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December 18, 2018

Evaluation→

December 18, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Pieter Francois, Stephanie Grohmann, Katja Eck, Odhran Gavin, Andreas Koller, Helmut Nagy, Christian Dirschl, Peter Turchin and Harvey Whitehouse (2018). In Feeney, K., et al. (eds.), Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems. River Publishers Series in Software Engineering.

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2018, book-chapter
October 10, 2018

Why is a science of the sociocultural so difficult?→

October 10, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse (2018) in A. Klostergaard Petersen, et al. (eds) Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion: a New Synthesis - Festschrift in Honour of Armin W. Geertz, pp.413-426

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2018, book-chapter
October 10, 2018

Groups and emotional arousal mediate neural synchrony and perceived ritual efficacy→

October 10, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Philip S. Cho, Nicolas Escoffier, Yinan Mao, April Ching, Christopher Green, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Frontiers in Psychology (Emotion Science)

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journal-articles, 2018
Anthrolab, Emotion and Cognition Lab, Singapore
August 22, 2018

The dark side to loving a group→

August 22, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Harvey Whitehouse (2018). In Kurt Almqvist (ed.) Nation, State, and Empire. Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. pp. 213–219

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2018, book-chapter
Nation
August 06, 2018

Examining memory for ritualized gesture in complex causal sequences.→

August 06, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Rohan Kapitány, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse, Mark Nielsen (2018) Cognition

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2018, journal-articles
ERC, Rituals, Durham
July 28, 2018

Reply to Tosh et al.: Quantitative analyses of cultural evolution require engagement with historical and archaeological research→

July 28, 2018/ CSSC Administrator

Thomas E. Currie, Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse, et al. (2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 115(26), E5841–E5842

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journal-articles, 2018
Seshat: Global History Databank
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, Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Evolution and Human Behavior

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in press, 2018
Football, AnthroLab, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte
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
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