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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Rose McDermott is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Rose McDermott has published numerous papers in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Politics and the Life Sciences
  • International Security
  • The Leadership Quarterly
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Some of the notable recent papers are:

  • The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship (2023), published in International Security
  • Ethics in field experimentation: A call to establish new standards to protect the public from unwanted manipulation and real harms (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • On the scientific study of small samples: Challenges confronting quantitative and qualitative methodologies (2023), published in The Leadership Quarterly
  • Key individuals catalyse intergroup violence (2022), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Past, Present, and Future of Behavioral IR (2020), published in International Organization

Coauthor collaborations are an important aspect of their work. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Peter Hatemi
  • Reid B.C. Pauly
  • James Druckman
  • Susan Hyde
  • Luke Glowacki

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Rose McDermott was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Risk-taking in international politics : prospect theory in American foreign policy

    Rose McDermott

  • Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) predicts behavioral aggression following provocation

    Rose McDermott;Dustin Tingley;Jonathan Cowden;Giovanni Frazzetto

  • Emotion and the Framing of Risky Choice

    James N. Druckman;Rose McDermott

  • The Feeling of Rationality: The Meaning of Neuroscientific Advances for Political Science

    Rose McDermott

  • EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

    Rose McDermott

  • The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States

    Valerie M. Hudson;Mary Caprioli;Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill;Rose McDermott

  • Measuring identity : a guide for social scientists

    Rawi Abdelal;Yoshiko M. Herrera;Alastair Iain Johnston;Rose McDermott

  • Political Psychology in International Relations

    Rose McDermott

  • Overconfidence in wargames: experimental evidence on expectations, aggression, gender and testosterone

    Dominic D.P Johnson;Rose McDermott;Emily S Barrett;Jonathan Cowden

  • Prospect Theory in Political Science: Gains and Losses From the First Decade

    Rose McDermott

  • An Experimental Template for Case Study Research

    John Gerring;Rose McDermott

  • Experimental Methodology in Political Science

    Rose McDermott

  • The genetics of politics: discovery, challenges, and progress

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott

  • Genetic Influences on Political Ideologies: Twin Analyses of 19 Measures of Political Ideologies from Five Democracies and Genome-Wide Findings from Three Populations

    Peter K Hatemi;Sarah E Medland;Robert Klemmensen;Sven Oskarsson

  • Leader Age, Regime Type, and Violent International Relations:

    Michael Horowitz;Rose McDermott;Allan C. Stam

  • Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else Is Doing It Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample

    Rose McDermott;James H. Fowler;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • Fear as a Disposition and an Emotional State: A Genetic and Environmental Approach to Out‐Group Political Preferences

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott;Lindon J. Eaves;Kenneth S. Kendler

  • Prospect theory in international relations: The Iranian hostage rescue mission.

    Rose McDermott

  • Finger length ratio (2D : 4D) and sex differences in aggression during a simulated war game

    Matthew H. McIntyre;Emily S. Barrett;Rose McDermott;Dominic D.P. Johnson

  • The Dating Preferences of Liberals and Conservatives

    Casey A. Klofstad;Rose McDermott;Peter K. Hatemi

  • Formation of raiding parties for intergroup violence is mediated by social network structure.

    Luke Glowacki;Alexander Isakov;Richard W. Wrangham;Rose McDermott

  • Man Is by Nature a Political Animal: Evolution, biology, and politics

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott

  • States in Mind: Evolution, Coalitional Psychology, and International Politics

    Anthony C. Lopez;Rose McDermott;Michael Bang Petersen

  • The WomanStats Project Database: Advancing an Empirical Research Agenda

    Mary Caprioli;Valerie M. Hudson;Rose Mcdermott;Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill

  • A Neurobiological Approach to Foreign Policy Analysis: Identifying Individual Differences in Political Violence

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott

  • New Directions for Experimental Work in International Relations

    Rose Mcdermott

  • Distinguishing Sex and Gender

    Rose McDermott;Peter K. Hatemi

  • Give Me Attitudes

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott

  • Do bedroom eyes wear political glasses? The role of politics in human mate attraction

    Casey A. Klofstad;Rose McDermott;Peter K. Hatemi

  • The expected prospects for peace in Northern Ireland

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;Rose McDermott;Emily Cope

  • Ethics in field experimentation: A call to establish new standards to protect the public from unwanted manipulation and real harms.

    Rose McDermott;Peter K. Hatemi

  • The Different Effects of Gender and Sex on Vote Choice

    Peter K. Hatemi;Rose McDermott;J. Michael Bailey;Nicholas G. Martin

  • Introduction: What is a 'gene' and why does it matter for political science?

    Peter K Hatemi;Peter K Hatemi;Enda Byrne;Rose McDermott

  • Mutual Interests: The Case for Increasing Dialogue between Political Science and Neuroscience

    Rose McDermott

  • Emerging Models of Collaboration in Political Science: Changes, Benefits, and Challenges

    Rose McDermott;Peter K. Hatemi

  • "Blunt Not the Heart, Enrage It": The Psychology of Revenge and Deterrence (November 2017)

    Rose McDermott;Anthony C. Lopez;Peter K. Hatemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. Hatemi
Peter K. Hatemi Pennsylvania State University
Alastair Iain Johnston
Alastair Iain Johnston Harvard University
Cheryl Koopman
Cheryl Koopman Stanford University
James H. Fowler
James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego
Dustin Tingley
Dustin Tingley Harvard University
Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis Columbia University
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University
Nicholas A. Christakis
Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University
Philip G. Zimbardo
Philip G. Zimbardo Stanford University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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