The emotional path to action: Empathy promotes physical distancing and wearing of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic S Pfattheicher, L Nockur, R Böhm, C Sassenrath, MB Petersen Psychological science 31 (11), 1363-1373, 2020 | 690 | 2020 |
Social welfare as small‐scale help: evolutionary psychology and the deservingness heuristic MB Petersen American Journal of Political Science 56 (1), 1-16, 2012 | 463 | 2012 |
Partisan polarization is the primary psychological motivation behind political fake news sharing on Twitter M Osmundsen, A Bor, PB Vahlstrup, A Bechmann, MB Petersen American Political Science Review 115 (3), 999-1015, 2021 | 447 | 2021 |
Deservingness versus values in public opinion on welfare: The automaticity of the deservingness heuristic MB Petersen, R Slothuus, R Stubager, L Togeby European Journal of Political Research 50 (1), 24-52, 2011 | 383 | 2011 |
Who deserves help? Evolutionary psychology, social emotions, and public opinion about welfare MB Petersen, D Sznycer, L Cosmides, J Tooby Political psychology 33 (3), 395-418, 2012 | 320 | 2012 |
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic JJ Van Bavel, A Cichocka, V Capraro, H Sjåstad, JB Nezlek, T Pavlović, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 517, 2022 | 304 | 2022 |
Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations JM Tybur, Y Inbar, L Aarøe, P Barclay, FK Barlow, M De Barra, DV Becker, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (44), 12408-12413, 2016 | 302 | 2016 |
The behavioral immune system shapes political intuitions: Why and how individual differences in disgust sensitivity underlie opposition to immigration L Aarøe, MB Petersen, K Arceneaux American Political Science Review 111 (2), 277-294, 2017 | 296 | 2017 |
Public acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines: cross-national evidence on levels and individual-level predictors using observational data MF Lindholt, F Jørgensen, A Bor, MB Petersen BMJ open 11 (6), e048172, 2021 | 285 | 2021 |
Crowding out culture: Scandinavians and Americans agree on social welfare in the face of deservingness cues L Aarøe, MB Petersen The Journal of Politics 76 (3), 684-697, 2014 | 267 | 2014 |
Motivated reasoning and political parties: Evidence for increased processing in the face of party cues MB Petersen, M Skov, S Serritzlew, T Ramsøy Political Behavior 35, 831-854, 2013 | 267 | 2013 |
Compliance without fear: Individual‐level protective behaviour during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic F Jørgensen, A Bor, MB Petersen British Journal of Health Psychology 26 (2), 679-696, 2021 | 260 | 2021 |
The deservingness heuristic and the politics of health care C Jensen, MB Petersen American Journal of Political Science 61 (1), 68-83, 2017 | 247 | 2017 |
The naturalness of (many) social institutions: Evolved cognition as their foundation P Boyer, MB Petersen Journal of Institutional economics 8 (1), 1-25, 2012 | 239 | 2012 |
The ancestral logic of politics: Upper-body strength regulates men’s assertion of self-interest over economic redistribution MB Petersen, D Sznycer, A Sell, L Cosmides, J Tooby Psychological science 24 (7), 1098-1103, 2013 | 227 | 2013 |
Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic? C Clemmensen, MB Petersen, TIA Sørensen Nature Reviews Endocrinology 16 (9), 469-470, 2020 | 214 | 2020 |
Transparent communication about negative features of COVID-19 vaccines decreases acceptance but increases trust MB Petersen, A Bor, F Jørgensen, MF Lindholt Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (29), e2024597118, 2021 | 197 | 2021 |
Evolutionary political psychology: On the origin and structure of heuristics and biases in politics MB Petersen Political Psychology 36, 45-78, 2015 | 189 | 2015 |
Evolutionary political psychology MB Petersen The handbook of evolutionary psychology 2, 2015 | 182 | 2015 |
Distinct emotions, distinct domains: Anger, anxiety and perceptions of intentionality MB Petersen The Journal of Politics 72 (2), 357-365, 2010 | 179 | 2010 |