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Overview

Brian P. Meier is affiliated with Gettysburg College in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, with a primary focus on cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, and health.

The main topics addressed in Meier's work include psychology of moral and emotional judgment, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, cultural differences and values, COVID-19 and mental health, mindfulness and compassion interventions, death anxiety and social exclusion, and social and intergroup psychology.

Recent publications by Brian P. Meier demonstrate this range of interests, including:

  • Predictors of the intention to receive a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, 2021, Journal of Public Health
  • Social psychology and COVID-19: What the field can tell us about behavior in a pandemic, 2021, The Journal of Social Psychology

Meier frequently collaborates with other researchers, with several coauthors appearing multiple times in their work. These include Adam K. Fetterman, Amanda J. Dillard, Courtney M. Lappas, Li-Jun Ji, and Sara Konrath.

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as The Journal of Social Psychology, European Journal of Health Psychology, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, and Personality and Individual Differences.

Best Publications

  • A metaphor-enriched social cognition.

    Mark J. Landau;Brian P. Meier;Lucas A. Keefer

  • Why the Sunny Side Is Up Associations Between Affect and Vertical Position

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson

  • Embodiment in Social Psychology

    Brian P. Meier;Simone S. Schnall;Norbert Schwarz;John A. Bargh

  • Why Good Guys Wear White Automatic Inferences About Stimulus Valence Based on Brightness

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson;Gerald L. Clore

  • Motivational Versus Metabolic Effects of Carbohydrates on Self-Control:

    Daniel C. Molden;Chin Ming Hui;Abigail A. Scholer;Brian P. Meier

  • What's "up" with God? Vertical space as a representation of the divine.

    Brian P. Meier;David J. Hauser;Michael D. Robinson;Chris Kelland Friesen

  • Mindful eating: Trait and state mindfulness predict healthier eating behavior

    Christian H. Jordan;Wan Wang;Linda R. Donatoni;Brian P. Meier

  • Development and validation of the Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS).

    Sara H. Konrath;Brian P. Meier;Brad J. Bushman

  • Turning the Other Cheek Agreeableness and the Regulation of Aggression-Related Primes

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson;Benjamin M. Wilkowski

  • When "light" and "dark" thoughts become light and dark responses: affect biases brightness judgments.

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson;L. Elizabeth Crawford;Whitney J. Ahlvers

  • Sweet taste preferences and experiences predict prosocial inferences, personalities, and behaviors.

    Brian P. Meier;Sara K. Moeller;Miles Riemer-Peltz;Michael D. Robinson

  • Handbook of mindfulness and self-regulation

    Brian D. Ostafin;Michael D. Robinson;Brian P. Meier

  • Watch Out! That Could Be Dangerous: Valence-Arousal Interactions in Evaluative Processing

    Michael D. Robinson;Justin Storbeck;Brian P. Meier;Ben S. Kirkeby

  • Does Quick to Blame Mean Quick to Anger? The Role of Agreeableness in Dissociating Blame and Anger

    Brian P Meier;Michael D Robinson

  • Color in Context: Psychological Context Moderates the Influence of Red on Approach- and Avoidance-Motivated Behavior

    Brian P. Meier;Paul R. D’Agostino;Andrew J. Elliot;Markus A. Maier

  • Bring It On: Angry Facial Expressions Potentiate Approach-Motivated Motor Behavior

    Benjamin M. Wilkowski;Brian P. Meier

  • Does "feeling down" mean seeing down? Depressive symptoms and vertical selective attention.

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson

  • The Power of Metaphor: Examining Its Influence on Social Life

    Mark J. Landau;Michael D. Robinson;Brian P. Meier

  • The Metaphorical Representation of Affect

    Brian P. Meier;Michael D. Robinson

  • A comparison of human aggression committed by groups and individuals: An interindividual–intergroup discontinuity☆

    Brian P Meier;Verlin B Hinsz

  • Failing to take the moral high ground : Psychopathy and the vertical representation of morality

    Brian P. Meier;Martin Sellbom;Dustin B. Wygant

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Robinson
Michael D. Robinson North Dakota State University
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Mark J. Landau
Mark J. Landau University of Kansas
Randy A. Sansone
Randy A. Sansone Wright State University
Martin Sellbom
Martin Sellbom Monash University
John A. Bargh
John A. Bargh Yale University
Andrew J. Elliot
Andrew J. Elliot University of Rochester
Maya Tamir
Maya Tamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Clay Routledge
Clay Routledge North Dakota State University
Chester A. Insko
Chester A. Insko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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