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Tom Denson
Senior Lecturer
Research Areas: The causes and consequences of anger and aggression in humans; Aggressive personality; Biological correlates of anger and angry rumination; Intergroup aggression; Prejudice.
Academic Career:
B.A. Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997
M.A. Research Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 2002
M.A. Social Psychology, University of Southern California, 2004
Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Southern California, 2007
Selected Publications:
- Denson, T. F., Ronay, R., von Hippel W., & Schira, M. M. (in press). Risk for aggression: Endogenous testosterone and cortisol modulate neural responses to induced anger control. Social Neuroscience.
- Denson, T. F., DeWall, C. N., & Finkel, E. J. (in press). Self-control and aggression. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
- Fabiansson, E. C., Denson, T. F., Grisham, J. R., Moulds, M. L, & Schira, M. M. (in press). Don't look back in anger: Neural correlates of reappraisal, analytical rumination, and angry rumination during recall of an anger-inducing autobiographical memory. NeuroImage.
- Denson, T. F., Moulds, M. L., & Grisham, J. R. (in press). The effects of rumination, reappraisal, and distraction on anger experience. Behavior Therapy.
- Denson, T. F., Jacobson, M., von Hippel, W., Kemp, R. I., & Mak, T. (in press). Caffeine expectancies but not caffeine reduce depletion-induced aggression. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
- Denson, T. F., Pedersen, W. C., Friese, M, Hahm, A., & Roberts, L. (2011). Understanding impulsive aggression: Angry rumination and reduced self-control capacity are mechanisms underlying the provocation-aggression relationship. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 850-862.
- Denson, T. F., Capper, M. M., Oaten, M., Friese, M, & Schofield, T. P. (2011). Self-control training decreases aggression in response to provocation in aggressive individuals. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 252-256.
- Spanovic, M., Lickel, B., Denson, T. F., & Petrovic, N. (2010). Fear and anger as predictors of motivation for intergroup aggression: Evidence from Serbia and Republika Srpska. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13, 725-739.
- Denson, T. F., von Hippel, W., Kemp, R. I., & Teo, L. S. (2010). Glucose consumption decreases impulsive aggression in response to provocation in aggressive individuals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1023-1028.
- Denson, T. F., Spanovic, M., & Miller, N. (2009). Cognitive appraisals and emotions predict cortisol and immune responses: A meta-analysis of acute laboratory social stressors and emotion inductions. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 823-853.
- Denson, T. F., Pedersen, W. C., Ronquillo, J., & Nandy, A. S. (2009). The angry brain: Neural correlates of anger, angry rumination, and aggressive personality. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 734-744.
- Stenstrom, D. M., Lickel, B., Denson, T. F., & Miller, N. (2008). The roles of ingroup identification and outgroup entitativity in intergroup retribution. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1570-1582.
- Denson, T. F., Marshall, G. N., Schell, G. N., & Jaycox, L. H. (2007). Predictors of posttraumatic distress one year after exposure to community violence: The importance of acute symptom severity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 683-692.
- Ronquillo, J., Denson, T., Lickel, B., Lu, Z-L., Nandy, A., & Maddox, K.B. (2007). The effects of skin tone on race -related amygdala activity: An fMRI investigation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2, 39-44.
- Denson, T. F., Pedersen, W. C., & Miller, N. (2006). The Displaced Aggression Questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 1032-1051.
- Lickel, B., Miller, N., Stenstrom, D. M., Denson, T. F., & Schmader, T. (2006). Vicarious retribution: The role of collective blame in intergroup aggression. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 372-390.
Recent Research Grants:
- (2012-2014) Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). Anger and aggression in psychological time and space. $375,000. Denson, T.F.
- (2012-2014) Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Self-control processes underlying reactive aggression. $397,998. Denson, T.F.
- (2010-2013) Australian Research Council Linkage Project in collaboration with AAMI. Psychological factors that lead to risky, aggressive, and impaired driving. $360,000. Denson, TF, Zadro, L, & Moulds, ML.
- (2010-2012) National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant. Alcohol, angry rumination, and aggression: The role of acute impairment of executive functioning. $328,750. Denson, TF.
- (2009-2011) Australian Research Council Discovery Project. Regulating anger: Cognitive reappraisal, emotional suppression, and post-event rumination. $170,000. Denson, TF, Grisham, JR, & Moulds, M.
- (2009-2011) Australian Research Council Discovery Project. Social psychological, personality, and neural processes underlying anger, aggression, and health. $297,000. Denson, TF.
Current Research Students:
Emma C. Fabiansson
Timothy P. Schofield
Jesse Hancock
Courses:
PSYC1001 & PSYC1011: First Year Psychology
PSYC2061: Social and Developmental Psychology
PSYC3121: Social Psychology
Honours Elective
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