Luke Smillie

Profiles of circumscribed interests in autistic youth.

Emily Spackman, Luke D Smillie, Thomas W Frazier, Antonio Y Hardan, Gail A Alvares, Andrew Whitehouse, Mirko Uljarević

Journal article  |  2023  |  Front Behav Neurosci

Circumscribed interests (CI) encompass a range of different interests and related behaviors that can be characterized by either a ..

Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetarian appeals in daily life: Comparing positive and negative imagery, and Gauging differential responses

Nicholas P Tan, Brock B Bastian, Luke D Smillie

Journal article  |  2023  |  APPETITE

Persuasive appeals designed to reduce meat consumption often employ graphic images of the harms perpetuated by eating meat (e.g., ..

Characterizing restricted and unusual interests in autistic youth

Emily Spackman, Luke Smillie, Thomas W Frazier, Antonio Y Hardan, Gail A Alvares, Andrew Whitehouse, Mirko Uljarevic

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUTISM RESEARCH

A broad range of interests characterized by unusual content and/or intensity, labeled as circumscribed interests (CI), are a core ..

The P-Word: Power aversion and responsibility aversion as explanations for the avoidance of power

Kathryn E Hull, Jennifer R Overbeck, Luke D Smillie, Piers DL Howe

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Though we typically think that power is desirable, individuals will sometimes avoid power. One explanation for this behavior is so..

Curiosity as feelings of interest versus deprivation: Relations between curiosity traits and affective states when anticipating information

Yana Ryakhovskaya, Hayley K Jach, Luke D Smillie

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY

The interest/deprivation model of trait curiosity contrasts curiosity as a feeling of interest versus a feeling of deprivation. In..

Evaluating the Big Five as an Organizing Framework for Commonly Used Psychological Trait Scales

Timothy F Bainbridge, Steven G Ludeke, Luke D Smillie

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

The Big Five is often represented as an effective taxonomy of psychological traits, yet little research has empirically examined w..

Personality Neuroscience: An Emerging Field with Bright Prospects.

Colin G DeYoung, Roger E Beaty, Erhan Genç, Robert D Latzman, Luca Passamonti, Michelle N Servaas, Alexander J Shackman, Luke D Smillie, R Nathan Spreng, Essi Viding, Jan Wacker

Journal article  |  2022  |  Personal Sci

Personality neuroscience is the study of persistent psychological individual differences, typically in the general population, usi..

Why Do People Seek Information? The Role of Personality Traits and Situation Perception

Hayley K Jach, Colin G DeYoung, Luke D Smillie

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL

The opportunity to learn new knowledge is ever present. How do people decide if information has sufficient value to counteract the..

From ordinary to extraordinary: A roadmap for studying the psychology of moral exceptionality

Erin CR Lawn, Luke D Smillie, Luiza B Pacheco, Simon M Laham

Journal article  |  2021  |  CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY

Some moral actions - including prosocial actions - are more exceptional than others. Within psychology, interest in such moral exc..

Personality traits beyond Neuroticism predict post-concussive symptomatology in the post-acute period after mild traumatic brain injury in premorbidly healthy adults

Patrick A Summerell, Luke D Smillie, Jacqueline FI Anderson

Journal article  |  2021  |  APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-ADULT

There is growing evidence that an individual's personality traits are related to post-concussion symptomatology beyond the acute p..