Furman Quoted in BBC Worklife

The research of Celina Furman, graduate student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, is mentioned in a recent BBC Worklife article titled “The ‘Batman Effect’: How having an alter ego empowers you” 

The article examines the benefits of the 'Batman Effect', or self-distancing, which can include adopting an alter ego in order to boost confidence and determination or using the 3rd person perspective to reflect on options before making a decision. 

Furman’s same research also appears in a recent Association for Psychological Science article which discusses healthy eating. 

Furman is a fourth-year graduate student in the area of social psychology, advised by professor Alex Rothman and co-advisor Traci Mann. 

Composed by Flora Pollack, communications assistant.