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Aiyana K. Willard
Aiyana K. Willard
Reader, Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London
Verified email at brunel.ac.uk
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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
11902016
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
6652016
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
5692016
Cognitive biases explain religious belief, paranormal belief, and belief in life’s purpose
AK Willard, A Norenzayan
Cognition 129 (2), 379-391, 2013
3422013
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
2902011
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
2062019
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
1702019
MCI theory: A critical discussion
BG Purzycki, AK Willard
Religion, Brain & Behavior 6 (3), 207-248, 2016
1682016
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
1532019
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
1492020
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, ...
The Evolution of Religion and Morality, 1-32, 2023
1392023
“Spiritual but not religious”: Cognition, schizotypy, and conversion in alternative beliefs
AK Willard, A Norenzayan
Cognition 165, 137-146, 2017
1302017
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
1142017
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
105*2021
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
1042018
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
742020
Memory and belief in the transmission of counterintuitive content
AK Willard, J Henrich, A Norenzayan
Human Nature 27, 221-243, 2016
682016
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
562016
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
482019
The moralization bias of gods’ minds: A cross-cultural test
BG Purzycki, AK Willard, EK Klocová, C Apicella, Q Atkinson, A Bolyanatz, ...
Religion, Brain & Behavior 12 (1-2), 38-60, 2022
422022
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