Lukas J. Wolf
@wolf_lj
Social Psychologist (Assistant Professor) @UniofBath. My work focuses on polarisation, effects of recognising our shared values, and civic engagement.
- Very happy to see this published! 8 experiments show that children elicit greater compassion towards others, not only towards children. On a shopping street, adult passers-by also donated more often when more children were present.Replying to @_researchtodayRead the original article here 👇 Follow for more daily research digests from across science! Ref: @wolf_lj et al. (2021) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19… #scicomm #academictwitter #scienceresearch #psychology #wednesdaythought @BathPsychology
- Great stuff and aligns well with our own findings that an overwhelming majority has very similar fundamental values.🙌🏽 Out today - Britain's Choice: More in Common UK's deep dive into the political psyche of 🇬🇧. We find rich insights where Britain really stands in light of Covid-19, community, culture wars, Brexit and politics. Bottom line: we are not as divided as we think we are. Thread⬇️
- I wrote a thing on the upcoming US elections! US Americans need to find a way to work together again and there are good reasons why that's achievable blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2020/1…
