In two experiments, we explored whether emotional context influences imitative action
tendencies. To this end, we examined how emotional pictures, presented as primes, affect …

Social cognition is an area of social psychology that has been flourishing over the past two
decades. It has harnessed basic concepts from cognitive psychology and developed and …

Many challenges of society involve getting people to act prosocially in ways that are costly
for self-interests but beneficial to the greater good. The authors in four studies examined the …

This chapter provides an overview of embodiment approaches departing from a static and
moving toward dynamic body feedback. It outlines the influence of kinesthetic movement …

Dominance and submission constitute fundamentally different social interaction strategies
that may be enacted most effectively to the extent that the emotions of others are relatively …

Essentialist thinking has been implicated in producing segregation between social groups
even in the absence of negative attitudes. This mode of category representation brings …

The neuroscience of emotion and its relation to moral action is a critical area of engagement
for deepening understanding of faith, rationality, and the passions. Moral philosophies and …

Some researchers regard social attitudes as enduring predispositions, whereas others
argue that they are constructed on the spot on the basis of accessible information. According …

Figurative language and our perceptuo-motor experiences frequently associate social status
with physical space. In three experiments we examine the source and extent of these …

Predicting the future is indispensible for our functioning. We need to predict tomorrow's
weather, the condition of our food in a week's time, or the reaction of our partner to our …