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Kurt Gray

Neuroscience · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1979Rising activity
Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentSocial and Intergroup PsychologyCultural Differences and ValuesEmotions and Moral BehaviorDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion

Publications

309

Citations

17,618

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
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Kurt Gray studies the psychology of morality, focusing on how people perceive harm, victims, and moral disagreement, including how political divides and religious belief shape moral judgment. Recent work extends this into how people evaluate AI systems and language models on moral and ethical questions, as well as how partisanship and social networks affect political animosity. This research combines social psychology methods with topics relevant to technology, politics, and religion.

Moral psychology and judgments of harmPolitical polarization and partisan animosityPerceptions of AI and robots in moral/ethical rolesReligion, faith, and moralitySocial cognition and interpersonal perception

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from about 12 papers per year in 2017 to over 40 per year in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 28.6/year recently
2017: 12 publications172018: 17 publications182019: 23 publications192020: 27 publications202021: 22 publications212022: 29 publications222023: 22 publications232024: 40 publications242025: 45 publications45252026: 7 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • UNC Libraries×31
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×11
  • PsycTESTS Dataset×8
  • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology×7
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology×6
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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