Universitry as well as Marcin Bukowski from our Centre about the control deprivation effects on implicit sense of agency published recently in “Journal of Experimental … Continued
A new book “Sense of control and uncertainty: consequences for understanding of social world” edited by Mirosław Kofta and Anna Rędzio is finally out! In the publication you can find latest research on how sense of control and uncertainty influence … Continued