Open Science encompasses a range of behaviors that aim to improve the transparency of scientific research. This article (co-authored by Katarzyna Jasko from CSCS) provides a toolbox of recommendations and resources for those aspiring to promote open scientific practices. The … Continued
A new book on the psychology of extremism edited by Arie W. Kruglanski, Catalina Kopetz, and Ewa Szumowska published by Rourledge! In popular discourse, the term ‘extremism’ has come to mean largely ‘violent extremism’, but this is just one of … Continued
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
Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre talks about people’s behavior in the current pandemic situation. We highly recommend this interview for Gazeta Wyborcza (available in Polish language). You can read it >>HERE<<
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
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Given the high level of political polarization, it is important to understand how ideology might affect empathy toward political opponents. In the research by Samantha Stevens, Carl Jago, Katarzyna Jasko from CSCS, and Gail Heyman, participants read about a hypothetical … 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