Lauren Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 6501488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren |
| FAMILY NAME | Ross |
| SIGNATURE | ROSS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4913-2250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conspiracy thinking in American politics
Conspiratorial thinking is an indelible part of American politics; indeed, conspiracy theories proliferated in North America even before the founding of the United States. A current headwind of trends appears to facilitate a surge in conspiratorial thinking, including the increased spread and accessibility of misinformation, steady declines in public trust in authority figures, and an increasingly polarized electorate marked by mutual partisan an…
Recalling prior experiences with a close other can fulfill the need for social connection
Humans need social connection to thrive, but how we fulfill this need is not well understood. Numerous theoretical perspectives propose that continual positive experiences with a close other fulfill the need for social connection. Despite popular acceptance for this notion, little research has investigated the consequences of having multiple experiences with a close other. As a first step toward this goal, the current studies assessed whether rec…
Relationships Between Early Maternal Warmth and Social Connection
OBJECTIVE: Early experiences of having received maternal warmth predict responses to opportunities to connect with others later in life. However, the understanding of neurochemical mechanisms by which such relationships emerge remains incomplete. Endogenous opioids, involved in social connection in both animals and humans, may contribute to this link. Therefore, the current study examined a) relationships between early maternal warmth and brain a…
A body-to-mind perspective on social connection
Social connection may stem from afferent pathways that bring bodily information to the brain and mind. In support of this perspective, research from animals and humans shows that physical warmth causally affects experiences of social connection. However, whether physical warmth affects feelings of social connection and the brain's response to close others remains unknown. In the current study, 42 participants completed an fMRI scan as they viewed…
Neural Correlates of Giving Social Support
OBJECTIVE: Giving support contributes to the link between social ties and health; however, the neural mechanisms are not known. Giving support in humans may rely on neural regions implicated in parental care in animals. The current studies, therefore, assess the contribution of parental care-related neural regions to giving support in humans and, as a further theoretical test, examine whether the benefits of giving targeted support to single, ide…
Femininity, Masculinity, and Body Image Issues among College-Age Women
In this article we investigate college-age womens body image issues in the context of dominant femininity and its polarization of the mind and body. We use original data collected through seven in-depth interviews and 32 qualitative written interviews with college-age women and men. We coded the data thematically applying feminist approaches to the analysis. We conclude that the current standard of femininity disproportionately associates womens …
Femininity, Masculinity, and Body Image Issues among College-Age Women
In this article we investigate college-age womens body image issues in the context of dominant femininity and its polarization of the mind and body. We use original data collected through seven in-depth interviews and 32 qualitative written interviews with college-age women and men. We coded the data thematically applying feminist approaches to the analysis. We conclude that the current standard of femininity disproportionately associates womens …
Femininity, Masculinity, and Body Image Issues among College-Age Women
In this article we investigate college-age womens body image issues in the context of dominant femininity and its polarization of the mind and body. We use original data collected through seven in-depth interviews and 32 qualitative written interviews with college-age women and men. We coded the data thematically applying feminist approaches to the analysis. We conclude that the current standard of femininity disproportionately associates womens …
Neural Correlates of Giving Social Support
OBJECTIVE: Giving support contributes to the link between social ties and health; however, the neural mechanisms are not known. Giving support in humans may rely on neural regions implicated in parental care in animals. The current studies, therefore, assess the contribution of parental care-related neural regions to giving support in humans and, as a further theoretical test, examine whether the benefits of giving targeted support to single, ide…
A body-to-mind perspective on social connection
Social connection may stem from afferent pathways that bring bodily information to the brain and mind. In support of this perspective, research from animals and humans shows that physical warmth causally affects experiences of social connection. However, whether physical warmth affects feelings of social connection and the brain's response to close others remains unknown. In the current study, 42 participants completed an fMRI scan as they viewed…
Relationships Between Early Maternal Warmth and Social Connection
OBJECTIVE: Early experiences of having received maternal warmth predict responses to opportunities to connect with others later in life. However, the understanding of neurochemical mechanisms by which such relationships emerge remains incomplete. Endogenous opioids, involved in social connection in both animals and humans, may contribute to this link. Therefore, the current study examined a) relationships between early maternal warmth and brain a…
Recalling prior experiences with a close other can fulfill the need for social connection
Humans need social connection to thrive, but how we fulfill this need is not well understood. Numerous theoretical perspectives propose that continual positive experiences with a close other fulfill the need for social connection. Despite popular acceptance for this notion, little research has investigated the consequences of having multiple experiences with a close other. As a first step toward this goal, the current studies assessed whether rec…
Conspiracy thinking in American politics
Conspiratorial thinking is an indelible part of American politics; indeed, conspiracy theories proliferated in North America even before the founding of the United States. A current headwind of trends appears to facilitate a surge in conspiratorial thinking, including the increased spread and accessibility of misinformation, steady declines in public trust in authority figures, and an increasingly polarized electorate marked by mutual partisan an…
Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Feeling (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Amygdala (2 works) · Anterior cingulate cortex (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Functional magnetic resonance imaging (2 works)