Ara Norenzayan

37.9k citations
106 papers · 22.3k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 48

Ara Norenzayan

106 papers receiving 21.0k citations

Hit Papers

Religious Priming31419992026200820172.0k4.0k6.0k

Peers

Ara Norenzayan
Comparison fields: 5 of 186
  • Social Psychology 10.8k
  • Health 3.4k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4.2k
  • Applied Psychology 1.5k
  • General Decision Sciences 476
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Jean M. Twenge United States
S. Alexander Haslam Australia
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ara Norenzayan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ara Norenzayan, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20251
2 20252
3 20243
4 202315
5 202318
6 20235
7 20231
8 20213
9 202016
10 201873
11 201758
12 2016244
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The cultural evolution of prosocial religionsbreakdown →
2014453
14 2013219
15 2012159
16 201079
17
Conversational relevance in the presentation of the self
20063
18 2006191
19 2005414
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Rule-based and experience -based thinking: The cognitive consequences of intellectual traditions.
19994

About Ara Norenzayan

Ara Norenzayan is a scholar working on Health, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 106 papers that have together received 22.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cultural Differences and Values (52 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (36 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (29 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (22 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (21 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (15 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Social Psychology (10.8k citations), Health (3.4k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (4.2k citations), Applied Psychology (1.5k citations) and General Decision Sciences (476 citations). Ara Norenzayan has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine, Richard E. Nisbett, Azim Shariff, Incheol Choi, Kaiping Peng, Will M. Gervais, Aiyana K. Willard, Scott Atran and Ian Hansen. Their work appears in journals such as Religion Brain & Behavior, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Psychological Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Cognitive Science.

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