Description: The Amodio Lab studies mechanisms of social cognition and self-regulation, in the mind and brain, to understand prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
What are the neural and psychological mechanisms though which social biases are formed, controlled, and changed?
Our Research
The Amodio Lab investigates the psychological and neural bases of social cognition and prejudice, with a focus on how social attitudes and beliefs are formed, expressed, controlled, and changed. Our broad goal is to illuminate basic mechanisms of the mind and brain while addressing critical societal problems.