Shared emotions are associated with thriving in relationships (Anderson, Keltner & John, 2004; Gonzaga, Campos, & Bradbury, 2007), and greater liking for new individuals (Larson & Gardner, 2015). However, the psychological mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are not well-understood. Emotions are fleeting experiential states and, seen through this lens, finding someone...
Emotional processing deficits are characteristic of psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. However, impairments as such are not well understood prior to the onset of psychosis among individuals at clinical high-risk (CHR). This dissertation draws from prominent theories of emotion in schizophrenia and seeks to investigate the experience and expression of...
From colonial practices designed to civilize indigenous communities, to counter-terrorism initiatives aimed at de-radicalizing dissidents in the wake of the War on Terror, to controversies over blasphemy and religious harm cases in international law, religious passions have been cast as a specter of unreason, treason, and radicalization. These assumptions sustain...