We are happy to share a new paper entitled “On the psychology of extremism: How motivational imbalance breeds intemperance” in which the authors present a psychological model of extremism based on the concept of motivational imbalance. According to the model, … Continued
Ewa Szumowska from our Centre talks about the background and common aspects of various extreme behaviors. We recommend a very interesting article on the Science in Poland portal (in Polish language only). We also recommend the related, new paper co-authored … Continued
We are proud to share that Ewa Szumowska from our lab received the OPUS grant from the National Science Centre! The project is titled ‘Balance Model of Goal Switching: From Multitasking to Extremism’ and you may read its description in … Continued
We are very happy to share that Katarzyna Jasko from our lab received the GRIEG grant from the National Science Centre. The project titled ‘From apathy to violent extremism: Motivational foundations of political engagement’ will be run in cooperation with … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko and Gary LaFree compared leaders and followers in extremist groups with regard to their engagement in political violence. In a sample of 1331 individuals who have committed ideologically motivated violence in the United States they found that even … Continued