Dr Thomas Hostler
Dr Thomas Hostler
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
I completed my PhD in Psychology in 2016 at the University of Sheffield. The title of my thesis was “Improving intention realisation using emotional cues and implementation intentions”.
In 2023 I completed an MA in Higher Education Studies.
Interests and expertise
I have a wide range of research interests. In psychology, I am interested in emotion, and in particular complex emotional experiences such as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). I am also interested in how emotion is conceptualized and measured in psychological research, and the concept of measuring mixed emotions.
I also have an active research interest in the public understanding of psychology and scientific epistemology. In particular I’m interested in people’s beliefs about evolutionary psychology theories of human behaviour. I am interested in whether these beliefs may influence people’s understanding and perceptions of agency and responsibility, for example in cases of sexual assault.
Outside of psychology, I am an advocate of Open research, but am interested in taking a critical perspective of how the promotion and incentivization of open research methods may impact on academic workloads and identity. I am interested in research policy, the research ecosystem, and the way that changes to these impact researchers and research professionals.
Research outputs
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Reports
Scelles, N., Grix, J., Jones, M., Hostler, T. (2019) The Rugby League dividend: Economic and social impact of Rugby League.
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Journal articles
Hostler, T.J. (2024) 'Open Research Reforms and the Capitalist University: Areas of Opposition and Alignment.' Collabra: Psychology, 10(1)
Buchanan, E.M., Lewis, S.C., Paris, B., Forscher, P.S., Pavlacic, J.M., Beshears, J.E., Drexler, S.M., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Mallik, P.R., Silan, M.A.A., Miller, J.K., IJzerman, H., Moshontz, H., Beaudry, J.L., Suchow, J.W., Chartier, C.R., Coles, N.A., Sharifian, M.H., Todsen, A.L., Levitan, C.A., Azevedo, F., Legate, N., Heller, B., Rothman, A.J., Dorison, C.A., Gill, B.P., Wang, K., Rees, V.W., Gibbs, N., Goldenberg, A., Thi Nguyen, T.V., Gross, J.J., Kaminski, G., von Bastian, C.C., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Mosannenzadeh, F., Azouaghe, S., Bran, A., Ruiz-Fernandez, S., Santos, A.C., Reggev, N., Zickfeld, J.H., Akkas, H., Pantazi, M., Ropovik, I., Korbmacher, M., Arriaga, P., Gjoneska, B., Warmelink, L., Alves, S.G., de Holanda Coelho, G.L., Stieger, S., Schei, V., Hanel, P.H.P., Szaszi, B., Fedotov, M., Antfolk, J., Marcu, G.M., Schrötter, J., Kunst, J.R., Geiger, S.J., Adetula, A., Kocalar, H.E., Kielińska, J., Kačmár, P., Bokkour, A., Galindo-Caballero, O.J., Djamai, I., Pöntinen, S.J., Agesin, B.E., Jernsäther, T., Urooj, A., Rachev, N.R., Koptjevskaja-Tamm, M., Kurfalı, M., Pit, I.L., Li, R., Çoksan, S., Dubrov, D., Paltrow, T.E., Baník, G., Korobova, T., Studzinska, A., Jiang, X., Aruta, J.J.B.R., Vintr, J., Chiu, F., Kaliska, L., Berkessel, J.B., Tümer, M., Morales-Izquierdo, S., Chuan-Peng, H., Vezirian, K., Rosa, A.D., Bialobrzeska, O., Vasilev, M.R., Beitner, J., Kácha, O., Žuro, B., Westerlund, M., Hostler, T.J. (2023) 'The Psychological Science Accelerator’s COVID-19 rapid-response dataset.' Scientific Data, 10(1)
Bennett, A., Garside, D., Gould van Praag, C., Hostler, T.J., Kherroubi Garcia, I., Plomp, E., Schettino, A., Teplitzky, S., Ye, H. (2023) 'A manifesto for rewarding and recognizing team infrastructure roles.' Journal of Trial and Error, 4(1) pp. 60-72.
Hostler, T.J. (2023) 'The Invisible Workload of Open Research.' Journal of Trial and Error, 4(1) pp. 21-36.
Dorison, C.A., Lerner, J.S., Heller, B.H., Rothman, A.J., Kawachi, I.I., Wang, K., Rees, V.W., Gill, B.P., Gibbs, N., Ebersole, C.R., Vally, Z., Tajchman, Z., Zsido, A.N., Zrimsek, M., Chen, Z., Ziano, I., Gialitaki, Z., Ceary, C.D., Lin, Y., Kunisato, Y., Yamada, Y., Xiao, Q., Jiang, X., Du, X., Yao, E., Wilson, J.P., Cyrus-Lai, W., Jimenez-Leal, W., Law, W., Collins, W.M., Richard, K.L., Vranka, M., Ankushev, V., Schei, V., Križanić, V., Kadreva, V.H., Adoric, V.C., Tran, U.S., Yeung, S.K., Hassan, W., Houston, R., Lima, T.J.S., Ostermann, T., Frizzo, T., Sverdrup, T.E., House, T., Gill, T., Fedotov, M., Paltrow, T., Jernsäther, T., Koptjevskaja-Tamm, M., Hostler, T.J., Ishii, T., Szaszi, B., Adamus, S., Suter, L., Habib, S., Studzinska, A., Stojanovska, D., Janssen, S.M.J., Stieger, S., Schulenberg, S.E., Tatachari, S., Azouaghe, S., Sorokowski, P., Sorokowska, A., Song, X., Lewis, S.C., Sinkolova, S., Grigoryev, D., Drexler, S.M., Daches, S., Geniole, S.N., Vračar, S., Massoni, S., Zorjan, S., Sarıoğuz, E., Izquierdo, S.M., Alves, S.G., Pöntinen, S., Solas, S.Á., Ordoñez-Riaño, S., Očovaj, S.B., Onie, S., Lins, S., Çoksan, S., Sacakli, A., Ruiz-Fernández, S., Geiger, S.J., FatahModares, S., Walczak, R.B., Betlehem, R., Vilar, R., Cárcamo, R., Ross, R.M., McCarthy, R., Ballantyne, T., Westgate, E.C., Afhami, R., Ren, D., Monteiro, R.P., Reips, U.D., Reggev, N., Calin-Jageman, R.J., Pourafshari, R., Oliveira, R., Nedelcheva-Datsova, M., Rahal, R.M., Ribeiro, R.R., Radtke, T., Searston, R., Habte, R., Zdybek, P., Chen, S.C., Maturan, P.L.G., Perillo, J.T., Isager, P.M., Kačmár, P., Macapagal, P.M., Szwed, P., Hanel, P.H.P., Forbes, P.A.G., Arriaga, P., Paris, B., Papachristopoulos, K., Correa, P.S., Kácha, O., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Bravo, O.N., Galindo-Caballero, O.J., Ogbonnaya, C.E., Bialobrzeska, O., Kiselnikova, N., Simonovic, N., Cohen, N., Nock, N.L., Johannes, N., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Say, N., Torunsky, N., Van Doren, N., Sunami, N., Rachev, N.R., Majeed, N.M., Schmidt, N.D., Nadif, K., Corral-Frías, N.S., Ouherrou, N., Pantazi, M., Lucas, M.Y., Vasilev, M.R., Ortiz, M.V., Butt, M.M., Kabir, M., Muda, R., Tejada Rivera, M.D.C.M., Sirota, M., Seehuus, M., Parzuchowski, M., Toro, M., Hricova, M., Maldonado, M.A., Marszalek, M., Karekla, M., Mioni, G., Bosma, M.J., Westerlund, M., Vdovic, M., Bialek, M., Silan, M.A., Anne, M., Misiak, M., Grinberg, M., Capizzi, M., Espinoza Barría, M.F., Kurfali, M.A., Mensink, M.C., Harutyunyan, M., Khosla, M., Korbmacher, M., Adamkovič, M., Ribeiro, M.F.F., Terskova, M., Hruška, M., Martončik, M., Voracek, M., Čadek, M., Frías-Armenta, M., Kowal, M., Topor, M., Roczniewska, M., Oosterlinck, M., Kohlová, M.B., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Romanova, M., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Lund, M.L., Antoniadi, M., Jones, M.V., Ortiz, M.S., Manavalan, M., Muminov, A., Kossowska, M., Friedemann, M., Wielgus, M., Varella, M.A.C., Colloff, M.F., Bradford, M., Vaughn, L.A., Eudave, L., Vieira, L., Pineda, L.M.S., Pérez, L.C., Lazarevic, L.B., Jaremka, L.M., Kushnir, E., Anton-Boicuk, L., de Holanda Coelho, G.L., Ahlgren, L., Levitan, C.A., Micheli, L., Volz, L., Stojanovska, M., Boucher, L., Samojlenko, L., Delgado, L.G.J., Kaliska, L., Warmelink, L., Rojas-Berscia, L.M., Yu, K., Wachowicz, J., Desai, K., Barzykowski, K., Kozma, L., Evans, K., Kirgizova, K., Agesin, B.E., Koehn, M.A., Wolfe, K., Korobova, T., Klevjer, K., van Schie, K., Vezirian, K., Damnjanović, K., Thommesen, K.K., Schmidt, K., Filip, K., Grzech, K., Hoyer, K., Moon, K., Rana, K., Janjić, K., Suchow, J.W., Kielińska, J., Cruz Vásquez, J.E., Beitner, J., Vargas-Nieto, J.C., Roxas, J.C.T., Taber, J., Urriago-Rayo, J., Pavlacic, J.M., Bavolar, J., Soto, J.A., Olofsson, J.K., Vilsmeier, J.K., Messerschmidt, J., Czamanski-Cohen, J., Boudesseul, J., Lee, J.M., Kamburidis, J., Zickfeld, J., Miranda, J.F., Verharen, J.P.H., Hristova, E., Beshears, J.E., Đorđević, J.M., Bosch, J., Valentova, J.V., Antfolk, J., Berkessel, J.B., Schrötter, J., Urban, J., Röer, J.P., Norton, J.O., Silva, J.R., Pickering, J.S., Vintr, J., Uttley, J., Kunst, J.R., Ndukaihe, I.L.G., Iyer, A., Vilares, I., Ivanov, A., Ropovik, I., Sula, I., Sarieva, I., Metin-Orta, I., Prusova, I., Pinto, I., Bozdoc, A.I., Almeida, I.A.T., Pit, I.L., Dalgar, I., Zakharov, I., Arinze, A.I., Ihaya, K., Stephen, I.D., Gjoneska, B., Brohmer, H., Flowe, H., Godbersen, H., Kocalar, H.E., Hedgebeth, M.V., Chuan-Peng, H., Sharifian, M., Manley, H., Akkas, H., Hajdu, N., Azab, H., Kaminski, G., Nilsonne, G., Anjum, G., Travaglino, G.A., Feldman, G., Pfuhl, G., Czarnek, G., Marcu, G.M., Hofer, G., Banik, G., Adetula, G.A., Bijlstra, G., Verbruggen, F., Kung, F.Y.H., Foroni, F., Singer, G., Muchembled, F., Azevedo, F., Mosannenzadeh, F., Marinov, E., Štrukelj, E., Etebari, Z., Baskin, E., Garcia, E.O.L., Musser, E., van Steenkiste, I.M.M., Ahn, E.R., Pronizius, E., Jackson, E.A., Manunta, E., Agadullina, E., Šakan, D., Dursun, P., Dujols, O., Dubrov, D., Willis, M., Tümer, M., Beaudry, J.L., Popović, D., Dunleavy, D., Djamai, I., Krupić, D., Vega, D., Du, H., Mola, D., Davis, W.E., Holford, D.L., Lewis, D.M.G., Vaidis, D.C., Ozery, D.H., Ricaurte, D.Z., Storage, D., Sousa, D., Alvarez, D.S., Rosa, A.D., Krupić, D., Marko, D., Moreau, D., Reeck, C., Correia, R.C., Whitt, C.M., Lamm, C., Solorzano, C.S., von Bastian, C.C., Sutherland, C.A., Overkott, C., Aberson, C.L., Wang, C., Karashiali, C., Noone, C., Chiu, F., Picciocchi, C., Karaarslan, C., Cellini, N., Esteban-Serna, C., Reyna, C., Batres, C., Li, R., Grano, C., Carpentier, J., Tamnes, C.K., Fu, C.H.Y., Ishkhanyan, B., Bylinina, L., Jaeger, B., Bundt, C., Allred, T.B., Bokkour, A., Bogatyreva, N., Chopik, W.J., Antazo, B., Behzadnia, B., Becker, M., Cocco, B., Chou, W.L., Hubena, B., Žuro, B., Aczel, B., Baklanova, E., Bai, H., Balci, B.B., Babinčák, P., Dixson, B.J.W., Mokady, A., Kappes, H.B., Atari, M., Szala, A., Szabelska, A., Aruta, J.J.B., Domurat, A., Arinze, N.C., Modena, A., Adiguzel, A., Monajem, A., Arabi, K.A.E., Özdoğru, A.A., Olaya Torres, A.J., Theodoropoulou, A., Jurković, A.P., Kassianos, A.P., Findor, A., Hartanto, A., Thibault Landry, A., Ferreira, A., Santos, A.C., De la Rosa-Gomez, A., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Todsen, A.L., Karababa, A., Janak, A., Bran, A., Tullett, A.M., Kuzminska, A.O., Krafnick, A.J., Urooj, A., Khaoudi, A., Ahmed, A., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Askelund, A.D., Adetula, A., Belaus, A., Charyate, A.C., Wichman, A.L., Stoyanova, A., Greenburgh, A., Thomas, A.G., Arvanitis, A., Forscher, P.S., Mallik, P.R., Primbs, M.A., Miller, J.K., Moshontz, H., Urry, H.L., IJzerman, H., Basnight-Brown, D.M., Chartier, C.R., Buchanan, E.M., Coles, N.A. (2022) 'In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries.' Affective science, 3pp. 577-602.
Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., Gross, J.J., Agesin, B.B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D.H., Jackson, E.A., Garcia, E.O.L., Drexler, S.M., Jurković, A.P., Rana, K., Wilson, J.P., Antoniadi, M., Desai, K., Gialitaki, Z., Kushnir, E., Nadif, K., Bravo, O.N., Nauman, R., Oosterlinck, M., Pantazi, M., Pilecka, N., Szabelska, A., van Steenkiste, I.M.M., Filip, K., Bozdoc, A.I., Marcu, G.M., Agadullina, E., Adamkovič, M., Roczniewska, M., Reyna, C., Kassianos, A.P., Westerlund, M., Ahlgren, L., Pöntinen, S., Adetula, G.A., Dursun, P., Arinze, A.I., Arinze, N.C., Ogbonnaya, C.E., Ndukaihe, I.L.G., Dalgar, I., Akkas, H., Macapagal, P.M., Lewis, S., Metin-Orta, I., Foroni, F., Willis, M., Santos, A.C., Mokady, A., Reggev, N., Kurfali, M.A., Vasilev, M.R., Nock, N.L., Parzuchowski, M., Espinoza Barría, M.F., Vranka, M., Kohlová, M.B., Ropovik, I., Harutyunyan, M., Wang, C., Yao, E., Becker, M., Manunta, E., Kaminski, G., Boudesseul, J., Marko, D., Evans, K., Lewis, D.M.G., Findor, A., Landry, A.T., Aruta, J.J.B., Ortiz, M.S., Vally, Z., Pronizius, E., Voracek, M., Lamm, C., Grinberg, M., Li, R., Valentova, J.V., Mioni, G., Cellini, N., Chen, S.C., Zickfeld, J., Moon, K., Azab, H., Levy, N., Karababa, A., Beaudry, J.L., Boucher, L., Collins, W.M., Todsen, A.L., van Schie, K., Vintr, J., Bavolar, J., Kaliska, L., Križanić, V., Samojlenko, L., Pourafshari, R., Geiger, S.J., Beitner, J., Warmelink, L., Ross, R.M., Stephen, I.D., Hostler, T.J., Azouaghe, S., McCarthy, R., Szala, A., Grano, C., Solorzano, C.S., Anjum, G., Jimenez-Leal, W., Bradford, M., Pérez, L.C., Cruz Vásquez, J.E., Galindo-Caballero, O.J., Vargas-Nieto, J.C., Kácha, O., Arvanitis, A., Xiao, Q., Cárcamo, R., Zorjan, S., Tajchman, Z., Vilares, I., Pavlacic, J.M., Kunst, J.R., Tamnes, C.K., von Bastian, C.C., Jones, M.V. (2022) 'Erratum: Author Correction: A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic (Nature human behaviour (2021) 5 8 (1089-1110)).' Nature Human Behaviour, 6(9) pp. 1318-1319.
Hostler, T. (2022) 'The importance of rigorous methods in a growing research field: five practices for ASMR researchers.' Meta-Psychology, 6pp. MP.2020.2626-MP.2020.2626.
Legate, N., Nguyen, T.V., Weinstein, N., Moller, A., Legault, L., Vally, Z., Tajchman, Z., Zsido, A.N., Zrimsek, M., Chen, Z., Ziano, I., Gialitaki, Z., Basnight-Brown, D.M., Ceary, C.D., Jang, Y., IJzerman, H., Lin, Y., Kunisato, Y., Yamada, Y., Xiao, Q., Jiang, X., Du, X., Yao, E., Ryan, W.S., Wilson, J.P., Cyrus-Lai, W., Jimenez-Leal, W., Law, W., Unanue, W., Collins, W.M., Richard, K.L., Vranka, M., Ankushev, V., Schei, V., Lerche, V., Kovic, V., Krizanic, V., Kadreva, V.H., Adoric, V.C., Tran, U.S., Yeung, S.K., Hassan, W., Houston, R., Urry, H.L., Machin, M.A., Lima, T.J.S., Ostermann, T., Frizzo, T., Sverdrup, T.E., House, T., Gill, T., Fedotov, M., Paltrow, T., Moshontz, H., Jernsäther, T., Rahman, T., Machin, T., Koptjevskaja-Tamm, M., Hostler, T.J., Ishii, T., Szaszi, B., Adamus, S., Suter, L., Von Bormann, S.M., Habib, S., Studzinska, A., Stojanovska, D., Janssen, S.M.J., Stieger, S., Primbs, M.A., Schulenberg, S.E., Buchanan, E.M., Tatachari, S., Azouaghe, S., Sorokowski, P., Sorokowska, A., Song, X., Morbée, S., Lewis, S., Sinkolova, S., Grigoryev, D., Drexler, S.M., Daches, S., Levine, S.L., Geniole, S.N., Akter, S., Vracar, S., Massoni, S., Costa, S., Zorjan, S., Sarioguz, E., Izquierdo, S.M., Tshonda, S.S., Miller, J.K., Alves, S.G., Pöntinen, S., Solas, S.Á., Ordoñez-Riaño, S., Ocovaj, S.B., Onie, S. (2022) 'A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 119(22) pp. e2111091119-e2111091119.
Poerio, G.L., Mank, S., Hostler, T.J. (2022) 'The awesome as well as the awful: heightened sensory sensitivity predicts the presence and intensity of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR).' Journal of Research in Personality, 97
Diconne, K., Kountouriotis, G.K., Paltoglou, A.E., Parker, A., Hostler, T.J. (2022) 'Presenting KAPODI – The Searchable Database of Emotional Stimuli Sets.' Emotion Review, 14(1) pp. 84-95.
Wang, K., Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., Gross, J.J., Agesin, B.B., Bernardo, M., Campos, O., Eudave, L., Grzech, K., Ozery, D.H., Jackson, E.A., Garcia, E.O.L., Drexler, S.M., Jurković, A.P., Rana, K., Wilson, J.P., Antoniadi, M., Desai, K., Gialitaki, Z., Kushnir, E., Nadif, K., Bravo, O.N., Nauman, R., Oosterlinck, M., Pantazi, M., Pilecka, N., Szabelska, A., van Steenkiste, I.M.M., Filip, K., Bozdoc, A.I., Marcu, G.M., Agadullina, E., Adamkovič, M., Roczniewska, M., Reyna, C., Kassianos, A.P., Westerlund, M., Ahlgren, L., Pöntinen, S., Adetula, G.A., Dursun, P., Arinze, A.I., Arinze, N.C., Ogbonnaya, C.E., Ndukaihe, I.L.G., Dalgar, I., Akkas, H., Macapagal, P.M., Lewis, S., Metin-Orta, I., Foroni, F., Willis, M., Santos, A.C., Mokady, A., Reggev, N., Kurfali, M.A., Vasilev, M.R., Nock, N.L., Parzuchowski, M., Espinoza Barría, M.F., Vranka, M., Kohlová, M.B., Ropovik, I., Harutyunyan, M., Wang, C., Yao, E., Becker, M., Manunta, E., Kaminski, G., Marko, D., Evans, K., Lewis, D.M.G., Findor, A., Landry, A.T., Aruta, J.J.B., Ortiz, M.S., Vally, Z., Pronizius, E., Voracek, M., Lamm, C., Grinberg, M., Li, R., Valentova, J.V., Mioni, G., Cellini, N., Chen, S.C., Zickfeld, J., Moon, K., Azab, H., Levy, N., Karababa, A., Beaudry, J.L., Boucher, L., Collins, W.M., Todsen, A.L., van Schie, K., Vintr, J. (2021) 'A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.' Nature Human Behaviour, 5pp. 1089-1110.
Persson, S., Hostler, T.J. (2021) 'When Men Who Dislike Feminists Feel Proud: Can Self-Affirmation and Perspective-Taking Increase Men’s Empathy Toward Feminists?.' Psychology of Women Quarterly, 45(3) pp. 372-386.
Hostler, T.J., Berrios, R. (2020) 'The impact of mixed emotions on judgements: a naturalistic study during the FIFA world cup.' Cognition and Emotion, 35(2) pp. 341-355.
Hostler, T.J., Poerio, G.L., Blakey, E. (2019) 'Still More Than a Feeling: Commentary on Cash et al., "Expectancy Effects in the Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response" and Recommendations for Measurement in Future ASMR Research..' Multisensory Research, 32(6) pp. 521-531.
Poerio, G.L., Blakey, E., Hostler, T.J., Veltri, T. (2018) 'More than a feeling: Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is characterized by reliable changes in affect and physiology..' PLoS ONE, 13(6)
Hostler, T.J., Wood, C., Armitage, C.J. (2018) 'The influence of emotional cues on prospective memory: a systematic review with meta-analyses..' Cognition and Emotion, 32(8) pp. 1578-1596.
Press and media
Media appearances or involvement
I have talked about my research on ASMR in the media, including the BBC and the Guardian.
My work on open research and academic workloads has been discussed on the BJKS podcast and the Everything Hertz podcast.