My major research interests are the roles of 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.

Primary Interests:

Causal Attribution
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Motivation, Goal Setting
Self and Identity

Causal Attribution
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology

Motivation, Goal Setting
Self and Identity

Research Group or Laboratory:

Geneva Motivation Laboratory
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Books:

Wright, R. A., & Gendolla, G. H. E. (Eds.). (in press). Motivation perspectives on 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. (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., Abele A. E., Andrei, A., Spurk, D., Richter, M. (2005). Negative mood, self-focused attention, and the experience of physical symptoms: The joint impact hypothesis. Emotion, 5, 131-144.
Gendolla, G. H. E., & Koller, M. (2001). Surprise and need for causal explanation: How are they affected by outcome valence and importance? Motivation and Emotion, 25, 327-349.
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. (in press). Effort mobilization when the self is involved: Some lessons from the cardiovascular system. Review of General Psychology.
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, Richter, M., & Silvia, P. (2008). Self-focus and task difficulty effects on effort-related cardiovascular reactivity. Psychophysiology, 45, 653-662.
Gendolla, G. H. E., & Silvestrini, N. (in press). The implicit “go”: Masked action cues directly mobilize mental effort. Psychological Science.
Kreibig, S. D., Gendolla, G. H. E., & Scherer, K. R. (2010). Psychophysiological effects of emotional responding to goal attainment. Biological Psychology, 84, 474-487.
Von Helversen, B., Gendolla, G. H. E., Winkielman, P., & Schmidt, R. (2008). Under the hood of cognitive feelings: How does subjective processing ease relate to objective effort? Motivation and Emotion, 32, 1-10.

Other Publications:

Gendolla, G. H. E., Brinkmann, K., & Silvestrini, N. (in press). 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.

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