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Benjamin Grant Purzycki

Observed names: Benjamin G Purzycki, Benjamin G. Purzycki, Benjamin G. Purzycki (6395888), Benjamin Grant PurzyckI, Benjamin Purzycki, Purzycki, Benjamin, Purzycki, Benjamin G., Purzycki, Benjamin Grant, Purzycki, Benjamin Grant; id_orcid 0000-0002-9595-7360
Observed institutions: University of Connecticut, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of British Columbia, California State University, Fullerton, Max Planck Society, Aarhus University, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
ORCID: 0000-0002-9595-7360
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-9595-7360
OpenAlex ID: A5036739924
Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality
2016 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Coren Apicella, et al. · Nature · 512
Human preferences for sexually dimorphic faces may be evolutionarily novel
2014 · Isabel M. Scott, Andrew P. Clark, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 210
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Navigating cross-cultural research: methodological and ethical considerations
2020 · Tanya Broesch, Alyssa N. Crittenden, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 205
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War increases religiosity
2019 · Joseph Henrich, Michal Bauer, et al. · Nature Human Behaviour · 195
Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies
2019 · Martin Lang, Benjamin G. Purzycki, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 188
The cognitive and cultural foundations of moral behavior
2018 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Anne C. Pisor, et al. · Evolution and Human Behavior · 162
A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being
2022 · Suzanne Hoogeveen, Alexandra Sarafoglou, et al. · Religion Brain & Behavior · 145
The minds of gods: A comparative study of supernatural agency
2013 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki · Cognition · 141
The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies
2017 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Joseph Henrich, et al. · Religion Brain & Behavior · 129
Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds
2010 · Benjamin G. Purzycki, Richard Sosis · The frontiers collection · 129
Tyvancher eeziand the socioecological constraints of supernatural agents' minds
2011 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki · Religion Brain & Behavior · 122
MCI theory: a critical discussion
2015 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Aiyana K. Willard · Religion Brain & Behavior · 113
The extended religious phenotype and the adaptive coupling of ritual and belief
2013 · Benjamin G. Purzycki, Richard Sosis · Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution · 111
AnthroTools
2016 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Alastair Jamieson-Lane · Cross-Cultural Research · 101
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Ritual Behavior and Trust in the Tyva Republic
2013 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Tayana Arakchaa · Current Anthropology · 95
Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods
2021 · Bret Beheim, Quentin D. Atkinson, et al. · Nature · 92
Buddha as a God: An Empirical Assessment
2019 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Edward C. Holland · Method & Theory in the Study of Religion · 91
Cross-cultural dataset for the evolution of religion and morality project
2016 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Coren Apicella, et al. · Scientific Data · 84
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Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour
2020 · Anne C. Pisor, Matthew M. Gervais, et al. · Royal Society Open Science · 82
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What Does God Know? Supernatural Agents’ Access to Socially Strategic and Non‐Strategic Information
2012 · Benjamin G. Purzycki, Daniel N. Finkel, et al. · Cognitive Science · 80
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The Evolution of Gods’ Minds in the Tyva Republic
2016 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki · Current Anthropology · 54
What do nonreligious nonbelievers believe in? Secular worldviews around the world.
2022 · Valerie van Mulukom, Hugh Turpin, et al. · Psychology of Religion and Spirituality · 52
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Church attendance and alloparenting: an analysis of fertility, social support and child development among English mothers
2020 · John H. Shaver, Eleanor A. Power, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 52
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Material security, life history, and moralistic religions: A cross-cultural examination
2018 · Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Cody T. Ross, et al. · PLoS ONE · 52
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Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
2023 · Cody T. Ross, Paul L. Hooper, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 50
Works count: 179
Citation count: 4,299
H-index: 33
I10-index: 60
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