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Andrew Vonasch |听Lab Director

Andrews research applies experimental and other psychological methods to address philosophical topics pertaining to human agency, rationality, and morality. His main interest currently is moral rationality: the idea that being rational requires moral character. People survive via cooperation, so they need to 1) demonstrate to others that they are good partners by being moral and 2) be vigilant in ensuring that others are moral.听

Dwain Allan | Group Member

Dr. Allan is an expert on the psychology of achievement and success鈥攈ow we can change, direct, and harness the power of the human mind to unlock greater potential, perform at our best, and achieve success against the backdrop of unrelenting change and the ever-morphing social technology landscape in which we find ourselves. His current projects on this topic fall into three broad areas: (1) the underlying mental systems that profoundly influence whether or not we achieve the success we desire in our lives; (2) how these unseen aspects of the mind can be hijacked and redirected by outside forces; and (3) how minds can be purposefully and ethically changed through intervention to improve important outcomes, such as health, well-being, and high performance. Dr. Allan鈥檚 research aims to both advance our understanding of the mind and provide new insights into how we might take control and make better use of this extraordinary and invisible force鈥攖o reach our aspirations and succeed in this brave new world of accelerated flux.

Scott Danielson | Group Member

Scotts research interests are the psychology of ethical decisions and ideology, specifically where both of these can go wrong. Research topics include bias when judging the ethics of collateral damage in wartime, how social signaling can deepen ideological rifts, and how ideological extremists may use different kinds of moral language than their less extreme counterparts.听

The Moral Saurus |听Chief Dinosaur Science Communicator

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