End of Term Hangout – Escaping a Hurricane + Fries
The members of the lab celebrated the end of Fall 2022 term by going to an escape room. The theme of the room was Hurricane and the PANGEA team completed the challenge and safely escaped the hurricane unscathed. Afterwards, we headed over to the Alibi Room for some snacks and great chats. Thanks for those […]
“Hot Paper” Spotlight – Small Effects: The Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science
Götz, F. M., Gosling, S. D., & Rentfrow, P. J. (2022). Small Effects: The Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(1), 205–215. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620984483 The Small Effects paper has been listed as “hot paper” on Web of Science: “This hot paper was published in the past two years and received enough citations in March/April […]
Paper Publication Spotlight #4: Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing
Peters, H., Götz, F. M., Ebert, T., Müller, S. R., Rentfrow, P. J., Gosling, S. D., Obschonka, M., Ames, D., Potter, J., & Matz, S. C. (2022). Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000439 (first authorship is shared […]
Paper Publication Spotlight #3 – The psychological imprint of inequality: Economic inequality shapes achievement and power values in human life
Du, H., Götz, F. M., King, R. B., & Rentfrow, P. J. (2022). The psychological imprint of inequality: Economic inequality shapes achievement and power values in human life. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12758 Economic inequality is on the rise, affecting more than two-thirds of the global population (UN News, 2020). Concerns about increasing levels of economic inequality have […]
Publication Spotlight #2 – Effective maps, easily done: Visualizing geo-psychological differences using distance weights
Ebert, T., Mewes, L., Götz, F. M., & Brenner, T. (2022). Effective maps, easily done: Visualizing geo-psychological differences using distance weights. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(3), 251524592211018. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221101816 Psychologists of many subfields are becoming increasingly interested in the geographical distribution of psychological phenomena. An integral part of this new stream of geo-psychological […]
Publication Spotlight #1 – Spatial analysis for psychologists: How to use individual-level data for research at the geographically aggregated level
Ebert, T., Götz, F. M., Mewes, L., & Rentfrow, P. J. (2022). Spatial analysis for psychologists: How to use individual-level data for research at the geographically aggregated level. Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000493 (shared first authorship between Ebert, Götz, and Mewes) Psychological characteristics are unequally distributed across space. In recent years, psychologist have become increasingly interested […]
Summer 2022 Conferences
In July, Dr. Götz gave a talk at the ECP, the biannual congress of the European Association of Personality Psychology in Madrid. Dr. Götz also co-hosted the inaugural Regional Cultural Differences Conference in Barcelona, along with Drs Jason Rentfrow (University of Cambridge), Veronica Benet-Martínez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), & Tobias Ebert (University of Mannheim)). A big thanks to those all […]
PANGEA Lab Awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
PANGEA lab was awarded the SSHRC Insight Development Grant. In the next two years, the lab will study the dark sides of courage. This research will examine the role of courage – defined as overriding one’s fear to act towards an important and worthy goal – which has been nearuniversally praised, celebrated, and desired since antiquity. However, […]
PANGEA Lab Trip to Bowen Island
To celebrate the end of Winter 2022 term, the PANGEA lab took a day trip to Bowen Island. It was a fun day of hiking, picnicking at the park and exploring Bowen Island. The day ended with a nice hearty meal at Burgoo. It was a great way to wrap up the school year and […]
PANGEA Lab research gets cited in U.S. Senate Hearing
PANGEA Lab research led by Dr Götz has recently been cited at a U.S. Senate Hearing. The paper, spearheaded by Dr Götz in collaboration with Dr Samuel Gosling (University of Texas at Austin, USA & University of Melbourne, Australia) and Dr Jason Rentfrow (University of Cambridge, UK) discusses the prevalence, significance and impact of small […]