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Research Snapshots

Whether you are an intervenor, decision-maker, or simply interested in learning more, the research snapshots presented in this section will allow you to access, at a glance, the main findings of our studies.

Cognitive Health and Social Reconstruction

Political violence has a negative impact on the cognitive health of individuals exposed to it, even decades later.

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Blanchette, I., Rutembesa, E., Habimana, E. & Caparos, S. (2019). Long term cognitive correlates of exposure to political violence: Short-term memory in Rwanda twenty years after the genocide. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 11(2), 147-155. doi: 10.1037/tra0000388

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Openness to Reconciliation

The motivation of individuals to engage in reconciliation and their cognitive ability to do so are vital for lasting peace to exist.

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Caparos, S., et al. (2018). Twenty years later, the cognitive portrait of openness to reconciliation in Rwanda. British Journal of Psychology, 109(2), 362-385.https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12275

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Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma

Public interventions to address the symptoms of PTSD would help prevent the transmission of trauma from one generation to the next.

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Ingabire, M. C., Caparos, S., Rutembesa, E., Habimana, E., Ndushabandi, E., & Blanchette, I. (2022). Intergenerational transmission of trauma and its association with attitudes toward reconciliation. Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001416

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Transitional Justice

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Caparos, S., Rutembesa, E., Habimana, E., & Blanchette, I. (2020). The psychological correlates of transitional justice in Rwanda: A long-term assessment. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(7), 774–784. doi.org/10.1037/tra0000583

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Music, Culture, and Cognition

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Giroux, S.V., Caparos, S., Gosselin, N., Rutembesa, E., & Blanchette, I. (2020). Impact of music on working memory in Rwanda. Frontiers in Psychology – Cognition. Special Issue: Untangling Cultural Influences on Human Cognition: Integrating Evidence across Cultural Contexts and Methodological Approaches, 11, 774. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00774

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