Bruce Dore, McGill University

Research

social influence emotion information sharing emotion-cognition interactions functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)human decision-making information propagation neuro-forecasting

Latest funding

Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$40,000
Components of human decisions to share information
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$112,000

All 6 grants and awards

Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Department of National Defence Research Initiative (DNDRI)

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce P.

Keywords: social influence; emotion; information sharing

$20,000

Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Department of National Defence Research Initiative (DNDRI)

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce P.

Keywords: social influence; emotion; information sharing

$40,000

Components of human decisions to share information

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce

Keywords: human decision-making; information propagation; emotion-cognition interactions; neuro-forecasting; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri)

$112,000

Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce P.

Keywords: social influence; emotion; information sharing

$58,208

Components of human decisions to share information

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce

$12,500

Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dore, Bruce P.

Keywords: social influence; emotion; information sharing

$35,196

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: social influence Dear Professor Dore, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on social influence connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Why do emotions spread quickly through social networks? Mechanisms that underlie the 'viral' spread of emotional content" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]