Publications

2021

Nash, K., Leota, J., Tran, A. (2021). Neural processes in antecedent anxiety modulate risk-taking behavior. Scientific Reports, 2637(11).

Leota, J., Kleinert, T., Tran, A., & Nash, K. (2021). Neural signatures of heterogeneity in risk-taking and strategic consistency. European Journal of Neuroscience. (publication in process)

Nash, K., & Leota, J. (2021). Political orientation as psychological defense or basic disposition? A social neuroscience examination. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-021-00965-y

2020

Andrews, N.P., Yogeeswaran, K., Wang, M.J., Nash, K., Hawi, D.R., & Sibley, C.G. (2020). Is social media use changing who we are? Examining the bidirectional relationship between personality and social media use. Cyberpsychology, Behaviour, and Social Networking, 23(11), 752-760.

Nash, K., Tran, A., Leota, J., Scott, A. (2020). Economic threat heightens conflict detection: sLORETA evidence. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 15(9), 981-990.

2019

Sainudiin, R., Yogeeswaran, K., Nash, K., & Sahioun, R. (2019). Characterizing the Twitter network of prominent politicians and SPLC-defined hate groups in the 2016 US presidential election. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 9.

Nash, K., Johansson, A., & Yogeeswaran, K. (2019) Social Media Approval Reduces Emotional Arousal for People High in Narcissism: Electrophysiological Evidence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 292

Struthers, C. W., Khoury, C. H., Phills, C., E., van Monsjou, E., Guilfoyle, J. R., Nash, K., Golenitski, V., & Summers, C. (2019). The effects of social power and apology on victims’ posttransgression responses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(1), 100-116.

2015

Baumgartner, T.,* Nash, K.,* Hill, C., & Knoch, D. (2015). Neuroanatomy of intergroup bias: A white matter microstructure study of individual differences. Neuroimage, 122, 345-354. *Shared first authorship

Knoch, D., & Nash, K. (2015). Self-control in social decision-making: A neurobiological perspective. In G.H.E. Gendolla, S. Koole, M. Tops (Eds.), Handbook of Biobehavioral Foundations of Self-Regulation. New York: Springer

Nash, K., Gianotti, L. R., R., & Knoch, D. (2015). A neural trait approach to exploring individual differences in social preferences. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 458.

2014

Jonas, E., McGregor, I., Klackl, J., Agroskin, D., Fritsche, I., Holdbrook, C., Nash, K., Proulx, T., & Quirin, M. (2014). Threat and defense: From anxiety to approach. In M. P. Zanna & J. Oleson (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Nash, K., Prentice, M., Hirsh, J., McGregor, I. & Inzlicht, M. (2014). Muted neural response to distress among securely attached people. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 1239-1245. doi:10.1093/scan/nst099

Schumann, K., McGregor, I., Nash, K., & Ross, M. (2014). The transformative effects of religion: Religion primes elicit more compassionate reactions to threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 432-453.

Struthers, C. W., Santelli, A. G., Khoury, C., Pang, M., Young, R. E., Kashefi, Y., ... Nash, K., & Vasquez, N. A. (2014). The role of victim embarrassment in explaining why apologies affect reported (but not actual) forgiveness. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 33, 517-525.

2013

McGregor, I., Prentice, M., & Nash, K. (2013). Anxious uncertainty and reactive approach motivation (RAM) for religious, idealistic, and lifestyle extremes. Journal of Social Issues. 69, 537-563.

Nash, K., Schiller, B., Gianotti, L. R., R., Baumgartner, T., & Knoch, D. (2013). Integrating executive function and social decision-making; Response-inhibition predicts self-control in a social context. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079462

Schiller, B., Gianotti, L. R. R., Nash, K., & Knoch, D. (2013). Individual differences in inhibitory control—Relationship between baseline activation in lateral PFC and an electrophysiological index of response inhibition. Cerebral Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht095

Tullet, A. M., Prentice, M., Teper, R., Nash, K., Inzlicht, M., & McGregor, I. (2013). Neural foundations of meaning threat. In K. Markman, T. Proulx, & M. Linberg (Eds.), The Psychology of Meaning. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

2012

McGregor, I., Prentice, M., & Nash, K. (2012). Approaching relief: Compensatory ideals relieve threat-induced anxiety by promoting approach-motivated states. Social Cognition, 30, 689-714.

Nash, K., Inzlicht, M., & McGregor, I. (2012). Approach-related left prefrontal EEG asymmetry predicts muted error-related negativity. Biological Psychology, 91, 96-102.

McGregor, I., Nash, K., & Prentice, M. (2011). Religious zeal after goal frustration. In M. A. Hogg & D. L. Blaylock (Eds.). Extremism and the Psychology of Uncertainty. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

2011

Nash, K., McGregor, I., & Prentice, M. (2011). Threat and defense as goal regulation: From implicit goal conflict to anxious uncertainty, reactive approach motivation (RAM), and ideological extremism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 1291-130.

2010

McGregor, I., Nash, K. A., Mann, N., & Phills, C. (2010). Anxious uncertainty and reactive approach motivation (RAM). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 133-147.

McGregor, I., Nash, K. A., & Prentice, M. (2010). Reactive approach motivation (RAM) for religion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 148-161.

Nash, K., McGregor, I., & Inzlicht, M. (2010). Line bisection as a neural marker of approach motivation. Psychophysiology, 47, 979-983.

Randles, D., Flett, G. L., Nash, K. A., McGregor, I., & Hewitt, P. L. (2010). Dimensions of perfectionism, behavioral inhibition, and rumination. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 83-87.

2009

Inzlicht, M., McGregor, I., Hirsh, J. B., & Nash, K. (2009). Neural markers of religious conviction. Psychological Science, 20, 385-392.

McGregor, I., Nash, K. A., & Inzlicht, M. (2009). Threat, high self-esteem, and reactive approach motivation: Electroencephalographic evidence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1003-1007.

McGregor, I., Prentice, M., & Nash, K. A. (2009). Personal uncertainty management by reactive approach motivation. Psychological Inquiry, 20, 225-229.

2008

Greenglass, E. R., & Nash, K. (2008). Coping and Emotional Labor: Theoretical Considerations. Chapter in P. Buchwald, T. Ringeisen, & M. Eysenck (Eds.) Stress and Anxiety: Application to Life Span Development and Health Promotion.

McGregor, I., Haji, R., Nash, K. A., & Teper, R. (2008). Religious zeal and the uncertain self. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 30, 183-188.

2007

McGregor, I., Gailliot, M. T., Vasquez, N., & Nash, K. A. (2007). Ideological and personal zeal reactions to mortality salience among people with high self-esteem: Motivated promotion focus. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1587-1599.