John T. Cacioppo
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Professor John T. Cacioppo died of cancer on March 5, 2018. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Cacioppo's work.
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- John T. Cacioppo, Pioneer and Founder of the Field of Social Neuroscience, 1951-2018 (University of Chicago)
- John Cacioppo, 1951-2018 (Association for Psychological Science)
- John Cacioppo, Who Studied Effects of Loneliness, Is Dead at 66 (New York Times)
- John T. Cacioppo, Scientist of Loneliness Who Expanded Psychology’s Reach, Dies at 66 (Washington Post)
John T. Cacioppo is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago. He is the Director of the Social Psychology Program at The University of Chicago as well as the Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience. Before going to The University of Chicago, Cacioppo served on the faculty at the University of Notre Dame (1977-1979), the University of Iowa (1979-1989), and Ohio State University (1989-1999).
We are investigating the social and neural mechanisms underlying complex human behavior through an approach we termed social neuroscience (Cacioppo & Berntson, 1992, 2004; Cacioppo et al., 2000, 2002). There have been important advances in our understanding of the links between the mind, brain, and behavior over the past century, but it has been conventional to conceptualize individuals as somewhat isolated units of analysis. As a social species, however, humans create emergent organizations beyond the individual - structures that range from dyads, families, and groups to cities, civilizations, and cultures. These emergent structures evolved hand in hand with neural and hormonal mechanisms to support them because the consequent social behaviors helped these organisms survive, reproduce, and care for offspring sufficiently long that they too survived to reproduce. Social neuroscience represents an interdisciplinary approach devoted to understanding how biological systems implement social processes and behavior and to using biological concepts and methods to inform and refine theories of social processes and behavior. We use a variety of methods in our research, including functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), standard and high density electroencephalography and event-related brain potentials, psychophysiological assessments, and neuroendocrine and immune assays, and in collaboration with colleagues we also have begun to bring quantitative genetics to bear on our research questions.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Close Relationships
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Evolution and Genetics
- Health Psychology
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Cognition
Research Group or Laboratory:
- Social Neuroscience Laboratory
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The Lethality of Loneliness (TEDx talk)
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18:45 The Lethality of Loneliness (TEDx talk)
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14:51 How to Cope with Loneliness (Big Think)
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1:17 Overcoming Isolation (AARP Foundation)
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56:18 Memorial in Celebration of the Life and Work of Professor John T. Cacioppo
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6:46 Loneliness (Big Think)
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4:54 Why Do We Feel Lonely?
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7:28 Loneliness and the Body (Big Think)
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5:30 Loneliness and Technology (Big Think)
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4:59 Human Nature and Happiness (Big Think)
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1:21:30 Social Isolation (University of Missouri)
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36:40 Connected Minds: Loneliness, Social Brains, and the Need for Community (RSA)
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1:12:48 Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection (University of Chicago)
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1:15:59 Loneliness, Human Nature, and the Need for Social Connection (Cornell University)
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1:19:21 The Brain, Social Neuroscience, and Loneliness (Harper Lecture)
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4:56 American Loneliness (Big Think)
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8:22 Loneliness and Capitalism (Big Think)
Books:
- Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (Eds.). (2009). Handbook of neuroscience for the behavioral sciences. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Cacioppo, J. T., & Berntson, G. G. (Eds.). (2005). Social neuroscience: Key readings. New York: Psychology Press.
- Cacioppo, J. T., & Freberg, L. (2016). Discovering psychology: The science of mind. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- Cacioppo, J. T., & Patrick, B. (2008). Loneliness: Human nature and the need for social connection. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Visser P. S., & Pickett, C. L. (Eds.). (2006). Social neuroscience: People thinking about thinking people. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Hatfield, E., Cacioppo, J. T., & Rapson, R. L. (1994). Emotional contagion. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles:
- Berntson, G. G., Cacioppo, J. T., & Quigley, K. S. (1991). Autonomic determinism: The modes of autonomic control, the doctrine of autonomic space, and the laws of autonomic constraint. Psychological Review, 98(4), 459-487.
- Cacioppo, J. T. (2002). Social neuroscience: Understanding the pieces fosters understanding the whole and vice versa. American Psychologist, 57(11), 819-831.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., Lorig, T. S., Norris, C. J., Rickett, E., & Nusbaum, H. (2003). Just because you're imaging the brain doesn't mean you can stop using your head: A primer and set of first principles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 650-661.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., & Nusbaum, H. C. (2008). Neuroimaging as a new tool in the toolbox of psychological science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 62-67.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Berntson, G. G., & Semin, G. R. (2005). Scientific symbiosis represents the mutual benefit of iteratively adopting the perspective of realism and instrumentalism. American Psychologist, 60(4), 347-348.
- Cacioppo, J. T., & Cacioppo, S. (2014). Social relationships and health: The toxic effects of perceived social isolation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 8, 58-72.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Cacioppo, S., Gonzaga, G. C., Ogburn, E. L., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2013). Marital satisfaction and breakups differ across online and offline meeting venues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, 10135-10140.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., & Berntson, G. G. (2003). The anatomy of loneliness. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 71-74.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Reis, H. T., & Zautra, A. J. (2011). Social resilience: The value of social fitness with an application to the military. American Psychologist, 66(1), 43-51.
- Cacioppo, J. T., Semin, G. R., & Berntson, G. G. (2004). Realism, instrumentalism, and scientific symbiosis: Psychological theory as a search for truth and the discovery of solutions. American Psychologist, 59, 214-223.
- Epley, N., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). On seeing human: A three-factor theory of anthropomorphism. Psychological Review, 114(4), 864-886.
- Gurung, R. A. R., Hackathorn, J., Enns, C., Frantz, S., Cacioppo, J. T., Loop, T., & Freeman, J. E. (2016). Strengthening introductory psychology: A new model for teaching the introductory course. American Psychologist, 71(2), 112-124.
- Hawkley, L. C., Browne, M. W., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2005). How can I connect with thee? Let me count the ways. Psychological Science, 16, 798-804.
- Ito, T. A., Chiao, K. W., Devine, P. G., Lorig, T. S., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2006). The influence of facial feedback on race bias. Psychological Science, 17, 256-261.
- Kintsch, W., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1994). Introduction to the 100th anniversary issue of the Psychological Review. Psychological Review, 101(2), 195-199.
- Kosslyn, S. M., Cacioppo, J. T., Davidson, R. J., Hugdahl, K., Lovallo, W. R., Spiegel, D., & Rose, R. (2002). Bridging psychology and biology: the analysis of individuals in groups. American Psychologist, 57(5), 341-351.
- Lamm, C., Porges, E. C., Cacioppo, J. T., & Decety, J. (2008). Perspective taking is associated with specific facial responses during empathy for pain. Brain Research, 1227, 153-161.
- Larsen, J. T., McGraw, A. P., Mellers, B. A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). The agony of victory and the thrill of defeat: Mixed emotional reactions to disappointing wins and relieving losses. Psychological Science, 15, 325-330.
- Norris, C. J., Chen, E. E., Zhu, D. C., Small, S. L., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2004). The interaction of social and emotional processes in the brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1818-1829.
- Sarter, M., Berntson, G. G., & Cacioppo, J. T. (1996). Brain imaging and cognitive neuroscience: Toward strong inference in attributing function to structure. American Psychologist, 51(1), 13-21.