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Jennifer Stellar
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Latest funding
- $36,671
Understanding the Impact of Self-Transcendent Emotions on Well-being
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $58,000
Multidimensional conceptualization of empathy: trade-off between empathy, cognitive load and motivation
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $208,568
The immunological benefits of experiencing awe
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Understanding the Impact of Self-Transcendent Emotions on Well-being
Principal investigators: Stellar, Jennifer E.
Keywords: positive emotions; well-being; self-transcendent emotions; meaning; happiness
Multidimensional conceptualization of empathy: trade-off between empathy, cognitive load and motivation
Principal investigators: Martin, Loren
Keywords: Empathy; Working memory capacity; Cognitive control; Motivation; Pain; Fatigue; Mental effort; Personality; Event-related Potential
The immunological benefits of experiencing awe
Principal investigators: Stellar, Jennifer
Keywords: Emotion; Immunology; Art;Health; Awe; Social Class
Awe a key collective emotion: Understanding the role of awe in group membership and intergroup relations
Principal investigators: Stellar, Jennifer
Keywords: (1) emotion; (2) awe; (3) group membership; (4) intergroup relations; (5) empathy; (6) Psychophysiology; (7) morality
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.