# Professor Jonathan Haidt's research on the consequences of awe is highlighted

1 Faculty News May 26, 2016 ![New York Magazine logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_035440.gif?itok=tfYuio90)>

Excerpt from [New York Magazine](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/05/scientists-are-trying-to-solve-the-mystery-of-awe.html) -- "'The consequences of awe should be of interest to emotion researchers and to society in general,' they wrote in the study, published in the journal Cognition and Emotion. 'Awe-inducing events may be one of the fastest and most powerful methods of personal change and growth.'"

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