September 17, 2021
Congratulations to John Bargh, who has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Connecticut Psychological Association Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology. The announcement letter states:
“This award acknowledges your impressive career and your research into unconscious influences on social judgment and behavior, as well as the impact of physical motivations on social and political attitudes. The groundbreaking work in your Automaticity in Cognition Motivation and Evaluation lab has had a profound impact on our understanding of social cognition and unconscious motivators of behavior. Your research has advanced the science of psychology and provides critical insights into important societal problems.”