John Cacioppo
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| Born | 1951 (age 65–66) Marshall, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Social neuroscience, Social psychology, Cognitive neuroscience, Biological psychology, Methodology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago (professor) |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University, Ohio, USA |
| Thesis | Heart Rate, Cognitive Response, and Persuasion (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anthony Greenwald |
| Known for | Co-founder of social neuroscience |
John Terrence Cacioppo (born 1951) is the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He founded and is Director of the University of Chicago Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience and the Director of the Arete Initiative of the Office of the Vice President for Research and National Laboratories at the University of Chicago. He co-founded the field of social neuroscience, and is a member of the Department of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and the College.
Cacioppo obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from The Ohio State University in 1977. He has served as the President of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for Consumer Psychology, the Society for Psychophysiological Research, and the Society for Social Neuroscience. He has also served as the Chair of the Psychology Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Chair of the National Research Council's Board of Behavior, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS); and Chair of the International Board of the Cluster of Excellence "Languages and Emotion," Free University Berlin. He has been elected as a Fellow in various Societies including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Society of Experimental Psychologists; the Society of Experimental Social Psychology; and The Royal Society of Arts. He has also been elected as a Distinguished Member of various Societies including Psi Chi; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the American Psychological Association; the Association for Psychological Science; the Society for Social Neuroscience; the American Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research; the World Innovation Foundation; the International Organization of Psychophysiology; the Society for Personality and Social Psychology; and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
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