#116 Colin Holbrook: Threat Detection, Group Prejudice, Warfare, and Religion
Dr. Colin Holbrook is Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He researches decision-making under contexts of threat, with particular focus on political orientation, group prejudice, and the representation of mental states.
In this episode, we talk about threat detection; the relationship between threat and fight-or-flight responses; how threat instigates group prejudice; threat in the context of politics and warfare; religion and social cohesion; and the hyperactive agency detection device.
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How do people perceive threat?
Fight-or-flight responses
Threat at the individual and collective levels
In-group and out-group differences
Threat in the context of politics and warfare
Religion and threat salience
Religion and social cohesion
Perceiving agency and threat salience
Follow Dr. Holbrook’s work!
Follow Dr. Holbrook’s work:
Faculty page: https://tinyurl.com/ybev97qp
Personal website: http://cholbrook01.bol.ucla.edu/
Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/y6vvu66d