Alexander Todorov
Associate Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs
Princeton University
at time of fellowship
2010 to 2011
Todorov is part of a working group (with Ran Hassin), which will use recent findings in cognitive neuroscience to better understand the significant role unconscious processes play in human decision-making. Individually, Ran Hassin will focus on how unconscious states of mind associated with specific ideologies or beliefs trigger certain social behaviors. Alexander Todorov will consider how unconscious processes affect individuals’ social judgments of others, specifically that of discrimination based on a person’s outward characteristics.