Refereed Journal Articles

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Is Political Anxiety Different from General Anxiety?

Weinschenk, Aaron and Kevin B. Smith

Politics and the Life Sciences. 2024

Politics Makes Bastards of Us All: Why Moral Judgement is Politically Situational.

Hull, Kyle, Clarisse Warran, and Kevin B. Smith

Political Psychology. 2024

Election-Related Post Traumatic Stress: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.

Fraser, Timothy, Costas Panagopoulos, and Kevin B. Smith

Politics and the Life Sciences. 42(2): 179-204. 2023

On Pins and Needles: Anxiety, Politics and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.

Smith, Kevin B., Aaron Weinschenk, and Costas Panagopoulos

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 2023

Economic Values, Social Values and Cultural Animal Theory.

Smith, Kevin B.

Psychological Inquiry. 34: 43-46. 2023

The Psychophysiology of Political Ideology: Replications, Reanalysis and Recommendations.

Osmundsen, Mathias, David Hendry, Lasse Laustsen, Kevin B. Smith, and Michael Bang Petersen

Journal of Politics. 84: 50-66. 2022

Are Moral Intuitions Heritable?

Smith, Kevin B. and Peter K. Hatemi

Human Nature. 31: 406-420. 2020

Political Orientations Vary with Detection of Androstenone.

Gruszczynski, Michael, Amanda Jo Friesen, Kevin B. Smith and John. Alford

Politics and the Life Sciences. 39: 26-37. 2020

Physiology Predicts Ideology. Or Does It? The Current State of Political Psychophysiological Research.

Smith, Kevin B. and Clarisse Warren

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 34: 88-93. 2020

Do People Really Become More Conservative as they Age?

Peterson, John, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

Journal of Politics. 82: 600-611. 2020

Motivated Viewing: Selective Exposure to Political Images When Reasoning is not Involved.

Warren, Clarisse, Stephen Schneider, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

Personality and Individual Differences. 155: 109704. 2020

Darwin’s Bureaucrat: Reassessing the Microfoundations of Bureaucracy Scholarship.

Smith, Kevin B. and Jayme L.N. Renfro

Politics and the Life Sciences. 2019

Ideology Justifies Morality: Political Beliefs Predict Moral Foundations.

Hatemi, Peter, Charles Crabtree and Kevin B. Smith

American Journal of Political Science. 63: 788-806. 2019

Friends, Relatives, Sanity And Health: The Costs of Politics.

Smith, Kevin B., Matthew V. Hibbing, and John R. Hibbing

PLoS One. 14(9): e0221870. 2019

Genetic Attributions: Sign of Intolerance or Acceptance?

Schneider, Stephen, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

Journal of Politics. 80: 1023-1027. 2018

In Your Face: Emotional Expressivity as a Predictor of Ideology.

Peterson, Johnathan, Carly Jacobs, John Hibbing and Kevin Smith

Politics and the Life Sciences. 37: 53-67. 2018

Intuitive Ethics and Political Orientations: Testing Moral Foundations as a Theory of Ideology.

Smith, Kevin B., John Alford, John Hibbing, Nicholas Martin and Peter K. Hatemi

American Journal of Political Science. 61: 424-437. 2017

Physiological Arousal and Self-Reported Valence for Erotica Images Correlate with Sexual Policy Preferences.

Friesen, Amanda, Kevin B. Smith, and John R. Hibbing

International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 29: 449-470. 2017

Political Conservatism Predicts Asymmetries in Emotional Scene Memory.

Mills, Mark, Frank J. Gonzalez, Karl Giuseffi, Benjamin Sievert, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing and Michael Dodd

Behavioural Brain Research. 306: 84-90. 2016

Physiology and Political Beliefs: A Response to Knoll, O’Daniel, and Cusato.

Peterson, Johnathan, Kevin B. Smith and John Hibbing

Research & Politics. DOI: 10.1177/2053168016662892. 2016

Beyond Survey Self-Reports: Using Physiology to Tap Political Orientations

Michael W. Wagner, Kristen Deppe, Carly M. Jacobs, Amanda Friesen, Kevin B. Smith, & John R. Hibbing

International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 2015

Opportunities to Vote at Home May Increase Turnout Among High Stress Individuals

Jayme Neiman, Karl Giuseffi, Kevin B. Smith, Jeffrey French, Israel Wasmel-Manor, & John R. Hibbing

PLoS One. 2015

Reflective Liberals and Intuitive Conservatives: A Look at the Cognitive Reflection Test and Ideology

Kristen Deppe, Frank Gonzalez, Jayme Neiman, Carly Jacobs, Jackson Pahlke, Kevin B. Smith, & John R. Hibbing

Judgment and Decision Making. 10: 314-331. 2015

Speaking Different Languages or Speaking From the Same Script?

Jayme Neiman, Frank Gonzales, Kevin Smith and John Hibbing

Political Communication. DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2014.969465. 2015

Obama Cares About Visuo-Spatial Attention: Perception of Political Figures Moves Attention and Determines Gaze Direction

Mark Mills, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing and Michael D. Dodd

Behavioral Brain Research. 278: 221-225. 2015

The Genetic and Environmental Foundations of Political, Psychological, Social and Economic Behaviors

Peter K. Hatemi, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Nicholas G. Martin and John R. Hibbing

Twin Research and Human Genetics. 18: 243-255. 2015

Differences in Negativity Bias Underlie Variations in Political Ideology

John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Alford

Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 37: 297-350. 2014

The Politics of Face-in-The-Crowd

Mark Mills, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing and Michael D. Dodd

Journal of Experimental Psychology. 143: 1199-1213. 2014

Non-Political Images Evoke Neural Predictors of Political Ideology

Woo-Young Ahn, Kenneth T. Kishida, Xiasi Gu, Terry Lohrenze, Ann Harvey, John R. Alford, Kevin B. Smith, Gideon Yaffe, John R. Hibbing, Peter Dayan, and P. Read Montague

Current Biology. 24: 2693-2699. 2014

The Deeper Sources of Political Conflict: Evidence from the Psychological, Cognitive and Neuro-Sciences

John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith, Jonathan Peterson, and Balazs Feher

Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 18: 111-113. 2014

Cortisol and Politics: Variance in Voting Behavior is Predicted by Baseline Cortisol Levels

Jeffrey A. French, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Adam Guck, Andrew K. Birnie, and John R. Hibbing

Physiology & Behavior. 133: 61-67. 2014

Side by Side, Worlds Apart: Liberals’ and Conservatives’ Distinct Perceptions of Political Reality

Dona-Gene Mitchell, Matthew V. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

American Politics Research. 14: 338-363. 2014

Genetic and Environmental Transmission Of Political Orientations

Carolyn Funk, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Matthew V. Hibbing, Nicholas Eaton, Robert Krueger, Lindon Eaves and John R. Hibbing

Political Psychology. 34: 805-819. 2013

Applying the Flanker Task to Political Psychology: A Research Note

Scott McLean, John Garza, Sandra Wiebe, Michael Dodd, Kevin Smith, John Hibbing and Kimberly Andrews Espy

Political Psychology. DOI:10.1111/pops.12056. 2013

Candidate Genes and Voter Turnout: Further Evidence on the Role of 5-HTTLPR

Kristen D. Deppe, Scott F. Stoltenberg, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

American Political Science Review. 107: 375-381. 2013

The Physiology of Political Participation

Michael Gruszczynski, Amanda Balzer, Carly M. Jacobs, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing

Political Behavior. 35: 135-152. 2013

Biology, Ideology, and Epistemology: How Do We Know Political Attitudes Are Inherited and Why Should We Care?

Kevin B. Smith, John Alford, Peter Hatemi, Lindon Eaves, Carolyn Funk and John Hibbing

American Journal of Political Science. 56: 17-33. 2012

The Political Left Rolls with the Good; The Political Right Confronts The Bad: Connecting Physiology and Cognition to Preferences

Michael D. Dodd, Amanda Balzer, Carly Jacobs, Michael Gruszczynski, Kevin B. Smith and John R. Hibbing

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 367 (1589): 640-649. 2012

Disgust Sensitivity and the Neurophysiology of Left-Right Political Orientations

Kevin B. Smith, Douglas Oxley, Mattew V. Hibbing, John R. Alford and John R. Hibbing

PLoS One. 6(10): e2552. DOI:101371/journal.one.002552. 2011

The Politics of Attention: Gaze Cueing Effects Are Moderated by Political Temperament

Michael D. Dodd, John R. Hibbing and Kevin B. Smith

Attention, Perception & Psychophysics. 73: 24-29. 2011

Linking Genetics and Political Attitudes: Re-Conceptualizing Political Ideology

Kevin B. Smith, Douglas R. Oxley, Matthew Hibbing, John Alford and John Hibbing

Political Psychology. 32: 369-397. 2011

Not By Twins Alone: Using the Extended Family Design to Investigate Genetic Influence on Political Beliefs

Peter Hatemi, John Hibbing, Sarah Medland, Matthew Keller, John Alford, Kevin B. Smith

American Journal of Political Science. 54: 798-814. 2010

Political Attitudes Vary With Physiological Traits

Douglas R. Oxley, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford, Matthew V. Hibbing, Jennifer L. Miller, Mario Scalora, Peter K. Hatemi, and John R. Hibbing

Science. 321: 1667-1670. 2008

The Biology of Political Behavior: An Introduction

John R. Hibbing and Kevin B. Smith

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 614: 6-14. 2007

Evolutionary Theory and Political Leadership: Why Certain People Do Not Trust Decision Makers

Kevin B. Smith, Christopher Larimer, Levente Littvay, John R. Hibbing

Journal of Politics. 69: 283-297. 2007

Balancing Ambition And Gender Among Decision Makers

Christopher Larimer, Rebecca Hannagan and Kevin B. Smith

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 614: 56-73. 2007

Representational Altruism: The Wary Cooperator as Authoritative Decision Maker

Kevin B. Smith

American Journal of Political Science. 50(4): 1013-1022. 2006

Data Don’t Matter? Academic Research and School Choice

Kevin B. Smith

Perspectives on Politics. 3 (2): 285-299. 2005

A Mixed Relationship: Bureaucracy and School Performance

Kevin B. Smith and Christopher Larimer

Public Administration Review. 64: 728-736. 2004

Money Only Matters If You Want It To? Exposing the Normative Implications of Empirical Research

Kevin B. Smith and Scott Granberg-Rademacker

Political Research Quarterly. 56: 223-232. 2003

Typologies, Taxonomies and the Benefits of Policy Classification

Kevin B. Smith

Policy Studies Journal. 30: 379-395. 2002

Expensive Lessons: Education and the Political Economy of the American States

Kevin B. Smith and Scott Granberg-Rademacker

Political Research Quarterly. 52: 709-727. 1999

Clean Thoughts and Dirty Minds: The Politics of Porn

Kevin B. Smith

Policy Studies Journal. 27: 723-734. 1999

Buying a Better SAT Score: A Renewed Search for the Elusive Link Between Education Expenditures and Outcomes

Kevin B. Smith and Jeremy Eccles

State and Local Government Review. 30: 42-51. 1998

Explaining Variation in State-Level Homicide Rates: Does Crime Policy Pay?

Kevin B. Smith

Journal of Politics. 59: 350-367. 1997

When All's Fair: Signs of Parity in Media Coverage of Female Candidates

Kevin B. Smith

Political Communication. 14: 71-82. 1997

Public Choice in Education: Markets and the Demand for Quality Education

Kenneth J. Meier and Kevin B. Smith

Political Research Quarterly. 48: 461-478. 1995

Politics and the Quality of Education: Improving Student Performance

Kenneth J. Meier and Kevin B. Smith

Political Research Quarterly. 48: 329-343. 1995

Policy, Markets and Bureaucracy: Reexamining School Choice

Kevin B. Smith

Journal of Politics. 56: 475-491. 1994

Abortion Attitudes and Vote Choice in the 1984 and 1988 Presidential Elections

Kevin B. Smith

American Politics Quarterly. 22: 354-369. 1994

Politics, Bureaucrats and Schools

Kenneth J. Meier and Kevin B. Smith

Public Administration Review. 54: 551-558. 1994

Representative Democracy and Representative Bureaucracy: Examining the Top-Down and Bottom Up Linkages

Kenneth J. Meier and Kevin B. Smith

Social Science Quarterly. 75: 790-803. 1994

Say It Ain't So, Moe: Institutional Design, Policy Effectiveness and Drug Policy

Kenneth J. Meier and Kevin B. Smith

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 4: 429-442. 1994