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If looks could kill: Anger attributions are intensified by affordances for doing harm

Colin Holbrook, Andrew Galperin, Daniel M. T. Fessler, Kerri L. Johnson, Gregory A. Bryant, Martie G. Haselton

Emotion, 2014. DOI 10.1037/a0035826

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2025.

Replications

• Possessing potential weapons (still) heightens anger perception: Replicating and extending a test of error management theory, Moser et al. (2025). PLOS One. Outcome recorded: mixed. The results replicated prior findings that individuals depicted holding everyday objects with incidentally lethal affordances are perceived as angrier, more prone to anger, and more socially unpleasant. Outcome read from the abstract. View paper

Cite this record

Holbrook, C., Galperin, A., Fessler, D. M. T., Johnson, K. L., Bryant, G. A., & Haselton, M. G. (2014). If looks could kill: Anger attributions are intensified by affordances for doing harm. Emotion, 14(3), 455–461. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035826

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