Gosia Gocłowska is a lecturer in social psychology and Principal Investigator of the Open Mind Lab. She obtained an MA from the University of Warsaw (2007, magna cum laude), and a PhD from the University of Kent (2011, no corrections). She then won two Marie-Curie Fellowships (IEF and IOF) to work as a research fellow at the University of Amsterdamand at the University Rochester(2012-2017). Gosia joined the University of Bath in September 2017.

 

 

The core focus of Gosia's research group is the study of epistemic emotions (e.g., awe, curiosity, interest, surprise), their commonalities and differences, "flavours", and downstream consequences for (social) psychology. Members of Gosia's lab study emotions in the awe family (awe, admiration, elevation) and epistemic emotions (awe, curiosity, interest, surprise, boredom and confusion). They conduct research using surveys and experiments, field studies (e.g., a recent collaboration with the Cambridge Science Center), and Virtual Reality environments.

 

 

• Awe and social values (Bihui Jin)

• Awe and immeasurability (Ece Tunc)

• Awe and political speeches (Alessandro Magnoni)

• Epistemic emotions in science centre events (Gosia Goclowska)

• Epistemic emotions and e-bike trials (Ruth Gibson)

• Awe in VR (Gosia Goclowska)

 

 

Noordewier, M., & Gocłowska, M. A., (2023). Shared and Unique Features of Epistemic Emotions: Awe, Surprise, Curiosity, Interest, Confusion, and Boredom. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001314