Guido H. E. Gendolla
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My major research interests are the roles of implicit and explicit affect and the self in motivation. Most of my current research focuses on motivational intensity, quantified as responses of the cardiovascular system in the context of task performance, and behavioral preferences in choice behavior and learning. Applied research interests are health psychology and stress.
Since 2003, I am professor of Psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where I hold the chair for motivation psychology and direct the Geneva Motivation Lab. I earned my diploma in psychology (corresponding to MA) and my PhD at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and my habilitation in psychology at the University of Erlangen, Germany.
Primary Interests:
- Causal Attribution
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Health Psychology
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Self and Identity
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Books:
- Gendolla, G.H.E, Tops, M., & Koole, S. (Eds.) (2015). Handbook of biobehavioral approaches to self-regulation. New York: Springer.
- Wright, R. A., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (Eds.). (2012). How motivation affects cardiovascular response: Mechanisms and applications. Washington DC: APA Press.
Journal Articles:
- Brinkmann, K., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2008). Does depression interfere with effort mobilization? Effects of dysphoria and task difficulty on cardiovascular response. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 146-157.
- De Burgo, J., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (2009). Are moods motivational states? A study on effort-related cardiovascular response. Emotion, 9, 892-697.
- Gendolla, G.H.E. (2012). Implicit affect primes effort: A theory and research on cardiovascular response. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 86, 123-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.05.003
- Gendolla, G. H. E. (2000). On the impact of mood on behavior: An integrative theory and a review. Review of General Psychology, 4, 378-408.
- Gendolla, G. H. E., & Krüsken, J. (2002). The joint effect of informational mood impact and performance-contingent consequences on effort-related cardiovascular response. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 271-283.
- Gendolla, G. H. E., & Richter, M. (2010). Effort mobilization when the self is involved: Some lessons from the cardiovascular system. Review of General Psychology, 14(3), 212-226.
- Gendolla, G. H. E, Richter, M., & Silvia, P. (2008). Self-focus and task difficulty effects on effort-related cardiovascular reactivity. Psychophysiology, 45, 653-662.
- Gendolla, G.H.E., & Richter, M. (2006). Cardiovascular reactivity during performance under social observation: The moderating role of task difficulty. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 62, 185-192.
- Gendolla, G.H.E., & Richter, M. (2006). Ego-involvement and the difficulty law of motivation: Effects on effort-related cardiovascular response. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1188- 1203.
- Gendolla, G.H.E., & Silvestrini, N. (2011). Smiles make it easier and so do frowns: Masked affective stimuli influence mental effort, Emotion, 11, 320-328. doi: 10.1037/a0022593
- Gendolla, G. H. E., & Silvestrini, N. (2010). The implicit “go”: Masked action cues directly mobilize mental effort. Psychological Science, 21(10), 1389-1393.
- Lasauskaite Schüpbach, R., Gendolla, G.H.E., & Silvestrini, N. (2014). Contrasting the effects of suboptimally versus optimally presented affect primes on effort-related cardiac response. Motivation and Emotion, 38, 748-758. doi: 10.1007/s11031-014-9438-x
- Schubö, A., Gendolla, G.H.E, Meinecke, C., & Abele, A.E. (2006). Detecting emotional faces and features in a visual search paradigm: Are faces special? Emotion, 6, 246-256.
- Silvestrini, N., & Gendolla, G.H.E. (2013). Automatic effort mobilization and the principle of resource conservation: One can only prime the possible and justified. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 803-816 doi: 10.1037/a0031995
Other Publications:
- Gendolla, G. H. E., Brinkmann, K., & Silvestrini, N. (2012). Gloomy and lazy? On the impact of mood and depressive symptoms on effort-related cardiovascular response. In R. A. Wright & G. H. E. Gendolla (Eds.), Motivation perspectives on cardiovascular response: Mechanisms and applications. Washington DC: APA Press.
- Gendolla, G. H. E., & Wright, R. A. (2005). Motivation in social settings: Studies of effort-related cardiovascular arousal. In J. P. Forgas, K. Williams & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Social motivation (pp. 71-90). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Gendolla, G.H.E., & Silvestrini, N. (2015). Bounded effort automaticity: A drama in four parts. In G.H.E. Gendolla, M. Tops, & S. Koole. (Eds.), Handbook of biobehavioral approaches to self- regulation (pp. 271-286). New York: Springer.
- Gendolla, G.H.E., Wright, R.A., & Richter, M. (2012). Effort intensity: Some insights from the cardiovascular system. In R.M. Ryan (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of human motivation (pp. 420- 438). New York: Oxford University Press.
Guido H. E. Gendolla
Geneva Motivation Laboratory
Department of Psychology, University of Geneva
40, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve
1211 Geneva
Switzerland
- Phone: +41 (0)22 379 9231
- Fax: +41 (0)22 379 9229
- Email: guido.gendolla@unige.ch