By Professor Tom Denson

Journal articles

Chen W; Fuller P; Grisham JR; Denson TF; Timpano KR, 2025, 'Hoarding and aggression: Using the voodoo doll task to tease apart associations with direct and displaced aggression', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, pp. 964 - 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12552

Wong I; Denson TF, 2025, 'Understanding the mechanisms underlying the association between insecure attachment and intimate partner violence (IPV): Meta-analyses using two meta-analytical methods and a systematic review of mediators', Clinical Psychology Review, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102645

Denson N; Ferreira D; Denson TF, 2025, 'Evidence of a negative bias toward people who are childfree by choice', JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2025.2573719

Wong I; Denson TF, 2025, 'Insecure Attachment and Burnout Among Mental Health Professionals: The Mediating Role of Caregiving Representations and Disrupted Cognitive Schema', TRAUMATOLOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/trm0000637

Blair RJ; Habel U; Votinov M; Wagels L; Denson TF, 2025, 'A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding Aggression and its Treatment.', Neurosci Biobehav Rev, pp. 106386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106386

Denson TF; Choy O; Summerell E; Wong I, 2025, 'A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Anger and Aggression', Aggressive Behavior, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.70036

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

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

Cao J; Ball IK; Summerell E; Humburg P; Denson T; Rae CD, 2025, 'Effect of Ethanol on Brain Electrical Tissue Conductivity in Social Drinkers', Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 61, pp. 1181 - 1187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.29548

Summerell E; Fanous G; Denson TF, 2025, 'Would you let this guy into a bar? Identifying cues that signal a perceived increase in the propensity for violence of potential bar patrons', Journal of Experimental Criminology, 21, pp. 281 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09587-5

Summerell E; Shuttleworth L; Lin C; Denson TF, 2025, 'The effects of race, gender, and alcohol cues on anger perception in crowds', Australian Journal of Psychology, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2024.2426661

Summerell E; Xiao W; Huang C; Terranova J; Gilam G; Riva P; Denson TF, 2024, 'The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the ventromedial prefrontal cortex on reactive aggression in intoxicated and sober individuals', Biological Psychology, 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108899

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

Chen W; Denson TF; Timpano KR; Kocol O; Grisham JR, 2024, 'An investigation of the multifaceted components of anger and hoarding symptoms', Personality and Individual Differences, 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112582

Schiller D; Yu ANC; Alia-Klein N; Becker S; Cromwell HC; Dolcos F; Eslinger PJ; Frewen P; Kemp AH; Pace-Schott EF; Raber J; Silton RL; Stefanova E; Williams JHG; Abe N; Aghajani M; Albrecht F; Alexander R; Anders S; Aragón OR; Arias JA; Arzy S; Aue T; Baez S; Balconi M; Ballarini T; Bannister S; Banta MC; Barrett KC; Belzung C; Bensafi M; Booij L; Bookwala J; Boulanger-Bertolus J; Boutros SW; Bräscher AK; Bruno A; Busatto G; Bylsma LM; Caldwell-Harris C; Chan RCK; Cherbuin N; Chiarella J; Cipresso P; Critchley H; Croote DE; Demaree HA; Denson TF; Depue B; Derntl B; Dickson JM; Dolcos S; Drach-Zahavy A; Dubljević O; Eerola T; Ellingsen DM; Fairfield B; Ferdenzi C; Friedman BH; Fu CHY; Gatt JM; de Gelder B; Gendolla GHE; Gilam G; Goldblatt H; Gooding AEK; Gosseries O; Hamm AO; Hanson JL; Hendler T; Herbert C; Hofmann SG; Ibanez A; Joffily M; Jovanovic T; Kahrilas IJ; Kangas M; Katsumi Y; Kensinger E; Kirby LAJ; Koncz R; Koster EHW; Kozlowska K; Krach S; Kret ME; Krippl M; Kusi-Mensah K; Ladouceur CD; Laureys S; Lawrence A; Li CSR; Liddell BJ; Lidhar NK; Lowry CA; Magee K; Marin MF; Mariotti V; Martin LJ; Marusak HA; Mayer AV, 2024, 'The Human Affectome', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105450

Denson TF; Watson P; Yeong A; Armstrong A; Beames JR; Bertsch K, 2024, 'Eye tracking shows no substantive relationships between individual differences related to aggression and visual attention to unambiguously violent stimuli', Personality and Individual Differences, 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112425

Denson TF; Griffiths MA; Smith L, 2024, 'Attitudes toward incarceration, neuronormalization and psychological treatment for violent offenders', Psychology Crime and Law, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2024.2381147

Denson TF; Choy O, 2024, 'Reconsidering Biological Treatments for Reducing Violent Offending', Psychology of Violence, 14, pp. 412 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000532

Beames JR; Slavich E; Denson TF, 2023, 'Twelve weeks of self-control training does not reduce aggression', Aggressive Behavior, 49, pp. 384 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.22074

Tanno S; Urauchi S; Etchu K; Denson TF, 2023, 'Study Habits Cultivated with Homework Correlate with Academic Achievements', The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.4992/pacjpa.87.0_3c-049-pp

Iancarelli A; Denson TF; Chou CA; Satpute AB, 2022, 'Using citation network analysis to enhance scholarship in psychological science: A case study of the human aggression literature', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266513

Summersby S; Harris B; Denson TF; White D, 2022, 'Tracking sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio across the lifespan: Implications for perceived aggressiveness', Royal Society Open Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211500

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

Smeijers D; Denson TF; Bulten EH; Brazil IA, 2021, 'Validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the displaced aggression questionnaire', WORLD JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, 11, pp. 1288 - 1300, http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i12.1288

Blake KR; O’Dean SM; Lian J; Denson TF; O'Dean S, 2021, 'Misogynistic Tweets Correlate With Violence Against Women', Psychological Science, 32, pp. 315 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797620968529

Denson TF, 2021, 'Breaking the Cycle of Violent Crime and Punishment: The Promise of Neuronormalization', Social Issues and Policy Review, 15, pp. 237 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12076

Kasumovic MM; Hatcher E; Blake KR; Denson TF, 2021, 'Performance in video games affects self-perceived mate value and mate preferences.', Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 15, pp. 191 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000231

Earleywine M; Denson TF; Altman BR, 2021, 'Replicating the Dimensional Structure of Cannabis Problems: A Taxometric Analysis', Substance Use and Misuse, 56, pp. 81 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1840589

Li SH; Denson TF; Graham BM, 2020, 'Women With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Show Increased Repetitive Negative Thinking During the Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle', Clinical Psychological Science, 8, pp. 1037 - 1045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620929635

Beames JR; Gilam G; Schofield TP; Schira MM; Denson TF, 2020, 'The impact of self-control training on neural responses following anger provocation', Social Neuroscience, 15, pp. 558 - 570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2020.1799860

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

Blake KR; Brooks R; Arthur LC; Denson TF, 2020, 'In the context of romantic attraction, beautification can increase assertiveness in women', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0229162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229162

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

Kelber MS; Lickel B; Denson TF, 2020, 'Temporal focus, emotions, and support for intergroup aggression', Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 23, pp. 226 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430218824403

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

Alia-Klein N; Gan G; Gilam G; Bezek J; Bruno A; Denson TF; Hendler T; Lowe L; Mariotti V; Muscatello MR; Palumbo S; Pellegrini S; Pietrini P; Rizzo A; Verona E, 2020, 'The feeling of anger: From brain networks to linguistic expressions', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 108, pp. 480 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.12.002

Goulter N; Kimonis ER; Denson TF; Begg DP, 2019, 'Female primary and secondary psychopathic variants show distinct endocrine and psychophysiological profiles', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 104, pp. 7 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.02.011

Steele RR; Rovenpor DR; Lickel B; Denson TF, 2019, 'Emotion regulation and prejudice reduction following acute terrorist events: The impact of reflection before and after the Boston Marathon bombings', Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 22, pp. 43 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430217706182

Siedlecka E; Denson TF, 2019, 'Experimental Methods for Inducing Basic Emotions: A Qualitative Review', Emotion Review, 11, pp. 87 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1754073917749016

Beames JR; O'Dean SM; Grisham JR; Moulds ML; Denson TF, 2019, 'Anger regulation in interpersonal contexts: Anger experience, aggressive behavior, and cardiovascular reactivity', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, pp. 1441 - 1458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407518819295

Blake KR; Bastian B; Denson TF; Grosjean P; Brooks RC, 2018, 'Income inequality not gender inequality positively covaries with female sexualization on social media', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, pp. 8722 - 8727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717959115

Dixson BJW; Blake KR; Denson TF; Gooda-Vossos A; O'Dean SM; Sulikowski D; Rantala MJ; Brooks RC, 2018, 'The role of mating context and fecundability in women's preferences for men's facial masculinity and beardedness', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, pp. 90 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.007

Graham BM; Denson TF; Barnett J; Calderwood C; Grisham JR, 2018, 'Sex hormones are associated with rumination and interact with emotion regulation strategy choice to predict negative affect in women following a sad mood induction', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 937, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00937

Denson TF; O’Dean SM; Blake KR; Beames JR, 2018, 'Aggression in women: Behavior, brain and hormones', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00081

Denson TF; Blundell KA; Schofield TP; Schira MM; Krämer UM, 2018, 'The neural correlates of alcohol-related aggression', Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 18, pp. 203 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13415-017-0558-0

O’donnell M; Nelson LD; Ackermann E; Aczel B; Akhtar A; Aldrovandi S; Alshaif N; Andringa R; Aveyard M; Babincak P; Balatekin N; Baldwin SA; Banik G; Baskin E; Bell R; Bialobrzeska O; Birt AR; Boot WR; Braithwaite SR; Briggs JC; Buchner A; Budd D; Budzik K; Bullens L; Bulley RL; Cannon PR; Cantarero K; Cesario J; Chambers S; Chartier CR; Chekroun P; Chong C; Cleeremans A; Coary SP; Coulthard J; Cramwinckel FM; Denson TF; Díaz-Lago M; Didonato TE; Drummond A; Eberlen J; Ebersbach T; Edlund JE; Finnigan KM; Fisher J; Frankowska N; García-Sánchez E; Golom FD; Graves AJ; Greenberg K; Hanioti M; Hansen HA; Harder JA; Harrell ER; Hartanto A; Inzlicht M; Johnson DJ; Karpinski A; Keller VN; Klein O; Koppel L; Krahmer E; Lantian A; Larson MJ; Le´gal JB; Lucas RE; Lynott D; Magaldino CM; Massar K; McBee MT; McLatchie N; Melia N; Mensink MC; Mieth L; Moore-Berg S; Neeser G; Newell BR; Noordewier MK; Özdogru AA; Pantazi M; Parzuchowski M; Peters K; Philipp MC; Pollmann MMH; Rentzelas P; Rodríguez-Bailón R; Röer JP; Ropovik I; Roque NA; Rueda C; Rutjens BT; Sackett K; Salamon J; Sánchez-Rodríguez Á; Saunders B; Schaafsma J; Schulte-Mecklenbeck M; Shanks DR; Sherman MF; Steele KM, 2018, 'Registered Replication Report: Dijksterhuis and van Knippenberg (1998)', Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, pp. 268 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691618755704

Yang Y; Tang C; Qu X; Wang C; Denson TF, 2018, 'Group facial width-to-height ratio predicts intergroup negotiation outcomes', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00214

Blake KR; Bastian B; Denson TF, 2018, 'Heightened male aggression toward sexualized women following romantic rejection: The mediating role of sex goal activation', Aggressive Behavior, 44, pp. 40 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.21722

Kasumovic MM; Blake K; Denson TF, 2017, 'Using knowledge from human research to improve understanding of contest theory and contest dynamics', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2182

Hirst RB; Enriquez RH; Wickham RE; Gretler J; Sodos LM; Gade SA; Rathke LK; Han CS; Denson TF; Earleywine M, 2017, 'Marijuana stereotypes and the “jay-dar”: Perceptions of cannabis use and memory abilities based upon appearance', Personality and Individual Differences, 110, pp. 131 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.056

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