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We study many topics in the lab, but below are some of the key questions we are investigating, organized by guiding threads in the lab.
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The Big Ideas
Rules and Punishment
Why do people want there to be rules? What are they for?
How do official rules relate to idiosyncratic punishment motives?
Do people use rules as punishment?
How do we allocate blame across multiple agents?
How do people punish unfairness when it is the result of system-level factors?
Gender, morality, and sexual violence
Why do people in care professions make less money on average?
What interventions successfully reduce sexual violence?
What can a behavioral science framework teach us about understanding and preventing sexual assault?
What leads people to endorse a serial rapist model of understanding sexual assault?
Moral values and art
Why can you do things in art that you can’t do in life (without getting in trouble)?
Why do we love engaging with antiheroes?
Does a great artist live the good life?