Two alumni from the EMP Lab, Clara Civiero and Lauren O'Rourke, returned to State College this past weekend. They caught up with the group, telling us how they have been doing in their first years in graduate school. It's always fun to welcome back...

We took our inaugural EMP Lab hike last month along Jackson Trail to David's Vista in Rothrock State Forest. This area has such great autumnal weather and views, and it was fun to share this with our group!

The Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, directed by Dr. Daryl Cameron, will be hosting a cross-over event with the Moral Psychology Research Group (https://sites.google.com/view/mprg/home) on November 15-17, 2024. For more details about the event,...

Dr. Cameron gave a talk titled "Expansive Empathy: Motivating Empathic Choices Across the Moral Circle" at the Most Good conference in Brooklyn, New York. More details about the conference can be found here, along with the archived live-stream of...

Dr. Cameron was interviewed for a piece on motivated empathy in Scientific American. The article considers the individual and societal/structural elements that shape whether we decide to empathize with others. The article covers a lot of the...

Dr. Cameron was interviewed by Caitlin Bailey and Art Howard from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) about empathy for deep-sea animals, including a panel with fellow Penn State social psychologist Dr. Janet Swim. A...

The Social Science Research Institute, one of our research funding partners here at Penn State, released two news releases last year in Penn State News about the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making (https://moralconsortium.psu.edu/). Check them out...

In April 2024, we hosted an interdisciplinary conference on empathy, morality, and AI through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. To learn more, check out this Penn State News release, which also covers our lab's broader interest in this topic...

We returned with Expanding Empathy in spring 2024, through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Our sixth year running the series, including psychologists and philosophers talking about empathy and morality, this is a highlight for the EMP Lab...

Check out this news story on the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, written by EMP Lab graduate Eliana Hadjiandreou. This news story talks about some of the ideas motivating the EMP Lab and Dr. Cameron's vision for the Consortium in the years...

The EMP Lab met up for one last coffee in early May. Cheers to our graduates and to a good summer!

In early May, Eliana Hadjiandreou officially graduated from Penn State, with her Ph.D., at the commencement ceremony. Congrats, Eliana!

The EMP Lab celebrated the end of the spring semester with a hike through campus and over to Berkey Creamery. Congratulations to our graduating seniors Lauren and Emily, and to our lab/Consortium RA Clara who will all be moving on this summer!

On Friday, we had the last joint lab meeting between our lab and Sean Laurent's Morality & Social Cognition (MASC) Lab. It was a beautiful day in sunny State College, so we decided to meet outside, and reflect on how the year had gone and where...