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Motive Attribution Asymmetry discussed in Houston Sermon (9/2018)
Liane Young: Stanton Prize Address (6/2016)
The Wright Show (8/6/2016)
WBUR’s CommonHealth program (8/7/2014)
Bloggingheads.tv (12/11/2012)
TEDxHogeschoolUtrecht (11/8/2012)
Cambridge Science Festival: Big Ideas for Busy People (4/27/2012)
Nature: Simply Science (7/12/2010)
CNN (4/1/2010)
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Press Articles
Effective Altruism is Logical, but Too Unnatural to Catch On, Psyche, 10/13/2020
What Makes a ‘Good Samaritan’ Good? That Opinion Depends on the Beneficiary, Association for Psychological Science, 2/10/2020
Human exceptionalism stifles progress, Nautilus, 5/2/2019
Our Culture of Contempt, The New York Times, 3/2/2019
Do moral beliefs shape personalities in adults and adolescents? , Science Trends, 1/7/2019
Conversations about our broken system aren’t enough , The Washington Post, 4/27/2018
A potential benefit to memories of terrorism, Scientific American, 4/3/2018
Terrorists’ moral judgment probed in psychology test, BBC News, 5/26/2017
When it comes to defining ‘terrorism,’ there is no consensus, PBS Newshour, 2/26/2017
The psychology of victim blaming, The Atlantic, 10/5/2016
Five Oxford interview questions and five answers, The Guardian, 10/11/2016 (question #3)
Why society blames victims, according to science, The Huffington Post, 7/11/2016
A simple way to foster kindness in kids, The Huffington Post, 7/14/2016
Who blames the victim?, The New York Times, 6/24/2016
The real victims of victimhood, The New York Times, 12/26/2015
Stuff happens, and the way we talk about it matters, NPR, 10/5/2015
The Kids Are All Right: Have we made our children into moral monsters?, Slate, 3/6/2015
Search for political common ground is difficult, NPR Morning Edition, 11/27/2014
The bias that can help explain endless conflicts, New York Magazine, 11/5/2014
We can all get along, The Guardian, 11/4/2014
Beyond Good And Evil: New Science Casts Light On Morality In The Brain, WBUR, 8/7/2014
Suicide and the ‘Impure Soul’, The Atlantic, 1/9/2014
‘Moral realism’ may lead to better moral behavior, Science Daily, 01/29/2013
Morality in making decisions, The Boston Globe, 3/2/2012
The hive mind made me do it, The Boston Globe, 12/18/2011
Morality is other people, The Daily Beast, 12/18/2011
How we assign blame for corporate crimes, MSNBC / Business News Daily, 12/11/2011
Individuals Are Removed from Blame When in Groups, Scientific American, 12/11/2011
How People Assign Blame: Cohesive Groups Hold Members Less Responsible for Individual Actions, Science Daily, 12/8/2011
Can Companies, Political Groups or Organizations Have a Single Mind?, Association for Psychological Science, 12/5/2011
The Vexing Mental Tug-of-War Called Morality, Discover, 9/16/2011
Adults with Autism May Not Understand Others’ Intentions, U.S. News & World Report, 2/2/2011
How Does the Brain Work?, NOVA scienceNow, 2/2/2011
Understanding the Autistic Mind, Science Daily, 2/1/2011
Perception of morality different when you have autism, MSNBC, 1/31/2011
Top 100 Stories of 2010, Discover, 12/16/2010
Judging Other People’s Intentions, Simply Science, Nature, 7/12/2010
Altering Conscience?, The Dana Foundation, 6/18/2010
Magnets, Morality, and Reasoning, Psychology Today, 6/11/2010
No Harm, No Foul, Psychology Today, 4/13/2010
Mechanics of Morality, WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio, 4/7/2010
Morality of Murder, Research Highlights, Nature, 4/1/2010
Magnets can alter judgment, CNN Newsroom, 4/1/2010
Magnet Mayhem: Modifying Morality with Magnets, ABC News, 3/31/2010
The amazing brain, Telegraph (UK), 3/31/2010
Morality is modified in the lab, BBC News, 3/30/2010
Can morality be changed magnetically? CNN, 3/30/2010
Magnetic Waves Alter Moral Compass, CBS News, 3/30/2010
Magnets Can Sway ‘Moral Compass’, FOX News, 3/30/2010
Scientists discover moral compass in the brain which can be controlled by magnets, Daily Mail, 3/30/2010
Magnets placed near brain can disrupt person’s moral compass, NY Daily News, 3/30/2010
A Magnetic Field Applied to the Brain Can Alter People’s Sense of Morality, Popular Science, 3/30/2010
Magnets can turn off a person’s moral compass, Toronto Sun, 3/30/2010
Magnetism Can Sway Man’s Moral Compass, Slashdot, 3/30/2010
There’s a way to change moral judgments, Smart Planet, 3/30/2010
MIT neuroscientists can affect people’s morals, TG Daily, 3/30/2010
Brain scientists say root of morality, Mirror (UK) 3/30/2010
How Does the Brain Make Moral Judgments, Science + Religion Today, 3/30/2010
Brain Damage Skews our Moral Compass, New Scientist, 3/30/2010
Study Narrows Gap Between Mind and Brain, NPR, All Things Considered, 3/29/2010
Magnets mess minds, morality, Nature, 3/29/2010
Murder or an Accident? The Brain Knows, Science, 3/29/2010
Magnets can alter morality, MSNBC, 3/29/2010
Morality Altered by Brain Stimulation, LiveScience, 3/29/2010
When is attempted murder more acceptable than harming someone by accident? Discover, 3/26/2010
Emotions Key to Judging Others, Science Daily, 3/25/2010
Morality – it’s in your mind, next to emotions, The Independent (UK), 3/25/2010
Brain’s ‘Moral Outrage’ Center Pinpointed, Businessweek, 3/24/2010
The Roots of Morality, Science, 5/18/2009
The Moral Instinct, NY Times, 1/13/2008
Scientists Draw Link Between Morality and Brain’s Wiring, Wall Street Journal, 5/11/2007
Scanning the Brain for its Moral Center, ABC News / Nightline, 5/2/2007
Making the Paper: Brain damage offers clues to the role of emotions in moral decisions, Nature, 4/19/2007
Mind Makes Right: Brain damage, evolution, and the future of morality, Slate, 3/31/2007
Posing the Right Question, The Economist, 3/2/2007