Sander van der Linden

  • Professor of Social Psychology in Society, Department of Psychology

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Sander van der Linden's research interests include social perception, normative influence, the “wisdom of crowds”, and the psychology of group consensus, risk, and polarization. Learn more about Sander's research.

 

Research Areas

  • Social psychology
  • Social influence 
  • Persuasion
  • Attitudes 
  • Belief networks                      

Techniques

  • Quantitative surveys
  • Online interventions
  • Big data
  • Computational models
  • Virtual reality 

Areas for Collaboration

  • fMRI scanning
  • Role of affect in risk appraisals of social threats
  • Predicting survey results from fMRI data
  • Role of memory in activating and retrieving misinformation
  • Social neuroscience 

 

Research Theme

Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour