Is traveling and meeting people from other cultures connected to identification with all humanity? What about other multicultural experiences? Find out in a new paper from our lab doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2…
Call for Papers in Special Issue of GPIR, “We don't believe you”: A group processes approach to anti-science beliefs and endorsement of alternative facts; Submission deadline: May 2020 @GPIR_SAGEeasp.eu/news/itm/-1048.html
"studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life" ow.ly/V8ph50wEE1A
"economic inequality perceptions enhance the feeling that society is breaking down ... fueling a desire for a leader who will restore order (by whatever means necessary)" ow.ly/Opf450wyu1R via @physorg_com
"More than 80% of the [five- to nine-month-old infant] participants chose the figure that had shown distress, thus showing empathic preference towards the bullied figure" ow.ly/ZGzF50vgUS6 via @medical_xpress
“Trump approval is best explained by a disdain for the Democratic groups he so often attacks. Republican Party approval is best explained by affection towards the groups who actually vote for Republican candidates.”
"Is President Trump actually appealing to motives that differ from “normal” partisan battles? In our preliminary and ongoing research, we find evidence that the appeal of Donald Trump is different from the appeal of the Republican Party." vox.com/polyarchy/2019/6/21/…
Our new Current Directions paper is online, highlighting that ethnic diversity is not good or bad in itself, though it does trigger anti-immigration and anti-establishment sentiments in authoritarians, which pushes them towards populist political parties: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf….