Wiesław Baryła

Professor Wiesław Baryła is a faculty member at the Faculty of Psychology in Sopot, SWPS University, where he teaches social psychology, psychological research methodology, and psychometrics. He serves as Vice-Dean for Teaching and leads the Department of Social Psychology within the Center for Research on Cognition and Behavior.

• Research focuses on social cognition, automatisms in social behavior, and behavioral economics
• Key themes: how cognitive processes shape social interactions, evolutionary influences on behavior, and money-related motivational dynamics

His seminal work Money in the Mind: How Thinking Influences Motivation (2013) examines how money-related cognition affects motivation, sexual drive, and aggression. He is a member of the European Association of Social Psychology, Association for Psychological Science, and Polish Association of Social Psychology.