*Lab members bolded, graduate students underlined
2024
Moran, J. B., Burch, R. L., Wade, T. J., & Murray, D. R. (2024). If you leave, don’t leave now: The role of gender, sociosexuality, and fear of being single on desire to engage in breakup sex. Personality and Individual Differences, 216, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112420
Moran, J. B., Airington, Z., McGee, E., & Murray, D. R. (2024). (Mis) Perceiving Sexual Intent: A Mixed-Method Approach Investigating Sexual Overperception Across Diverse Sexual Identities. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02748-7
2023
Kerry, N., Prokosch, M. L., & Murray, D. R. (2023). The Holy Father (and Mother)? Multiple Tests of the Hypothesis That Parenthood and Parental Care Motivation Lead to Greater Religiosity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221076919
2022
Kerry, N., Al-Shawaf, L., Barbato, M., Batres, C., Blake, K. R., Cha, Y., … & Murray, D. R. (2022). Experimental and cross-cultural evidence that parenthood and parental care motives increase social conservatism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1982). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0978
Rosenfeld, D. L., Balcetis, E., Bastian, B., Berkman, E. T., Bosson, J. K., Brannon, T. N., Burrow, A. L., Cameron, C. D., Chen, S., Cook, J. E., Crandall, C., Davidai, S., Dhont, K., Eastwick, P. W., Gaither, S. E., Gangestad, S. W., Gilovich, T., Gray, K., Haines, E. L., … Tomiyama, A. J. (2022). Psychological Science in the Wake of COVID-19: Social, Methodological, and Metascientific Considerations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(2), 311–333. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691621999374
Moran, J. B., Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., & Murray, D. R. (2022). Dispositional intelligence of the Five-Factor Model as a learning outcome in an undergraduate personality course. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000315
Moran, J. B., Perry, L. M., Hoerger, M., & Murray, D. R. (2022, February 17). Dispositional Intelligence of the Five-Factor Model as a Learning Outcome in an Undergraduate Personality Course. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/stl0000315
Pelham, B., Hardin, C., Murray, D., Shimizu, M., & Vandello, J. (2022). A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The global collectivism index (GCI). Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2021.100030
2021
Moran, J. B., Goh, J. X., Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2021). Outbreaks and outgroups: Three tests of the relationship between disease avoidance motives and xenophobia during an emerging pandemic. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 7(4), 419-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-021-00283-z
Schaller, M., Murray, D. R., & Hofer, M. K. (2021). The behavioural immune system and pandemic psychology: the evolved psychology of disease-avoidance and its implications for attitudes, behaviour, and public health during epidemic outbreaks. European Review of Social Psychology, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1988404
Moran, J. B., Kerry, N., Goh, J. X., & Murray, D. R. (2021). Parasites and promiscuity: Acute disease salience leads to more restricted sexual attitudes. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(11), 3333-3349. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211030999
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2021). Politics and parenting. The Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology and parenting, 135-154.
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2021). Physical strength partly explains sex differences in trait anxiety in young Americans. Psychological Science, 32(5), 809-815. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620971298
Kerry, N., Murray, D. R., Harman, J. L., & McCord, J. L. (2021). Political results: Outcomes of sporting events affect egalitarian attitudes and ingroup evaluations. Self and Identity, 20(3), 423-437. doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1733070
Prokosch, M. L., Airington, Z., & Murray, D. R. (2021). Investigating the relationship between olfactory acuity, disgust, and mating strategies. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(2), 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.08.002
Kerry, N., Blake, K. R., Murray, D. R., & Brooks, R. C. (2021). Male descendant kin promote conservative views on gender issues and conformity to traditional norms. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2021.29
2020
Murray, D. R., Moran, J. B., Prokosch, M. L., & Kerry, N. (2020). No evidence for a relationship between MHC heterozygosity and life history strategy in a sample of North American undergraduates. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67406-7
Moran, J. B., Wade, T. J., & Murray, D. R. (2020). The psychology of breakup sex: Exploring the motivational factors and affective consequences of post-breakup sexual activity. Evolutionary Psychology, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704920936916
Kerry, N., Airington, Z., & Murray, D. R. (2020). Cultures of Fear: Individual differences in perception of physical (but not disease) threats predict cultural neophobia in both immigrant and mainstream Americans. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6(4), 335-345. doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00238-w
Murray, D. R., Moran, J. B., Prokosch, M. L., & Kerry, N. (2020). No evidence for a relationship between MHC heterozygosity and life history strategy in a sample of North American undergraduates. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67406-7
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2020). Politics and parental care: Experimental and mediational tests of the causal link between parenting motivation and social conservatism. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11, 284-292.
doi.org/10.1177/1948550619853598
2019
Kerry, N., Loria, R. N., & Murray, D. R. (2019). Gluttons for punishment? Experimentally-induced hunger unexpectedly reduces harshness of suggested punishments. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 5, 352-370. 10.1007/s40750-019-00121-4
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (in press). Is formidability associated with political conservatism? Evolutionary Psychological Science. doi.org/10.1007/s40806-018-0181-5 (pdf)
Murray, D. R., Prokosch, M. L., & Airington, Z. (2019). PsychoBehavioroimmunology: connecting the behavioral immune system to its physiological foundations. Frontiers in psychology, 10, 200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00200
Murray, D. R., Haselton, M. G., Fales, M. R., & Cole, S. W. (2019). Subjective social status and health-related gene expression. Health Psychology, 38, 182-186. dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000705
Murray, D. R., Haselton, M. G., Fales, M., & Cole, S. W. (2019). Falling in love is associated with immune system gene regulation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, 120-126.(pdf)
Murray, D. R., Kerry, N. T., & Gervais, W. (2019). On disease and deontology: Multiple tests of the influence of disease threat on moral vigilance. Social and Personality Psychology Science, 10, 44-52. doi.org/10.1177/1948550617733518 (pdf)
2018
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Conservative parenting: Investigating the relationships between parenthood, moral judgment, and social conservatism. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 88-96. (pdf)
Kerry, N., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Strong personalities: Investigating the relationships between grip strength, self-perceived formidability, and Big Five personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 131, 216-221. (pdf)
Ackerman, J. M., Hill, S. E., & Murray, D. R. (2018). The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12371. (pdf)
Magee, C., Buchtel, E. E., Human, L. J., Murray, D. R., & Biesanz, J. C. (2018). Is personality variability associated with adjustment? Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 22-43. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.08.005
Van de Vliert, E., & Murray, D. R. (2018). Climate and creativity: Cold and heat trigger invention and innovation in richer populations. Creativity Research Journal, 30, 17-28. (pdf)
2017
Murray, D. R., Kerry, N., & Gervais, W. M. (2017). On disease and deontology: Multiple tests of the influence of disease threat on moral vigilance. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550617733518
Murray, D. R., Murphy, S. C., von Hippel, W., Trivers, R., & Haselton, M. G. (2017). A preregistered study of competing predictions suggests that men do overestimate women’s sexual intent. Psychological Science, 28, 253-255.
Murray, D. R., Fessler, D. M. T., Kerry, N., White, C., & Marin, M. (2017). The kiss of death: Three tests of the relationship between disease threat and ritualized physical contact within traditional cultures. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38, 63-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2016.06.008
Murray, D. R. (2017). Essentializing politics: If perceptions of politics become genetically essentialized, what will be the consequences? Social Cognition, 35, 475-495.
Murray, D. R., Gildersleeve, K. A., Fales, M. R., & Haselton, M. G. (2017). MHC homozygosity is associated with fast sexual strategies in women. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3, 101-117.
2016
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2016). The behavioral immune system: Implications for social cognition, social interaction, and social influence. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 53, 75-129.
2015
Haselton, M. G., Nettle, D., & Murray, D. R. (2015). The evolution of cognitive bias. In D. M. Buss (Ed.), The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, 2nd edition¸ (pp. 968-987). New Jersey: Wiley.
Schaller, M., Murray, D. R., & Bangarter, A. (2015). Implications of the behavioral immune system for social behavior and human health in the modern world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 370, 20140105. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0105
Murray, D. R., Fessler, D. M. T., & Lupfer, G. (2015). Young flames: The effects of childhood fire exposure on adult attitudes. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 9, 204-213.
2014
Murray, D. R. (2014). Direct and indirect implications of disease threat for scientific and technological innovation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 971-985.
Cashdan, E., Steele, M., & Murray, D. R. (2014). New pathogen codes for the Standard CrossCultural Sample. PLoS ONE, 9, e106752.s001.
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2014). Pathogen prevalence and geographical variation in traits and behavior. In P. J. Rentfrow (Ed.), Psychological Geography (pp. 51-70). Washington DC: APA Books.
Murray, D. R. (2014). Ecological threat and psychological variation. Psychologia, 57, 82-101.
Napolioni, V., Murray, D. R., Comings, D. E., Peters, W. R., Gade-Andavolu, R., & MacMurray, J. (2014). Interaction between infectious diseases and personality traits: ACP1*C as a potential mediator. Infection, Genetics, and Evolution, 26, 267-273.
2013
Murray, D. R., Jones, D. N., & Schaller, M. (2013). Perceived threat of infectious disease and its implications for sexual attitudes. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 103-108.
Murray, D. R., Schaller, M., & Suedfeld, P (2013). Pathogens and politics: Further evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism. PLoS ONE, 8, e62275.
Murray, D. R. (2013). Differential adaptations to threats posed by hot versus cold climates
(commentary on Van de Vliert). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, 33-34.
2012
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2012). Threat(s) and conformity deconstructed: Perceived threat of infectious disease and its implications for conformist attitudes and behavior. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 180-188.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2012). Mechanisms by which parasites influence cultures, and why they matter (commentary on Thornhill & Fincher). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35, 91-92.
2011
Murray, D. R., & Trudeau, R., & Schaller, M. (2011). On the origins of cross-cultural differences in conformity: Four tests of the pathogen prevalence hypothesis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 318-329.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2011). Infectious disease and the creation of culture. In M. Gelfand, C.-y. Chiu, & Y.-y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in Culture and Psychology (pp.99- 152). New York: Oxford University Press.
2010
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2010). Historical prevalence of infectious diseases within 230 geopolitical regions: A tool for investigating origins of culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41, 99-108.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2010). Infectious diseases and the evolution of cross-cultural differences. In M. Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. J. Heine, T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution, culture, and the human mind (pp.243-256). New York: Psychology
Press.
Thornhill, R., Fincher, C. L., Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2010). Zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases in relation to human personality and societal values: Support for the parasite stress model. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 151-169.
2008
Fincher, C. L., Thornhill, R., Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2008). Pathogen prevalence predicts human cross-cultural variability in individualism / collectivism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 1279-1285.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2008). Pathogens, personality, and culture: Disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 212-221.