Elliott Ihm
Biographic Data
| ID | 4971264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliott Ihm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliott |
| FAMILY NAME | Ihm |
| SIGNATURE | IHM E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0551-2083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A conceptual typology of presence experiences and corresponding mechanisms
Researchers who seek to understand the mechanisms that give rise to presence experiences are faced with a phenomenon that spans a wide variety of contexts, takes many forms, and is studied in various disciplines. In the absence of a conceptual typology that distinguishes different types of experiences in which physically absent persons or entities seem to be present, researchers have difficulty specifying the extent to which the mechanisms they p…
Identifying and validating the “varieties” of spiritual experience
What Counts as Religious/Spiritual Experience in the US and India
Metadehumanization erodes democratic norms during the 2020 presidential election
The present research directly replicates past work suggesting that metadehumanization , the perception that another group dehumanizes your own group, erodes Americans’ support for democratic norms. In the days surrounding the 2020 US Presidential Election, American political partisans perceived that their political opponents dehumanized them more than was actually the case. Partisans’ exaggerated metadehumanization inspired reciprocal dehumanizat…
Hated but still human
Metadehumanization, the perception that members of an outgroup dehumanize your group, has been found to exacerbate intergroup conflict by inspiring reciprocal dehumanization of the offending outgroup. Moreover, metadehumanization is distinct from metaprejudice (i.e., the perception that an outgroup hates your group). Given the mutual animosity reported in public opinion polls toward the other side, we believed US–Russia relations would be a worth…
Essentially subhuman
Investigates the relationship between psychological essentialism and the tendency to dehumanize members of other social groups
Psychology, meaning making, and the study of worldviews
To get beyond the solely negative identities signaled by atheism and agnosticism, we have to conceptualize an object of study that includes religions and nonreligions. We advocate a shift from “religions” to “worldviews” and define worldviews in terms of the human ability to ask and reflect on “big questions” (BQs; e.g., what exists? how should we live?). From a worldviews perspective, atheism, agnosticism, and theism are competing claims about o…
The Influence of Environmental Enrichment on Cardiovascular and Behavioral Responses to Social Stress
OBJECTIVE: Stress is linked to negative cardiovascular consequences and increases in depressive behaviors. Environmental enrichment (EE) involves exposure to novel items that provide physical and cognitive stimulation. EE has behavioral, cognitive, and neurobiological effects that may improve stress responses in humans and animal models. This study investigated the potential protective effects of EE on behavior and cardiovascular function in fema…
Expanding minds
The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Depressive and Anxiety-Relevant Behaviors in Socially Isolated Prairie Voles
OBJECTIVES: Social isolation is associated with depression, anxiety, and negative health outcomes. Environmental enrichment, including environmental and cognitive stimulation with inanimate objects and opportunities for physical exercise, may be an effective strategy to include in treatment paradigms for affective disorders as a function of social isolation. In a rodent model-the socially monogamous prairie vole-we investigated the hypothesis tha…
Expanding minds
Hated but still human
Metadehumanization, the perception that members of an outgroup dehumanize your group, has been found to exacerbate intergroup conflict by inspiring reciprocal dehumanization of the offending outgroup. Moreover, metadehumanization is distinct from metaprejudice (i.e., the perception that an outgroup hates your group). Given the mutual animosity reported in public opinion polls toward the other side, we believed US–Russia relations would be a worth…
Essentially subhuman
Investigates the relationship between psychological essentialism and the tendency to dehumanize members of other social groups
The Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Depressive and Anxiety-Relevant Behaviors in Socially Isolated Prairie Voles
OBJECTIVES: Social isolation is associated with depression, anxiety, and negative health outcomes. Environmental enrichment, including environmental and cognitive stimulation with inanimate objects and opportunities for physical exercise, may be an effective strategy to include in treatment paradigms for affective disorders as a function of social isolation. In a rodent model-the socially monogamous prairie vole-we investigated the hypothesis tha…
Psychology, meaning making, and the study of worldviews
To get beyond the solely negative identities signaled by atheism and agnosticism, we have to conceptualize an object of study that includes religions and nonreligions. We advocate a shift from “religions” to “worldviews” and define worldviews in terms of the human ability to ask and reflect on “big questions” (BQs; e.g., what exists? how should we live?). From a worldviews perspective, atheism, agnosticism, and theism are competing claims about o…
The Influence of Environmental Enrichment on Cardiovascular and Behavioral Responses to Social Stress
OBJECTIVE: Stress is linked to negative cardiovascular consequences and increases in depressive behaviors. Environmental enrichment (EE) involves exposure to novel items that provide physical and cognitive stimulation. EE has behavioral, cognitive, and neurobiological effects that may improve stress responses in humans and animal models. This study investigated the potential protective effects of EE on behavior and cardiovascular function in fema…
Expanding minds
Metadehumanization erodes democratic norms during the 2020 presidential election
The present research directly replicates past work suggesting that metadehumanization , the perception that another group dehumanizes your own group, erodes Americans’ support for democratic norms. In the days surrounding the 2020 US Presidential Election, American political partisans perceived that their political opponents dehumanized them more than was actually the case. Partisans’ exaggerated metadehumanization inspired reciprocal dehumanizat…
Hated but still human
Metadehumanization, the perception that members of an outgroup dehumanize your group, has been found to exacerbate intergroup conflict by inspiring reciprocal dehumanization of the offending outgroup. Moreover, metadehumanization is distinct from metaprejudice (i.e., the perception that an outgroup hates your group). Given the mutual animosity reported in public opinion polls toward the other side, we believed US–Russia relations would be a worth…
Essentially subhuman
Investigates the relationship between psychological essentialism and the tendency to dehumanize members of other social groups
What Counts as Religious/Spiritual Experience in the US and India
A conceptual typology of presence experiences and corresponding mechanisms
Researchers who seek to understand the mechanisms that give rise to presence experiences are faced with a phenomenon that spans a wide variety of contexts, takes many forms, and is studied in various disciplines. In the absence of a conceptual typology that distinguishes different types of experiences in which physically absent persons or entities seem to be present, researchers have difficulty specifying the extent to which the mechanisms they p…
Identifying and validating the “varieties” of spiritual experience
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Dehumanization (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)