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School of the Biological Sciences

 

 

Professor of Social Psychology in Society, Department of Psychology

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. 

 

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