Selected Publications

  • Possible Worlds Theory: How the Imagination Transcends and Recreates Reality

    The imagination is central to human social life but undervalued worldwide and underexplored in psychology. Possible Worlds Theory defines the forms and functions of imagination in diverse domains of social life.

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  • Awe Sparks Prosociality in Children

    Rooted in the novel and the mysterious, awe is a common experience in childhood, but research is almost silent with respect to the import of this emotion for children. In two preregistered experiments, we study the effects of art-elicited awe on children’s prosocial behavior toward an out-group and its unique physiological correlates.

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  • Emotional Palette: A Computational Mapping of Aesthetic Experiences Evoked by Visual Art

    Over millennia, humans have depicted a vast spectrum of emotions in art. We asked people to describe how 1,500 paintings make them feel and plotted these feelings on an interactive map, grouping artworks that triggered specific emotions. Explore this colorful map here: https://barradeau.com/2021/emotions-map/

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  • The art of influence: When and why deviant artists gain impact

    Some artists rise to fame, while others sink into oblivion. What determines whether artists make an impact? In 6 lab experiments we show that artists whose work deviates from their own previous style and other artists’ styles gain greater impact than nondeviant artists.

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All Publications

  • Stamkou, E., Homan, A. C., van Kleef, G. A. & Gelfand, M. J. (2022). The Spatial Representation of Leadership Depends on Ecological Threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000304

  • Gelfand. M. J., Li, R., Stamkou, E., Denison, E., Fernandez, J., Chatman, J., Jackson, J., Pieper, D., & Dimant, E. (2022). Persuading republicans and democrats to comply with mask wearing: An intervention tournament. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101, 104299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104299

  • van Kleef, G. A., Heerdink, M. W., Cheshin, A., Stamkou, E., Wanders, F., Koning, L. F., Fang, X., & Georgeac, O. A. M. (2021). No guts, no glory? How risk-taking shapes dominance, prestige, and leadership endorsement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106, 1673–1694. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000868

  • Stamkou, E. & Keltner. D. (2021). Aesthetic revolution: Art as culture and catalyst for social change. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3578575

  • Dobrowolska, M., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Sorokowski, P., Randall, A. K., Hilpert, P., Ahmadi, K., Alghraibeh, A. M., Aryeetey, R., Bertoni, A., Bettache, K., Błażejewska, M., Bodenmann, G., Bortolini, T. S., Bosc, C., Butovskaya, M., Castro, F. N., Cetinkaya, H., Cunha, D., ... Stamkou, E., ... Sorokowska, A. (2020). Global perspective on marital satisfaction. Sustainability, 12(21), [8817]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218817

  • Specker, E., Stamkou, E., Pelowski, M., & Leder, H.  (2020). Radically revolutionary or pretty flowers? The impact of curatorial narrative of artistic deviance on perceived artist influence. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. doi:10.1037/aca0000320

  • Stamkou, E., Homan, A. C., & Van Kleef, G. A. (2020). Climbing the ladder or falling from grace? A threat-opportunity framework of the effects of norm violations on social rank. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.012

  • Dobrowolska, M., Sorokowski, P., Randall, A., Groyecka, A., Hilpert, P., … Stamkou., E., … Sorokowska, A. (2020). Global perspective on marital satisfaction. Sustainability,12 (21), 8817. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218817

  • Stamkou, E., Van Kleef, G. A., & Homan, A. C. (2019). Feeling entitled to rules: Entitled individuals prevent norm violators from rising up the ranks. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 84, 103790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.03.001

  • Stamkou, E., Van Kleef, G. A., Homan, A. C., Gelfand, M. J., Van de Vijver, F., van Egmond, M. C., Boer, D., … Lee, I. C. (2019). Cultural collectivism and tightness moderate responses to norm violators: Effects on power perception, moral emotions, and leader support. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45, 947-964. doi.org/10.1177/0146167218802832

  • Cantarero, K., Szarota, P., Stamkou, E., Navas, M. & Espinosa, A. C. D. (2018). The effects of culture and moral foundations on moral judgments: The ethics of authority mediates the relationship between power distance and attitude towards lying to one's supervisor. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9945-0

  • Stamkou, E., Van Kleef, G. A., & Homan, A. C. (2018). The art of influence: When and why deviant artists gain impact. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 276-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000131

  • Cantarero, K., Szarota, P., Stamkou, E., Navas, M. & Espinosa, A. C. D. (2018). When is a lie acceptable? Work and private life lying acceptance depends on its beneficiary. The Journal of Social Psychology, 158, 220-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2017.1327404

  • Sorokowska, A., Groyecka, A., Karwowski, M., Frackowiak, T., Ahmadi, K., … Stamkou., E., … Pierce, J. D (2018). Global study of social odor awareness. Chemical Senses, 43, 503-513. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjy038

  • Sorokowska, A., Sorokowski, P., Hilpert, P., Cantarero, K., Frackowiak, T., … Stamkou., E., … Pierce, J. D. (2017). Preferred interpersonal distances: A global comparison. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 577-592. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117698039

  • Sorokowski P., Randall, A. K., Groyecka, A., Frackowiak, T., Cantarero, K., … Stamkou, E., … Sorokowska, A. (2017). Marital satisfaction, sex, age, marriage duration, religion, number of children, economic status, education, and collectivistic values: Data from 33 countries. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01199

  • Stamkou, E., Van Kleef, G. A., Homan, A. C., & Galinsky, A. D. (2016). How norm violations shape social hierarchies: Those who stand on top block norm violators from rising up. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 19, 608–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216641305

  • Stamkou, E., van Kleef, G. A., Fischer, A. H., & Kret, M. E. (2016). Are the powerful really blind to the feelings of others? How hierarchical concerns shape attention to emotions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42,755–768. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216636632

  • Hilpert, P., Randall, A. K., Sorokowski, P., Atkins, D. C., Sorokowska, A., … Stamkou., E., … Bettache, K. (2016). The associations of dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction vary between and within nations: A 35-nation study. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01106

  • Van Elk, M., Karinen, A., Specker, E., Stamkou, E., & Baas, M. (2016). “Standing in Awe”: The effects of awe on body perception and the relation with absorption. Collabra, 2. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.36

  • Van Kleef, G. A., Wanders, F., Stamkou, E., & Homan, A. C. (2015). The social dynamics of breaking the rules: antecedents and consequences of norm-violating behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology, 6, 25–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.03.013

  • Van Kleef, G. A., Homan, A. C., Finkenauer, C., Gündemir, S., & Stamkou, E. (2011). Breaking the rules to rise to power: How norm violators gain power in the eyes of others. Social Psychology and Personality Science, 2, 500–507. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550611398416