Consumers generally prefer products that are easy to interact with. In three studies, we show
that this preference arises from the fit between product orientation and monitored situational …

Frustration is a powerful instigator of anger‐based aggression. We hypothesized that the
impact of a frustration on anger and aggressive behavior is reduced in a state of feeling …

The nascent discipline of social neuroscience promises to mutually enrich sociology as well
as cognitive neuroscience by extending and deepening their respective models of social …

What is Cognition? THE CONCEPT of “cognition” derives from the Latin verb cognosco (to
know, think, be aware) and is now associated with its most well-known iteration, Descartes' …

The Aristotelian concept of eudaimonia, variously translated as “happiness” or “flourishing,”
has been a foundational principle of the Western philosophical tradition of virtue ethics. The …

Ample scientific evidence points to the fact that people are influenced by contextual factors
when making decisions. In the studies presented in this dissertation, I demonstrate how …