Benjamin Grant Purzycki

Research output

Research output per year 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 30 Journal article
• 11 Book chapter
• 3 Anthology
• 3 Comment/debate/letter to the editor
• 7 More
  • 2 Book
  • 2 Review
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Preprint
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Material insecurity and religiosity: A causal analysis

  Purzycki, B. G. & Bendixen, T., 17 Jan 2024, In: Evolutionary Human Sciences. 6, p. 1-14 e4.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Causal Analysis 100%
  • Material Insecurity 100%
  • Religiosity 100%
  • Food Insecurity 50%
  • Individual Religiosity 50%
  22 Downloads (Pure)

• The role of costly commitment signals in assorting cooperators during intergroup conflict

  Lang, M., Chvaja, R. & Purzycki, B. G., Mar 2024, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 45, 2, p. 131-143 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Commitment Signal 100%
  • Intergroup Conflict 100%
  • Costly Signaling 100%
  • Intention 100%
  • Reliable Communication 33%
• 2023

  A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

  Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., Aczel, B., Aditya, Y., Alayan, A. J., Allen, P. J., Altay, S., Alzahawi, S., Amir, Y., Anthony, F.-V., Appiah, O. K., Atkinson, Q. D., Baimel, A., Balkaya-Ince, M., Balsamo, M., Banker, S., Bartos, F., Becerra, M., Beffara, B. & Beitner, J. & 232 others, Bendixen, T., Berkessel, J. B., Berniunas, R., Billet, M., Billingsley, J., Bortolini, T., Breitsohl, H., Bret, A., Brown, F. L., Brown, J., Brumbaugh, C. C., Buczny, J., Bulbulia, J., Caballero, S., Carlucci, L., Carmichael, C. L., Cattaneo, M. E. G., Charles, S. J., Claessens, S., Panagopoulos, M. C., Costa, A. B., Crone, D. L., Czoschke, S., Czymara, C., D'Urso, E. D., Dahlstrom, O., Dalla Rosa, A., Danielsson, H., De Ron, J., de Vries, Y. A., Dean, K. K., Dik, B. J., Disabato, D. J., Doherty, J. K., Draws, T., Drouhot, L., Dujmovic, M., Dunham, Y., Ebert, T., Edelsbrunner, P. A., Eerland, A., Elbaek, C. T., Farahmand, S., Farahmand, H., Farias, M., Feliccia, A. A., Fischer, K., Fischer, R., Fisher-Thompson, D., Francis, Z., Frick, S., Frisch, L. K., Geraldes, D., Gerdin, E., Geven, L., Ghasemi, O., Gielens, E., Gligoric, V., Hagel, K., Hajdu, N., Hamilton, H. R., Hamzah, I., Hanel, P. H. P., Hawk, C. E., Himawan, K. K., Holding, B. C., Homman, L. E., Ingendahl, M., Inkila, H., Inman, M. L., Islam, C.-G., Isler, O., Izydorczyk, D., Jaeger, B., Johnson, K. A., Jong, J., Karl, J. A., Kaszubowski, E., Katz, B. A., Keefer, L. A., Kelchtermans, S., Kelly, J. M., Klein, R. A., Kleinberg, B., Knowles, M. L., Kolczynska, M., Koller, D., Krasko, J., Kritzler, S., Krypotos, A.-M., Kyritsis, T., Landes, T. L., Laukenmann, R., Forsyth, G. A. L., Lazar, A., Lehman, B. J., Levy, N., Lo, R. F., Lodder, P., Lorenz, J., Lowicki, P., Ly, A. L., Maassen, E., Magyar-Russell, G. M., Maier, M., Marsh, D. R., Martinez, N., Martinie, M., Martoyo, I., Mason, S. E., Mauritsen, A. L., McAleer, P., McCauley, T., McCullough, M., McKay, R., McMahon, C. M., McNamara, A. A., Means, K. K., Mercier, B., Mitkidis, P., Monin, B., Moon, J. W., Moreau, D., Morgan, J., Murphy, J., Muscatt, G., Nagel, C., Nagy, T., Nalborczyk, L., Nilsonne, G., Noack, P., Norenzayan, A., Nuijten, M. B., Olsson-Collentine, A., Oviedo, L., Pavlov, Y. G., Pawelski, J. O., Pearson, H., Pedder, H., Peetz, H. K., Pinus, M., Pirutinsky, S., Polito, V., Porubanova, M., Poulin, M. J., Prenoveau, J. M., Prince, M. A., Protzko, J., Pryor, C., Purzycki, B. G., Qiu, L., Putter, J. Q., Rabelo, A., Radell, M. L., Ramsay, J. E., Reid, G., Roberts, A. J., Luna, L. M. R., Ross, R. M., Roszak, P., Roy, N., Saarelainen, S.-M. K., Sasaki, J. Y., Schaumans, C., Schivinski, B., Schmitt, M. C., Schnitker, S. A., Schnuerch, M., Schreiner, M. R., Schuttengruber, V., Sebben, S., Segerstrom, S. C., Seryczynska, B., Shjoedt, U., Simsek, M., Sleegers, W. W. A., Smith, E. R., Sowden, W. J., Spath, M., Sporlein, C., Stedden, W., Stoevenbelt, A. H., Stuber, S., Sulik, J., Suwartono, C., Syropoulos, S., Szaszi, B., Szecsi, P., Tappin, B. M., Tay, L., Thibault, R. T., Thompson, B., Thurn, C. M., Torralba, J., Tuthill, S. D., Ullein, A.-M., Van Aert, R. C. M., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Van Cappellen, P., van den Akker, O. R., Van der Cruyssen, I., Van der Noll, J., van Dongen, N. N. N., Van Lissa, C. J., van Mulukom, V., van Ravenzwaaij, D., van Zyl, C. J. J., Vaughn, L. A., Verschuere, B., Vianello, M., Vilanova, F., Vishkin, A., Vogel, V., Vogelsmeier, L. V. D. E., Watanabe, S., White, C. J. M., Wiebels, K., Wiechert, S., Willett, Z. Z., Witkowiak, M., Witvliet, C. V. O., Wiwad, D., Wuyts, R., Xygalatas, D., Yang, X., Yeo, D. J., Yilmaz, O., Zarzeczna, N., Zhao, Y., Zijlmans, J., van Elk, M. & Wagenmakers, E.-J., 2023, In: Religion, Brain, and Behavior. 13, 3, p. 237-283 47 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Religiosity 100%
  • Self-Report 33%
  • Linear Regression Model 33%
  • Dependent Variable 33%
  • Psychology of Religion 33%
  43 Downloads (Pure)

• Coding, causality, and statistical craft: The emergence and evolutionary drivers of moralistic supernatural punishment remain unresolved

  Purzycki, B. G., Bendixen, T. & Lightner, A. D., 2023, In: Religion, Brain, and Behavior. 13, 2, p. 207-214 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Cognitive and cultural models in psychological science: A tutorial on modeling free-list data as a dependent variable in Bayesian regression

  Bendixen, T. & Purzycki, B. G., Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychological Methods.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dependent Variable 100%
  • Psychological Science 100%
  • Cognitive Process 50%
  • Religious Belief 50%
  • Mental Representation 50%

• Cultural religion: patterns of contemporary majority religion in Denmark

  Mauritsen, A. L., Borup, J., Nielsen, M. V. & Purzycki, B. G., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Contemporary Religion. 38, 2, p. 261-281 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

• Gods are watching and so what? Moralistic supernatural punishment across 15 cultures

  Bendixen, T., Lightner, A. D., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Henrich, J., Klocová, E. K., Lesorogol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, R. A., Moya, C., Norenzayan, A., Placek, C., Soler, M., Vardy, T., Weigel, J., Willard, A. K. & Xygalatas, D. & 2 others, Lang, M. & Purzycki, B. G., May 2023, In: Evolutionary Human Sciences. 5, 15 p., e18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cognitive Science 100%
  • Economic Games 100%
  • Cooperative Play 100%

• Moralistic supernatural punishment is probably not associated with social complexity

  Lightner, A. D., Bendixen, T. & Purzycki, B. G., 2023, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 44, 6, p. 555-565 11 p., 6481.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Deity 100%
  • Supernatural Punishment 100%
  • Social Complexity 100%
  • Evolutionary Theory 100%
  • Theory of religion 6%

• What do non-religious non-believers believe in? Secular worldviews around the world

  van Mulukom, V., Turpin, H., Haimila, R., Purzycki, B. G., Bendixen, T., Kundtová Klocová, E., Řezníček, D., Coleman III, T. J., Sevinç, K., de Oliveira Maraldi, E., Schjødt, U., Rutjens, B. T. & Farias, M., 2023, In: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 15, 1, p. 143-156 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Secular Worldview 100%
  • Non-belief 100%
  • Non-Christian Religions 100%
  • Natural Law 100%
  • Critical Thinking 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  Advertising cooperative phenotype through costly signals facilitates collective action

  Lang, M., Chvaja, R., Purzycki, B. G., Vaclavik, D. & Stanik, R., May 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 5, 19 p., 202202.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Public Goods 100%

• Building Quantitative Cross-Cultural Databases From Ethnographic Records: Promise, Problems and Principles

  Watts, J., Jackson, J. C., Arnison, C., Hamerslag, E. M., Shaver, J. H. & Purzycki, B. G., Feb 2022, In: Cross-Cultural Research. 56, 1, p. 62-94 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ethnographic Record 100%
  • Metadata 100%
  • Theory Testing 100%
  • Best Practice 50%
  • Ethnographic Fieldwork 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Gods, Games, and the Socioecological Landscape

  Purzycki, B. G., Bendixen, T., Lightner, A. D. & Sosis, R., Jul 2022, In: Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. 3, 10 p., 100057.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Social Ecology 100%
  • Social Learning 100%
  • Religious Expression 50%
  • Social Sciences 33%
  • Cooperatives 33%
  63 Downloads (Pure)

• Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation

  Baimel, A., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Henrich, J., Kundtová Klocová, E., Lang, M., Lesogorol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, R., Moya, C., Norenzayan, A., Placek, C. D., Soler, M., Vardy, T., Weigel, J., Willard, A. & Xygalatas, D. & 1 others, Purzycki, B., Apr 2022, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 12, 1-2, p. 4-17

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Shamanism 100%
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Perceptions of moralizing agents and cooperative behavior in northeastern Brazil

  Soler, M., Purzycki, B. G. & Lang, M., Apr 2022, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 12, 1-2, p. 132-149 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Priming 100%
  • Prosociality 50%
  • Evolutionary Theory 50%

• The Evolution of Religion and Morality Project: Reflections and looking ahead

  Purzycki, B. G., Lang, M., Henrich, J. & Norenzayan, A., Apr 2022, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 12, 1-2, p. 190-211 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Evolution of religion 100%
  • Evolution of Morality 100%
  • Empirical 50%
  • Cognitive 50%
  • Limitations 50%

• The moralization bias of gods’ minds: A cross-cultural test

  Purzycki, B. G., Willard, A. K., Klocová, E. K., Apicella, C. L., Atkinson, Q., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Henrich, J., Lang, M., Lesorogol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, R. A., Moya, C., Norenzayan, A., Placek, C. D., Soler, M., Vardy, T., Weigel, J. L. & Xygalatas, D. & 1 others, Ross, C., Apr 2022, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 12, 1-2, p. 38-60 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Cognitive Bias 100%

• The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies

  Vardy, T., Moya, C., Placek, C. D., Apicella, C. L., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Kundtová Klocová, E., Lesorogol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, S. A., Purzycki, B. G., Soler, M., Weigel, J. L., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A., Henrich, J., Lang, M. & Atkinson, Q. D., Apr 2022, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 12, 1-2, p. 18-37 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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  • Religiosity 100%
  • Gender Difference 20%
  • Demographic Factor 20%
  59 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  Treatment of missing data determined conclusions regarding moralizing gods

  Beheim, B., Atkinson, Q., Bulbulia, J., Gervais, W. M., Gray, R. D., Henrich, J., Lang, M., Monroe, M. W., Muthukrishna, M., Norenzayan, A., Purzycki, B. G., Shariff, A., Slingerland, E., Spicer, R. & Willard, A. K., Jul 2021, In: Nature. 595, 7866, p. E29–E34

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
• 2020

  Beyond the Socially Desirable: Longitudinal Evidence on Individual Prayer-Wellbeing Associations

  Møller, A. B., Pedersen, H. F., Ørnbøl, E., Jensen, J. S., Purzycki, B. G. & Schjødt, U., 2020, In: International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 30, 4, p. 275-287 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Social Desirability 85%
  • Regression Analysis 14%

• Breaches of trust change the content and structure of religious appeals

  Purzycki, B. G., Stagnaro, M. & Sasaki, J., 2020, In: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. 14, 1, p. 71-94 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Religious commitment 100%
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Church attendance and alloparenting: An analysis of fertility, social support and child development among English mothers

  Shaver, J. H., Power, E. A., Purzycki, B. G., Watts, J., Sear, R., Shenk, M., Sosis, R. & Bulbulia, J., 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 1805, 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Social Support 100%
  • Child Development 100%
  • Longitudinal Study 25%
  • Cognitive Function 25%
  • Fertility Decline 25%
  53 Downloads (Pure)

• En granskning af “gudernes sind”: Betydningen af guders interesser på tværs af kulturer for religioners ophav og udvikling

  Bendixen, T. & Purzycki, B. G., Mar 2020, In: Religion. Tidsskriftet for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF. p. 39-45

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Communication

  File
  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Examining values, virtues, and tradition in the Tyva Republic with free-list and demographic data

  Purzycki, B. G. & Bendixen, T., 2020, In: The New Research of Tuva. 11, 4, p. 6-18 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Scientific Methods 100%
  • Cultural Behavior 100%
  • Tuva 100%
  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Minds of gods and human cognitive constraints: Socio-ecological context shapes belief

  McNamara, R. A. & Purzycki, B. G., 2020, In: Religion, Brain and Behavior. 10, 3, p. 223-238 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Norms 100%
  • Psychology of Religion 50%

• Peering into the minds of gods: What cross-cultural variation in gods’ concerns can tell us about the evolution of religion

  Bendixen, T. & Purzycki, B. G., Dec 2020, In: Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion. 5, 2, p. 142–165 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Learning 100%
  • Cultural Belief 100%
  • Receptivity 100%
  • Case Study 100%

• Preferences and constraints: The value of economic games for studying human behaviour

  Pisor, A., Gervais, M., Purzycki, B. G. & Ross, C., 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 6, 14 p., 192090.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Sciences 100%
  • Experimental Economics 100%
  • Self-Report 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Draw Inference 100%
• 2019

  Buddha as a god: An empirical assessment

  Purzycki, B. G. & Holland, E. C., Oct 2019, In: Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. 31, 4-5, p. 347-375

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ethnographic Study 100%
  • Demographic Factor 100%
  • Russian Federation 100%
  • Buddha 100%

• Identity fusion, outgroup relations, and sacrifice: A cross-cultural test

  Purzycki, B. G. & Lang, M., May 2019, In: Cognition. 186, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Psychological Explanation 100%

• Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies

  Lang, M., Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C. L., Atkinson, Q. D., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Klocova, E. K., Lesorogol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, R. A., Moya, C., Placek, C. D., Soler, M., Vardy, T., Weigel, J. L., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A. & Henrich, J., 6 Mar 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1898, 10 p., 20190202.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Hostility 100%
  • Social Interaction 100%

• War increases religiosity

  Henrich, J., Bauer, M., Cassar, A., Chytilova, J. & Purzycki, B. G., Feb 2019, In: Nature Human Behavior. 3, 2, p. 129-135 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Religiosity 100%
  • Ritual 100%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 100%
  • Cooperative 50%
  • Sierra Leone 50%