All Stories

  1. Moral Concerns and Policy Attitudes: Investigating the Influence of Elite Rhetoric

    Article • Political Communication, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt Motyl

  2. Will the real fundamental difference underlying ideology please stand up?

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, June 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt Motyl

  3. How ideological migration geographically segregates groups

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  4. “If He Wins, I'm Moving to Canada”: Ideological Migration Threats Following the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

    Article • Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Matt Motyl

  5. How the elephant in my neighborhood hurts my happiness: Ideological fit and well-being

    Article • January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  6. Bleeding-Heart Liberals and Hard-Hearted Conservatives: Subtle Political Dehumanization Through Differential Attributions of Human Nature and Human Uniqueness Traits

    Article • Journal of Social and Political Psychology, October 2013, Leibniz-Institute of Psychology Information (ZPID)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  7. What is freedom–and does wealth cause it?

    Article • Behavioral and Brain Sciences, August 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt Motyl

  8. Moral Foundations Theory

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  9. Drawing attention to global climate change decreases support for war.

    Article • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, November 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  10. The aftermath of destruction: Images of destroyed buildings increase support for war, dogmatism, and death thought accessibility

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  11. Creatureliness priming reduces aggression and support for war

    Article • British Journal of Social Psychology, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Matt Motyl

  12. Subtle priming of shared human experiences eliminates threat-induced negativity toward Arabs, immigrants, and peace-making

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  13. Is Obama the Anti-Christ? Racial priming, extreme criticisms of Barack Obama, and attitudes toward the 2008 US presidential candidates

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  14. Support for Diplomacy Scale

    Article • January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  15. Death reminders inspire hope for peace following the election of Barack Obama

    Article • January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  16. When animals attack: The effects of mortality salience, infrahumanization of violence, and authoritarianism on support for war

    Article • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Matt Motyl

  17. Support for diplomacy: Peacemaking and militarism as a unidimensional correlate of social, environmental, and political attitudes.

    Article • Peace and Conflict Journal of Peace Psychology, January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  18. Compassionate Values and Presidential Politics: Mortality Salience, Compassionate Values, and Support for Barack Obama and John McCain in the 2008 Presidential Election

    Article • Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Matt Motyl

  19. The cycle of violence and pathways to peace

    Article • Journal of Organisational Transformation & Social Change, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt Motyl

  20. A Terror Management Theory Approach to Reducing Intergroup Conflict

    Article • January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  21. Death, Behavioral Infrahumanization, and Authoritarianism on Aggression Against Out-Groups

    Article • January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  22. Righteous violence: killing for God, country, freedom and justice

    Article • Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Matt Motyl

  23. Reducing Xenophobia in the Face of Existential Threat

    Article • January 2008, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  24. Perceptions of a Common Humanity: A Predictor of Social Attitudes and Behaviors

    Article • January 2008, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  25. We are family: Mortality reminders, common humanity, and intergroup prejudice

    Article • January 2008, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  26. "Shouldn't we consider...?": Jury discussions of forbidden topics and effects on damage awards.

    Article • Psychology Public Policy and Law, January 2008, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Matt Motyl

  27. If He Wins, I'm Moving to Canada: Ideological Migration Following the 2012 US Presidential Election

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  28. How Moral Migration Geographically Segregates and Polarizes Groups

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  29. Party Evolutions in Moral Intuitions: A Text-Analysis of US Political Party Platforms from 1856-2008

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  30. Ideological Consistency across the Political Spectrum: Liberals are More Consistent but Conservatives Become More Consistent When Coping with Existential Threat

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  31. Will the Real Fundamental Difference Underlying Ideology Please Stand Up? Negativity Bias and the Preference for Coherence Among Attitudes, Communities, and Psychological States

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  32. Bleeding-Heart Liberals and Hard-Hearted Conservatives: Subtle Political Dehumanization Through Differential Attributions of Human Nature and Human Uniqueness Traits

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Dr Matt Motyl

  33. The cycle of righteous destruction: a Terror Management Theory perspective on terrorist and counter-terrorist violence

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Matt Motyl