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
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
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We recommend an article by David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Erica Molinario and Katarzyna Jasko from our team, recently published by ‘Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences’. The article identifies important existential and epistemic needs that motivate individuals to become ideological extremists … Continued
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
How do political elections affect the way people feel and why does it matter? Does winning make people more peaceful and benevolent while a defeat leads to hostility and support for violence? Katarzyna Jasko, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, Marta Szastok, … Continued
We invite you to listen to the lecture about positive changes in science in the last few years and about Open Science movement by Katarzyna Jaśko from our Centre. The lecture is in Polish and you can watch it here.
We are happy to share that Katarzyna Jaśko and Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska from our lab together with two other colleagues authored a brilliant book on the psychology of activism (‘Walcz, protestuj, zmieniaj świat’). The book (in Polish) is already out for sale. https://sklep.smakslowa.pl/walcz-protestuj-zmieniaj-swiat.html … Continued
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
