‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ available in English
‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ by the members of our Lab is out for sale (in English). Highly recommended! You may check availability >>HERE<<
New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences!
People often seek new information and eagerly update their beliefs. Other times they avoid information or resist revising their beliefs. What explains those different reactions? Answers to this question often frame information processing as a competition between cognition and motivation. … Continued
Coming soon: ‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ (in English)
A new book of Małgorzata Kossowska, Ewa Szumowska and Paulina Szwed from our lab: ‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ (‘Tolerancja w czasach niepewności’) has been translated to English and will be available soon. Check details on … Continued
An interview with Małgorzata Kossowska for Copernicus Center
How do we deal with conflicting information in times of Internet? Why people believe in fake news? What’s the role of scientists in shaping knowledge nowadays? – watch an interview with Małgorzata Kossowska, the head of our lab, for Copernicus … Continued
Science First / Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty
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
A new article in the European Journal of Social Psychology!
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 new paper in European Journal of Social Psychology!
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
Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska’s paper in Motivation & Emotion
A new paper from our group! Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska published their article “When the going gets tough, the tough get going: Motivation towards closure and effort investment in the performance of cognitive tasks” in Motivation & … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska on dogmatic religiosity and uncertainty for PAP
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
Małgorzata Kossowska on dogmatism – an interview for the BBC World Service
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