Dr. Eddie Harmon-Jones

Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona (1995)

Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4235

Office: 218 Psychology Building
email: eddiehj@gmail.com
Phone: (979) 845-9524
Fax: (979) 845-4727
Web: http://socia...ience.org/

• Emotion and Motivation
• Attitudes
• Neuroscience
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory

I am particularly interested in the interplay of cognition, emotion, and motivation. This interest leads my lab to investigate topics such as attitude formation, maintenance, and change; the antecedents and consequences of discrepancies between cognitions; the role of emotion and motivation in aggressive and prosocial behavior; and self-regulatory and defensive processes. The majority of research conducted in the lab is derived from theory, with cognitive dissonance theory serving as one of the primary sources. We use multiple measures and focus primarily on psychophysiological ones.

For a copy of my current VITA, or 485 opportunities in my lab, see my personal website at http://socialemotiveneuroscience.org/.

Science Directorate of American Psychological Association (host conference on cognitive dissonance theory), 1997, $9,841

B/START Grant from National Institute of Mental Health (P. I.; Effect of coping potential on frontal cortical activity), 1999, $35, 921

National Science Foundation (P. I.; Action-Based Model of Cognitive Dissonance), 06/2000 to 06/2003, $304,703

Fetzer Institute (P. I.; Examining the mechanisms underlying self-report measures, with an emphasis on their cognitive, emotional, motivational, and biological substrates), 09/2000 to 08/2001, $26,922

National Institute of Mental Health (Co PI; BAS and Bipolar Spectrum: Biopsychosocial Integration), 2002-2007, $1,528,047

National Science Foundation (P.I.; Anger and Approach Motivation), 2003- 2006, $317,000

1. Harmon-Jones, E., & Winkielman, P. (In Press). Fundamentals of social neuroscience. Guilford Press.



2. Harmon-Jones, E., Vaughn, K., Mohr, S., Sigelman, J., & Harmon-Jones, C. (2004). The effect of manipulated sympathy and anger on left and right frontal cortical activity. Emotion, 4, 95-101.



3. Harmon-Jones, E., Sigelman, J. D., Bohlig, A., & Harmon-Jones, C. (2003). Anger, coping, and frontal cortical activity: The effect of coping potential on anger-induced left frontal activity. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 1-24.



4. Harmon-Jones, E. (2003). Clarifying the emotive functions of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity. Psychophysiology, 40, 838-848.



5. Harmon-Jones, E., Abramson, L. Y., Sigelman, J., Bohlig, A., Hogan, M. E., & Harmon-Jones, C. (2002). Proneness to hypomania/mania or depression and asymmetrical frontal cortical responses to an anger-evoking event. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 610-618.



6. Harmon-Jones, E., & Harmon-Jones, C. (2002). Testing the action-based model of cognitive dissonance: The effect of action-orientation on post-decisional attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 711-723.



7. Harmon-Jones, E., & Sigelman, J. (2001). State anger and prefrontal brain activity: Evidence that insult-related relative left prefrontal activation is associated with experienced anger and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 797-803.



8. Harmon-Jones, E., & Mills, J. (1999). Cognitive Dissonance: Progress on a pivotal theory in social psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.



9. Harmon-Jones, E., & Allen, J. J. B. (1998). Anger and prefrontal brain activity: EEG asymmetry consistent with approach motivation despite negative affective valence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1310-1316.



10. Harmon-Jones, E., Simon, L., Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T., Solomon, S., & McGregor, H. (1997). Terror management and self-esteem: Evidence that self-esteem reduces mortality salience effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 24-26.



11. Harmon-Jones, E., & Allen, J. J. B. (1997). Behavioral activation sensitivity and resting frontal EEG asymmetry: Covariation of putative indicators related to risk for mood disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 159-163.



12. Harmon-Jones, E., Brehm, J. W., Greenberg, J., Simon, L., & Nelson, D. E. (1996). Evidence that the production of aversive consequences is not necessary to create cognitive dissonance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 5-16.

Harmon-Jones, E. (2002, October). Clarifying the Emotive Functions of Asymmetrical Frontal Cortical Activity Using Anger. Invited presentation at annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research, Washington, D. C.

Harmon-Jones, E. (2003, January). The Action-Based Model of Dissonance. Invited colloquium at Ohio State University.

Harmon-Jones, E. (2004, April). The emotive function of asymmetrical frontal cortical activity. Invited colloquium at Penn State University.

Harmon-Jones, E. (2004, May). Recent developments in cognitive dissonance theory: An action-based model. Invited presentation at annual meeting of Social Psychologists Around the Midwest, Lawrence, KS.

Harmon-Jones, E., (2004, May). Asymmetrical frontal cortical activity, emotion, and motivation. Invited talk at annual meeting of American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

Society for Psychophysiological Research Distinguished Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology, 2002

National Institute of Mental Health (Co PI; BAS and Bipolar Spectrum: Biopsychosocial Integration), 2002-2007, $1,528,047

National Science Foundation (P.I.; Anger and Approach Motivation), 2003-2006, $317,000

Co-editor of Special Section on Social Neuroscience at Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition (2003)

Associate Editor ? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences (2003 to present)