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

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June 22, 2018

Not on my team: Medial prefrontal cortex responses to ingroup fusion and unfair monetary divisions→

June 22, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Matthew A. J. Apps, Ryan McKay, Ruben T. Azevedo, Harvey Whitehouse, Manos Tsakiris (2018) Brain and Behavior

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2018, journal-articles
fairness, fusion, group identity, prefrontal cortex, ultimatum game, Anthrolab, ICEA, Social and Affective Processes Research Group
June 01, 2018

Positive experiences of high arousal martial arts rituals are linked to identity fusion bonds and costly pro-group actions→

June 01, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Ryan McKay, Harvey Whitehouse. (2018) European Journal of Social Psychology

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2018
Martial arts, Rituals, Identity, groups, bonds, group bonds, Anthrolab, Social and Affective Processes Research Group
May 08, 2018

A systematic assessment of 'Axial Age' proposals using global comparative historical evidence→

May 08, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Daniel Austin Mullins, Daniel Hoyer, Christina Collins, Thomas Currie, Kevin Feeney, Pieter Francois, Patrick E. Savage, Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter Turchin (2018) American Sociological Review

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2018, journal-articles
Axial Age, Cultural Evolution Lab, Seshat: Global History Databank
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 27, 2018

Dacura: A new solution to data harvesting and knowledge extraction for the historical sciences→

April 27, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Peter N. Peregrine, Rob Brennan, Thomas Currie, Kevin Feeney, Pieter Francois, Peter Turchin & Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Historical Methods

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2018
Cultural Evolution Lab, Seshat: Global History Databank
April 24, 2018

Rituals improve children's ability to delay gratification→

April 24, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Veronika Rybanska, Ryan McKay, Jonathan Jong, 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, Jamin Halberstadt (2018) Nature: Scientific Reports

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journal-articles, 2018
AnthroLab, Department of Psychology (Otago)
January 10, 2018

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization.→

January 10, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Whitehouse, Harvey, et al. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)

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journal-articles, 2018
Seshat: Global History Databank, Cultural Evolution Lab
September 21, 2017

Twenty-five years of CSR: A personal retrospective→

September 21, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse (2017) In Luther H. Martin & Donald Wiebe (eds.)The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-Five Years. Bloomsbury Academic. Pp.43-55

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book-chapter, 2017
March 20, 2017

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences→

March 20, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Whitehouse, H., 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
March 06, 2017

Sharing genes fosters identity fusion and altruism→

March 06, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Alexandra Vázquez, Ángel Gómez, Juan R. Ordoñana, William B. Swann & Harvey Whitehouse (2017). Self and Identity.

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2017, journal-articles
Intra and Inter Group Relations Group, Swann Lab
February 24, 2017

Grand challenges for the study of cultural evolution→

February 24, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Joe Brewer, Michele Gelfand, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Ian F. MacDonald, Peter Neal Peregrine, Peter J. Richerson, Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse and David Sloan Wilson (2017). Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1.

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2017, journal-articles
Cultural Evolution Lab, Binghamton Neighbourhood Project, Seshat: Global History Databank
January 09, 2017

Ritual and social evolution: Understanding social complexity through data →

January 09, 2017/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse (2016). In B. Bozic et al (eds.), Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities (Springer International Publishing), pp. 3–14.

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2016, book-chapter
Cultural Evolution Lab, Seshat: Global History Databank
November 03, 2016

Collective synchrony increases prosociality towards non-performers and outgroup members→

November 03, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

Paul Reddish, Eddie W. M. Tong, Jonathan Jong, Jonathan A. Lanman, and Harvey Whitehouse (2016). British Journal of Social Psychology.

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2016, journal-articles
Emotion and Cognition Lab, Singapore
November 03, 2016

A macroscope for global history: Seshat global history databank, a methodological overview→

November 03, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

Pieter Francois, J. G. Manning, Harvey Whitehouse, Rob Brennan, Thomas Currie, Kevin Feeney, and Peter Turchin (2016). Digital Humanities Quarterly 10 (4).

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2016, journal-articles
Cultural Evolution Lab, Seshat: Global History Databank
September 09, 2016

Religion promotes a love for thy neighbour: But how big is the neighbourhood? (Commentary on Norenzayan et al.)→

September 09, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

Ryan McKay and Harvey Whitehouse (2016). Behavioral and Brain Sciences 39

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2016, journal-articles
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
July 29, 2016

Incipient social groups: An analysis via in-vivo behavioral tracking→

July 29, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

Jamin Halberstadt, Joshua Conrad Jackson, David Bilkey, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse, Craig McNaughton, and Stefanie Zollmann (2016). PLoS ONE.

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2016, journal-articles
Department of Psychology (Otago)
July 22, 2016

Cultural diversity really is like biological diversity: reply to comments on The Nature of Religious Diversity: A Cultural Ecosystem Approach (including Target Article)→

July 22, 2016/ CSSC Administrator

David Sloan Wilson, Yasha Hartberg, Ian MacDonald, Jonathan A. Lanman, and Harvey Whitehouse (2016). Religion, Brain & Behavior  DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2015.1132243

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2016, journal-articles
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Solving global problems requires global cohesion

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Whitehouse, H. (2024). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

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Anthropology in action in Vanuatu: Troubleshooting disaster relief in the wake of tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin

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Whitehouse, H. (2023) Journal of the Royal Anthrological Institute.

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

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