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Piotr Winkielman is a Professor at the University of California, San Diego, specializing in the interplay between emotion, cognition, embodiment, and consciousness, particularly within the domain of social cognition. His research explores how unconscious affect and emotional factors influence decision-making, and he investigates the role of cognitive feelings in the fluency and difficulty of memory recall, as well as their impact on judgments of attractiveness. His work employs a variety of psychological methods, including approaches from social neuroscience. Winkielman has contributed to numerous significant publications in the field, addressing topics such as the dynamic grounding of emotion concepts and the relationship between emotion, consciousness, and social behavior. His academic work often intersects various themes in social cognition and examines how emotions shape our interactions with the social world.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).