Jared Friedman

I have received extensive training in philosophy, experimental psychology and neuroscience (fMRI). I use these disciplines and their methods to investigate the psychological profile of, and functional relationship between, the brain’s default mode (DMN) and task positive networks (TPN). The work with which I am involved suggests that the DMN is associated with various sorts of social-emotional and motivational cognition, whereas the TPN is associated with various sorts of non-social cognition, including analytic and scientific reasoning. My graduate work, in the Organizational Behavior (OB) PhD program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), aims to translate this work into organizational behavior and cognition.

BA, Case Western Reserve University, 2014

Interests and Courses

Research

Neuroscience of organizational behavior and cognition, organizational ethics, leadership, behavioral change.

Teaching

Neuroscience of organizational behavior and cognition, organizational ethics, leadership, behavioral change.

Recent Courses and Syllabi

Selected Publications

• Friedman, J. P., Jack, A. I., Rochford, K. C., Boyatziz, R. E.
  Antagonistic neural networks underlying organizational behavior Emerald.
• Jack, A. I., Friedman, J. P., Boyatzis, R. E., Taylor, S. N.
  Why do you believe in God? Opposing relationship of empathy and analytic thinking PLoS one.

Awards

• Cognitive Science Award,, Case Western Reserve University. (2014).
• Truman P. Handy Philosophical Prize, Case Western Reserve University. (2014).