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| Wendy Berry MendesSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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Protocol for an experimental investigation of the roles of oxytocin and social support in neuroendocrine, cardiovascular, and subjective responses to stress across age and genderLaura D Kubzansky
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
BMC Public Health 9:481. 2009....
Threatened by the unexpected: physiological responses during social interactions with expectancy-violating partnersWendy Berry Mendes
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:698-716. 2007..Implications for decreasing prejudicial responses via uncertainty reduction are discussed...- Why egalitarianism might be good for your health: physiological thriving during stressful intergroup encountersWendy Berry Mendes
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Psychol Sci 18:991-8. 2007..Egalitarianism may have physical and psychological benefits for people living in a diverse society... - How attributional ambiguity shapes physiological and emotional responses to social rejection and acceptanceWendy Berry Mendes
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 94:278-91. 2008..The latter appeared vigilant and exhibited threat responses. Discussion centers on implications for attributional ambiguity theory and potential pathways from discrimination to health outcomes... - Can the absence of prejudice be more threatening than its presence? It depends on one's worldviewSarah S M Townsend
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 99:933-47. 2010..The specific pattern of the moderation differed across the 2 studies... - Mind over matter: reappraising arousal improves cardiovascular and cognitive responses to stressJeremy P Jamieson
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Exp Psychol Gen 141:417-22. 2012..Thus, reappraising arousal shows physiological and cognitive benefits. Implications for health and potential clinical applications are discussed... - Decisions under distress: stress profiles influence anchoring and adjustmentKarim S Kassam
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Psychol Sci 20:1394-9. 2009..Cardiovascular responses mediated the relationship between condition and adjustment. This study demonstrates the importance of considering profiles of cardiovascular reactivity when examining the influence of stress on decision making... 
Simulating murder: the aversion to harmful actionFiery Cushman
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, USA
Emotion 12:2-7. 2012..This suggests that the aversion to harmful actions extends beyond empathic concern for victim harm. Together, these studies demonstrate a link between the body and moral decision-making processes...- Experiencing discrimination increases risk takingJeremy P Jamieson
Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, USA
Psychol Sci 24:131-9. 2013..These data suggest that perceived discrimination is associated with distinct profiles of physiological reactivity, affect, cognitive processing, and risk taking, implicating direct and indirect pathways to health disparities... - The dark side of creativity: biological vulnerability and negative emotions lead to greater artistic creativityModupe Akinola
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 34:1677-86. 2008..These data provide evidence of possible biological and social pathways to artistic creativity... - Physiological arousal, distress tolerance, and social problem-solving deficits among adolescent self-injurersMatthew K Nock
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:28-38. 2008..These findings highlight the importance of attending to increased arousal, distress tolerance, and problem-solving skills in the assessment and treatment of NSSI... - The nonconscious influence of religious symbols in motivated performance situationsMax Weisbuch-Remington
Department of Psychology, Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:1203-16. 2005..Results suggested that these effects were due to the learned meaning of the symbols and point to the importance of religion as a coping resource... - Cardiovascular correlates of emotional expression and suppression: do content and gender context matter?Wendy Berry Mendes
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara 94143, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:771-92. 2003..Results confirmed findings from the first 2 studies, indicating that both context and content of emotional expression influenced CV effects. Findings are discussed within a theoretical challenge and threat perspective... - Fear extinction to an out-group face: the role of target genderCarlos David Navarrete
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Psychol Sci 20:155-8. 2009..These results underscore the importance of considering how gender of the target stimulus affects psychological and physiological responses to out-group threat... - The robust nature of the biopsychosocial model challenge and threat: a reply to Wright and KirbyJim Blascovich
Department of Psychology University of California, Santa Barbara 93106, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 7:234-43. 2003..We conclude by affirming that our BPS model of challenge and threat is an evolving, generative theory directed toward understanding the complexity of personality and social psychological factors underlying challenge and threat states...