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
Smith, Kevin B.
PLoS One. 17(1): e0262022. 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
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
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
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
Kevin B. Smith and Peter K. Hatemi
Political Behavior. 35: 383-408. 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
Kevin B. Smith, John Alford, Peter Hatemi, Lindon Eaves, Carolyn Funk and John Hibbing
American Journal of Political Science. 56: 17-33. 2012
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
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
The Politics of Punishment: Evaluating Political Explanations of Incarceration Rates
Kevin B. Smith
Journal of Politics. 66: 925-938. 2004
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
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
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