Research interests | Publications | Academic distinctions

Research interests

Mimicry & automatic imitation • Anticipative processes • Social cognition • Implicit measures • Consumer behavior

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

• De Souter, L., Braem, S., Genschow, O., Brass, M., & Cracco, E. (2021). Social group membership does not modulate automatic imitation in a contrastive multi-agent paradigm. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(4), 746-759. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820986528 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Cracco, E., Verbeke, P., Westfal, M., & Crusius, J. (2021). A direct test of the similarity assumption—Focusing on differences as compared with similarities decreases automatic imitation. Cognition, 215, Article 104824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104824 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Westfal, M., Cracco, E., & Crusius, J. (in press). Group membership does not modulate automatic imitation. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01526-1 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., & Groß-Bölting, J. (2021). The role of attention in anticipated action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47(3), 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000883 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Westfal, M., Crusius, J., Bartosch, L., Feikes, K. I., Pallasch, N., & Wozniak, M. (2021). Does social psychology persist over half a century? A direct replication of Cialdini et al.’s (1975) classic door-in-the-face technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 120(2), e1–e7. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000261 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., & Vehlow, B. (2021). Free to blame? Belief in free will is related to victim blaming. Consciousness and Cognition, 88, 103074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.103074 [preprint] [data and materials]

• Schneider, I. K., Novin, S., van Harreveld, F., & Genschow, O. (2021). Benefits of being ambivalent: The relationship between trait ambivalence and attribution biases. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60, 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12417 [data and materials on OSF]

• Westfal, M., Crusius, J., & Genschow, O. (2021). Imitation and interindividual differences: Belief in free will is not related to automatic imitation. Acta Psychologica, 219, Article 103374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103374 [preprint] [data and materials on OSF]

• Fini, C., Verbeke, P., Sieber, S., Moors, A., Brass, M., & Genschow, O. (2020). The influence of threat on perceived spatial distance to out-group members. Psychological Research, 84, 757-764. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000728

• Genschow, O., & Alves H. (2020) The submissive chameleon: Third-party inferences from observing mimicry. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88, 103966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103966 [preprint, data, and materials]

• Genschow, O., Hawickhorst, E., Rigoni, D., Aschermann, E. & Brass, M. (2020). Professional judges’ disbelief in free will and punishment. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620915055 [preprint, data, and materials]

• Hütter, M., & Genschow, O. (2020). What is learned in approach-avoidance tasks? On the scope and generalizability of approach-avoidance effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149, 1460-1476. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000728

• Hansen, J., & Genschow, O. (2020). Psychological distance and imitation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 14, e12564. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12564

• Landy, J. F., Jia, M. (L.), Ding, I. L., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., ... Genschow, O., ... Uhlmann, E. L. (2020). Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results. Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 451–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000220

• Genschow, O., Rigoni, D., & Brass, M. (2019). The hand of god or the hand of Maradona? Believing in free will increases perceived intentionality of others’ behavior. Consciousness and Cognition 70, 80–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.02.004 [preprint, data, and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Schuler, J., Cracco, E., Wänke, M., & Brass, M. (2019). The effect of money priming on self-focus in the imitation-inhibition task: A registered report. Experimental Psychology, 66, 423-436. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000466 [preprint, data, and materials]

• Genschow*, O., Hansen*, J., Wänke, M., & Trope, Y. (2019). Psychological distance modulates goal-based versus movement-based imitation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45,1031-1048. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000654 [preprint, data, and materials on OSF] * shared first authorship

• Cracco, E., Bardi, L., Desmet, C., Genschow, O., Rigoni, D., De Coster, L., … Brass, M. (2018). Automatic imitation: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 144, 453–500. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000143

• Cracco, E., Genschow, O., Radkova, I., & Brass, M. (2018). Automatic imitation of pro- and antisocial gestures: Is implicit social behavior censored? Cognition, 170, 179–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.09.019 [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Bardi, L., & Brass, M. (2018). Anticipating actions and corticospinal excitability: A preregistered motor TMS experiment. Cortex, 106, 81–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.04.014  [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Klomfar, S., d'Haene, I., & Brass, M. (2018). Mimicking and anticipating others' actions is linked to social information processing. PLOS ONE, 13, e0193743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193743  [data on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Demanet, J., Hersche, L., & Brass, M. (2017). An empirical comparison of different implicit measures to predict consumer choice. PLOS ONE, 12, e0183937. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183937  [data on OSF]

• Genschow, O., Rigoni, D., & Brass, M. (2017). Belief in free will affects causal attributions when judging others' behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114, 10071–10076. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701916114  [data and material]

• Genschow, O., van Den Bossche, S., Cracco, E., Bardi, L., Rigoni, D., & Brass, M. (2017). Mimicry and automatic imitation are not correlated. PLOS ONE, 12, e0183784. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183784  [data and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O., & Schindler, S. (2016). The influence of group membership on cross-contextual imitation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 1257–1265. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-015-0983-4

• Genschow, O., & Brass, M. (2015). The predictive chameleon: Evidence for anticipated social action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41, 265–268. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000035

• Genschow, O., Noll, T., Wänke, M., & Gersbach, R. (2015). Does Baker-Miller pink reduce aggression in prison detention cells? A critical empirical examination. Psychology, Crime & Law, 21, 482–489. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.989172

• Reutner, L., Genschow, O., & Wänke, M. (2015). The adaptive eater: Perceived healthiness moderates the effect of the color red on consumption. Food Quality and Preference, 44, 172–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.04.016

• Genschow, O., & Florack, A. (2014). Attention on the source of influence reverses the impact of cross-contextual imitation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 904–907. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035430

• Genschow, O., Florack, A., & Wänke, M. (2014). Recognition and approach responses toward threatening objects. Social Psychology, 45, 86–92. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000163

• Genschow, O., Florack, A., Chib, V. S., Shimojo, S., Scarabis, M., & Wänke, M. (2013). Reaching for the (product) stars: Measuring recognition and approach speed to get insights into consumer choice. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35, 298–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2013.785399

• Genschow, O., Florack, A., & Wänke, M. (2013). The power of movement: Evidence for context-independent movement imitation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142, 763–773. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029795

• Vogel, T., & Genschow, O. (2013). When do chronic differences in self-regulation count? Regulatory focus effects in easy and difficult soccer tasks. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 35, 216–220.

• Genschow*, O., Reutner*, L., & Wänke, M. (2012). The color red reduces snack food and soft drink intake. Appetite, 58, 699–702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.12.023 * shared first authorship

Popular scientific magazines

• Crusius, J. & Genschow, O. (2018). "Wir sind bereit, voranzuschreiten!" Ein Interview mit Daniel Lakens und Klaus Fiedler über die aktuellen Herausforderungen in der psychologischen Forschung. In-Mind.  [full text]

• Genschow, O., & Crusius, J. (2018). "We are ready to move!" An interview with Daniel Lakens and Klaus Fiedler on the current challenges in the field of psychological research. In-Mind.  [full text]

• Genschow, O. (2013). Nachahmen macht Freu(n)de [Imitation makes friends]. In-Mind.  [full text]

• Florack, A., & Genschow, O. (2010). Soziale Chamäleons [Social chameleons]. Gehirn&Geist, 4, 20–25.

Book chapters and other contributions

• Florack, A., Genschow, O., & Palchu, J. (forthcoming). Implizite Markenführung [Implicit market leadership]. In A. Schimansky (Ed.), Der Wert der Marke. Markenbewertungsverfahren für ein erfolgreiches Markenmanagement. München, Germany: Vahlen.

• Wänke, M., Reutner, L., & Genschow, O. (forthcoming). Der Konsument [The consumer]. In L. Werth (Ed.), Wirtschaftspsychologie. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

• Genschow, O., Bardi, L., Rigoni, D., Uzieblo, K., & Brass, M. (2019). How do individuals high in psychopathic traits represent others’ beliefs and actions? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2arn3  [preprint, data, and materials on OSF]

• Genschow, O. (2012). Color, athletes, snacks and spiders: How individuals respond to environmental cues. University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.

• Ineichen, S., Florack, A., & Genschow, O. (2009). The influence of observed body movements on consumer behavior. In A. L. McGill & S. Shavitt (Eds.), Advances in Consumer Research (pp. 997–998). Duluth, MN: Association for Consumer Research.

Academic distinctions

• DFG research unit FOR 2150 Relativity in social cognition Principal Investigator of Project 7 (P7, Co-PI: Jan Crusius) The influence of comparison processes on movement and effector compatibility effects (GE 3040/2-1), 2018
• Junior Start-Up Grant The Influence of Being Imitated on Similarity Testing, awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, 2018-2019
• Seedcorn Grant Observed imitation and perceived dominance (together with Hans Alves), awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, 2017
• Visitor Grant for a Research stay at the University of California San Diego, awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, 2017
• Service to the Field Award of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) for excellence in science journalism, allocated to the In-Mind Magazine, 2017
• The role of anticipative processes in social behavior (PZOOP1_168007 / 1), Ambizione Grant of the Swiss National Foundation (SNF), allocated to O. Genschow, 2016
• Anticipated Action (BOF.PDO.2014.0011.01), Grant of the Special Research Fund (BOF) of Ghent University (Belgium) allocated to O. Genschow, 2014
• Teaching award from the Department of Psychology of the University of Mannheim for the best taught Bachelor Seminar, 2013
• Teaching award from the Department of Psychology of the University of Mannheim for the best taught Bachelor Seminar, 2012
• Travel Grant from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), 2012
• Editor in chief of the In-Mind Magazin (de.in-mind.org)