John T. Cacioppo was a pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist renowned for his contributions to social neuroscience. As the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, he authored or co-authored over 400 scholarly papers and 17 books, establishing himself as a leading expert in social isolation, emotional contagion, and human behavior. His influential works include "Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection" and "Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society," which advanced interdisciplinary research on the biological mechanisms underlying social interactions.
Cacioppo's distinguished career spanned multiple institutions, including the University of Notre Dame, the University of Iowa, and Ohio State University, before his tenure at the University of Chicago. He held prestigious appointments such as External Professor Chair in Social Neurosciences at Free University Amsterdam and Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University. A past president of several major psychological associations, including the Association for Psychological Science, he received numerous accolades, such as the National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award and the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. His research earned him recognition as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Psychiatry/Psychology.
Cacioppo’s legacy includes foundational work bridging psychology and neuroscience, with his studies on loneliness and social behavior reshaping modern understanding of human connectivity. He chaired advisory boards for institutions worldwide and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His scholarly impact extended through leadership roles in academic organizations and mentorship of future researchers in cognitive and social neuroscience.
Non-Fiction Books
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Attitudes and Persuasion (With: Richard E. Petty)
1981
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Communication and Persuasion
1986
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Foundations in Social Neuroscience
2002
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Loneliness (With: William Patrick)
2008
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Discovering Psychology (With: Laura A. Freberg)
2012
Springer Series in Social Psychology Books
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The Ethics Of Social Research (By: Joan E. Sieber)
1982
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Anger and Aggression (By: James R. Averill)
1982
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Basic Group Processes (By: Paul B. Paulus)
1983
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Attitudinal Judgment (By: J. Richard. Eiser)
1984
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Language and Social Situations (By: Joseph P. Forgas)
1985
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Public Self and Private Self (By: Roy F. Baumeister)
1986
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Directions in Soviet Social Psychology (By: L. H. Strickland, E. Lockwood, N. Thurston)
2011
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Social Psychology of Creativity (By: Teresa Amabile)
2012
9
Facet Theory (By: D. Canter)
2012
10
Controversial Issues in Social Research Methods (By: Jerald Greenberg, Robert Folger)
2012
11
Compatible and Incompatible Relationships (By: William Ickes)
2012
12
Entrapment in Escalating Conflicts (By: J. Brockner, J.Z. Rubin)
2012
13
The Social Construction of the Person (By: K.J. Gergen, K.E. Davis)
2012
14
Action Control (By: Julius Kuhl, Jürgen Beckmann)
2012
15
The Psychological Impact of Unemployment (By: Norman T. Feather)
2012
16
The Social Psychology of Facial Appearance (By: Ray Bull, Nichola Rumsey)
2012
17
The Body and Social Psychology (By: Alan Radley)
2012
18
Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge (By: Kenneth J. Gergen)
2012
19
Social Psychology and Dysfunctional Behavior (By: Mark R. Leary, Rowland S. Miller)
2012
20
The Social Psychology of Intergroup Conflict (By: Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone, Daniel Bar-Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski)
2012
21
Person Perception and Attribution (By: R. Klein, Hans-Werner Bierhoff)
2012
22
Changing Conceptions of Crowd Mind and Behavior (By: C.F. Graumann, S. Moscovici)
2012
23
An Attributional Theory of Motivation and Emotion (By: Bernard Weiner)
2012
24
Theories of Group Behavior (By: George R. Goethals, Brian Mullen)
2012
25
Gender and Nonverbal Behavior (By: Clara Mayo, N. M. Henley)
2012
26
Mood (By: William N. Morris)
2012
27
Personality, Roles, and Social Behavior (By: William Ickes, Eric S. Knowles)
2012
28
Friendship and Social Interaction (By: Valerian J. Derlega, Barbara A. Winstead)
2012
29
The Attribution of Blame (By: Kelly G. Shaver)
2012
30
Intuitive Judgments of Change (By: Linda Silka)
2012
31
Changing Conceptions of Leadership (By: Carl F. Graumann, Serge Moscovici)
2012
32
Attention and Self-Regulation (By: C. S. Carver, M. F. Scheier)
2012
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Group Beliefs (By: Daniel Bar-Tal)
2012
34
Sports Violence (By: J.H. Goldstein)
2012
35
Attitudes and Behavioral Decisions (By: Arnold Upmeyer)
2012
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Power, Dominance, and Nonverbal Behavior (By: Steven L. Ellyson, John F. Dovidio)
2012
37
Nonverbal Behavior (By: Miles L. Patterson)
2012
38
The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict Resolution (By: Ronald J. Fisher)
2012
39
Social Psychology of Aggression (By: A. Mummendey)
2012
40
Sociophysiology (By: William Waid)
2012
41
Stereotyping and Prejudice (By: Wolfgang Stroebe, Daniel Bar-Tal, Arie W. Kruglanski, Carl F. Graumann)
2013
Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology Books
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Handbook of Psychophysiology
2000
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The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing (By: Peter G. Coleman, Malcolm L. Johnson, Vern L. Bengtson, Thomas B. L. Kirkwood)
2005
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (By: R. Keith Sawyer)
2005
4
The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (By: Keith J. Holyoak)
2005
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The Cambridge Handbook of Visuospatial Thinking (By: Akira Miyake, Priti Shah)
2005
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The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (By: Richard E. Mayer, Logan Fiorella)
2005
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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (By: K. Anders Ericsson, Robert R. Hoffman)
2006
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The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology (By: David L. Sam, John W. Berry)
2006
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships (By: Anita L. Vangelisti, Daniel Perlman)
2006
10
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (By: Robert J. Sternberg, James C. Kaufman)
2006
11
The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology (By: Jennifer M. Brown, Miranda A. H. Horvath)
2006
12
The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness (By: Evan Thompson, Philip David Zelazo, Morris Moscovitch)
2007
13
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (By: Daniel J. Flannery, Alexander Vazsonyi)
2007
14
The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology (By: Ed. Valsiner, Jaan, Alberto Rosa)
2007
15
The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology (By: Ron Sun)
2008
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour (By: Alan Lewis)
2008
17
The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought (By: Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.)
2008
18
The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition (By: Philip Robbins, Murat Aydede)
2008
19
The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology (By: Philip J. Corr, Gerald Matthews)
2009
20
The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy (By: David R. Olson, Nancy Torrance)
2009
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence (By: Robert J. Sternberg)
2010
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The Cambridge Handbook of Psycholinguistics (By: Michael Spivey, Ken McRae, Marc Joanisse)
2012
23
The Cambridge Handbook of Environment in Human Development (By: Linda C. Mayes)
2012
24
The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research (By: Robert R. Hoffman, Peter A. Hancock, Mark Scerbo, Raja Parasuraman, James L. Szalma)
2014
25
The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology (By: Anton Yasnitsky, Rene Van Der Veer, Michel Ferrari)
2014
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts (By: Pablo P.L. Tinio, Jeffrey K. Smith)
2014
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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Representations (By: Jaan Valsiner, Gordon Sammut, Eleni Andreouli, George Gaskell)
2015
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The Cambridge Handbook of Meeting Science (By: Joseph A. Allen, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Steven G. Rogelberg)
2015
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Handbook of Color Psychology (By: Anna Franklin, Andrew J. Elliot, Mark Fairchild)
2015
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The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis (By: Elisabeth Brauner, Margarete Boos, Michaela Kolbe)
2015
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice (By: Chris G. Sibley, Fiona Kate Barlow)
2016
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New Handbook of Mathematical Psychology: Volume 1, Foundations and Methodology (By: William H. Batchelder, Hans Colonius, Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, Jay Myung)
2016
33
The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science (By: Moshe Israelashvili, John Romano)
2016
34
The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement (By: Corey Dolgon, Tania D. Mitchell, Timothy K. Eatman)
2017
35
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research (By: James C. Kaufman, Colin DeYoung, Gregory J. Feist, Roni Reiter-Palmon)
2017
36
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity across Domains (By: John Baer, James C. Kaufman, Vlad P. Glăveanu)
2017
37
The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Training and Employee Development (By: Kenneth G. Brown)
2017
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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics (By: Mark M. Leach, Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel)
2018
39
The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work-Family Interface (By: Kristen M. Shockley, Winny Shen, Ryan C. Johnson)
2018
40
New Handbook of Mathematical Psychology: Volume 2, Modeling and Measurement (By: William H. Batchelder, Hans Colonius, Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov)
2018
41
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice: Concise Student Edition (By: Chris G. Sibley, Fiona Kate Barlow)
2018
42
The Cambridge Handbook of Play: Developmental and Disciplinary Perspectives (By: Peter K. Smith, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine)
2018
43
The Cambridge Handbook of Instructional Feedback (By: Jeffrey K. Smith, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich)
2018
44
The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence (By: Sharon Lamb, Jen Gilbert)
2018
45
The Cambridge Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders (By: Bunmi Olatunji)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Community Engagement and Outreach (By: Joseph A. Allen, Roni Reiter-Palmon)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging (By: Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros, Athanase Benetos, Jean-Marie Robine)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education (By: John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson)
2019
49
The Cambridge Handbook of Technology and Employee Behavior (By: Richard N. Landers)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Motivation and Learning (By: K. Ann Renninger, Suzanne E. Hidi)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research (By: Sally A. Fincher, Anthony V. Robins)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom (By: Valerie Tiberius, Robert J. Sternberg, Judith Glück)
2019
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Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (By: Carrie Llewellyn, Susan Ayers, Chris McManus, Stanton Newman, Keith J. Petrie, Tracey A. Revenson, John Weinman)
2019
54
The Cambridge Handbook of the Intellectual History of Psychology (By: Robert J. Sternberg, Wade E. Pickren)
2019
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Science, Technology, and Society: New Perspectives and Directions (By: Todd L. Pittinsky)
2019
56
The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis (By: Martin Sellbom, Julie A. Suhr, Robert F. Krueger)
2019
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The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior (By: Will Reader, Lance Workman, Jerome H. Barkow)
2020
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The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (By: Aidan G. C. Wright, Michael N. Hallquist)
2020
59
The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work (By: Brian J. Hoffman, Mindy K. Shoss, Lauren A. Wegman)
2020
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The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders (By: Carl W. Lejuez, Kim L. Gratz)
2020
61
The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination (By: Anna Abraham)
2020
62
The Cambridge Handbook of Workplace Affect (By: Liu-Qin Yang, Russell Cropanzano, Catherine S. Daus, Vicente Martinez-Tur)
2020
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The Handbook of Behavior Change (By: Martin S. Hagger, Linda D. Cameron, Kyra Hamilton, Nelli Hankonen, Taru Lintunen)
2020
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The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women (By: Diane F. Halpern, Fanny M. Cheung)
2020
65
The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions (By: Steve Sussman)
2020
66
The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development: Brain, Behavior, and Cultural Context (By: Jeffrey J. Lockman, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda)
2020
67
The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Training (By: Dan Landis, Dharm P. S. Bhawuk)
2020
68
The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology (By: Frank C. Worrell, Tammy L. Hughes, Dante D. Dixson)
2020
69
The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights (By: Neal S. Rubin, Roseanne L. Flores)
2020
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The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition (By: Allison B Kaufman)
2021
71
The Cambridge Handbook of Identity (By: Michael Bamberg)
2021
72
The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity (By: Sandra W Russ)
2021
73
The Cambridge Handbook of Community Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Contextual Perspectives (By: Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers)
2021
74
The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology (By: Chris G. Sibley, Danny Osborne)
2022
75
The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development (By: Olivier Houdé)
2022
76
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology: Volume 3, Female Sexual Adaptations (By: Todd K. Shackelford)
2022
77
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology: Volume 4, Controversies, Applications, and Nonhuman Primate Extensions (By: Todd K. Shackelford)
2022
78
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology: Volume 2, Male Sexual Adaptations (By: Todd K. Shackelford)
2022
79
The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Sexual Psychology: Volume 1, Foundations (By: Todd K. Shackelford)
2022
80
The Cambridge Handbook of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia (By: Michael A Skeide)
2022
81
The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health (By: David L. Vogel, Nathaniel G. Wade)
2022
82
The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting (By: Amanda Sheffield Morris, Julia Mendez Smith)
2022
83
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Emotions (By: James C. Kaufman, Zorana Ivcevic, Jessica D. Hoffmann)
2023
84
The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology (By: Cait Lamberton, Derek D. Rucker, Stephen A. Spiller)
2023
85
New Handbook of Mathematical Psychology: Volume 3, Perceptual and Cognitive Processes (By: Hans Colonius, Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, F. Gregory Ashby)
2023
86
The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior 2 Volume Hardback Set (By: Zheng Yan)
2023
Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction Books
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Fundamentals of Nonverbal Behavior (By: Robert S. Feldman)
1991
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Emotional Contagion (With: Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson)
1993
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The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior (By: Robert S. Feldman)
1999
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What Literature Teaches Us about Emotion (By: Patrick Colm Hogan)