Physiology and political beliefs: A response to Knoll, O’Daniel, and Cusato

• Published in: Research & politics Vol. 3; no. 3
• Main Authors: Peterson, Johnathan C., Smith, Kevin B., Hibbing, John R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Bias; Data collection; Physiology; Political ideologies; Political physiology; political ideology; political biology; political behavior; negativity bias
• ISSN: 2053-1680; 2053-1680
• DOI: 10.1177/2053168016662892

In a recent paper in this journal, Knoll et al. question three studies from our laboratory. In this response to that paper, we address deficiencies in their “reproduction.” Notably, we demonstrate that their data provide little evidence of a negativity bias among research subjects, suggesting a fail...