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My primary research program investigates the social psychological factors involved in the production and comprehension of language. Much of this research is summarized in Holtgraves, T. (2002). Current research examines language processing deficits in Parkinson's Disease and the lateralization of speaker meaning. I have additional research interests in gambling and risk-taking, and personality and information processing.

Primary Interests:

  • Communication, Language
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Person Perception
  • Personality, Individual Differences
  • Persuasion, Social Influence
  • Social Cognition

Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Holtgraves, T. (2008). Conversation, speech acts, and memory. Memory & Cognition, 36, 361-374.
  • Holtgraves, T. (2005). Diverging interpretations associated with the perspectives of the speaker and recipient in conversations. Journal of Memory and Language, 53, 551-566.
  • Holtgraves, T. (2009). Gambling, gambling activities, and problem gambling. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 295-302.
  • Holtgraves, T., & Felton, A. (2010). Hemispheric Asymmetry in the Processing of Negative and Positive Words: A Divided Field Study. Cognition and Emotion. First published on: 07 July 2010 (iFirst).
  • Holtgraves, T., & McNamara, P. (2010). Pragmatic comprehension deficit in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32 (4), 388-397.
  • Holtgraves, T., McNamara, P., Durso, R., & Cappaert, K. (2010). Linguistic correlates of asymmetric motor symptom severity in Parkinson's Disease. Brain and Cognition, 72 (2), 189-196
  • Holtgraves, T. (2008). Automatic intention recognition in conversation processing. Journal of Memory and Language.58, 627-645.
  • Holtgraves, T. M. (2014). Interpreting uncertainty terms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 107(2), Aug 2014, 219-228. doi: 10.1037/a0036930
  • Holtgraves, T. M. (2004). Social desirability and self-reports: Testing models of socially desirable responding. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 30, 161-172
  • Holtgraves, T. M. (1998). Interpreting indirect replies. Cognitive Psychology, 37, 1-27.
  • Holtgraves, T. M. (1997). Politeness and memory for the wording of remarks. Memory and Cognition, 25, 106-116.
  • Holtgraves, T. M. (1997). Styles of language use: Individual and cultural variability in conversational indirectness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 624-637.
  • Holtgraves, T. M., Eck, J., & Lasky, B. (1997). Face management, question wording, and social desirability. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 27,1650-1672.
  • Holtgraves, T. M., & Han, T. L. (2007). A procedure for studying online conversational processing using a chat bot. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 156-163.
  • Holtgraves, T. M., & Kashima, Y. (2008). Language, meaning, and social cognition. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 73-94.
  • Holtgraves, T. M., & Lasky, B. (1998). Powerful language and persuasion. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 17.

Other Publications:

  • Holtgraves, T. (2010). Social psychology and language: Words, utterances and conversations. In S. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology, 5th edition

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Tom Holtgraves
Department of Psychological Science
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana 47306
United States of America

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