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Paul A. M. van Lange is Professor of Psychology at VU Amsterdam and affiliated as Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.
His research focuses on human cooperation and trust grounded in psychological, cultural, and evolutionary theorizing of prosocial processes including forgiveness, generosity, and empathy, as well as antisocial processes like distrust, hostility, hate, aggression, and violence. His work examines these topics through economic games, behavioral methods in cognition and social decision making, and various biological mechanisms including fMRI and hormonal analysis.
- Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Oxford
Professor van Lange has published research on societal issues such as aggression and superstition in soccer, corruption and culture, power and obedience, sacrifice in relationships and organizations, environmental and financial decision making, and safety in society. He is committed to reaching out to other disciplines and understanding puzzling phenomena in everyday life.
