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CaMP LAB

The CaMP Lab supports interdisciplinary research at the intersection of philosophy and the cognitive and social sciences. Current work focuses on political polarization, cross-cultural moral psychology, consciousness, self-regulation, and moral responsibility.

Cognition · Morality · Philosophy

Research supported by

Templeton World Charity FoundationTWCF
Templeton Religious TrustTRT
Psychological Science AcceleratorPSA
James S. McDonnell FoundationMcDonnell
John Templeton FoundationJTF
Charles Lafitte FoundationLafitte

Current projects

01

Developing Global Infrastructure to Study Political Polarization

This project develops measures, scales, and research protocols for studying political polarization across Latin America, extending earlier work conducted in the United States and Brazil.

With Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Paulo Boggio

2026–2027 · Templeton World Charity Foundation
02

Connecting, Advancing, and Nurturing Moral Psychology

This project supports a global scholarly community devoted to interdisciplinary moral psychology. It includes the International Society for Moral Psychology and a linked mentorship program for the next generation of moral psychologists.

With John Doris, Valerie Tiberius, Santiago Amaya, Laura Niemi, and Shaun Nichols

2026–2027 · Templeton World Charity Foundation

Selected past projects

01

Building Empathy for Depolarization in the United States and Brazil

A cross-cultural study of conversational interventions designed to mitigate affective polarization. The project developed new methods for comparing polarization and depolarization across cultures.

With Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

2024–2026 · Templeton Religious Trust
02

Global Moral Codes

A global experience-sampling study of everyday moral experiences involving approximately 3,000 participants across 15 countries.

With William Jiménez-Leal and Santiago Amaya

2023–2024 · Psychological Science Accelerator
03

Consciousness, Just in Time

A project validating measures of dynamic modes of thought and studying transitions between modes of thinking in virtual-reality environments.

With Zac Irving and Caitlin Mills

2022–2024 · Templeton World Charity Foundation
04

Moral Psychology off the Rails

A project developing new measures and situations for studying moral judgment, with particular attention to non-Western and rural populations in Colombia.

Based at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

2021–2023 · James S. McDonnell Foundation

Earlier funded work Earlier projects examined vigilance and self-control, mind-wandering and prospective memory, moral responsibility for omissions, and the relationship between mind-wandering and creativity.