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James Kimmel Jr.

Disciplines:
psychology
clinical psychology
psychology/grudge research
greece/revenge

Summary

American psychologist and lecturer at Yale School of Medicine who has conducted research on grudges — arguing that chronic grudge-holding has measurable negative health effects and that understanding the neuroscience of grudges can help people release them.

Core Contribution

Applies neuroscience and clinical psychology to the specific psychological phenomenon of grudge-holding — providing mechanistic explanations for why grudges persist and evidence-based approaches to releasing them.

Historical Influences

Clinical psychology research

Intellectual Lineage

Clinical Psychology Yale Medical SchoolPositive Psychology

Contemporaries & Peers

Forgiveness psychology researchers

Minds Influenced

Grudge and forgiveness discourseMW forgiveness content

Intellectual Posterity

Grudge research

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