Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to promote a new chapter on love, coauthored by our lab member, Ewa Szumowska! In the present chapter, the authors present the basic tenets and core hypotheses of a novel theory of love based … Continued
A new paper in “Bilingualism: Language and Cognition” coauthored by our lab member, Marcin Bukowski! Previous studies have reported fewer social biases in bilinguals compared to monolinguals. However, it is unclear whether the expression of social biases varies across the … Continued
Science is crucial for evidence-based decision-making. Public trust in scientists can help decision makers act on the basis of the best available evidence, especially during crises. However, in recent years the epistemic authority of science has been challenged, causing concerns … Continued
A new paper in Motivation Science coauthored by Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab! It is commonly surmised that restrictions limit freedom. Yet, the sense of freedom is a psychological experience only partially determined by objective restrictions. Deriving … Continued
This study investigates the longitudinal effects of aiding war refugees on perceptions of intergroup threat and the prospective fear of being affected by military conflict. Authors hypothesized that engaging in helping behaviors directed towards refugees would prompt individuals to perceive … Continued
Climate change is currently one of humanity’s greatest threats. To help scholars understand the psychology of climate change, the authors conducted an online quasi-experimental survey on 59,508 participants from 63 countries (collected between July 2022 and July 2023). In a … Continued
A new paper coauthored by Theofilos Gkinopoulos in “Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology”! Theo was also a guest editor in the special issue called “Social Norms and Peace”. To explore the multifaceted roles of social norms and peace … Continued
Increased openness and tolerance have marked the twenty-first century, yet recent years witnessed a decline marked by nationalist movements and reduced support for diversity. The authors explore the potential link between these two societal changes by examining the association between … Continued
The aim of this research was to investigate interrelationships among social identity complexity, national glorification, and exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized as relational exclusivity. The concept of relational exclusivity reflects the conditions newcomers are expected to meet in order to be … Continued
The need for control is a fundamental human motivation, that when deprived can lead to broad and substantial changes in human behavior. The authors aimed to assess the consequences of control deprivation in a real-life situation that poses a severe … Continued