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Michael Bang Petersen
Michael Bang Petersen
Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University
Verified email at ps.au.dk
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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
7342020
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
5282021
Social welfare as small‐scale help: evolutionary psychology and the deservingness heuristic
MB Petersen
American Journal of Political Science 56 (1), 1-16, 2012
4952012
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
3992011
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
3452022
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
3282012
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
3202016
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
3182017
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
3102021
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
2842014
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
2802013
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
2792021
The deservingness heuristic and the politics of health care
C Jensen, MB Petersen
American Journal of Political Science 61 (1), 68-83, 2017
2652017
The naturalness of (many) social institutions: Evolved cognition as their foundation
P Boyer, MB Petersen
Journal of Institutional economics 8 (1), 1-25, 2012
2392012
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
2292013
Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic?
C Clemmensen, MB Petersen, TIA Sørensen
Nature Reviews Endocrinology 16 (9), 469-470, 2020
2262020
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
2222021
Evolutionary political psychology
MB Petersen
The handbook of evolutionary psychology 2, 2015
2042015
Evolutionary political psychology: On the origin and structure of heuristics and biases in politics
MB Petersen
Political Psychology 36, 45-78, 2015
1972015
Distinct emotions, distinct domains: Anger, anxiety and perceptions of intentionality
MB Petersen
The Journal of Politics 72 (2), 357-365, 2010
1822010
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