Leslie D. Kirby


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Department of Psychology
301 Wilson Hall
Vanderbilt University
111 21st Ave S
Nashville TN 37203

Phone - (615) 322-5939
Fax - (615) 343-8449

E-
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Current Projects

  • studying the affective state of CHALLENGE, and the corresponding task engagement produced by this state
  • analysis of the relationship between parameters of physiological activity and emotional responses
  • modeling different levels of emotional processing
  • examination of the impact of personality traits, such as optimism, on emotional responses
  • exploration of possibilities for computer-human interactions based on the human's emotional responses

Current Collaborators


Craig A. Smith, Department of Psychology and Human Development
Nilanjan Sarkar, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rex A. Wright, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham


Other People Studying Emotions at VU

Jo-Anne Bachorowski, Department of Psychology
Peggy Thoits, Department of Sociology
Andy Tomarken, Department of Psychology
Teddi Walden, Department of Psychology and Human Development


People I Like Who Study Emotions Elsewhere

Geneva Emotion Research Group
Arvid Kappas
Anna Pecchinenda
Michael Robinson
Ira Roseman
Carien Van Reekum





Favorite Emotion Links!

The Emotion Home Page
Cognition & Emotion
International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE)




Favorite Psychophysiology Links!

The Heart: An Online Exploration
Affective Computing: Sensing Human Affect
Human Anatomy Online
Psychophysiology Around the World
Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
Surface EMG: Detection & Recording

Recent/Upcoming Publications

Wright, R. A. & Kirby, L. D. (Under revision). Cardiovascular correlates of challenge and threat appraisals: A critical examination of the Biopsychosocial Arousal Regulation Model and evidence supporting it. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Alabama at Bimringham.

Smith, C. A. & Kirby, L. D. (Under revision). The person and situation in transaction: Antecedents of Appraisal and Emotion. Manuscript submitted for publication. Vanderbilt University.

Kirby, L. D., Wright, R. A., Vega, A. & Penacerrada, D. K. (Under review). xxxoptimism and task engagement.

Kirby, L. D. & Smith, C. A. (Under review). The structure of appraisal. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Wright, R. A. & Kirby, L. D. (2001). Determinants and Cardiovascular Correlates of Effort. To be published in Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 33, 2001.

Smith, C. A. & Kirby, L. D. (2001). Breaking the tautology: Toward delivering on the promise of appraisal theory. In: K. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal theories of emotion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Smith, C. A. & Kirby, L. D. (2001). Affect and cognitive appraisal: From content to process models. In: J. Forgas (Ed.). Handbook of affect and social cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Smith, C. A. & Kirby, L. D. (2000). Consequences require antecedents: Toward a process model of emotion elicitation. In: J. Forgas (Ed.). Feeling and thinking: The role of affect in social cognition. Cambridge University Press.

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RECENT/UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

Kirby, L. D. (October, 2001). The effects of optimism on task engagement. To be presented at the ThirdPositive Psychology Summit, Washington, DC.

Kirby, L. D. & Wright, R. A. (October, 2001). The effects of optimism on cardiovascular responsivity. To be presented at the41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Smith, C. A. & Kirby, L. D. (November, 2001). On the elicitation, differentiation, and organization of emotion: Structural and procedural considerations. To be presented at the 2001 AAAI Fall Symposium "Emotional and Intelligent II: The Tangled Knot of Social Cognition", North Falmouth, MA. Kirby, L. D. & Wright, R. A. (February, 2002). Personality, performance & perceptions: The impact of optimism on task engagement. To be presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Savannah, Georgia.


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