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Dr. Madelijn Strick

Associate Professor 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Psychology
Social, Health and Organisational Psychology
Social, Health and Organisational Psychology
Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw
Heidelberglaan 1
Kamer H1.15
3584 CS Utrecht

Dr. Madelijn Strick

Associate Professor
Social, Health and Organisational Psychology
+31 30 253 4615
m.strick@uu.nl
Profile Publications Prizes Research Teaching Contact
Profile Publications Prizes Research Teaching Contact
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Academic publications:

  • Wijnen, F., Strick, M., Bos, M., Van Sebille, E. (2024). Evaluating the impact of climate communication activities by scientists: What is known and necessary? EGUsphere
  • Strick, M. (2023).  [Review of the book Satire, Humor, and Environmental Crises, by M. Zekavat, & T. Scheel]. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research. Accepted for publication.
  • Strick, M., & Helfferich, S. (2023). Active ingredients of science communication impact: A quantitative study at a science festival. Journal of Science Communication. (Accepted for publication).
    • The survey used in this research can be downloaded here.
  • Peeters, W., Land-Zandstra, A., & Strick, M. (2022). Een nieuwe aanpak voor het meten van impact in de wetenschapscommunicatie: theoretisch kader en praktische uitwerking. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 50(3), 231-250.
  • Boon, W., Haan, J. de, Duisterwinkel, C., Gould, L., Janssen, W., Jongsma, K., Milota, M., Radstake, M. Stevens, S., Swinkels, M., Sebille, E. van, Strick, M., Wanders, N., & Yerkes, M. (2022). Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections of early and mid-career academics. Research for All. Vol. 6(1).
  • Strick, M. (2021). Funny and meaningful: Media messages that are humorous and moving provide optimal consolation in corona times. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 34(2), 155–176.
  • Strick, M. (2021). How humor can promote central-route persuasion: The role of ambivalence. In: M. Strick & T. E. Ford (Eds.). The Social Psychology of Humor, pp 3-19. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
  • Strick, M. (2021). Audiovisual advertising: Effects of music on psychological transportation and narrative persuasion. In J. Deaville, R. Rodman, and S. L. Tan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music and Advertising. Oxford University Press (USA).
  • Boon, W., Duisterwinkel, C., Strick, M., & Thunnissen, M. (2021). Open Science & Stakeholder Engagement Why, how, and what could be improved? Commissioned by the Public Engagement pillar of the Open Science Programme.
  • Hoeken, H., & Strick, M. (2021). What people tell other people about new technologies: The impact of attitudes toward the technology and trust toward the source on information distortion. International Journal of Communication, 15.
  • Everett, J. A. C., Colombatto, C., Awad, E., Boggio, P., Bos, B. , Brady, W. J., ..., Strick, M., ..., Tummers, L., ... Crockett, M. J. (2021). Moral dilemmas and trust in leaders during a global health crisis. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(8), 1074-1088.
  • Hendriks, H., & Strick, M. (2019/2020). A laughing matter? How humor in alcohol ads influences interpersonal communication and persuasion. Health Communication, 35(14), 1821-1829.
  • Strick, M., & Tummers, L. (2019). Increasing inclusiveness with a short pro-diversity film. Psyarxiv preprint.
  • Strick, M., & Volbeda, M. (2018). When the valence of unconditioned stimuli evolves over time: Evaluative conditioning with good-ending and bad-ending stories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 50-55.
  • Strick, M., & Van Soolingen, J. (2017). Against the odds: Human values arising in unfavourable circumstances elicit the feeling of being moved. Cognition and Emotion, 32(6), 1231-1246.
  • Strick, M., & Papies, E. K. (2017). A brief mindfulness exercise promotes the correspondence between the implicit affiliation motive and goal setting. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(5), 623–637.
  • Stoeckart, P.F., Strick, M., Bijleveld, E. & Aarts, H. (2017). The implicit power motive predicts action selection. Psychological Research, 81(3), 560–570.
  • Dijksterhuis, A., & Strick, M. (2016). A case for thinking without consciousness. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(1), 117-132.
  • Strick, M., Stoeckart, P. F., Dijksterhuis, A. (2015). Thinking in Black and White: Conscious thought increases racially biased judgments through biased face memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 36, 206-218.
  • Strick, M., De Bruin, H. L., De Ruiter, L., & Jonkers, W. (2015). Striking the right chord: Emotionally moving music increases psychological transportation and narrative persuasion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 21, 57-72.
  • Dijksterhuis, A., Strick, M., Bos, M. W., & Nordgren, L. F. (2014). Prolonged Thought: Proposing Type 3 Processing. In: Sherman, J. W., Gawronski, B., & Trope, Y. (Eds.). Dual process theories of the social mind. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., Van Baaren, R. B., Van Knippenberg, A., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2013). Humour in advertising: An associative processing model. European Review of Social Psychology, 24, 32-69.
  • Kleinjan, M., Strick, M., Lemmers, L., & Engels, R. (2012). The effectiveness of a cue-reminder intervention to reduce adolescents’ alcohol use in social contexts. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47, 451-457.
  • Strick, M., Van Noorden, T. H. J., Ritskes, R. R., De Ruiter J. R., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2012). Zen meditation and access to information in the unconscious. Consciousness and Cognition, 21, 1476-1481.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., Van Baaren, R. B., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2012). Those who laugh are defenceless: How humor breaks resistance to influence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 18, 213-223.
  • Ritter, S. M., Damian, R. I., Simonton, D. K., Van Baaren, R. B., Strick, M., Derks, J., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2012). Diversifying experiences enhance cognitive flexibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 961–964.
  • Ritter, S. M., Strick, M., Bos, M. W., Van Baaren, R. B., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2012). Good morning creativity: Task reactivation during sleep enhances beneficial effect of sleep on creative performance. Journal of Sleep Research, 21(6), 643-647.
  • Strick, M., Dijksterhuis, A., Bos, M. W., Sjoerdsma, A., van Baaren, R. B., & Nordgren, L. F. (2011). A meta- analysis on unconscious thought effects. Social Cognition, 29, 738-762.
  • Strick, M., & Dijksterhuis, A. (2011). Intuition and unconscious thought. In M. Sinclair (Ed.), Handbook of Intuition Research (pp. 28-36). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers.
  • Stel, M., Mastop, J., & Strick, M. (2011). The impact of mimicking on attitudes toward products presented in TV commercials. Social Influence, 6, 142-152.
  • Strick, M., Dijksterhuis, A., & Van Baaren, R. B. (2010). Unconscious-thought effects take place off-line, not on-line. Psychological Science, 21, 484-488.
  • Westerhof, G. J., Harink, K., Van Baaren, R. B., & Strick, M. (2010). Filling the missing link: the influence of portrayals of older characters in television commercials on the cognitive functioning of older adults. Ageing & Society, 30, 897-912.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., Van Baaren, R. B., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2010). The puzzle of joking: Disentangling the cognitive and affective components of humorous distraction. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 43-51.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., Van Baaren, R. B., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2010). Humor in the eye tracker: Attention capture and distraction from context cues. Journal of General Psychology, 137, 37-48.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., Van Baaren, R. B., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2009). Finding comfort in a joke: Consolatory effects of humor through cognitive distraction. Emotion, 9, 574-578.
  • Strick, M., Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R. W., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2009). Humor in advertisements enhances product liking by mere association. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15, 35- 45.
  • Hansen, J., Strick, M., Van Baaren, R., Hooghuis, M., & Wigboldus, D. H. J. (2009). Exploring memory for product names advertised with humour. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 8, 135-148.
  • Corneille, O., Mauduit, S., Holland, R. W., & Strick, M. (2009). Liking peppermints by the head of a dog: Perceived orientation of attention induces valence acquisition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 234-237.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W. & Van Knippenberg, A. (2008). Seductive eyes: Attractiveness and direct gaze increase desire for associated objects. Cognition, 106, 1487-1496.

 

Books

  • Strick, M., & Ford, T. E. (2021). The Social Psychology of Humor. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
  • Strick, M. (2020). Humor is een van de vier pijlers onder het universum (de andere drie ben ik vergeten). Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Balans
  • Dijksterhuis, A., & Strick, M. (2017). Tussen je oren: Hoe slim, gaaf en maf ons gedrag in elkaar zit. Amsterdam: Prometheus.
  • Strick, M., Baas, M., De Vries, M., Dotsch. R., & Van Dillen, L. (2012). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2011 [Yearbook of Social Psychology 2010].Groningen, the Netherlands: ASPO Pers.
  • Van de Ven, N., Baas, M., Lakens, D., Strick, M., Van Dillen, L., & Van Lokhorst, A. (2011). Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2010 [Yearbook of Social Psychology 2010]. Groningen, the Netherlands: ASPO Pers.
  • Strick, M. (2009). The hidden power of humorous ads: How humor modifies positive and negative associative processes. Ipskamp, Nijmegen.

 

National publications:

  • Dillen, L. F. van, Ellemers, N. & Strick, M. (2021), Psychologie: voer voor juristen. In: Naar wetten die werken. 85-92.
  • Strick, M. (2018). Humoristische reclames zijn leuk, maar zijn ze ook effectief? In-Mind Magazine, 2018(2).
  • Van der Zwaluw, C. S., Kleinjan, M., Lemmers, L., Wiebing, M., Van Toorn., A., Zeegers, T., Strick, M., Hermans, R., & Engels, R. M. E. (2013). De ‘Power Button’: Eerste aanwijzingen voor effecten van een herinneringscue op middelengebruik, Verslaving.
  • Strick, M., Holland, R. W., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2008). Zijn het je ogen? Aantrekkelijkheid en oogrichting moduleren conditioneringseffecten van gezichten op productevaluaties, Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO press.
  • Strick, M., Van Baaren, R. B., Holland, R. W., & Van Knippenberg, A. (2005). Humor in Reclame: De Onbewuste Invloed van Humor op Herkenning, Attitudes en Gedrag, Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO press.

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