Pascal Boyer

124 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Pascal Boyer
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  • Health 853
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.1k
  • Social Psychology 1.7k
  • General Decision Sciences 131
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 1.3k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Pascal Boyer, 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

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Showing the 20 most-cited of 135 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.

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1 1996366
2 1994323
3 2006309
4 2008299
5 2003269
6 2001195
7 1996180
8 2001178
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Religion explained : the human instincts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors
2002175
10 1996127
11 2006122
12 2000120
13 1990116
14 1998114
15 200998
16 201097
17 200894
18 201190
19 200889
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About Pascal Boyer

Pascal Boyer is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Health and Cultural Studies, having authored 135 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (33 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (26 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (22 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (12 papers), Language and cultural evolution (12 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (12 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (11 papers) and Study and Philosophy of Religion (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (853 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.1k citations), Social Psychology (1.7k citations), General Decision Sciences (131 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (1.3k citations). Pascal Boyer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Pierre Liénard, Justin L. Barrett, Nicolas Baumard, Charles Ramble, Michael Bang Petersen, Y. Lecrubier, J.C. Bisserbe, E. Weiller, J. P. Lépine and Don Gardner. Their work appears in journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Evolution and Human Behavior, Philosophical Psychology and Child Development.

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