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Cognitive Biases and the Strength of Political Arguments by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Competition in political debate is not always sufficient to neutralize the effects of political rhetoric on public opinion. Yet little is known about the…”
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The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration by AARØE, LENE, PETERSEN, MICHAEL BANG, ARCENEAUX, KEVIN

“…We present, test, and extend a theoretical framework that connects disgust, a powerful basic human emotion, to political attitudes through psychological…”
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Are need for affect and cognition culture dependent? Implications for global public health campaigns: a cross-sectional study by Zhang, Min, Zhu, Bei, Yuan, Chunlan, Zhao, Chao, Wang, Jiaofeng, Ruan, Qingwei, Han, Chao, Bao, Zhijun, Chen, Jie, Arceneaux, Kevin Vin, Wielen, Ryan Vander, Siegle, Greg J

“…Cultural differences in affective and cognitive intrinsic motivation could pose challenges for global public health campaigns, which use cognitive or affective…”
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Polarized Political Communication, Oppositional Media Hostility, and Selective Exposure by Arceneaux, Kevin, Johnson, Martin, Murphy, Chad

“…Previous research has consistently documented a hostile media effect in which people see bias in balanced reporting on political controversies. In the…”
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The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Partisan Preferences in Modern Democracies: Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Voting for Socially Conservative Parties by Aarøe, Lene, Petersen, Michael Bang, Arceneaux, Kevin

“…While there is growing interest in the relationship between pathogen‐avoidance motivations and partisanship, the extant findings remain contradictory and…”
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Elites are people, too: The effects of threat sensitivity on policymakers' spending priorities by Arceneaux, Kevin, Dunaway, Johanna, Soroka, Stuart

“…Recent research suggests that psychological needs can influence the political attitudes of ordinary citizens, often outside of their conscious awareness. In…”
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Who Is Mobilized to Vote? A Re-Analysis of 11 Field Experiments by Arceneaux, Kevin, Nickerson, David W.

“…Many political observers view get-out-the-vote (GOTV) mobilization drives as a way to increase turnout among chronic nonvoters. However, such a strategy…”
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Hostile, Benevolent, Implicit: How Different Shades of Sexism Impact Gendered Policy Attitudes by Gothreau, Claire, Arceneaux, Kevin, Friesen, Amanda

“…Advances in gender equality and progressive policies are often stymied by cultural sexist systems and individual-level sexist attitudes. These attitudes are…”
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Facebook increases political knowledge, reduces well-being and informational treatments do little to help by Arceneaux, Kevin, Foucault, Martial, Giannelos, Kalli, Ladd, Jonathan, Zengin, Can

“…Nearly three billion people actively use Facebook, making it the largest social media platform in the world. Previous research shows that the social media…”
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A little bit of knowledge: Facebook’s News Feed and self-perceptions of knowledge by Anspach, Nicolas M., Jennings, Jay T., Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Given that approximately half of Internet users use Facebook to access news, it is no surprise that social media are increasingly seen as a viable source of…”
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Do Campaigns Help Voters Learn? A Cross-National Analysis by ARCENEAUX, KEVIN

“…Recent empirical studies on American elections suggest that campaigns provide voters with the necessary information to make reasoned voting decisions…”
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The Genetic Basis of Political Sophistication by Arceneaux, Kevin, Johnson, Martine, Maes, Hermine H.

“…Political sophistication is a concept that encompasses political reasoning, the coherence of people's issue attitudes, and their knowledge of political…”
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The Conditional Impact of Blame Attribution on the Relationship between Economic Adversity and Turnout by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Previous research has found that those facing economic adversity are less likely to vote. This has serious implications for the nature of democratic…”
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The roots of intolerance and opposition to compromise: The effects of absolutism on political attitudes by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Compromise and tolerance are often considered to be virtues, especially in the realm of democratic politics. Without them, it would be difficult for democratic…”
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Comparing Experimental and Matching Methods Using a Large-Scale Voter Mobilization Experiment by Arceneaux, Kevin, Gerber, Alan S., Green, Donald P.

“…In the social sciences, randomized experimentation is the optimal research design for establishing causation. However, for a number of practical reasons,…”
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Can Partisan Cues Diminish Democratic Accountability? by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…When evaluating political candidates, citizens can draw on partisan stereotypes and use partisan cues to make inferences about the candidates' issue positions…”
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The Federal Face of Voting: Are Elected Officials Held Accountable for the Functions Relevant to Their Office? by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Federalism is designed to enhance democratic representation because it gives citizens the opportunity to shape policymaking at multiple levels of government…”
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What Can Biopolitics Teach us About Democratic Representation? by Arceneaux, Kevin

“…My interest in biopolitics took a circuitous route. My guiding interest in studying politics is the study of democratic representation. Democracy is a special…”
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Educating the Least Informed: Group Endorsements in a Grassroots Campaign by Arceneaux, Kevin, Kolodny, Robin

“…Theories of low-information rationality claim that uninformed voters can compensate for their lack of political knowledge by employing heuristics, such as…”
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Science interrupted Our attempt to study disgust sensitivity and the development of political attitudes among children and their parents by Parma, Valentina, Arceneaux, Kevin

“…Recent research contends that the behavioral immune system, operating largely outside conscious awareness, motivates individuals to exhibit higher levels of…”
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