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Research
Latest papers
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lancet (London, England) · 2022
Loosening the GRIP (Gender Roles Inhibiting Prosociality) to Promote Gender Equality.
Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2021 · senior author
Latest funding
- $100,000
Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $25,933
Building a better "thank-you": Investigating effective gratitude content to promote sustained prosociality
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $67,711
Building a better "thank-you": Investigating effective gratitude content to promote sustained prosociality
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sachs JD, Karim SSA, Aknin L, Allen J, Brosbøl K, Colombo F, Barron GC, Espinosa MF, Gaspar V, Gaviria A, Haines A, Hotez PJ, Koundouri P, Bascuñán FL, Lee JK, Pate MA, Ramos G, Reddy KS, Serageldin I, Thwaites J, Vike-Freiberga V, Wang C, Were MK, Xue L, Bahadur C, Bottazzi ME, Bullen C, Laryea-Adjei G, Ben Amor Y, Karadag O, Lafortune G, Torres E, Barredo L, Bartels JGE, Joshi N, Hellard M, Huynh UK, Khandelwal S, Lazarus JV, Michie S
Loosening the GRIP (Gender Roles Inhibiting Prosociality) to Promote Gender Equality.
Croft A, Atkinson C, Sandstrom G, Orbell S, Aknin L
Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models
Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Aknin, Lara; Benoit, Cecilia M; Chen, Frances; Cosco, Theodore D; Joordens, Steve; Kim, Lawrence
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Digital Mental Health; Human-Computer Interaction; Large Language Models; Loneliness; Psychosocial Wellbeing; Social Connection; Social Support; Technology And Society
Building a better "thank-you": Investigating effective gratitude content to promote sustained prosociality
Principal investigators: Aknin, Lara B.
Keywords: gratitude; thank you; prosocial behaviour; generosity; charitable giving; self-perceptions; well-being
Building a better "thank-you": Investigating effective gratitude content to promote sustained prosociality
Principal investigators: Aknin, Lara B.
Keywords: gratitude; thank you; prosocial behaviour; generosity; charitable giving; self-perceptions; well-being
Can Repeated and Reflective Giving Nurture Canada's Next Generation of Philanthropists?
Principal investigators: Aknin, Lara B.
Keywords: charitable giving; prosocial behaviour; donation; generosity; philanthropy; youth education
Automatic Evaluations of Helping: Developing and Testing an Implicit Measure of Self- and Other- Interest
Principal investigators: Aknin, Lara
Keywords: (1) Helping; (2) Prosocial behaviour; (3) Self-interest; (4) Attitudes; (5) Attitude measurement; (6) Implicit attitudes
Do motives matter?: Examining whether motives underlying prosocial behaviour influence emotional consequences
Principal investigators: Aknin, Lara
Keywords: prosocial behaviour; subjective well-being; motivation; happiness; altruism; other-oriented vs. self-oriented motives
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