Two ways to the top: Evidence that dominance and prestige are distinct yet viable avenues to social rank and influence

Shamed into taking a drink? Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and worsening health among recovering alcoholics.

Jessica L. Tracy, Ph.D.

Jess is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.

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In the Emotion and Self Lab at the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, we study the process, structure, expression, and regulation of emotions and self. Much of our research is focused on self-conscious emotions (pride, shame,…

Jess APS talk

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Jess

Jess Tracy, “The Irrepressible Communicative Power of the Emotion Expressions of Pride and Shame” In the symposium,“Face it! Context reveals what the face conceals” (H. Aviezer, Chair), at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington DC. May,…

Dan’s Pre-Con talk

Dan Randles, “Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and declining health in recovering alcoholics” SPSP Social-Personality and Health Network Preconference Data Blitz, New Orleans, LA January 17, 2012

Dan’s Pre-Con talk

Dan Randles, “Nonverbal displays of shame predict relapse and declining health in recovering alcoholics” SPSP Social Personality and Health Network Preconference Pre-Conference on Nonverbal Behavior, New Orleans, LA January 17, 2012

Jessica L. Tracy, Ph.D.

Jess is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.

Red cues fertility

New research by Alec Beall and Jess Tracy shows that women are more likely to dress in red when they are at peak fertility– first evidence for an observable behavioral display that cues ovulation. Read the paper, now in press…