A5058275743- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Free Will and Agency
- Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Color perception and design
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Ethics in Business and Education
Yale University
2014-2023
Duke University
2015-2018
Social Science Research Council
2016-2017
With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening millions of lives, changing our behaviors to prevent spread disease is a moral imperative. Here, we investigated persuasiveness messages inspired by three major traditions. A sample US participants representative for age, sex and race/ethnicity (N=1032) viewed from either leader or citizen containing deontological, virtue-based, utilitarian, non-moral justifications adopting social distancing during pandemic. We measured messages’ effects on...
Faces impart exhaustive information about their bearers, and are widely used as stimuli in psychological research. Yet many extant facial stimulus sets have substantially less detail than faces encountered real life. In this paper, we describe a new database of stimuli, the Multi-Racial Mega-Resolution (MR2). The MR2 includes 74 extremely high resolution images European, African, East Asian faces. This provides high-quality, diverse, naturalistic, well-controlled image set for use is...
A recent article by Zheng and Meister [Neuron, 113(2), 192–204. (2025)] reveals what seems to be a surprising constraint on the capacity for human mind process information: limit of 10 bits/s. In this short response, I aim reconcile compelling evidence presented Meister, with no-less demands common sense: how could our minds possibly that slow? My answer is twofold. First, regularity only counterintuitive insofar as we understandthis throughput (as quantified Shannon’s entropy, theoretical...
A recent article by Zheng and Meister [Neuron, 113(2), 192–204. (2025)] reveals what seems to be a surprising constraint on the capacity for human mind process information: limit of 10 bits/s. In this short response, I aim reconcile compelling evidence presented Meister, with no-less demands common sense: how could our minds possibly that slow? My answer is twofold. First, regularity only counterintuitive insofar as we understandthis throughput (as quantified Shannon’s entropy, theoretical...
A recent article by Zheng and Meister [Neuron, 113(2), 192–204. (2025)] reveals what seems to be a surprising constraint on the capacity for human mind process information: limit of 10 bits/s. In this short response, I aim reconcile compelling evidence presented Meister, with no-less demands common sense: how could our minds possibly that slow? My answer is twofold. First, regularity only counterintuitive insofar as we understand throughput (as quantified Shannon’s entropy, theoretical...
Most philosophers assume that ‘ought’ implies ‘can’, and most of them hold this principle is true not only universally but also analytically or conceptually. Some skeptics deny principle, although they often admit some related one. In article, we show how new empirical evidence bolsters the skeptics’ arguments. We then defend skeptical view against objections to its effect on traditional principle. light evidence, conclude should stop unconditionally assuming ‘can’.
The current studies examine how valuation of authentic items varies as a function culture. We find that U.S. respondents value associated with individual persons (a sweater or an artwork) more than Indian respondents, but both cultures objects not dinosaur bone moon rock) equally. These differences cannot be attributed to general cultural in the assigned authenticity. Rather, results support hypothesis individualistic place greater on unique and so doing, offer first evidence for certain may...
Over the last decade, social media has increasingly been used as a platform for political and moral discourse. We investigate whether conformity, specifically concerning attitudes, occurs in these virtual environments apart from face-to-face interactions. Participants took an online survey saw either statistical information about frequency of certain responses, one might see on (Study 1), or arguments that defend responses rational emotional way 2). Our results show shaped judgments, even...
The psychological and philosophical literature exploring the role of social influence in moral judgments suggests that conformity is common and, many cases, seems to be motivated by epistemic rather than purely concerns. We argue there strong reason suppose leads unreliable judgments, insofar as this true, prevalence proves a problem for both humility virtue some views epistemology.
We adapted a method from developmental psychology [1] to explore whether capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) would place objects on “blicket detector” machine diagnose causal relations in the absence of direct reward. Across five experiments, could different and obtain evidence about objects’ properties based each object “activated” machine. In Experiments 1–3, received both audiovisual cues food reward whenever activated. these spontaneously placed succeeded at discriminating various patterns...
Trust in leaders is central to citizen compliance with public policies. One potential determinant of trust how resolve conflicts between utilitarian and non- ethical principles moral dilemmas. Past research suggests that responses dilemmas can both erode enhance leaders: sacrificing some people save many others (‘instrumental harm’) reduces trust, while maximizing the welfare everyone equally (‘impartial beneficence’) may increase trust. In a multi-site experiment spanning 22 countries on...
Abstract This cross-cultural study compared judgments of moral wrongness for physical and emotional harm with varying combinations in-group vs. out-group agents victims across six countries: the United States America (N = 937), Kingdom 995), Romania 782), Brazil 856), South Korea 1776), China 1008). Consistent our hypothesis we found evidence an insider agent effect, where violations committed by outsider are generally considered more morally wrong than same done agents. We also support...
Belief in karma is ubiquitous, appearing early development and impacting prosocial behavior. Here, we tested the possibility that karmic beliefs are self-serving: “good” people more likely to believe good things happen people? Study 1 (n=170) showed stronger individuals. Next, whether self-serving arose from a motivated deployment of vicarious optimism: individuals adopt by prioritizing desirable (the fortunes people, misfortunes bad people) over undesirable information when predicting...
ABSTRACT:Trust in leaders is central to citizen compliance with public policies. One potential determinant of trust how resolve conflicts between utilitarian and non-utilitarian ethical principles moral dilemmas. Past research suggests responses dilemmas can both erode enhance leaders: sacrificing some people save many others (i.e., instrumental harm) reduces trust, while impartially maximizing the welfare everyone equally impartial beneficence) may increase trust. Here, we investigate...