By Professor Eddie Harmon-Jones

Book Chapters

Harmon-Jones E, 2000, 'A cognitive dissonance theory perspective on the role of emotion in the maintenance and change of beliefs and attitudes', in Emotions and Beliefs, Cambridge University Press, pp. 185 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511659904.008

Harmon-Jones E, 2000, 'An update on cognitive dissonance theory, with a focus on the self.', in Psychological perspectives on self and identity., American Psychological Association, pp. 119 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10357-005

Edited Books

Harmon-Jones E, (ed.), 2019, Cognitive Dissonance Reexamining a Pivotal Theory in Psychology, https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318158

Harmon-Jones E; Inzlicht M, 2016, Social neuroscience: Biological approaches to social psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315628714

Harmon-Jones E; Forgas J, (ed.), 2014, Motivation and its regulation: The control within, Taylor & Francis, New York, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317746997

Harmon-Jones E; Robinson M; Watkins E, (eds.), 2013, Handbook of Cognition and Emotion, Guilford, New York, https://www.guilford.com/books/Handbook-of-Cognition-and-Emotion/Robinson-Watkins-Harmon-Jones/9781462509997

Harmon-Jones E; Beer J, (ed.), 2009, Methods in social neuroscience., Guilford Press, New York, https://www.guilford.com/books/Methods-in-Social-Neuroscience/Harmon-Jones-Beer/9781606230404/summary

Harmon-Jones E; Winkielman P, (ed.), 2007, Social Neuroscience: Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior, Guilford Press, New York, https://www.guilford.com/books/Social-Neuroscience/Harmon-Jones-Winkielman/9781593856441/reviews

Harmon-Jones E; Mills J, (ed.), 1999, Cognitive Dissonance: Progress on a pivotal theory in social psychology, American Psychological Association, Washington DC, https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4318830.aspx

Journal articles

Lehr SA; Saichandran KS; Harmon-Jones E; Vitali N; Banaji MR, 2025, 'Reply to Cummins et al.: GPT reveals cognitive dissonance that is both irrational and alarmingly humanlike', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518613122

O'Dean SM; Summerell E; Harmon-Jones E; Creswell JD; Denson TF, 2025, 'The associations and effects of mindfulness on anger and aggression: A meta-analytic review', Clinical Psychology Review, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102584

Lehr SA; Saichandran KS; Harmon-Jones E; Vitali N; Banaji MR, 2025, 'Kernels of selfhood: GPT-4o shows humanlike patterns of cognitive dissonance moderated by free choice', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2501823122

Harmon-Jones E; Xu M; Szymaniak K; Denson TF; Schmeichel BJ; Harmon-Jones C, 2025, 'Humility and anger', Personality and Individual Differences, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112980

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C, 2025, 'Considering the Revisions of Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory: Commentary on McNaughton (2025)', Motivation Science, 11, pp. 18 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000378

Harmon-Jones E; Willardt R; Harmon-Jones C, 2025, 'Discrete Emotions of Dissonance', Motivation Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000389

Kamińska O; Magnuski M; Gogolewska M; Harmon-Jones C; Brzezicka A; Harmon-Jones E, 2025, 'The effect of high- and low-approach motivated sadness on frontal alpha asymmetry and other metrics', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112448

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C; Amodio DM; Gable PA; Schmeichel BJ, 2025, 'Valid Replications Require Valid Methods: Recommendations for Best Methodological Practices With Lab Experiments', Motivation Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000398

Moriarity DP; Case J; Kautz MM; Ghias K; Pennypacker K; Angus DJ; Harmon-Jones E; Alloy LB, 2024, 'Toward Diversification of Acute Stressors and Precision Stress Research: A Stage 2 Registered Report Validating a Reward-Salient Stress Task in Emerging Adults', Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134, pp. 57 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/abn0000948

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C, 2024, 'Dissonance in the Induced-Compliance Paradigm: A Commentary on Vaidis et al. (2024)', Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25152459241268308

Denson TF; Youssef H; Blake KR; Dixson BJW; Harmon-Jones E; Kasumovic MM, 2024, 'The effect of a physically formidable competitor or cooperator on attraction to violent video games', Motivation and Emotion, 48, pp. 729 - 745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11031-024-10095-w

Harmon-Jones E; Szymaniak K; Sebban G; Harmon-Jones C, 2024, 'Belief in conspiracy theories that differ in evil intentions: Correlations with anger and other traits', Personality and Individual Differences, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112639

Harmon-Jones E; Matis S; Angus DJ; Harmon-Jones C, 2024, 'Does effort increase or decrease reward valuation? Considerations from cognitive dissonance theory', Psychophysiology, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14536

Harmon-Jones E; Szymaniak K; Edgeworth D; Sebban G; Harmon-Jones C, 2024, 'Evil perceptions but not entertainment value appraisals relate to conspiracy beliefs', Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2024.1350584

Kaczmarek ŁD; Harmon-Jones E, 2024, 'Motivational Intensity and Valence Are Married, But They Are Not the Same Person: Commentary on Campbell et al. (2021)', Emotion, 24, pp. 291 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0001261

Harmon-Jones E; Szymaniak K, 2023, 'Evil perceptions mediate the association between trait anger and generic conspiracy beliefs', Personality and Individual Differences, 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112303

Szymaniak K; Harmon-Jones SK; Harmon-Jones E, 2023, 'Further examinations of attitudes toward discrete emotions, with a focus on attitudes toward anger', Motivation and Emotion, 47, pp. 476 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09998-3

Szymaniak K; Zajenkowski M; Fronczyk K; Leung S; Harmon-Jones E, 2023, 'Trait anger and approach motivation are related to higher endorsement of specific and generic conspiracy beliefs', Journal of Research in Personality, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104374

Szymaniak K; Harmon-Jones SK; Harmon-Jones E, 2022, 'Correction to Szymaniak et al. (2022)', Motivation Science, 8, pp. 329 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000270

Moriarity DP; Kautz MM; Ghias K; Pennypacker K; Harmon-Jones E; Alloy LB, 2022, 'Protocol for project MIME: Motivation, inflammation, and Mood in Emerging Adults', Brain Behavior and Immunity Health, 26, pp. 100520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100520

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C, 2022, 'Individual differences in dissonance arousal/reduction relate to physical exercise: Testing the action-based model', Plos One, 17, pp. e0275990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275990

Szymaniak K; Harmon-Jones SK; Harmon-Jones E, 2022, 'Measuring Avoidance-Related Trait Anger: American and Polish Versions of the Avoidance Motivated Response to Anger Scale (AMRAS)', Motivation Science, 8, pp. 298 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000263

Harmon-Jones E; Schutter DJLG, 2022, 'Aggressive Motivation: An Introduction and Overview', Motivation Science, 8, pp. 77 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000266

Denson TF; Kasumovic MM; Harmon-Jones E, 2022, 'Understanding the Desire to Play Violent Video Games: An Integrative Motivational Theory', Motivation Science, 8, pp. 161 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000246

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C, 2021, 'On defining positive affect (PA): considering attitudes toward emotions, measures of PA, and approach motivation', Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 39, pp. 46 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2021.01.008

Bowyer C; Brush CJ; Threadgill H; Harmon-Jones E; Treadway M; Patrick CJ; Hajcak G, 2021, 'The effort-doors task: Examining the temporal dynamics of effort-based reward processing using ERPs', Neuroimage, 228, pp. 117656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117656

Sun CK; Harmon-Jones E, 2021, 'Supine body posture reduces cognitive conflict processing: Evidence from N450 Stroop interference', Psychophysiology, 58, pp. e13693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13693

Harmon-Jones E; Sun C-K, 2021, 'A Supine Body Posture Reduces the Error-Related Negativity: A Test of a Dissonance Theory Prediction', Motivation Science, 7, pp. 375 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000232

Chilver MR; Keller AS; Park HRP; Jamshidi J; Montalto A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Harmon-Jones E; Williams LM; Gatt JM, 2020, 'Electroencephalography profiles as a biomarker of wellbeing: A twin study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 126, pp. 114 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.04.010

Harmon-Jones E; Willoughby C; Paul K; Harmon-Jones C, 2020, 'The effect of perceived effort and perceived control on reward valuation: Using the reward positivity to test a dissonance theory prediction', Biological Psychology, 154, pp. 107910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107910

Harmon-Jones E; Clarke D; Paul K; Harmon-Jones C, 2020, 'The Effect of Perceived Effort on Reward Valuation: Taking the Reward Positivity (RewP) to Dissonance Theory', Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, pp. 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00157

Summerell E; Harmon-Jones C; Denson TF; Harmon-Jones E, 2020, 'Humility is associated with less aggressive motivation', Personality and Individual Differences, 158, pp. 109837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109837

Denson TF; Dixson BJW; Tibubos AN; Zhang E; Harmon-Jones E; Kasumovic MM, 2020, 'Violent video game play, gender, and trait aggression influence subjective fighting ability, perceptions of men's toughness, and anger facial recognition', Computers in Human Behavior, 104, pp. 106175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106175

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C; Denson TF, 2020, 'A novel way of responding to dissonance evoked by belief disconfirmation: making the wrongdoing of an opponent salient', Social Influence, 15, pp. 34 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2020.1781248

Harmon-Jones E; Harmon-Jones C, 2020, 'Cognitive dissonance processes serve an action-oriented adaptive function', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 43, pp. e38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002176

Harmon-Jones C; Harmon-Jones E, 2019, 'A Broad Consideration of Motivation, with a Focus on Approach Motivation', Psychological Inquiry, 30, pp. 132 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2019.1646043

Tsypes A; Angus DJ; Martin S; Kemkes K; Harmon-Jones E, 2019, 'Trait anger and the reward positivity', Personality and Individual Differences, 144, pp. 24 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.02.030

Summerell E; Harmon-Jones C; Kelley NJ; Peterson CK; Krstanoska-Blazeska K; Harmon-Jones E, 2019, 'Does cognitive broadening reduce anger?', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 2665, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02665

Harmon-Jones E, 2019, 'On motivational influences, moving beyond valence, and integrating dimensional and discrete views of emotion', Cognition and Emotion, 33, pp. 101 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2018.1514293

Angus DJ; Harmon-Jones E, 2019, 'The anger incentive delay task: A novel method for studying anger in neuroscience research.', Psychophysiology, 56, pp. e13290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13290

Harmon-Jones C; Harmon-Jones E, 2018, 'Toward an Increased Understanding of Dissonance Processes: A Response to the Target Article by Kruglanski et al.', Psychological Inquiry, 29, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2018.1480691

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