Peter Aungle

PhD Student in Psychology

Harvard University

About

I am a PhD candidate in Psychology at Harvard University. My research focuses on mind-body effects on health. I am particularly interested in attention, beliefs, and expectations and the ways in which they interact to influence physical health.

Interests
  • Health psychology
  • Embodied models of health
  • Placebo effects
Education

  • PhD in Experimental Psychology, 2025

    Harvard University

  • AM in Experimental Psychology, 2022

    Harvard University

  • BA in Experimental Psychology, 2009

    University of California, Berkeley

Featured Research

Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer
December, 2023
Physical healing as a function of perceived time
Physical healing as a function of perceived time

More wound healing followed greater perceived time and less wound healing followed less perceived time, even though elapsed time was always equal.
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Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer
November, 2023
The borderline effect in diabetes: when no difference makes a difference
The borderline effect in diabetes: when no difference makes a difference

Differences in A1c results that are initially meaningless become meaningful depending on the initial diagnostic label.
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Peter Aungle
October, 2023
A Little Goes a Long Way: Expressing Negative Emotion to Address Workplace Conflict
A Little Goes a Long Way: Expressing Negative Emotion to Address Workplace Conflict

More than 50% of people who experience interpersonal conflicts at work fail to address them. Across four studies we find that expressing anger or sadness is highly effective, and sadness in particular carries few interpersonal costs.