McKay, Ryan

Anxiety, depression, traumatic stress and COVID-19-related anxiety in the UK general population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Miller, J. G., Hartman, T. K., Levita, L., Mason, L., Martinez, A. P., McKay, R., Stocks, T. V. A., et al. (2020) · BJPsych Open

COVID-19 and Mental HealthMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Cited by 770

The evolution of misbelief

McKay, R. T., & Dennett, D. C. (2009) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Cited by 474

Religion and morality.

McKay, R., & Whitehouse, H. (2015) · Psychological Bulletin

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 353

Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists

Gervais, W. M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., van Elk, M., Buchtel, E. E., Aveyard, M., Schiavone, S. R., Dar-Nimrod, I., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A. M., Riekki, T., et al. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 292

COVID‐19‐related anxiety predicts somatic symptoms in the UK population

Shevlin, M., Nolan, E., Owczarek, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Gibson Miller, J., Hartman, T. K., Levita, L., Mason, L., Martinez, A. P., et al. (2020) · British Journal of Health Psychology

COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Cited by 208

Jumping to conclusions about the beads task? A meta-analysis of delusional ideation and data-gathering

Ross, R. M., McKay, R., Coltheart, M., & Langdon, R. (2015) · Schizophrenia Bulletin

Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and Psychiatry

Cited by 198

Wrath of God: religious primes and punishment

McKay, R., Efferson, C., Whitehouse, H., & Fehr, E. (2011) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 193

Pandemic buying: Testing a psychological model of over-purchasing and panic buying using data from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

Bentall, R. P., Lloyd, A., Bennett, K., McKay, R., Mason, L., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Hartman, T. K., Gibson-Miller, J., Levita, L., et al. (2021) · PLOS ONE

COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Cited by 138

The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Hartman, T. K., Stocks, T. V. A., McKay, R., Gibson-Miller, J., Levita, L., Martinez, A. P., Mason, L., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Shevlin, M., et al. (2021) · Social Psychological and Personality Science

Social and Intergroup PsychologyDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Cited by 97

Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?

Gervais, W. M., van Elk, M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., Aveyard, M., Buchtel, E. E., Dar-Nimrod, I., Klocová, E. K., Ramsay, J. E., Riekki, T., et al. (2018) · Judgment and Decision Making

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 88

Moral polarization and out-party hostility in the US political context

Tappin, B. M., & McKay, R. T. (2019) · Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 79

Models of misbelief: integrating motivational and deficit theories of delusions

McKay, R., Langdon, R., & Coltheart, M. (2007) · Consciousness and Cognition

Mental Health and PsychiatrySchizophrenia research and treatment

Cited by 66

Are adolescents more optimal decision‐makers in novel environments? Examining the benefits of heightened exploration in a patch foraging paradigm

Lloyd, A., McKay, R., Sebastian, C. L., & Balsters, J. H. (2021) · Developmental Science

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 49

Memory for Expectation-Violating Concepts: The Effects of Agents and Cultural Familiarity

Porubanova, M., Shaw, D. J., McKay, R., & Xygalatas, D. (2014) · PLoS ONE

Memory Processes and InfluencesCategorization, perception, and language

Cited by 48

The Authoritarian Dynamic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Nationalism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Hartman, T. K., Stocks, T. V. A., McKay, R., Gibson Miller, J., Levita, L., Martinez, A. P., Mason, L., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Shevlin, M., et al. (2020)

Social and Intergroup PsychologyPopulism, Right-Wing Movements

Cited by 18