Shawn N Geniole
Biographic Data
| ID | 220883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shawn N Geniole |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shawn N |
| FAMILY NAME | Geniole |
| SIGNATURE | GENIOLE S N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brock University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9866-1920 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Perinatal women dominantly protect—rather than submissively cede—resources when interacting with threatening‐looking others
When competing for resources, people appear particularly sensitive to social cues of threat, tending to submissively cede resources to more (vs. less) threatening‐looking others. This tendency appears especially pronounced among those that are physically weaker and thus more vulnerable to harm. One phase of adult life during which humans are particularly vulnerable is the perinatal period, the months leading up to and immediately after parturitio…
Women's sensitivity to threat in online dating and the (in)effectiveness of standard safety warnings
Neural activity during provocation and aggressive responses in people from different social classes
Preliminary evidence that brief exposure to vaccination-related internet memes may influence intentions to vaccinate against Covid-19
Is tax evasion macho? Testosterone, personality traits and evasion
This paper examines the potential effects of testosterone and personality traits on the decision to evade taxes. In a series of experiments, subjects completed behavioural tasks and made a one-shot tax evasion decision. We estimate a negative weakly significant treatment effect, which suggests that an exogenous increase in the testosterone level may inhibit the decision to evade taxes. Our results also suggest that higher dominance and independen…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Social Identification and Testosterone Reactivity to Vicarious Combat
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Inducing illusory control ensures persistence when rewards fade and when others outperform us
Persisting even when the rewards of continued effort are fading is essential for achieving long-term goals, skills, and good health, alike. Yet, we often quit when things get hard. Here, we tested whether augmenting the feeling of control through external measures increases persistence under such discouraging circumstances. In two laboratory experiments, we first induced illusory control by manipulating the base-rate of positive outcomes and then…
Sleep restriction alters reactive aggressive behavior and its relationship with sex hormones
Few studies have experimentally manipulated sleep to study its effect on aggressive behavior. The current study examined how reactive aggression was affected by having sleep restricted to 4-hours on a single night, a level of disruption commonly experienced. Both rested and sleep-restricted participants completed the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP), a laboratory task in which participants seek to earn points, are provoked by a fictit…
Force versus fury: Sex differences in the relationships among physical and psychological threat potential, the facial width‐to‐height ratio, and judgements of aggressiveness
Individuals with larger facial width-to-height ratios (FWHRs) are judged as more threatening, and engage in more threat-related behavior, than do individuals with smaller FWHRs. Here we identified components of threat potential that are related to the FWHR. In Study 1, the FWHR was correlated positively with physical threat potential (bicep size) in women and with both physical and psychological (anger proneness) threat potential in men. Behavior…
The threat premium in economic bargaining
The facial width‐to‐height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer
Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is correlated with a number of aspects of aggressive behavior in men. Observers appear to be able to assess aggressiveness from male fWHR, but implications for interpersonal distance preferences have not yet been determined. This study utilized a novel computerized stop-distance task to examine interpersonal space preferences of female participants who envisioned being approached by a man; men's faces photograp…
Does the facial width-to-height ratio map onto variability in men's testosterone concentrations?
Restoring Land and Mind: The Benefits of an Outdoor Walk on Mood Are Enhanced in a Naturalized Landfill Area Relative to Its Neighboring Urban Area
Although landfills are being converted into green spaces, little is known about how such areas affect mood, cognition, and physiology. Using a within-subject experimental design (n = 31 men), we found that walking through a naturalized landfill improved mood more than did walking through an adjacent urban area. Both walks improved energy and attentional control and decreased concentrations of cortisol (a marker of stress). One's sense of connecte…
Facing our ancestors: Judgements of aggression are consistent and related to the facial width-to-height ratio in men irrespective of beards
Costly retaliation is promoted by threats to resources in women and threats to status in men
What motivates people to act against their own self-interest? In men, what seems to be irrational decision-making in the short-term may be explained by other long-term benefits; thus retaliation may not be motivated by tangible costs, but instead intangible psychological variables (e.g., status threats). In contrast, there is evidence that women are more sensitive to tangible costs than are men. In Experiment 1, using the Point Subtraction Aggres…
Facial Structure Predicts Sexual Orientation in Both Men and Women
Facial Structure Predicts Sexual Orientation in Both Men and Women
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Force versus fury: Sex differences in the relationships among physical and psychological threat potential, the facial width‐to‐height ratio, and judgements of aggressiveness
Individuals with larger facial width-to-height ratios (FWHRs) are judged as more threatening, and engage in more threat-related behavior, than do individuals with smaller FWHRs. Here we identified components of threat potential that are related to the FWHR. In Study 1, the FWHR was correlated positively with physical threat potential (bicep size) in women and with both physical and psychological (anger proneness) threat potential in men. Behavior…
Costly retaliation is promoted by threats to resources in women and threats to status in men
What motivates people to act against their own self-interest? In men, what seems to be irrational decision-making in the short-term may be explained by other long-term benefits; thus retaliation may not be motivated by tangible costs, but instead intangible psychological variables (e.g., status threats). In contrast, there is evidence that women are more sensitive to tangible costs than are men. In Experiment 1, using the Point Subtraction Aggres…
The facial width‐to‐height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer
Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is correlated with a number of aspects of aggressive behavior in men. Observers appear to be able to assess aggressiveness from male fWHR, but implications for interpersonal distance preferences have not yet been determined. This study utilized a novel computerized stop-distance task to examine interpersonal space preferences of female participants who envisioned being approached by a man; men's faces photograp…
Is tax evasion macho? Testosterone, personality traits and evasion
This paper examines the potential effects of testosterone and personality traits on the decision to evade taxes. In a series of experiments, subjects completed behavioural tasks and made a one-shot tax evasion decision. We estimate a negative weakly significant treatment effect, which suggests that an exogenous increase in the testosterone level may inhibit the decision to evade taxes. Our results also suggest that higher dominance and independen…
Sleep restriction alters reactive aggressive behavior and its relationship with sex hormones
Few studies have experimentally manipulated sleep to study its effect on aggressive behavior. The current study examined how reactive aggression was affected by having sleep restricted to 4-hours on a single night, a level of disruption commonly experienced. Both rested and sleep-restricted participants completed the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP), a laboratory task in which participants seek to earn points, are provoked by a fictit…
Facing our ancestors: Judgements of aggression are consistent and related to the facial width-to-height ratio in men irrespective of beards
Costly retaliation is promoted by threats to resources in women and threats to status in men
What motivates people to act against their own self-interest? In men, what seems to be irrational decision-making in the short-term may be explained by other long-term benefits; thus retaliation may not be motivated by tangible costs, but instead intangible psychological variables (e.g., status threats). In contrast, there is evidence that women are more sensitive to tangible costs than are men. In Experiment 1, using the Point Subtraction Aggres…
Facial Structure Predicts Sexual Orientation in Both Men and Women
Does the facial width-to-height ratio map onto variability in men's testosterone concentrations?
Restoring Land and Mind: The Benefits of an Outdoor Walk on Mood Are Enhanced in a Naturalized Landfill Area Relative to Its Neighboring Urban Area
Although landfills are being converted into green spaces, little is known about how such areas affect mood, cognition, and physiology. Using a within-subject experimental design (n = 31 men), we found that walking through a naturalized landfill improved mood more than did walking through an adjacent urban area. Both walks improved energy and attentional control and decreased concentrations of cortisol (a marker of stress). One's sense of connecte…
The threat premium in economic bargaining
The facial width‐to‐height ratio determines interpersonal distance preferences in the observer
Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is correlated with a number of aspects of aggressive behavior in men. Observers appear to be able to assess aggressiveness from male fWHR, but implications for interpersonal distance preferences have not yet been determined. This study utilized a novel computerized stop-distance task to examine interpersonal space preferences of female participants who envisioned being approached by a man; men's faces photograp…
Force versus fury: Sex differences in the relationships among physical and psychological threat potential, the facial width‐to‐height ratio, and judgements of aggressiveness
Individuals with larger facial width-to-height ratios (FWHRs) are judged as more threatening, and engage in more threat-related behavior, than do individuals with smaller FWHRs. Here we identified components of threat potential that are related to the FWHR. In Study 1, the FWHR was correlated positively with physical threat potential (bicep size) in women and with both physical and psychological (anger proneness) threat potential in men. Behavior…
Sleep restriction alters reactive aggressive behavior and its relationship with sex hormones
Few studies have experimentally manipulated sleep to study its effect on aggressive behavior. The current study examined how reactive aggression was affected by having sleep restricted to 4-hours on a single night, a level of disruption commonly experienced. Both rested and sleep-restricted participants completed the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP), a laboratory task in which participants seek to earn points, are provoked by a fictit…
Inducing illusory control ensures persistence when rewards fade and when others outperform us
Persisting even when the rewards of continued effort are fading is essential for achieving long-term goals, skills, and good health, alike. Yet, we often quit when things get hard. Here, we tested whether augmenting the feeling of control through external measures increases persistence under such discouraging circumstances. In two laboratory experiments, we first induced illusory control by manipulating the base-rate of positive outcomes and then…
Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Social Identification and Testosterone Reactivity to Vicarious Combat
A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Preliminary evidence that brief exposure to vaccination-related internet memes may influence intentions to vaccinate against Covid-19
Is tax evasion macho? Testosterone, personality traits and evasion
This paper examines the potential effects of testosterone and personality traits on the decision to evade taxes. In a series of experiments, subjects completed behavioural tasks and made a one-shot tax evasion decision. We estimate a negative weakly significant treatment effect, which suggests that an exogenous increase in the testosterone level may inhibit the decision to evade taxes. Our results also suggest that higher dominance and independen…
Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Neural activity during provocation and aggressive responses in people from different social classes
Women's sensitivity to threat in online dating and the (in)effectiveness of standard safety warnings
Perinatal women dominantly protect—rather than submissively cede—resources when interacting with threatening‐looking others
When competing for resources, people appear particularly sensitive to social cues of threat, tending to submissively cede resources to more (vs. less) threatening‐looking others. This tendency appears especially pronounced among those that are physically weaker and thus more vulnerable to harm. One phase of adult life during which humans are particularly vulnerable is the perinatal period, the months leading up to and immediately after parturitio…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Aggression (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Neuroscience (4 works)