April 2018: New paper online: Ross, R. & McKay, R. (2018). Shamanism and the psychosis continuum: Commentary on Singh. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e84. doi:10.1080/2153599X.2018.1453533. Find it here
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January 2018: New paper online: Tappin, B. M. & McKay, R. (2018). Investigating the relationship between self-perceived moral superiority and moral behavior using economic games. Social Psychological and Personality Science. doi:10.1177/1948550617750736. Find it here
November 2017: Welcome to new lab member Justin Sulik! Justin will work as a Research Associate on our Cogito Foundation-funded project “Public Understanding of Science in a Post-Truth World”.
August 2017: Ryan and Colin Davis published an article in The Conversation entitled “Abolish the oath: moral prejudice against atheists may bias courtroom decisions”
August 2017: Our paper on moral prejudice against atheists in a global sample was featured in outlets including the New York Times, the Guardian, The Times and the Daily Mail.
July-August 2017: Buxom grapefruits: An absurdist critique of predatory publishing written by Ryan and Max Coltheart was published in a number of dubious journals (e.g., see here) and featured in a Times Higher Education piece on the ‘worst ever’ research papers. We blogged about the process of writing and publishing the article here.
June 2017: Ben, Leslie and Ryan’s work on “Desirability Bias in Political Belief Revision” was featured in the Financial Times, Psychology Today and PsyPost.
May 2017: Ben, Leslie and Ryan published an op-ed piece in the New York Times on their new paper “The Heart Trumps the Head: Desirability Bias in Political Belief Revision”.
January-February 2017: More coverage of Ben and Ryan's work on the “Illusion of Moral Superiority”, which this month featured in Scientific American, The Huffington Post and on NPR’s 13.7: Cosmos & Culture blog.
January 2017: Ryan McKay appeared on BBC1’s moral and ethical live debate television show ‘The Big Questions' to debate the question “Would today’s wise men believe in God?” See the show here.