Ryan T Mckay

Biographic Data

ID1835439
NAMERyan T Mckay
GIVEN NAMESRyan T
FAMILY NAMEMckay
SIGNATUREMCKAY R T
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Genoa
ORCID0000-0002-0255-159X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Estimating the causal effects of cognitive effort and policy information on party cue influence

    Open AccessBen M Tappin, Ryan T Mckay et al.ARTICLEPolitical Psychology2026References: 55

    Party cues can influence public opinion, but the extent to which they do so varies dramatically from context to context. Why? The long‐standing theory that party cues function as “heuristics” provides an answer, predicting that variation in exposure to policy information, a propensity for effortful thinking, or both causally affects the influence of party cues. However, this prediction has escaped decisive empirical testing to date, leaving in it…

  • Forecasting industrial induced tipping points in first nations’ land use in northeast British Columbia

    Open AccessXiaojing Lu, Naomi Owens‐Beek et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2024Cited by: 1References: 4

    This study examined the impact of industrial development on the land use practices of the Saulteau First Nations (SFN) in northeastern British Columbia. Using household surveys and spatial data analysis, we identify ex-ante the point(s) at which the cumulative environmental changes brought about by industrial activities induce tipping points in First Nations land use. Used here, tipping point is a threshold at which incremental or immediate ecolo…

  • Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Perceived Moral Superiority and Moral Behavior Using Economic Games

    Open AccessBen M Tappin, Ryan T Mckay et al.ARTICLESocial Psychological and…2019

    Most people report that they are superior to the average person on various moral traits. The psychological causes and social consequences of this phenomenon have received considerable empirical attention. The behavioral correlates of self-perceived moral superiority (SPMS), however, remain unknown. We present the results of two preregistered studies (Study 1, N = 827; Study 2, N = 825), in which we indirectly assessed participants’ SPMS and used …

  • Author Correction

    Open AccessWill M Gervais, Dimitris Xygalatas et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2018

  • The Illusion of Moral Superiority

    Open AccessBen M Tappin, Ryan T Mckay et al.ARTICLESocial Psychological and…2017

    Most people strongly believe they are just, virtuous, and moral; yet regard the average person as distinctly less so. This invites accusations of irrationality in moral judgment and perception—but direct evidence of irrationality is absent. Here, we quantify this irrationality and compare it against the irrationality in other domains of positive self-evaluation. Participants ( N = 270) judged themselves and the average person on traits reflecting…

  • Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists

    Open AccessWill M Gervais, Dimitris Xygalatas et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2017Cited by: 19References: 26

  • The evolution of misbelief

    Open AccessRyan T Mckay, Ryan Mckay et al.ARTICLEBehavioral and Brain Sciences2009

    From an evolutionary standpoint, a default presumption is that true beliefs are adaptive and misbeliefs maladaptive. But if humans are biologically engineered to appraise the world accurately and to form true beliefs, how are we to explain the routine exceptions to this rule? How can we account for mistaken beliefs, bizarre delusions, and instances of self-deception? We explore this question in some detail. We begin by articulating a distinction …

  • Standardisation of spirometry

    Martin R Miller, J Hankinson et al.ARTICLEEuropean Respiratory Journal2005

    This is a document produced by a joint ATS-ERS Task Force on lung function testing to provide new combined standards for Spirometry. It walks the reader through all the important elements of the test, from instrument to procedure quality control. One of the major steps forward is the recommendation that a standardised computer output format should be available on all instruments. This does not require equipment manufacturers to store their data i…

  • Interpretative strategies for lung function tests

    Raffaello Pellegrino, Giovanni Viegi et al.ARTICLEEuropean Respiratory Journal2005

    This section is written to provide guidance in interpreting pulmonary function tests (PFTs) to medical directors of hospital-based laboratories that perform PFTs, and physicians who are responsible for interpreting the results of PFTs most commonly ordered for clinical purposes. Specifically, this section addresses the interpretation of spirometry, bronchodilator response, carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DL,CO) and lung volumes.