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. Published

    Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior

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

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Possibilities of imitation

    Oomen, D. & Genschow, O., 09.2024, In: Possibility studies & Society . 2, 3, p. 345-356 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries - the TISP dataset

    Author Collaboration for "Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries - the TISP dataset", Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Genschow, O. & Westfal, M., 20.01.2025, In: Scientific data. 12, 1, 27 p., 114.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Introduction to Automatic Imitation

    Genschow, O. & Cracco, E., 2025, Automatic Imitation. Genschow, O. & Cracco, E. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Accepted/In press

    Imitation as social influence

    Genschow, O. & Oomen, D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) The research handbook on social influence. Edward Elgar Publishing

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    How to Communicate Science to the Public? Recommendations for Effective Written Communication Derived From a Systematic Review

    Konig, L. M., Altenmüller, M. S., Fick, J., Crusius, J., Genschow, O. & Sauerland, M., 01.01.2025, In: Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. 233, 1, p. 40-51 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Group membership does not modulate goal- versus movement-based imitation

    Genschow, O., Pauels, E., Krugmann, K. & Winter, A., 04.2023, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 76, 4, p. 827-837 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Covert and overt automatic imitation are correlated

    Cracco, E., Genschow, O. & Brass, M., 06.2024, In: Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 31, 3, p. 1348-1352 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Correction: The Open Anchoring Quest Dataset: Anchored Estimates from 96 Studies on Anchoring Effects (Journal of Open Psychology Data, (2022), 10, 1, (16), 10.5334/jopd.67)

    Röseler, L., Weber, L., Helgerth, K., Stich, E., Günther, M., Tegethoff, P., Wagner, F. S., Ambrus, E., Antunovic, M., Barrera-Lemarchand, F., Halali, E., Ioannidis, K., Genschow, O., McKay, R., Milstein, N., Molden, D. C., Papenmeier, F., Pavlovic, Z., Rinn, R., Schreiter, M. L., Zimdahl, M. F., Allen, E., Bahník, Š., Bermeitinger, C., Blower, F. B. N., Bögler, H. L., Burgmer, P., Cheek, N. N., Dorsch, L., Fels, S. A., Frech, M. L., Freira, L., Harris, A. J. L., Hartig, B., Häusser, J. A., Hedgebeth, M. V., Henkel, M., Horvath, D., Imhoff, R., Intelmann, P., Klamar, A., Knappe, E., Köppel, L.-M. A., Krueger, S. M., Lagator, S., Bóo, F. L., Navajas, J., Norem, J. K., Novak, J., Onuki, Y., Page, E., Pearton, J., Ponader, S., Rebholz, T. R., Rostekova, A., Sartorio, M., Schindler, S., Seida, C., Shanks, D. R., Siems, M. C., Speekenbrink, M., Stäglich, P., Starkulla, M., Stitz, M., Straube, T., Thies, K., Thum, E., Ueda, K., Undorf, M., Urlichich, D., Vadillo, M. A., Wolf, A. H., Zhou, A. & Schütz, A., 23.08.2024, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 12, 1, 3 p., 8.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch