Ewa Szumowska in Science Trends
Our colleague Ewa Szumowska talks about her research on the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and multitasking in Science Trends. You can read the article >>HERE<< Highly recommended!
Our colleague Ewa Szumowska talks about her research on the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and multitasking in Science Trends. You can read the article >>HERE<< Highly recommended!
We are happy to open the Science First series – an initiative to promote psychological knowledge and its application by ‘All in UJ’. Join us to discuss about tolerance with the authors of newly publish book on the subject, our … Continued
What is the reason for growing support for the extreme right-wing parties in many countries of the world? Where does the distrust in democracy and international integration come from? Traditional explanations referring to the socio-economic factors, religiosity, or private beliefs … Continued
What is the position of women in science, especially in Poland? What are their perspectives? Are we, Poles, open and tolerant enough? What holdes some of us back? Where does terrorism come from? Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre answers those … Continued
A paper on the link between need for cognitive closure (NFCC) and endorsment of conspiracy theories, published in the ‘European Journal of Social Psychology’ and written by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata … Continued
Online news outlet “Science & Scholarship in Poland” writes about the studies on conspiracy beliefs that Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) and Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent) conducted together with Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. Take a moment to get … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska in an interview for the Polish Press Agency (PAP) explained how people of dogmatic religiosity behave when facing uncerianty. Relying on the recent EEG study conducted with collaborators (Paulina Szwed, Eligiusz Wronka, Gabriela Czarnek, and Mirosław Wyczesany), she … Continued
Why do we choose scapegoats – what is so special about them, what mechanism lies behind that process and can we replace it with something else? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre talked to Szymon Łucyk from Tygodnik Powszechny (weekly magazine) … Continued
What is a mechanism of dogmatism, which forms does it take, what are the consequences and… why bother? Małgorzata Kossowska, the Head of our Centre, explains this complex phenomena in an interview for the BBC World Service. Listen to the … Continued
Apart from publishing research in academic journals it is important to share the knowledge with a broader audience. Gabriela Czarnek from our team published a guest blog post for Veebit on the relationship between Uncertainty Avoidance and political beliefs. You … Continued