New Investigators Corner
The NI Corner will contain blog posts by the most recent class of New Investigators.
Here, NIs will write about their personal experiences with the NI program, research they are conducting, and other relevant topics.
Violent crime causes untold harm and anger is known to fuel violence. But recent research suggests that the way anger and crime tie together in youth is a bit more complicated than expected.
By Erinn Acland
Advancements in analytic methods now allow us to consider how both partners’ characteristics play a role.
By Ashlee Curtis (Australia) and Ruschelle Leone (United States)
Research is shedding light on a distinct subgroup of antisocial youth who show severe and stable patterns of aggression.
By Rebecca Levine and Nicholas J. Wagner (United States)
A set of studies provides a novel understanding of how the human brain processes and regulates angry experiences and expressions.
By Gadi Gilam (United States)
A model that helps us understand sexual violence dynamics and an empirical study with male youth who were victims of sexual violence that provides evidence for this model.
By Jean Von Hohendorff (Brazil)
Difficulties controlling feelings of anger and aggressive impulses are key characteristics of adult patients with borderline personality disorder. But what role does aggression play in adolescence and what is its neural basis?
By Marlene Krauch (Germany) and Katja Bertsch
Amongst recent methodological innovations in psychology, virtual reality appears to be a promising tool to study Hostile Attribution Bias (HAB)—the misattribution of hostile intent to others.
By Danique Smeijers (The Netherlands) and Massil Benbouriche (United States)
On research concerning the relationship between Western cultural sexualization, female agency, and sexual aggression; the biological and social psychological forces giving rise to women’s agency and sexual openness; and how behavior, attitudes, and culture associated with gender are influenced by the interplay between biological and economic forces.
By Khandis Blake (Australia)
Two aspects that make studying animal aggression intriguing are the ease with which it is possible to elicit aggression and the unpredictability of the course and outcome of this aggression.
By Irene Camerlink (United Kingdom)
2024 NI GROUP
Irina Bergenfeld
Heather Brittain
Travis Harries
Courtland S. Hyatt
Alessia Iancarelli
Sophie L. Kjærvik
Annah McCurry
Tiffany L. Marcantonio
Luz E. Robinson
Evelyn Schapansky
Annabelle Wride
Faces hold crucial clues on what others are thinking and feeling. So, does missing that key social information impact children’s unkind behaviour?
By Erinn Acland and Joanna Peplak