Conference Talk – EASP 2023

Beyond outrage: Observers anticipate different behaviors from expressors of anger versus disgust The modern world affords unprecedented opportunities for individuals to express themselves. The widespread distribution of one specific type of expression – moral outrage – has consequences for social and political harmony. The current investigation contributes to better understanding these consequences by examining what […]

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Beyond Outrage: Observers Anticipate Different Behaviors From Expressors of Anger Versus Disgust

Beyond Outrage: Observers Anticipate Different Behaviors From Expressors of Anger Versus Disgust Lei Fan, Catherine Molho, Tom R. Kupfer, Disa A. Sauter, Joshua M. Tybur Published on Social Psychological and Personality Science Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550623117695 The modern world affords unprecedented opportunities for individuals to express moral sentiments. The widespread distribution of one specific type of sentiment […]

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Are people more averse to microbe-sharing contact with ethnic outgroup members? A registered report

Are people more averse to microbe-sharing contact with ethnic outgroup members? A registered report Lei Fan, Joshua M.Tybur, Benedict C.Jones Published on Evolution and Human Behavior Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.007 Abstract Intergroup biases are widespread across cultures and time. The current study tests an existing hypothesis that has been proposed to explain such biases: the mind has […]

Invited Talk – Social Psychology Talk Series @University of Kent

25th March, 2022, Social Psychology Talk Series at School of Psychology, University of Kent Moral Emotions Communicate Aggressions in Moral Punishment Punishment typically follows from other-condemning moral emotions. Several studies indicated that emotions motivate punishment, with some suggesting that punishment expresses moral emotions, especially anger and moral disgust. Although some work referred to “outrage” as […]

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What Motivates Direct and Indirect Punishment?

What Motivates Direct and Indirect Punishment? Extending the “Intuitive Retributivism” Hypothesis Catherine Molho, Mathias Twardawski, Lei Fan Published on Zeitschrift für Psychologie Doi: https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000455 Abstract Punishment represents a key mechanism to deter norm violations and is motivated by retribution and/or general deterrence. Retribution-motivated punishment is tailored to offense severity, whereas deterrence-motivated punishment is tailored to […]

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Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism

Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism: A registered report Joshua M. Tybur, Lei Fan, Benedict C. Jones, Iris J. Holzleitner, Anthony J. Lee, Lisa M. DeBruine Published on Evolution and Human Behavior Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.01.003 Abstract Over the past decade, a small literature has tested how trait-level pathogen-avoidance […]