CURENT Seminar Series: Dr. Garriy Shteynberg, University of Tennessee

Date:  Friday, February 23, 2018

Time:  12:20 – 1:10pm EST

Location: Room 124 Min H. Kao Building, Knoxville, TN

Title: Shared Attention: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence

Presenter: Dr. Garriy Shteynberg, University of Tennessee

Abstract: Dr. Shteynberg reviews his work on shared attention, instances in which one’s personal perspective is also another’s. He describes the psychological state of shared attention as the activation of a perspective that is irreducibly collective—a perspective in which the world is experienced from ‘our attention’. He focuses on the conceptual logic behind shared attention, as well as the empirical work detailing its affective, motivational, and behavioral consequences. Highlighting findings that point to the relevance of shared attention to pragmatically important challenges, Dr. Shteynberg will discuss the role of shared attention in the extremetizing effects of social media consumption. Finally, he will address the relevance of shared attention to the emergence of human culture. 

Bio: Garriy Shteynberg is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee. Before coming to Tennessee, Dr. Shteynberg was a visiting professor at Northwestern University.

Dr. Shteynberg has authored 27 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on the topics of negotiation, social influence, persuasion, cultural change, and collective learning. He has also served as a consultant to Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group, the Survature Company, and the P.H.I. Consulting group.

Shteynberg holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.B.A. in Management from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.S. in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Maryland.