Academic Publications
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48. Connolly, H.L., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (in press). Face perception across the adult lifespan: Evidence for age-related changes independent of general intelligence. Cognition and Emotion.
47. Kandler, C., Bratko, D., Butković, A., Vukasović Hlupić, T., Tybur, J.M., Wesseldijk, L., de Vries, R.E., Jern, P., & Lewis, G.J. (in press) How genetic and environmental variance in personality traits shift across the lifespan: Evidence from a cross-national twin study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
46. Connolly, H.L., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (2020). Consistent evidence of a link between alexithymia and general intelligence. Cognition and Emotion, 34, 1621-1631.
45. Halstead, I.H., & Lewis, G.J. (2020). Understanding opposition to human gene editing: a role for pathogen disgust sensitivity? Politics and the Life Sciences, 39, 154-166.
44. Connolly, H.L., Lefevre, C.E., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (2020). Emotion recognition ability: evidence for a supramodal factor and its links to social cognition. Cognition, 197, 104166.
43. Lewis, G.J. & De-Wit, L. (2019). How many ways to say goodbye? The latent class structure and psychological correlates of European Union sentiment in a large sample of UK adults. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 7, 556–576. PDF
42. Ip, F., Lewis, G.J., & Lefevre, C.E. (2019). Carotenoid skin coloration enhances face and body attractiveness: a cross-cultural study. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. LINK
41. Connolly, H.L., Lefevre, C.E., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (2019) Sex differences in emotion recognition: evidence for a small overall female superiority on facial disgust. Emotion, 19, 455-464. PDF
40. Connolly, H.L., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (2019) Recognition of facial expression and identity in part reflects a common ability, independent of general intelligence and visual short-term memory. Cognition and Emotion, 33, 1119-1128. PDF
39. Lewis, G.J., & Bates, T.C. (2018) Higher levels of childhood intelligence predict increased support for economic conservatism in adulthood. Intelligence, 70, 36-41. PDF
38. Lewis, G.J., Shakeshaft, N.G., & Plomin, R. (2018). Face identity recognition and the social difficulties component of the autism-like phenotype: Evidence for phenotypic and genetic links. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 2758–2765. PDF
37. Lewis, G.J. (2018) Early-childhood conduct problems predict economic and political discontent in adulthood: Evidence from two large, longitudinal UK cohorts. Psychological Science, 29, 711-722. PDF
36. Lewis, G.J., Dickie, D.A., Cox, S.R., Karama, S., Evans, A.C., Starr, J.M., Bastin, M.E., Wardlaw, J.E., & Deary, I.J. (2018). Widespread associations between trait conscientiousness and thickness of brain cortical regions. Neuroimage, 176, 22-28. PDF
35. Jung, J., Hogg, M.A., & Lewis, G.J. (2018). Identity uncertainty and UK-Scottish relations: Different dynamics depending on relative identity centrality. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 21, 861-873. PDF
34. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2017). The temporal stability of in-group favoritism is mostly attributable to genetic factors. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 897–903. PDF
33. Lewis, G.J., Asbury, K., & Plomin, R. (2017). Externalizing problems in childhood and adolescence predict subsequent educational achievement but for different genetic and environmental reasons. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58, 292–304. PDF
32. Bulmer, M., Böhnke, J.R., & Lewis, G.J. (2017). Predicting moral sentiment towards physician-assisted suicide: The role of religion, conservatism, authoritarianism, and Big Five personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 105, 244–251. PDF
31. Lewis, G.J. (2016). Hans Eysenck and the first wave of political genetics. Personality and Individual Differences, 103, 135-139. PDF
30. Lewis, G.J., Cox, S.R., Booth, T., Muñoz Maniega, S., Royle, N.A., Valdés Hernández, M., Wardlaw, J.M., Bastin, M.E., & Deary, I.J. (2016). Trait conscientiousness and the personality meta-trait stability are associated with regional white matter microstructure. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 11, 1255-1261. PDF
29. Lewis, G.J., Lefevre, C.E, & Young, A.W (2016). Functional architecture of visual emotion recognition ability: A latent variable approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 145, 589-602. PDF
28. Brick, C., & Lewis, G.J. (2016). Unearthing the "green" personality: Core traits predict environmentally friendly behavior. Environment and Behavior, 48, 635-658. PDF
27. James, A.I.W., Böhnke, J.R., Young, A.W., & Lewis, G.J. (2015). Modelling verbal aggression, physical aggression, and inappropriate sexual behaviour after brain injury. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20150711. PDF
26. Lewis, G.J. & Plomin, R. (2015). Heritable influences on behavioral problems from early childhood to mid-adolescence: Evidence for genetic stability and innovation. Psychological Medicine, 45, 2171-2179. PDF
25. Kandler, C., Lewis, G.J., Feldhaus, L., & Riemann, R. (2015). The genetic and environmental roots of variance in negativity towards foreign nationals. Behavior Genetics, 45, 181-199. PDF
24. Lewis, G.J. & Brown, G. (2015). Moral sentiment predicts desire for Scottish Independence. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 254-258. PDF
23. Pease, C.R. & Lewis, G.J. (2015). Personality links to anger: evidence for trait interaction and differentiation across expression style. Personality and Individual Differences, 74, 159-164. PDF
22. Lewis, G.J., Panizzon, M.S., Eyler, L.T., Fennema-Notestine, C., Chen, C-H., Neale, M.C., Jernigan, T.L., Lyons, M.J., Dale, A.M., Kremen, W.S., & Franz, C.E. (2014). Heritable influences on amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex contribute to genetic variation in core dimensions of personality. Neuroimage, 103, 309-315. PDF
21. Lefevre, C.E. & Lewis, G.J. (2014). Perceiving aggression from facial structure: Further evidence for a positive association with facial width-to-height ratio and masculinity, but not for moderation by self-reported dominance. European Journal of Personality, 28, 530-537. PDF
20. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2014). How genes influence personality: Evidence from multi-facet twin analyses of the HEXACO dimensions. Journal of Research in Personality, 51, 9-17. PDF
19. Lewis, G.J., Kandler, C., & Riemann, R. (2014). Distinct heritable influences underpin in-group love and out-group derogation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 407-413. PDF
18. Lewis, G.J., Kanai, R., Rees, G., & Bates, T.C. (2014). Neural correlates of the “good life”: Eudaimonic well-being is associated with insular cortex volume. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 9, 615-618. PDF
17. Lewis, G.J., Bates, T.C., Posthuma, D., & Polderman, T.J.C. (2014). Core dimensions of personality broadly account for the link from perceived social support to symptoms of depression and anxiety. Journal of Personality, 82, 329-339. PDF
16. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2014). Common heritable effects underpin concerns over norm maintenance and in-group favoritism: Evidence from genetic analyses of right-wing authoritarianism and traditionalism. Journal of Personality, 82, 297-309. PDF
15. Lewis, G.J., Haworth, C.M.A., & Plomin, R. (2014). Identical genetic influences underpin behavior problems in adolescence and basic traits of personality. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55, 865-875. PDF
14. Bates, T.C., Lewis, G.J., & Weiss, A. (2013). High childhood socioeconomic status amplifies genetic effects on adult intelligence. Psychological Science, 24, 2111-2116. PDF
13. Lefevre, C. E., Lewis, G. J., Perrett, D.I. & Penke, L. (2013). Telling facial metrics: facial width-to-height ratio is associated with testosterone levels in men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, 273-279. PDF
12. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2013). Common genetic influences underpin religiosity, community integration, and existential uncertainty. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 398-405. PDF
11. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2013). The long reach of the gene: Prejudice, politics, and religiosity. The Psychologist, 26, 194-199. PDF
10. Archontaki, D., Lewis, G.J., & Bates, T.C. (2013). Genetic influences on psychological well-being: A nationally representative twin study. Journal of Personality, 81, 221-230. PDF
9. Lefevre, C.E., Lewis, G.J., Bates. T.C., Dzhelyova, M., Coetzee, V., Deary, I.J., & Perrett, D.I. (2012). No evidence for sexual dimorphism of facial width-to-height ratio in four large adult samples. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 623-627. PDF
8. Lewis, G.J., Kanai, R., Bates, T.C., & Rees, G. (2012). Moral values are associated with individual differences in regional brain volume. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 24, 1657-1663. PDF
7. Bates, T.C., & Lewis, G.J. (2012). Towards a genetically informed approach in the social sciences: Strengths and a proposal. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 374-380. PDF
6. Lewis, G.J., Lefevre, C.E., & Bates, T.C. (2012). Facial width-height ratio predicts achievement-drive in US presidents. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 855-857. PDF
5. Lewis, G.J., Ritchie, S.J., & Bates, T.C. (2011). The relationship between intelligence and multiple domains of religious belief: Evidence from a large adult US sample. Intelligence, 39, 468-472. PDF
4. Brocklebank, S., Lewis, G.J., & Bates, T.C. (2011). Personality accounts for stable preferences and expectations across a range of simple games. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 881-886. PDF
3. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2011). A common heritable factor influences prosocial obligations across multiple domains. Biology Letters, 7, 567-570. PDF
2. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2011). From left to right: How the personality system allows basic traits to influence politics via characteristic moral adaptations. British Journal of Psychology, 102, 546-558. PDF
1. Lewis, G.J. & Bates, T.C. (2010). Genetic evidence for multiple biological mechanisms underlying ingroup favoritism. Psychological Science, 21, 1623-1628. PDF