Scientific Research Blogs
| The CSI Lab is affiliated with several psychology blogs that help to disseminate research to a broader audience. Learn more about research conducted at the CSI lab, and in psychology more broadly, by clicking on the links below. |
| Psych-Your-Mind: Applying Psychology to Everyday Life Author: Various |
| Psychology Today Blog: Under the Influence Author: Michael |
| Psy Society: Click Here Author: Melanie |
Previous CSI Lab Presentations
| China India Insights Conference: Signs of Social Class Rank Shape Physiology and Behavior Date: 8/3/12 Speaker: Michael Location: Yale School of Marketing Video: Click Here! |
| Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education: Noblesse Oblige? Empathy, Compassion, and Social Class Date: 05/8/11 Speaker: Michael Location: Stanford University Video: Click Here! |
| National Public Radio “All Things Considered”: Social Class and Emotion Date: 12/30/10 Speaker: Michael and Dacher Keltner Location: KQED San Francisco Audio: Click Here! |
CSI Lab Media Coverage
| Paper: A Winning Smile? Smile Intensity, Physical Dominance, and Fighter Performance
Summary: Fighters who smile before a fight leak information about their reduced physical dominance relative to their opponent. |
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Wall Street Journal |
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Vancouver Sun |
| Paper: The Local Ladder Effect: Social Status and Subjective Well-Being
Summary: In a series of studies we provide evidence suggesting that sociometric status–the respect one has from one’s peers–matters more for subjective well-being (e.g., positive emotion) than does socioeconomic status. |
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Forbes |
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San Francisco Chronicle |
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Huffington Post |
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Minnesota Post |
| Paper: Tactile Communication, Cooperation, and Performance: An Ethological Study of the NBA
Summary: In this paper we analyzed physical touch and performance statistics during the 2008-2009 NBA season. We found that teams who tended to engage in longer durations of touch, early in the season, tended to perform better over the course of the entire season. |
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Psychology Today Magazine |
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Wall Street Journal |
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New York Times |
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ESPN.com |
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Globe and Mail |
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San Francisco Chronicle |
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Wall Street Journal |
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ABC World News |
| Paper: Social Class, Solipsism, and Contextualism: How the Rich are Different from the Poor
Summary: In this paper we outline a broad theory suggesting that social class influences basic cognitive, emotional, and relational processes. |
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New York Magazine |
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Globe and Mail |
| Paper: Class and Compassion: Socioeconomic Factors Predict Responses to Suffering
Summary: In this paper we provide evidence suggesting that people from relatively upper-class backgrounds are less compassionate than their lower-class counterparts. |
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Time Magazine |
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Daily Mail |
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Huffington Post |
| Paper: Social Class as Culture: The Convergence of Resources and Rank in Social Life
Summary: This paper was a theoretical pre-cursor to our later theorizing on social class. |
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Daily Mail |
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MSNBC.com |
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Time Magazine |
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Wall Street Journal |
| Paper(s): (1) Social Class, Contextualism, and Empathic Accuracy; (2) Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior; (3) Signs of Socioeconomic Status: A Thin-Slicing Approach; (4) Social Class, Sense of Control, and Social Explanation
Summary: These papers represent the empirical backbone of our later theories on the influence of social class on cognition, emotion, and relationship behavior. |
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Globe and Mail |
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Science Daily |
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Time Magazine |
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Telegraph |
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Guardian |
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New York Times |
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Economist |
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Wall Street Journal |
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New York Times |
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Bloomberg |
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Wall Street Journal |
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Scientific American |
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Bloomberg |
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Deseret News |