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Motivation, Ideology, and the Social Process in Radicalization

A team of interdisciplinary researchers, including psychological scientists, is part of a federal research initiative to study why people become radicals. ... More>

Cristine Legare

Director of the Cognition, Culture, and Development Lab The University of Texas at Austin www.ccdlab.net What does your research focus on? My work reflects my commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to ... More>

Sabina Cehajic-Clancy

Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Bosnia and Herzegovina www.ssst.edu.ba What does your research focus on? In my research, I am examining socio-psychological processes of sustainable intergroup reconciliation with a ... More>

Marcela Tenorio D.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile www.cedeti.cl What does your research focus on? My primary interests are in cognitive development across the lifespan and how to develop proper instruments to assess ... More>

Emotion-Health Connection Not Limited to Industrialized Nations

Positive emotions are known to play a role in physical well-being, and stress is strongly linked to poor health, but is this strictly a “First World” phenomenon? In developing nations, is the fulfillment of basic needs more critical to health than how one feels? A new study shows that emotions do affect health around the world and may, in fact, be more important to wellness in low-income countries. ... More>