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Associate Professor of Psychology | Claremont McKenna College

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September 02, 2016

Probing the Moist Crevices of Word Aversion→

September 02, 2016/ ScienceSites

Why do some words make people uncomfortable?

- Scientific American
August 23, 2016

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April 08, 2016

Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary?→

April 08, 2016/ ScienceSites

New research challenges the idea that vulgar words are a sign of failure

- Scientific American
April 5, 2016

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Piercarlo Valdesolo

In The News

  • Op-Ed: How to Mix Compassion and Cooperation Into Social Distancing

    COVID-19 is threatening our social ties because it scrambles the ways we normally support our friends and communities. — Los Angeles Times

  • Awesomeness Is Everything

    Why encountering vastness makes us more spiritual, generous, and content. — The Atlantic

  • Why There Are No Aetheists At The Grand Canyon

    Five studies conducted by Piercarlo Valdesolo and Jesse Graham were designed to elicit feelings of awe in subjects and see how that affected their sense of spirituality. — TIME

Recent Articles

  • The Paradox of Power: The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Gratitude (PDF)

    - The Journal of Social Psychology
  • Morality (PDF)

    - The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Reply to Fincher et al.: Conceptual Specificity in Dehumanization Research Is a Feature, Not a Bug (PDF)

    - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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  • Findings: A Daily Roundup of Academic Studies, National Affairs »
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  • Mind Matters, Scientific American »
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