The cultural evolution of prosocial religions A Norenzayan, AF Shariff, WM Gervais, AK Willard, RA McNamara, ... Behavioral and brain sciences 39, e1, 2016 | 1126 | 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 | 633 | 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 | 538 | 2016 |
Cognitive biases explain religious belief, paranormal belief, and belief in life’s purpose AK Willard, A Norenzayan Cognition 129 (2), 379-391, 2013 | 339 | 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 | 286 | 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 | 182 | 2019 |
MCI theory: A critical discussion BG Purzycki, AK Willard Religion, Brain & Behavior 6 (3), 207-248, 2016 | 157 | 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 | 153 | 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 | 143 | 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 | 129 | 2018 |
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 | 128 | 2020 |
“Spiritual but not religious”: Cognition, schizotypy, and conversion in alternative beliefs AK Willard, A Norenzayan Cognition 165, 137-146, 2017 | 121 | 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 | 112 | 2017 |
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 | 101 | 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 | 99* | 2021 |
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 | 69 | 2020 |
Memory and belief in the transmission of counterintuitive content AK Willard, J Henrich, A Norenzayan Human Nature 27, 221-243, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
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 | 55 | 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 | 43 | 2019 |
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 | 37 | 2022 |