Michael Spezio
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Spezio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Spezio |
| SIGNATURE | SPEZIO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Scripps College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7128-5264 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Affective Life
Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Affective Life: Intuition, Emotion, Empathy
Troubles with Empathy
Troubles with Empathy
Tobias Tanton. Corporeal Theology
Tobias Tanton. Corporeal Theology: The Nature of Theological Understanding in Light of Embodied Cognition
Yaa Gyasi. Transcendent Kingdom. New York
Yaa Gyasi. Transcendent Kingdom. New York: Knopf, 2020. 416 pp
McGilchrist and hemisphere lateralization
Philosophy, Virtue, and the Practices of Science
Philosophy, Virtue, and the Practices of Science
Corrigibility and Trust in the Practices of Science
In the context of crises in science, understanding what virtue in science is requires attention to virtue studies and virtue science themselves. Within and beyond the study of practices in laboratories and in scientific collaborations held up as exemplary or noted for being less so are core beliefs about what trust in science is or should be. Prevailing conceptions of trust in science and scientists are at the root of the crises in science. Virtu…
Virtue Theory and Excellence in the Practices of Science
Virtue Theory and Excellence in the Practices of Science
Habits in Mind
George Tsakiridis is a contributing author, “Habit as a Spiritual Discipline in Early Christianity,” pp. 77-88. Book Description: The language of habit plays a central role in traditional accounts of the virtues, yet it has received only modest attention among contemporary scholars of philosophy, psychology, and religion. This volume explores the role of both "mere habits" and sophisticated habitus in the moral life.
Religion and Emotion
A year ago, in issue 5.3, this space alerted readers and prospective authors to new standards of rigor in the practice of inquiry and reporting for neuroimaging approaches in social, cognitive, and
The peer reviewer dilemma
Standards for Publishing in Religion, Brain & Behavior
Here, we clarify Religion, Brain & Behavior’s response to the “replication crisis” in the human sciences. Our purpose is not to reflect on the replication crisis as such, but rather to use it as an
Embodied Cognition and Loving Character
Empathy and character are concepts that many hold to be at the center of human morality. Currently, however, they are subject to sustained scholarly suspicion among social scientists, genealogically minded humanists, and moral philosophers from both utilitarian and deontological perspectives. This paper presents a close reading of influential attacks and their scientific bases and argues that they emerge from a shared model of the human mind and …
The Emerging Psychology of Religion
This issue of Religion, Brain & Behavior features a book symposium on the new edition of the Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Edited by Ray Paloutzian and Crystal Park, the
What are “The Hilbert Problems” in the Study of Religion
David Hilbert lived from 1862–1943 and is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th/early 20th century. Among his pioneering contributions was the concept of a Hilbert Space
Religion, SCAN, and developing standards of inquiry
Political Psychology, Political Emotions and Their Implications for Good Governance and Citizenship
Modeling meditation bliss
When western cognitive science engages and tries to explain cognitive stages or states or processes claimed by religious traditions, two critical questions must be asked. First, is the scientific c
Theology and the Science of Moral Action
Introduction James A. Van Slyke Part I: A Science of Morality: A Place for Exemplars and Virtue 1. Empirical Approaches to Virtue Science: Observing Exemplarity in the Lab Warren S. Brown, Michael L. Spezio, Kevin S. Reimer, James A. Van Slyke, Gregory R. Peterson 2. Virtue, Science, and Exemplarity: An Overview Gregory R. Peterson 3. Relating Political Theory and Virtue Science: A Reflection on Human Dignity, Empathy, and the Capabilities Approa…
Thin‐Slice Decisions Do Not Need Faces to be Predictive of Election Outcomes
Rapid decisions about political candidates, made solely on the basis of candidate appearance, associate with real electoral outcomes. A prevailing interpretation is that these associations result from heuristic cognitive processing of cues from the face to yield a judgment about the candidate, processing that is shared by both voters and experimental participants. Here, we report findings suggesting that nonfacial aspects of a candidate's appeara…
The Neuroscience of Emotion and Reasoning in Social Contexts
The neuroscience of emotion and its relation to moral action is a critical area of engagement for deepening understanding of faith, rationality, and the passions. Moral philosophies and theologies often examine the function of passion in relation to reason and justification in moral action. Whether they find emotion to be an obstacle to or a constitutive part of justifiably rational or ethical decision making, the neuroscience of emotion and mora…
Predicting Election Outcomes from Positive and Negative Trait Assessments of Candidate Images
Conventional wisdom, and a growing body of behavioral research, suggests that the nonverbal image of a candidate influences voter decision making. We presented subjects with images of political candidates and asked them to make four trait judgments based solely on viewing the photographs. Subjects were asked which of the two faces exhibited more competence, attractiveness, deceitfulness, and threat, which are arguably four of the most salient att…
Predicting Election Outcomes from Positive and Negative Trait Assessments of Candidate Images
Conventional wisdom, and a growing body of behavioral research, suggests that the nonverbal image of a candidate influences voter decision making. We presented subjects with images of political candidates and asked them to make four trait judgments based solely on viewing the photographs. Subjects were asked which of the two faces exhibited more competence, attractiveness, deceitfulness, and threat, which are arguably four of the most salient att…
Thin‐Slice Decisions Do Not Need Faces to be Predictive of Election Outcomes
Rapid decisions about political candidates, made solely on the basis of candidate appearance, associate with real electoral outcomes. A prevailing interpretation is that these associations result from heuristic cognitive processing of cues from the face to yield a judgment about the candidate, processing that is shared by both voters and experimental participants. Here, we report findings suggesting that nonfacial aspects of a candidate's appeara…
Predicting Election Outcomes from Positive and Negative Trait Assessments of Candidate Images
Conventional wisdom, and a growing body of behavioral research, suggests that the nonverbal image of a candidate influences voter decision making. We presented subjects with images of political candidates and asked them to make four trait judgments based solely on viewing the photographs. Subjects were asked which of the two faces exhibited more competence, attractiveness, deceitfulness, and threat, which are arguably four of the most salient att…
The Neuroscience of Emotion and Reasoning in Social Contexts
The neuroscience of emotion and its relation to moral action is a critical area of engagement for deepening understanding of faith, rationality, and the passions. Moral philosophies and theologies often examine the function of passion in relation to reason and justification in moral action. Whether they find emotion to be an obstacle to or a constitutive part of justifiably rational or ethical decision making, the neuroscience of emotion and mora…
Theology and the Science of Moral Action
Introduction James A. Van Slyke Part I: A Science of Morality: A Place for Exemplars and Virtue 1. Empirical Approaches to Virtue Science: Observing Exemplarity in the Lab Warren S. Brown, Michael L. Spezio, Kevin S. Reimer, James A. Van Slyke, Gregory R. Peterson 2. Virtue, Science, and Exemplarity: An Overview Gregory R. Peterson 3. Relating Political Theory and Virtue Science: A Reflection on Human Dignity, Empathy, and the Capabilities Approa…
Thin‐Slice Decisions Do Not Need Faces to be Predictive of Election Outcomes
Rapid decisions about political candidates, made solely on the basis of candidate appearance, associate with real electoral outcomes. A prevailing interpretation is that these associations result from heuristic cognitive processing of cues from the face to yield a judgment about the candidate, processing that is shared by both voters and experimental participants. Here, we report findings suggesting that nonfacial aspects of a candidate's appeara…
Modeling meditation bliss
When western cognitive science engages and tries to explain cognitive stages or states or processes claimed by religious traditions, two critical questions must be asked. First, is the scientific c
Embodied Cognition and Loving Character
Empathy and character are concepts that many hold to be at the center of human morality. Currently, however, they are subject to sustained scholarly suspicion among social scientists, genealogically minded humanists, and moral philosophers from both utilitarian and deontological perspectives. This paper presents a close reading of influential attacks and their scientific bases and argues that they emerge from a shared model of the human mind and …
The Emerging Psychology of Religion
This issue of Religion, Brain & Behavior features a book symposium on the new edition of the Handbook of the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Edited by Ray Paloutzian and Crystal Park, the
What are “The Hilbert Problems” in the Study of Religion
David Hilbert lived from 1862–1943 and is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th/early 20th century. Among his pioneering contributions was the concept of a Hilbert Space
Religion, SCAN, and developing standards of inquiry
Political Psychology, Political Emotions and Their Implications for Good Governance and Citizenship
Religion and Emotion
A year ago, in issue 5.3, this space alerted readers and prospective authors to new standards of rigor in the practice of inquiry and reporting for neuroimaging approaches in social, cognitive, and
The peer reviewer dilemma
Standards for Publishing in Religion, Brain & Behavior
Here, we clarify Religion, Brain & Behavior’s response to the “replication crisis” in the human sciences. Our purpose is not to reflect on the replication crisis as such, but rather to use it as an
Habits in Mind
George Tsakiridis is a contributing author, “Habit as a Spiritual Discipline in Early Christianity,” pp. 77-88. Book Description: The language of habit plays a central role in traditional accounts of the virtues, yet it has received only modest attention among contemporary scholars of philosophy, psychology, and religion. This volume explores the role of both "mere habits" and sophisticated habitus in the moral life.
Philosophy, Virtue, and the Practices of Science
Philosophy, Virtue, and the Practices of Science
Corrigibility and Trust in the Practices of Science
In the context of crises in science, understanding what virtue in science is requires attention to virtue studies and virtue science themselves. Within and beyond the study of practices in laboratories and in scientific collaborations held up as exemplary or noted for being less so are core beliefs about what trust in science is or should be. Prevailing conceptions of trust in science and scientists are at the root of the crises in science. Virtu…
Virtue Theory and Excellence in the Practices of Science
Virtue Theory and Excellence in the Practices of Science
McGilchrist and hemisphere lateralization
Yaa Gyasi. Transcendent Kingdom. New York
Yaa Gyasi. Transcendent Kingdom. New York: Knopf, 2020. 416 pp
Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Affective Life
Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Affective Life: Intuition, Emotion, Empathy
Troubles with Empathy
Troubles with Empathy
Tobias Tanton. Corporeal Theology
Tobias Tanton. Corporeal Theology: The Nature of Theological Understanding in Light of Embodied Cognition
Psychology (16 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Epistemology (12 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)