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Dr Aiyana Willard
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

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Willard, A., Baimel, A., Turpin, H., Jong, J. and Whitehouse, H. (2022) 'Rewarding the good and punishing the bad: The role of karma and afterlife beliefs in shaping moral norms'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41 (5). pp. 385 - 396. ISSN: 1090-5138 Open Access Link

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Turpin, HD. and Willard, AK. (2022) 'Credibility Enhancing Displays, religious scandal and the decline of Irish Catholic orthodoxy'. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2513-843X Open Access Link

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Baimel, A., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., et al. (2022) 'Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 4 - 17. ISSN: 2153-599X Open Access Link

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Purzycki, BG., Willard, AK., Klocová, EK., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., et al. (2022) 'The moralization bias of gods’ minds: a cross-cultural test'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 38 - 60. ISSN: 2153-599X Open Access Link

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Vardy, T., Moya, C., Placek, CD., Apicella, CL., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., et al. (2022) 'The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 12 (1-2). pp. 18 - 37. ISSN: 2153-599X Open Access Link

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Beheim, B., Atkinson, Q., Bulbulia, J., Gervais, W., Gray, RD., Henrich, J., et al. (2021) 'Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods'. Nature, 595 (7866). pp. E29 - E34. ISSN: 0028-0836 Open Access Link

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McDonald, H., Babunashvili, M., Finn, A., Willard, A., Valmaggia, L., Chadwick, P. and et al. (2021) 'Positive schizotypy and the experience of creativity: The distinctive roles of suspiciousness and dispositional mindfulness'. Schizophrenia Research, 228 (February 2021). pp. 151 - 158. ISSN: 0920-9964 Open Access Link

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McNamara, RA., Senanayake, R., Willard, AK. and Henrich, J. (2021) 'God's mind on morality'. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2513-843X Open Access Link

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White, CJM., Willard, AK., Baimel, A. and Norenzayan, A. (2021) 'Cognitive Pathways to Belief in Karma and Belief in God'. Cognitive Science, 45 (1). pp. 1 - 42. ISSN: 0364-0213 Open Access Link

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Wen, NJ., Willard, AK., Caughy, M. and Legare, CH. (2020) 'Watch me, watch you: ritual participation increases in-group displays and out-group monitoring in children'. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 375 (1805). pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 0962-8436 Open Access Link

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Callanan, MA., Legare, CH., Sobel, DM., Jaeger, GJ., Letourneau, S., McHugh, SR., et al. (2020) 'Exploration, Explanation, and Parent–Child Interaction in Museums'. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 85 (1). pp. 7 - 137. ISSN: 0037-976X Open Access Link

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Willard, A., Cingl, L. and Norenzayan, A. (2019) 'Cognitive Biases and Religious Belief: A path model replication in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a focus on anthropomorphism'. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11 (1). pp. ? - ?. ISSN: 1948-5506 Open Access Link

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Willard, A., Busch, JTA., Cullum, KA., Letourneau, SM., Sobel, DM., Callanan, M. and et al. (2019) 'Explain this, explore that: A study of parent-child interaction in a children’s museum'. Child Development, 90 (5). pp. e598 - e617. ISSN: 0009-3920 Open Access Link

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Lang, M., Purzycki, BG., Apicella, CL., Atkinson, QD., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., et al. (2019) 'Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286 (1898). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0962-8452 Open Access Link

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Willard, AK. and McNamara, RA. (2019) 'The Minds of God(s) and Humans: Differences in Mind Perception in Fiji and North America'. Cognitive Science, 43 (1). ISSN: 0364-0213 Open Access Link

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Willard, AK. (2019) 'Agency detection is unnecessary in the explanation of religious belief'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 9 (1). pp. 96 - 98. ISSN: 2153-599X

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McNamara, RA., Willard, AK., Norenzayan, A. and Henrich, J. (2018) 'Weighing Outcome vs. Intent Across Societies: How cultural models of mind shape moral reasoning'. Cognition, 182. pp. 95 - 108. ISSN: 0010-0277 Open Access Link

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Purzycki, BG., Pisor, AC., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Cohen, E., Henrich, J., et al. (2018) 'The cognitive and cultural foundations of moral behavior'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39 (5). pp. 490 - 501. ISSN: 1090-5138 Open Access Link

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Busch, JTA., Willard, AK. and Legare, CH. (2018) 'Explanation scaffolds causal learning and problem solving in childhood', in Saylor, MM. and Ganea, PA. (eds.) Active Learning from Infancy to Childhood: Social Motivation, Cognition, and Linguistic Mechanisms. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, Cham. pp. 113 - 127. ISBN 10: 3-319-77182-5. ISBN 13: 978-3-319-77181-6. Open Access Link

Book chapter

Purzycki, BG., Ross, CT., Apicella, C., Atkinson, QD., Cohen, E., McNamara, RA., et al. (2018) 'Material security, life history, and moralistic religions: A cross-cultural examination'. PLoS ONE, 13 (3). pp. e0193856 - e0193856. ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Link

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Willard, AK. and Norenzayan, A. (2017) '“Spiritual but not religious”: Cognition, schizotypy, and conversion in alternative beliefs'. Cognition, 165. pp. 137 - 146. ISSN: 0010-0277 Open Access Link

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Purzycki, BG., Henrich, J., Apicella, C., Atkinson, QD., Baimel, A., Cohen, E., et al. (2017) 'The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 8 (2). pp. 101 - 132. ISSN: 2153-599X

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Willard, AK. (2017) 'Religion and prosocial behavior among the Indo-Fijians'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 8 (2). pp. 227 - 242. ISSN: 2153-599X

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Willard, AK. and Cingl, L. (2017) 'Testing theories of secularization and religious belief in the Czech Republic and Slovakia'. Evolution and Human Behavior, 38 (5). pp. 604 - 615. ISSN: 1090-5138 Open Access Link

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Purzycki, BG., Apicella, C., Atkinson, QD., Cohen, E., McNamara, RA., Willard, AK., et al. (2016) 'Cross-cultural dataset for the evolution of religion and morality project'. Scientific Data, 3 (1). pp. 160099. ISSN: 2052-4463 Open Access Link

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Willard, AK., Henrich, J. and Norenzayan, A. (2016) 'Memory and Belief in the Transmission of Counterintuitive Content'. Human Nature, 27 (3). pp. 221 - 243. ISSN: 1045-6767 Open Access Link

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Shariff, AF., Willard, AK., Muthukrishna, M., Kramer, SR. and Henrich, J. (2016) 'What is the association between religious affiliation and children's altruism?'. Current Biology, 26 (15). pp. R699 - R700. ISSN: 0960-9822

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Purzycki, BG. and Willard, AK. (2016) 'MCI theory: a critical discussion'. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 6 (3). pp. 207 - 248. ISSN: 2153-599X

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Willard, AK., Shariff, AF. and Norenzayan, A. (2016) 'Religious priming as a research tool for studying religion: Evidentiary value, current issues, and future directions'. Current Opinion in Psychology, 12. pp. 71 - 75. ISSN: 2352-250X

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Norenzayan, A., Shariff, AF., Gervais, WM., Willard, AK., McNamara, RA., Slingerland, E. and et al. (2016) 'The cultural evolution of prosocial religions'. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 0140-525X

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Purzycki, BG., Apicella, C., Atkinson, QD., Cohen, E., McNamara, RA., Willard, AK., et al. (2016) 'Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality'. Nature, 530 (7590). pp. 327 - 330. ISSN: 0028-0836

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Shariff, AF., Willard, AK., Andersen, T. and Norenzayan, A. (2015) 'Religious priming: A meta-analysis with a focus on prosociality'. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20 (1). pp. 27 - 48. ISSN: 1088-8683

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Willard, AK. and Norenzayan, A. (2013) 'Cognitive biases explain religious belief, paranormal belief, and belief in life's purpose'. Cognition, 129 (2). pp. 379 - 391. ISSN: 0010-0277

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Gervais, WM., Willard, AK., Norenzayan, A. and Henrich, J. (2011) 'The Cultural Transmission Of Faith: Why innate intuitions are necessary, but insufficient, to explain religious belief'. Religion, 41 (3). pp. 389 - 410. ISSN: 0048-721X Open Access Link

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