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Ara NorenzayanUniversity of British ColumbiaVerified email at psych.ubc.ca
Joseph HenrichHarvard UniversityVerified email at fas.harvard.edu
Rita Anne McNamaraSr Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, NZVerified email at vuw.ac.nz
Benjamin Grant PurzyckiAarhus UniversityVerified email at cas.au.dk
Quentin AtkinsonUniversity of AucklandVerified email at auckland.ac.nz
Dimitris XygalatasUniversity of ConnecticutVerified email at uconn.edu
Coren ApicellaUniversity of PennsylvaniaVerified email at psych.upenn.edu
Emma CohenUniversity of OxfordVerified email at anthro.ox.ac.uk
Azim ShariffProfessor; University of British ColumbiaVerified email at psych.ubc.ca
Will M GervaisCentre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University LondonVerified email at brunel.ac.uk
Edward SlingerlandUniversity of British ColumbiaVerified email at ubc.ca
Martin LangMasaryk University, LEVYNA Laboratory for the Experimental Research of ReligionVerified email at mail.muni.cz
Adam BaimelOxford Brookes UniversityVerified email at brookes.ac.uk
Sarah MathewAssociate Professor, Arizona State UniversityVerified email at asu.edu
Montserrat SolerDepartment of Anthropology, Montclair State UniversityVerified email at mail.montclair.edu
Eva Kundtová KlocováMasarykova univerzitaVerified email at mail.muni.cz
Cristina MoyaUniversity of California, DavisVerified email at ucla.edu
Caitlyn PlacekAssociate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Ball State UniversityVerified email at bsu.edu
Jonathan L WeigelUC Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessVerified email at berkeley.edu
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Aiyana K. Willard

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London

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Religion Spirituality Witchcraft Cultural Evolution Cultural Change


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The cultural evolution of prosocial religions A Norenzayan, AF Shariff, WM Gervais, AK Willard, RA McNamara, ... Behavioral and brain sciences 39, e1, 2016	1061	2016
Religious priming: A meta-analysis with a focus on prosociality AF Shariff, AK Willard, T Andersen, A Norenzayan Personality and social psychology review 20 (1), 27-48, 2016	602	2016
Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality BG Purzycki, C Apicella, QD Atkinson, E Cohen, RA McNamara, ... Nature 530 (7590), 327-330, 2016	521	2016
Cognitive biases explain religious belief, paranormal belief, and belief in life’s purpose AK Willard, A Norenzayan Cognition 129 (2), 379-391, 2013	326	2013
THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF FAITH Why innate intuitions are necessary, but insufficient, to explain religious belief WM Gervais, AK Willard, A Norenzayan, J Henrich Religion 41 (3), 389-410, 2011	282	2011
Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies M Lang, BG Purzycki, CL Apicella, QD Atkinson, A Bolyanatz, E Cohen, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1898), 20190202, 2019	168	2019
MCI theory: A critical discussion BG Purzycki, AK Willard Religion, Brain & Behavior 6 (3), 207-248, 2016	152	2016
Explain this, explore that: A study of parent–child interaction in a children's museum AK Willard, JTA Busch, KA Cullum, SM Letourneau, DM Sobel, ... Child Development 90 (5), e598-e617, 2019	138	2019
Weighing outcome vs. intent across societies: How cultural models of mind shape moral reasoning RA McNamara, AK Willard, A Norenzayan, J Henrich Cognition 182, 95-108, 2019	138	2019
The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies BG Purzycki, J Henrich, C Apicella, QD Atkinson, A Baimel, E Cohen, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 8 (2), 101-132, 2018	124	2018
“Spiritual but not religious”: Cognition, schizotypy, and conversion in alternative beliefs AK Willard, A Norenzayan Cognition 165, 137-146, 2017	113	2017
Testing theories of secularization and religious belief in the Czech Republic and Slovakia AK Willard, L Cingl Evolution and Human Behavior 38 (5), 604-615, 2017	109	2017
Exploration, explanation, and parent–child interaction in museums MA Callanan, CH Legare, DM Sobel, GJ Jaeger, S Letourneau, ... Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 85 (1), 7-137, 2020	105	2020
The cognitive and cultural foundations of moral behavior BG Purzycki, AC Pisor, C Apicella, Q Atkinson, E Cohen, J Henrich, ... Evolution and Human Behavior 39 (5), 490-501, 2018	98	2018
Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods B Beheim, Q Atkinson, J Bulbulia, WM Gervais, R Gray, J Henrich, M Lang, ... Nature 595, E29–E34, 2021	94*	2021
Memory and belief in the transmission of counterintuitive content AK Willard, J Henrich, A Norenzayan Human Nature 27, 221-243, 2016	67	2016
Rewarding the good and punishing the bad: The role of karma and afterlife beliefs in shaping moral norms AK Willard, A Baimel, H Turpin, J Jong, H Whitehouse Evolution and Human Behavior 41 (5), 385-396, 2020	53	2020
Religious priming as a research tool for studying religion: Evidentiary value, current issues, and future directions AK Willard, AF Shariff, A Norenzayan Current Opinion in Psychology 12, 71-75, 2016	51	2016
The minds of god (s) and humans: Differences in mind perception in Fiji and North America AK Willard, RA McNamara Cognitive science 43 (1), e12703, 2019	40	2019
Cognitive Biases and Religious Belief: A path model replication in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a focus on anthropomorphism AK Willard, L Cingl, A Norenzayan Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1948550619841629, 2019	34	2019

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