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Ara Norenzayan

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Schimmelpfennig R, Spicer R, White C, Gervais W, Norenzayan A, Heine S, et al.
Commun Psychol . 2024 Oct; 2(1):93. PMID: 39379734
The multi-site replication study, Many Labs 2, concluded that sample location and setting did not substantially affect the replicability of findings. Here, we examine theoretical and methodological considerations for a...
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Bendixen T, Lightner A, Apicella C, Atkinson Q, Bolyanatz A, Cohen E, et al.
Evol Hum Sci . 2023 Aug; 5:e18. PMID: 37587943
Psychological and cultural evolutionary accounts of human sociality propose that beliefs in punitive and monitoring gods that care about moral norms facilitate cooperation. While there is some evidence to suggest...
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Pasek M, Kelly J, Shackleford C, White C, Vishkin A, Smith J, et al.
Psychol Sci . 2023 Apr; 34(6):657-669. PMID: 37071698
Most humans believe in a god or gods, a belief that may promote prosociality toward coreligionists. A critical question is whether such enhanced prosociality is primarily parochial and confined to...
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Billet M, Norenzayan A
Nat Hum Behav . 2023 Apr; 7(5):670-671. PMID: 37012367
No abstract available.
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White C, Muthukrishna M, Norenzayan A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2021 Sep; 118(37). PMID: 34493675
Cultural evolutionary theories suggest that world religions have consolidated beliefs, values, and practices within a superethnic cultural identity. It follows that affiliation with religious traditions would be reliably associated with...
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Beheim B, Atkinson Q, Bulbulia J, Gervais W, Gray R, Henrich J, et al.
Nature . 2021 Jul; 595(7866):E29-E34. PMID: 34234331
No abstract available.
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White C, Willard A, Baimel A, Norenzayan A
Cogn Sci . 2021 Jan; 45(1):e12935. PMID: 33448015
Supernatural beliefs are ubiquitous around the world, and mounting evidence indicates that these beliefs partly rely on intuitive, cross-culturally recurrent cognitive processes. Specifically, past research has focused on humans' intuitive...
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White C, Norenzayan A, Schaller M
PLoS One . 2020 Dec; 15(12):e0244144. PMID: 33347513
Three studies (total N = 1486) investigated how inferences about a person's current moral character guide forecasts about that person's future moral character and future misfortunes, and tested several plausible...
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White C, Baimel A, Norenzayan A
Curr Opin Psychol . 2020 Sep; 40:34-39. PMID: 32896727
What explains the ubiquity and diversity of religions around the world? Widespread cognitive tendencies, including mentalizing and intuitive thinking, offer part of the explanation for recurrent features of religion, and...
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Gervais W, Norenzayan A
Nat Hum Behav . 2019 Jul; 2(9):609. PMID: 31346274
No abstract available.