Professorship for Psychology, in particular Cognitive-, Social- and Economic Psychology

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

The research unit Cognitive, Social- and Economic Psychology is particularly concerned with perception-action coupling. That is, we are interested in how people perceive other people and how this perception affects social behavior. We are interested in anticipatory behavior, imitation, mimicry, and social norms. Other areas of research include the study of free will beliefs, consumer behavior, implicit attitude measures, science communication, and approach/avoidance behavior.

We usually apply a social-cognitive, mostly experimental, research approach to investigate our research questions. To maintain transparency in science, we are committed to the principles of open science. That is, we pre-register central hypotheses and make data as well as research materials publicly available.

  1. Research Handbook on Social Influence

    Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 20.02.2025, 2025 ed. Edward Elgar Publishing. 418 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior

    Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 2025, Automatic Imitation. Genschow, O. & Cracco, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 219–239 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. The International Climate Psychology Collaboration: Climate change-related data collected from 63 countries

    Doell, K. C., Todorova, B., Vlasceanu, M., Bak Coleman, J. B., Pronizius, E., Schumann, P., Azevedo, F., Patel, Y., Berkebile-Wineberg, M. M., Brick, C., Lange, F., Grayson, S. J., Pei, Y., Chakroff, A., van den Broek, K. L., Lamm, C., Vlasceanu, D., Constantino, S. M., Rathje, S., Goldwert, D., Fang, K., Aglioti, S. M., Alfano, M., Alvarado-Yepez, A. J., Andersen, A., Anseel, F., Apps, M. A. J., Asadli, C., Awuor, F. J., Basaglia, P., Bélanger, J. J., Berger, S., Bertin, P., Białek, M., Bialobrzeska, O., Blaya-Burgo, M., Bleize, D. N. M., Bø, S., Boecker, L., Boggio, P. S., Borau, S., Borau, S., Bos, B., Bouguettaya, A., Brauer, M., Brik, T., Briker, R., Brosch, T., Buchel, O., Buonauro, D., Butalia, R., Carvacho, H., Chamberlain, S. A. E., Chan, H. Y., Chow, D., Chung, D., Cian, L., Cohen-Eick, N., Contreras-Huerta, L. S., Contu, D., Cristea, V., Cutler, J., D'Ottone, S., De Keersmaecker, J., Delcourt, S., Delouvée, S., Diel, K., Douglas, B. D., Drupp, M. A., Dubey, S., Ekmanis, J., Elbaek, C. T., Elsherif, M., Engelhard, I. M., Escher, Y. A., Etienne, T. W., Farage, L., Farias, A. R., Feuerriegel, S., Findor, A., Freira, L., Friese, M., Gains, N. P., Gallyamova, A., Geiger, S. J., Genschow, O., Gjoneska, B., Gkinopoulos, T., Goldberg, B., Goldenberg, A., Gradidge, S., Grassini, S., Gray, K., Grelle, S., Griffin, S. M., Grigoryan, L., Grigoryan, A., Grigoryev, D., Gruber, J., Guilaran, J., Hadar, B., Hahnel, U. J. J., Halperin, E., Harvey, A. J., Haugestad, C. A. P., Herman, A. M., Hershfield, H. E., Himichi, T., Hine, D. W., Hofmann, W., Howe, L., Huaman-Chulluncuy, E. T., Huang, G., Ishii, T., Ito, A., Jia, F., Jost, J. T., Jovanović, V., Jurgiel, D., Kácha, O., Kankaanpää, R., Kantorowicz, J., Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, E., Mintz, K. K., Kaya, I., Kaya, O., Khachatryan, N., Klas, A., Klein, C., Klöckner, C. A., Koppel, L., Kosachenko, A. I., Kothe, E. J., Krebs, R., Krosch, A. R., Krouwel, A. P. M., Kyrychenko, Y., Lagomarsino, M., Cunningham, J. L., Lees, J., Leung, T. Y., Levy, N., Lockwood, P. L., Longoni, C., Ortega, A. L., Loschelder, D. D., Lu, J. G., Luo, Y., Luomba, J., Lutz, A. E., Majer, J. M., Markowitz, E., Marsh, A. A., Mascarenhas, K. L., Mbilingi, B., Mbungu, W., McHugh, C., Meijers, M. H. C., Mercier, H., Mhagama, F. L., Michalaki, K., Mikus, N., Milliron, S. G., Mitkidis, P., Monge-Rodríguez, F. S., Mora, Y. L., Morais, M. J., Moreau, D., Motoki, K., Moyano, M., Mus, M., Navajas, J., Nguyen, T. L., Nguyen, D. M., Nguyen, T., Niemi, L., Nijssen, S. R. R., Nilsonne, G., Nitschke, J. P., Nockur, L., Okura, R., Öner, S., Özdoğru, A. A., Palumbo, H., Panagopoulos, C., Panasiti, M. S., Pärnamets, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Pavlov, Y. G., Payán-Gómez, C., Pearson, A. R., da Costa, L. P., Petrowsky, H. M., Pfattheicher, S., Pham, N. T., Ponizovskiy, V., Pretus, C., Rêgo, G. G., Reimann, R., Rhoads, S. A., Riano-Moreno, J., Richter, I., Röer, J. P., Rosa-Sullivan, J., Ross, R. M., Sabherwal, A., Saito, T., Sarrasin, O., Say, N., Schmid, K., Schmitt, M. T., Schoenegger, P., Scholz, C., Schug, M. G., Schulreich, S., Shreedhar, G., Shuman, E., Sivan, S., Sjåstad, H., Soliman, M., Soud, K., Spampatti, T., Sparkman, G., Spasovski, O., Stanley, S. K., Stern, J. A., Strahm, N., Suko, Y., Sul, S., Syropoulos, S., Taylor, N. C., Tedaldi, E., Tinghög, G., Huynh, L. D. T., Travaglino, G. A., Tsakiris, M., Tüter, İ., Tyrala, M., Uluğ, Ö. M., Urbanek, A., Valko, D., van der Linden, S., van Schie, K., van Stekelenburg, A., Vanags, E., Västfjäll, D., Vesely, S., Vintr, J., Vranka, M., Wanguche, P. O., Willer, R., Wojcik, A. D., Xu, R., Yadav, A., Zawisza, M., Zhao, X., Zhao, J., Żuk, D. & Van Bavel, J. J., 01.10.2024, In: Scientific data. 11, 1, 17 p., 1066.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. The Open Anchoring Quest Dataset: Anchored Estimates from 96 Studies on Anchoring Effects

    Röseler, L., Weber, L., Helgerth, K., Stich, E., Günther, M., Tegethoff, P., Wagner, F., Antunovic, M., Barrera-Lemarchand, F., Halali, E., Ioannidis, K., Genschow, O., Milstein, N., Molden, D. C., Papenmeier, F., Pavlovic, Z., Rinn, R., Schreiter, M. L., Zimdahl, M. F., Bahník, Š., Bermeitinger, C., Blower, F. B. N., Bögler, H. L., Burgmer, P., Cheek, N. N., Dorsch, L., Fels, S., Frech, M.-L., Freira, L., Harris, A. J. L., Häusser, J. A., Hedgebeth, M. V., Henkel, M., Horvath, D., Intelmann, P., Klamar, A., Knappe, E., Köppel, L.-M. A., Krueger, S. M., Lagator, S., Lopez-Boo, F., Navajas, J., Norem, J. K., Novak, J., Onuki, Y., Page, E., Rebholz, T. R., Sartorio, M., Shanks, D. R., Siems, M. C., Stäglich, P., Starkulla, M., Stitz, M., Straube, T., Thies, K., Thum, E., Ueda, K., Undorf, M., Urlichich, D., Vadillo, M. A., Wolf, H., Zhou, A., Schütz, A. & Schindler, S., 26.10.2022, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 10, 1, 12 p., 16.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science

    Author Collaboration for "The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science", Röseler, L., Kaiser, L., Doetsch, C., Klett, N., Genschow, O., Oomen, D., Koppold, A. & Korbmacher, M., 11.09.2024, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 12, 1, 23 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. The role of free will beliefs in social behavior: Priority areas for future research

    Quinton, T. S., Trafimow, D. & Genschow, O., 01.10.2023, In: Consciousness and Cognition. 115, 8 p., 103586.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. The spillover effect of mimicry: Being mimicked by one person increases prosocial behavior toward another person

    Muniak, P., Genschow, O., Dolinski, D., Grzyb, T. & Kulesza, W., 01.07.2024, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 113, 12 p., 104620.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Top-down biological motion perception does not differ between adults scoring high versus low on autism traits

    Oomen, D., Wiersema, J. R., Orgs, G. & Cracco, E., 07.2024, In: Biological Psychology. 190, 8 p., 108820.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Top-Down Modulation of Motor Priming by Belief about Animacy: A Registered Replication Report

    Cracco, E., Liepelt, R., Brass, M. & Genschow, O., 01.11.2023, In: Experimental Psychology. 70, 6, p. 355-365 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries

    Author Collaboration of " Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries", Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Genschow, O. & Westfal, M., 04.2025, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 9, 4, p. 713-730 18 p., e2108576118.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review