How the process of emotion regulation in powerless groups looks like? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with colleagues from Spain, Chile, and the Netherlands tried to answer this question in their studies published lately in ‘Polish Psychological Bulletin’. The … Continued
How touch is perceived in social dyadic interactions, depending on its temporal features (initiation / reciprocity of touch) and more or less formal character? These interesting questions were asked and answered in work of Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre and … Continued
May multitasking performance be somehow dependent on the level of need for closure (NFC)? – according to new studies by the members of our Centre, yes! Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska together with Arne Roets (Ghent University, Belgium) recently published … Continued
A new article by our colleagues in European Journal of Social Psychology! Maciek Sekerdej together with Małgorzata Kossowska and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our Centre recently published a paper on the relationship between epistemic motivation and intergroup perception (mediated through the … 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
Using valid and reliable measures is a part of good scientific practice. Gabriela Czarnek, Piotr Dragon and Paulina Szwed from our Centre together with Bogdan Wojciszke (SWPS, Sopot) aimed to check psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. They ran … 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
Conspiracy theories may be attractive to people who seek certainty when facing unclear situations – that was an assumption of research conducted by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) together with Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata Kossowska from … Continued
Embodied cognition – a perspective joining cognitive with physical aspects of human functioning – gained lots of attention recentely. Katarzyna Cantarero and Michał Parzuchowski together with Karolina Dukała from our Centre tested whether hand-over-heart gesture diminishes other-oriented dishonesty, as previous … Continued
Condition of social psychology is a matter that Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova together with Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre investigate in the paper published by European Journal of Social Psychology. In-depth analysis let the authors reflect on both – … Continued