James W. Pennebaker is Professor Emeritus of Psychology. He is continuing to explore natural language use, group dynamics, and personality in both laboratory and real world settings. His earlier work on expressive writing found that physical health and work performance can improve by simple writing and/or talking exercises. His cross-disciplinary and highly cited research is related to linguistics, clinical and cognitive psychology, communications, medicine, and computer science. Author or editor of 12 books and over 300 articles, Pennebaker is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous research and teaching awards and honors.
- When
- Thursday 5 February 2026, 4 pm - 5 pm
- Speaker
- James Pennebaker
- Locations
- Trigon, Red Room
- Organisation
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour