December 22, 2017

Our Enemies Are Human: That’s Why We Want to Kill Them→

December 22, 2017/ ScienceSites

- Aeon

December 13, 2017

September 01, 2017

Our Enemies Are Human. That’s Why We Want to Kill Them→

September 01, 2017/ ScienceSites

- Behavioral Scientist

August 18, 2017

February 27, 2017

Why Do Fans Excuse the Patriots’ Cheating Past?→

February 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

- The New York Times

February 5, 2017

January 04, 2017

Awesomeness Is Everything→

January 04, 2017/ ScienceSites

- The Atlantic

January/February 2017

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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