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Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford

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February 01, 2019

Is it good to cooperate? Testing the theory of morality-as-cooperation in 60 societies→

February 01, 2019/ CSSC Administrator

Oliver Scott Curry, Daniel Austin Mullins and Harvey Whitehouse (2019) Current Anthropology

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journal-articles, 2019
AnthroLab
December 31, 2018

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice→

December 31, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42

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2018, journal-articles
self sacrifice, Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, AnthroLab
June 22, 2018

Brazil's football warriors: Social bonding and inter-group violence→

June 22, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Martha Newson, Tiago Bortolini, Michael Buhrmester, Silvio Ricardo da Silva, Jefferson Nicassio Queiroga da Aquino and Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Evolution and Human Behavior

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in press, 2018
Football, AnthroLab
May 03, 2018

How Moments Become Movements: Shared Outrage, Group Cohesion, and the Lion That Went Viral→

May 03, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Michael D. Buhrmester, Dawn Burnham, Dominic D. P. Johnson, Oliver S. Curry, David W. Macdonald, Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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2018
social movements, outrage, group cohesion, AnthroLab, OMS
April 24, 2018

Rituals Improve Children's Ability to Delay Gratification→

April 24, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Veronika Rybanska, Ryan McKay, Jonathan Jong and Harvey Whitehouse (2018). Child Development.

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journal-articles, 2018
AnthroLab
March 26, 2018

Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor→

March 26, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Oliver Curry, L Rowland, C Van Lissa, S Zlotowitz, J McAlaney, Harvey Whitehouse (2018). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

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2018
AnthroLab
January 10, 2018

Synchrony and physiological arousal increase cohesion and cooperation in large naturalistic groups. →

January 10, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Joshua Conrad Jackson, Jonathan Jong, David Bilkey, Harvey Whitehouse, Stefanie Zollmann, Craig McNaughton, and Jamin Halberstadt (2018) Nature: Scientific Reports

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journal-articles, 2018
AnthroLab, Department of Psychology (Otago)
March 20, 2017

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences→

March 20, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse et al. (2017). Nature: Scientific Reports 7.

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2017, journal-articles
AnthroLab, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, Intra and Inter Group Relations Group
August 22, 2016

Explaining Lifelong Loyalty: The Role of Identity Fusion and Self-Shaping Group Events→

August 22, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

Martha Newson, Michael D. Buhrmester, and Harvey Whitehouse (2016). PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160427. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160427

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journal-articles, 2016
AnthroLab
December 30, 2015

Shared Negative Experiences Lead to Identity Fusion via Personal Reflection→

December 30, 2015/ ScienceSites

Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse, Christopher Kavanagh, and Justin Lane (2015). PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145611.

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2015, journal-articles
Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, AnthroLab
January 28, 2015

Brothers in Arms: Libyan Revolutionaries Bond Like Family→

January 28, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse, Brian McQuinn, Michael Buhrmester, and William B. Swann (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 50: pp. 17702-17703.

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2014, journal-articles
Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, AnthroLab, Swann Lab
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Whitehouse, H. (2024). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

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Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

Harvey Whitehouse et al. (2017). Nature: Scientific Reports 7.

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