Brendan Bo O'Connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 7833471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Bo O'Connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan Bo |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Connor |
| SIGNATURE | CONNOR B B O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Co-imagination fosters shared emotions of future experiences
Emotions play a crucial role in a host of goal-directed cognitive processes such as imagining and planning for the future. From hope to despair, shared emotions within representations of the future can motivate farsighted decisions and facilitate social coordination. Though interpersonal dynamics are critical to theories of emotion, imagination has been primarily studied as a process occurring within individuals rather than between them. Neverthe…
Social value at a distance
From memory to motivation
Research has documented a strong link between constructing episodic simulations -vivid imaginations of specific events-and empathy. To date, most studies have used episodic simulations of helping someone to facilitate affective empathy and promote helping intentions, but have not studied how episodic simulations of another's distressing situation affect empathy. Moreover, affective empathy encompasses both personal distress (i.e., an egocentric e…
I remember therefore I am
The role of episodic simulation in motivating commonplace harms
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I remember therefore I am
The role of episodic simulation in motivating commonplace harms
Social value at a distance
From memory to motivation
Research has documented a strong link between constructing episodic simulations -vivid imaginations of specific events-and empathy. To date, most studies have used episodic simulations of helping someone to facilitate affective empathy and promote helping intentions, but have not studied how episodic simulations of another's distressing situation affect empathy. Moreover, affective empathy encompasses both personal distress (i.e., an egocentric e…
Co-imagination fosters shared emotions of future experiences
Emotions play a crucial role in a host of goal-directed cognitive processes such as imagining and planning for the future. From hope to despair, shared emotions within representations of the future can motivate farsighted decisions and facilitate social coordination. Though interpersonal dynamics are critical to theories of emotion, imagination has been primarily studied as a process occurring within individuals rather than between them. Neverthe…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Empathy (2 works) · Episodic memory (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 work)