• Developmental Foundations
  
• Moral Cognition
  
• Search for Meaning
  
• Search for Belonging
  
• Social Psychology Pioneers
  
• Search for Certainty
  
• Ghosts of the Past
• Breaking the Cycle of Hate

Experts Include:

• Neuroscientists, developmental and behavioral scientists
  
• Social psychologists and political scientists
  
• Experts on terrorism, violence and cults
  
• Experts on emotional and social development

Link to Pioneers

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Developmental Foundations

How a child's brain is wired by experience and interactions with others

Key Researchers

• Alison Gopnik, Ph.D.
  
• Andrew N. Meltzoff, Ph.D.
  
• Patricia K. Kuhl, Ph.D.
  
• Paul Bloom, Ph.D.
  
• Susan Gelman, Ph.D.
  
• Wayne Chugani, Ph.D.
  
• Bruce Wexler, Ph.D.
  
• Marilyn Diamond, Ph.D.
  
• Charles A. Nelson, Ph.D.
  
• Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
  
• Gary F. Marcus, Ph.D.
  
• Bruce Perry, M.D. 
  
• Kyle D. Pruett, M.D.

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Moral Cognition

How a moral sense, conscience, and empathy are internalized

Key Researchers

• Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
  
• Frans de Waal
  
• Jean Decety, Ph.D.
  
• Daniel Batson, Ph.D.
  
• Dacher Keltner, Ph.D.
• Jonathan Haidt
  
• Joshua Greene, Ph.D.
  
• Jonathan Cohen
• Marc Hauser
  
• Marco Iacoboni
  
• Mark D'Esposito
• Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D.
• Christian Keysers
• Paul J. Zak

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Search for Meaning

Research on brain and belief formation
How we can over-identify with mental concepts or beliefs

Key Researchers

• Chris D and Uta Frith, Ph.D.
• Antonia Damasio, M.D.
• Hannah Damasio, M.D.
• Daniel Schacter, M.D.
• Robert Burton, M.D.
• Mahzarin R Banaji, Ph.D.
• Daniel M. Wegner, Ph.D.
• Scott Atran, Ph.D.
• V. S. Ramachandra, Ph.D.
• John T. Cacioppo, M.D.
• Mark D'Esposito M.D.
• A D (Bud) Craig, PhD
  
• Bruce Hood, PhD
  
• John Allman
  
• Hugo Critchley 
• Richard E Cytowic, MD

Search for Belonging

Group Influence and Situational Context

Key Researchers

• Elliot Aronson, Ph.D.
  
• Susan Fiske, Ph.D.
  
• Emily Pronin, Ph.D.
  
• John T Cacioppo, Ph.D.
  
• Rebecca Goldstein, Ph.D.
  
• Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D.
  
• Geoffrey Cohen, Ph.D.
  
• Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Ph.D.
  
• Matthew Lieberman, Ph.D.
  
• Ralph Adolphs, Ph.D.
  
• William P. Smith, Ph.D.
  
• Glenn Adams, Ph.D.

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Search for Certainty

How trauma and authoritarian upbringings can lead to rigid and narrow thinking and a need for absolute certainty

Key Researchers

• Robert Altemeyer, Ph.D. 
  
• Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.
• J. Douglas Bremner, M.D.
  
• Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D.
  
• Robert S. Pynoos, M.D., M.P.H.
  
• Kathleen Taylor, Ph.D.
• John Dovidio, Ph.D.

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Ghosts of the Past

Cross-generational and historical wounds

Key Researchers

• James Waller 
  
• Benedict F. Kiernan 
• Alexander Hinton, PhD
  
• Rachel Yehuda, PhD
  
• David Kinzie, MD
  
• Dr. Johan M.G. van der Dennen
  
• Herbert C. Kelman
  
• Samantha Power

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Breaking the Cycle of Hate
Effective Solutions

• Embracing the “other”
  
• Building reflective minds
  
• Offsetting hate and extremism
  

Key Researchers

• Kristen R. Monroe
  
• Laurence Shapiro
  
• John Gottman
  
• Samuel Gaertner, Ph.D.
  
• Linda R. Tropp, Ph.D. 

• Overcoming prejudice
  
• Facing history
  
• Breaking the Silence
  
• Reducing Stereotype Threat