Kahana, Michael
Social SciencePsychology
Understanding the Role and Impact of Context on Perception
Derive a normative account for contextual influences on perception using concepts of probability theory and decision making.
Psychology
Neurobiology and Genomics of Decision Making and Social Behavior
Exploring the application of neuroscience knowledge and techniques to business practice and education.
Platt Michael
Mechanisms of Comorbidity and Specificity for Generalized Anxiety and Depression
Our current study examines emotions, such as anxiety and depression, and how they relate to positive and negative events that people experience in their lives.
Research in moral psychology
My research focuses on a variety of topics within the field of moral judgment. Project topics vary; interested students should contact me to discuss possibilities.
Positive Psychology Center Research
Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology, the mission of the Penn Positive Psychology Center is research, education, and the dissemination of Positive Psychology, resilience and grit. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the factors that enable people to thrive. This field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives.
Seligman Martin
Language Development & Processing
My research is about language and thought, and the relation between the two. My students and I take a cognitive science approach to these topics by asking what sorts of mental computations and representations support human understanding of the world and human linguistic communication.
Trueswell John
Memory and Preference
Work on a project that inolves judgment and decision making, plus computational and mathematical modeling of cognition.
Bhatia Sudeep
Psychology and Religion
Develop your own research project relating to psychology, religion, and/or morality.
Bermant Gordon