Beate Seibt

Academic Interests
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Kama muta or the phenomenology and functions of getting moved by certain events, narratives, videos and music
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Climate change and sustainable behavior
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Intergroup relations
Teaching
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Lectures in PSY4111 - Applied Social Psychology
Course coordinator:
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PSY2102 - Social Cognition
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PSY1100 - Introduction to social psychology
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PSY4130 and PSYM4830 - Promoting change through social psychology
Higher education and employment history (see full CV)
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Since 2018 Full professor, University of Oslo, Department of Psychology
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2012-2018 Associate professor, University of Oslo, Department of Psychology
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Independent Researcher at ISCTE, Lisboa, 2008 - 2012
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Postdoc with Fellowship from German Science Foundation at University of Utrecht, 2006 - 2008
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Lecturer at University of Wuerzburg, 2003 - 2006
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PhD in Social Psychology from University of Würzburg, 2003
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Master in Psychology (Diploma) from Free University of Berlin, 1997
Main external cooperation partners
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Alan P. Fiske, UCLA
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Patricia Arriaga, CIS-IUL, ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa
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Ravit Nussinson, The Open University of Israel
Publications
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Blomster Lyshol, Johanna Katarina; Seibt, Beate; Oliver, Mary Beth & Thomsen, Lotte (2022). Moving political opponents closer: How kama muta can contribute to reducing the partisan divide in the US. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. ISSN 1368-4302. doi: 10.1177/13684302211067152.
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Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Alluri, Vinoo; Moorthigari, Vishnu & Seibt, Beate (2022). Feeling moved by music: Investigating continuous ratings and acoustic correlates. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 17(1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261151. Full text in Research Archive
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Swarbrick, Dana; Seibt, Christa Beate; Grinspun, Noemi & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2021). Corona Concerts: The Effect of Virtual Concert Characteristics on Social Connection and Kama Muta. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648448. Show summary
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Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Jurek, Paweł; Besta, Tomasz; Korzeniewska, Lubomiła & Seibt, Beate (2020). De-gender them! Gendered vs cooperative division of housework – cross-cultural comparison of Polish and Norwegian students. Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310. 39(6), p. 2276–2284. doi: 10.1007/s12144-018-9915-6.
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Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Arriaga, Patrícia; Vilar Santos, S.; Schubert, Thomas & Seibt, Beate (2020). Tears of joy, aesthetic chills and heartwarming feelings: Physiological correlates of Kama Muta. Psychophysiology. ISSN 0048-5772. 57(12). doi: 10.1111/psyp.13662. Full text in Research Archive
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Blomster, Johanna Katarina; Thomsen, Lotte & Seibt, Beate (2020). Moved by Observing the Love of Others: Kama Muta Evoked Through Media Fosters Humanization of Out-Groups. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01240.
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Hu, Chuan-Peng; Yin, Ji-Xing; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Dalğar, İlker; Weissgerber, Sophia C. & Vergara, Rodrigo C. [Show all 32 contributors for this article] (2019). Data from the Human Penguin Project, a cross-national dataset testing social thermoregulation principles. Scientific Data. ISSN 2052-4463. 6:32, p. 1–7. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0029-2. Full text in Research Archive
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Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen; Blomster, Johanna Katarina; Seibt, Christa Beate; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich & Fiske, Alan P. (2019). Too Cute for Words: Cuteness Evokes the Heartwarming Emotion of Kama Muta . Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 10(387). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00387. Full text in Research Archive
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Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Schubert, Thomas; Seibt, Beate & Fiske, Alan P. (2019). Moving Through the Literature: What Is the Emotion Often Denoted Being Moved? Emotion Review. ISSN 1754-0739. doi: 10.1177/1754073918820126. Full text in Research Archive
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Fiske, Alan Page; Seibt, Beate & Schubert, Thomas (2019). The Sudden Devotion Emotion: Kama Muta and the Cultural Practices Whose Function Is to Evoke It. Emotion Review. ISSN 1754-0739. 11(1), p. 74–86. doi: 10.1177/1754073917723167. Full text in Research Archive
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IJzerman, Hans; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Dalgar, Ilker; Weissgerber, Sophia C.; Vergara, Rodrigo C. & Cairo, Athena [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2018). The Human Penguin Project: Climate, Social Integration, and Core Body Temperature. Collabra: Psychology. ISSN 2474-7394. 4(1). doi: 10.1525/collabra.165.
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Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Schubert, Thomas; Seibt, Beate; Blomster, Johanna Katarina; Arriaga, Patrícia & Basabe, Nekane [Show all 35 contributors for this article] (2018). Kama Muta: Conceptualizing and Measuring the Experience Often Labelled Being Moved Across 19 Nations and 15 Languages . Emotion. ISSN 1528-3542. 19(3), p. 402–424. doi: 10.1037/emo0000450. Full text in Research Archive
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Seibt, Beate; Schubert, Thomas; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich & Fiske, Alan Page (2018). Touching the Base: Heart-Warming Ads from the 2016 U.S. Election Moved Viewers to Partisan Tears. Cognition & Emotion. ISSN 0269-9931. 33, p. 197–212. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2018.1441128. Full text in Research Archive
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Schubert, Thomas; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Seibt, Beate & Fiske, Alan Page (2018). Moment-to-moment changes in feeling moved match changes in closeness, tears, goosebumps, and warmth: time series analyses. Cognition & Emotion. ISSN 0269-9931. 32(1), p. 174–184. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1268998.
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Fiske, Alan Page; Schubert, Thomas & Seibt, Beate (2017). “Kama muta” or ‘being moved by love’: A bootstrapping approach to the ontology and epistemology of an emotion. In Cassaniti, Julia L. & Menon, Usha (Ed.), Universalism without uniformity: Explorations in mind and culture. University of Chicago Press. ISSN 022650168X. p. 79–100. doi: https%3A/doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226501710.001.0001.
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Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena A.; Piotrowski, Jarosław P.; Cieciuch, Jan; Calogero, Rachel M.; Van Hiel, Alain & Argentero, Piergiorgio [Show all 35 contributors for this article] (2017). Measurement of psychological entitlement in 28 countries. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. ISSN 1015-5759. 33(3), p. 207–217. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000286.
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Seibt, Beate; Schubert, Thomas; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Zhu, Lei; Arriaga, Patrícia & Simão, Cláudia [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2017). Kama Muta: Similar emotional responses to touching videos across the US, Norway, China, Israel, and Portugal. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. ISSN 0022-0221. 49(3), p. 418–435. doi: 10.1177/0022022117746240.
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Schubert, Thomas; Seibt, Beate; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Blomster, Johanna Katarina & Fiske, Alan Page (2017). Being moved is a positive emotion, and emotions should not be equated with their vernacular labels. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. ISSN 0140-525X. 40(e374). doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17001820.
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Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Schubert, Thomas; Seibt, Beate & Fiske, Alan Page (2017). Empathic Concern is Part of A More General Communal Emotion. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 8(MAY). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00723. Full text in Research Archive
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Seibt, Beate; Schubert, Thomas; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich & Fiske, Alan Page (2017). Interpersonal closeness and morality predict feelings of being moved. Emotion. ISSN 1528-3542. 17(3), p. 389–394. doi: 10.1037/emo0000271. Full text in Research Archive
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Gaspar, Rui; Luis, Silvia; Seibt, Beate; Lima, Maria Luisa; Marcu, Afrodita & Rutsaert, Pieter [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2016). Consumers' avoidance of information on red meat risks: Information exposure effects on attitudes and perceived knowledge. Journal of Risk Research. ISSN 1366-9877. 19(4), p. 533–549. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2014.1003318.
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Gaspar, Rui; Pedro, Claudia; Panagiotopoulos, Panos & Seibt, Beate (2016). Beyond positive or negative: Qualitative sentiment analysis of social media reactions to unexpected stressful events. Computers in Human Behavior. ISSN 0747-5632. 56, p. 179–191. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.040.
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Gaspar, Rui; Barnett, Julie & Seibt, Beate (2015). Crisis as seen by the individual: the Norm Deviation Approach. Psyecology. ISSN 2171-1976. 6(1), p. 103–135. doi: 10.1080/21711976.2014.1002205.
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Seibt, Beate; Mühlberger, Andreas; Likowski, Katja & Weyers, Peter (2015). Facial mimicry in its social setting. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01122.
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Seibt, Beate; Waldzus, Sven; Schubert, Thomas & Brito, Rodrigo (2015). Conservatism is not the missing viewpoint for true diversity. Commentary on Duarte et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. ISSN 0140-525X. 38:e157, p. 38–39. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14001290. Full text in Research Archive
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Simão, Cláudia & Seibt, Beate (2015). Friendly touch increases gratitude by inducing communal feelings. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 6. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00815. Full text in Research Archive
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Rutsaert, Pieter; Barnett, Julie; Gaspar, Rui; Marcu, Aphrodite; Pieniak, Zuzanna & Seibt, Beate [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2015). Beyond information seeking: Consumers’ online deliberation about the risks and benefits of red meat. Food Quality and Preference. ISSN 0950-3293. 39(1), p. 191–201. doi: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.07.011.
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Verbeke, Wim; Marcu, Aphrodite; Rutsaert, Pieter; Gaspar, Rui; Seibt, Beate & Fletcher, Dave [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2015). 'Would you eat cultured meat?': Consumers' reactions and attitude formation in Belgium, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Meat Science. ISSN 0309-1740. 102, p. 49–58. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.11.013.
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Marcu, Aphrodite; Gaspar, Rui; Rutsaert, Pieter; Seibt, Beate; Fletcher, Dave & Verbeke, Wim [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2015). Analogies, metaphors, and wondering about the future: Lay sense-making around synthetic meat. Public Understanding of Science. ISSN 0963-6625. 24(5), p. 547–562. doi: 10.1177/0963662514521106.
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Gaspar, Rui; Gorjão, Sara; Seibt, Beate; Lima, Luisa; Barnett, Julie & Moss, Adrian [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Tweeting during food crises: A psychosocial analysis of threat coping expressions in Spain, during the 2011 EHEC outbreak in Europe. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. ISSN 1071-5819. 72, p. 239–254. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.10.001.
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Simão, Cláudia & Seibt, Beate (2014). Gratitude Depends on the Relational Model of Communal Sharing. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 9(1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086158. Full text in Research Archive
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Seibt, Beate; Weyers, Peter; Likowski, Katja; Pauli, Paul; Mühlberger, Andreas & Hess, Ursula (2013). Subliminal Interdependence Priming Modulates Congruent and Incongruent Facial Reactions to Emotional Display. Social Cognition. ISSN 0278-016X. 31, p. 613–631. doi: 10.1521/soco.2013.31.5.613.
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Swarbrick, Dana; Grinspun, Noemi; Seibt, Beate & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Food & Paper: Virtually Together: Concerts during the Coronavirus. Show summary
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Swarbrick, Dana; Seibt, Beate; Grinspun, Noemi & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Virtually together: Concerts during the coronavirus. Show summary
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Swarbrick, Dana; Seibt, Beate; Grinspun, Noemi & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Virtually Together: Concerts during the Coronavirus. Show summary
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Swarbrick, Dana; Grinspun, Noemi; Seibt, Beate & Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina (2020). Quarantine Concerts.
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Vuoskoski, Jonna Katariina; Zickfeld, Janis Heinrich; Alluri, Vinoo & Seibt, Beate (2018). Moved by music: Investigating continuous ratings and contributing musical features. Show summary