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"Modeling Uncertainty around Free-list Cultural Salience Scores" by @rcc-au.bsky.social's @djsmith90.bsky.social and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social OnlineFirst up now at Field Methods journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #AnthroTools #quantethnography
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"Modeling Uncertainty around Free-list Cultural Salience Scores" by @rcc-au.bsky.social's @djsmith90.bsky.social and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social OnlineFirst up now at Field Methods journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #AnthroTools #quantethnography
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If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network
Position: Full-Time Data Scientist, Developing Belief Network Description: We are looking for a full-time data scientist to join the Developing Belief Network, a global team of psychologists studying...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're a data scientist interested in a full-time or part-time role working with developmental psychologists on cross-cultural data from parents and children, check out this position with the Developing Belief Network. Application review begins October 15, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
RCC's Lauritz Holm Petersen successfully defended his dissertation, *The Ebb and Flow of Apocalypse: A Systems Theory Approach to Religious Endtime Narratives*! Tillykke Lauritz!
September 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
RCC's Lauritz Holm Petersen successfully defended his dissertation, *The Ebb and Flow of Apocalypse: A Systems Theory Approach to Religious Endtime Narratives*! Tillykke Lauritz!
Congratulations to RCC’s Jesper Sørensen on successfully defending his higher doctoral dissertation today! Skål!
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Congratulations to RCC’s Jesper Sørensen on successfully defending his higher doctoral dissertation today! Skål!
RCC representing at IAHR 2025 in Krakow! @djsmith90.bsky.social @bgpurzycki.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
RCC representing at IAHR 2025 in Krakow! @djsmith90.bsky.social @bgpurzycki.bsky.social
Double whammy just out with RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social Longitudinal projects and causal inference!
Religion and trauma: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Climate change concern and mental health: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Religion and trauma: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Climate change concern and mental health: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Does concern regarding climate change impact subsequent mental health? A longitudinal analysis using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) | Royal Society Open Science
Climate change is having a substantial—and increasingly severe—impact on our planet,
affecting people’s health, security and livelihoods. As a consequence, the concept
of ‘climate anxiety’ has recentl...
doi.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Double whammy just out with RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social Longitudinal projects and causal inference!
Religion and trauma: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Climate change concern and mental health: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Religion and trauma: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Climate change concern and mental health: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Book symposium for Jesper Sørensen’s *Why Cultures Persist* posted online at Religion, Brain and Behavior. With commentaries from, among others, RCC’s Anders Klostergaard Petersen and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social.
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Latest articles from Religion, Brain & Behavior
Browse the latest articles and research from Religion, Brain & Behavior
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July 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Book symposium for Jesper Sørensen’s *Why Cultures Persist* posted online at Religion, Brain and Behavior. With commentaries from, among others, RCC’s Anders Klostergaard Petersen and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
RCC’s @bgpurzycki.bsky.social talking about gods on @artefr.bsky.social’s show Stimmt es, dass…?
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
RCC’s @bgpurzycki.bsky.social talking about gods on @artefr.bsky.social’s show Stimmt es, dass…?
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...
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Philosopher Helen De Cruz has died.
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) - Daily Nous
Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Won...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Philosopher Helen De Cruz has died.
Free online for the next two weeks: @bgpurzycki.bsky.social‘s *Morality and the Gods*. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Morality and the Gods
Cambridge Core - Applied Psychology - Morality and the Gods
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June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Free online for the next two weeks: @bgpurzycki.bsky.social‘s *Morality and the Gods*. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
New from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social et al.!
📣 New paper by myself @djsmith90.bsky.social and colleagues published today in @royalsociety.org Proc B 📣
Grandmothers are often seen as key carers, but this isn’t always the case.
We explore why in Agta forgers reflecting on the implications of demography for evolution of grandmothering 👵🌍
Grandmothers are often seen as key carers, but this isn’t always the case.
We explore why in Agta forgers reflecting on the implications of demography for evolution of grandmothering 👵🌍
May 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social et al.!
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Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Job announcement 🚨: paid fieldwork opportunity with Sanguatsiniq research project! Details in thread ⬇️ Please share!
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Post-doc opportunities in religious cognition don't come up too often these days, but here's a good one in the Czech Republic with @martinlangcz.bsky.social www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
Postdoctoral researcher in social cognition | Masaryk University
www.muni.cz
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Post-doc opportunities in religious cognition don't come up too often these days, but here's a good one in the Czech Republic with @martinlangcz.bsky.social www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
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AnthroTools 2.0 is live! Nine new functions that propagate, plot, and summarize uncertainty around item and cultural salience values. @djsmith90.bsky.social @bgpurzycki.bsky.social @rcc-au.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
AnthroTools 2.0 is live! Nine new functions that propagate, plot, and summarize uncertainty around item and cultural salience values. @djsmith90.bsky.social @bgpurzycki.bsky.social @rcc-au.bsky.social
Another offering from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social!
Can religious beliefs shape peoples' attitudes and behaviours regarding climate change?
We explored this using data from a large-scale UK cohort study (ALSPAC)
In short: Perhaps, but it's complicated. Answer depends on generation, religiosity measure and climate question
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We explored this using data from a large-scale UK cohort study (ALSPAC)
In short: Perhaps, but it's complicated. Answer depends on generation, religiosity measure and climate question
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Associations between religiosity and climate change beliefs and behaviours in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
Individual actions are crucial to mitigating the impact of anthropogenic climate change. Understanding the factors shaping individuals’ climate beliefs and behaviours is therefore essential to help en...
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Another offering from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social!
Warm preprint from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social! Embracing uncertainty in quantitative ethnography!
Are you into free-list methods and want to incorporate uncertainty into your group-level estimates (eg Smith's S)?
Of course you do!
Then @bgpurzycki.bsky.social and I have a new preprint for your delectation!
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Of course you do!
Then @bgpurzycki.bsky.social and I have a new preprint for your delectation!
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
OSF
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Warm preprint from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social and @bgpurzycki.bsky.social! Embracing uncertainty in quantitative ethnography!
No clear co-causal evidence of religion and mental health! Hot off the digital press from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
March 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
No clear co-causal evidence of religion and mental health! Hot off the digital press from RCC's @djsmith90.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Having a monk in the family is associated with lower mortality in older Tibetans: a seven-year prospective cohort study Liqiong Zhou @erhaoworld.bsky.social et al |Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Having a monk in the family and all-cause mortality: a seven-year prospective cohort study | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Having a monk in the family and all-cause mortality: a seven-year prospective cohort study - Volume 7
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February 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Having a monk in the family is associated with lower mortality in older Tibetans: a seven-year prospective cohort study Liqiong Zhou @erhaoworld.bsky.social et al |Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Where do moralizing religions come from? Useless cognitive by-products?Cultural group selection for complex societies?
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
February 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Where do moralizing religions come from? Useless cognitive by-products?Cultural group selection for complex societies?
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
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Apply for a fellowship to join us for 2 years at Oxford Brookes Uni!
Deadline is 18 March.
(<7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application)
Deadline is 18 March.
(<7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application)
If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
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International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Apply for a fellowship to join us for 2 years at Oxford Brookes Uni!
Deadline is 18 March.
(<7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application)
Deadline is 18 March.
(<7 years of active full time postdoctoral experience at the time of application)
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Postdoc position available in our team!
We are testing a computational model explaining the decision-making process during in normative/moral situations while incorporating the formative role of culture in this process.
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
#socialpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#cogpsyc
We are testing a computational model explaining the decision-making process during in normative/moral situations while incorporating the formative role of culture in this process.
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
#socialpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#cogpsyc
Postdoctoral researcher in social cognition | Masaryk University
www.muni.cz
February 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Postdoc position available in our team!
We are testing a computational model explaining the decision-making process during in normative/moral situations while incorporating the formative role of culture in this process.
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
#socialpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#cogpsyc
We are testing a computational model explaining the decision-making process during in normative/moral situations while incorporating the formative role of culture in this process.
www.muni.cz/en/about-us/...
#socialpsyc
#PsychSciSky
#cogpsyc
Interested in examining culture, cultural models, and what people think, know, and believe? New book from RCC’s @bgpurzycki.bsky.social coming soon as part of Sage’s “Little Green Book” series!
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February 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Interested in examining culture, cultural models, and what people think, know, and believe? New book from RCC’s @bgpurzycki.bsky.social coming soon as part of Sage’s “Little Green Book” series!
collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/eth...
collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/eth...
From the desk of RCC's @bgpurzycki.bsky.social: "Does cultural variance lie more between or within groups? The AnthroTools R package now includes a cultural FST calculator for two or more groups."
anthrotools.wordpress.com
anthrotools.wordpress.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
From the desk of RCC's @bgpurzycki.bsky.social: "Does cultural variance lie more between or within groups? The AnthroTools R package now includes a cultural FST calculator for two or more groups."
anthrotools.wordpress.com
anthrotools.wordpress.com
Jana Nenadalová and RCC's Armin Geertz engage in a spirited debate about the "neuroscience of religion" out now in the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion www.researchgate.net/publication/...
On Methodological Agnosticism and Neurotheology: A Reply to David B. Yaden | Request PDF
Request PDF | On Nov 5, 2024, Jana Nenadalová and others published On Methodological Agnosticism and Neurotheology: A Reply to David B. Yaden | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Researc...
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January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Jana Nenadalová and RCC's Armin Geertz engage in a spirited debate about the "neuroscience of religion" out now in the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Pre-print *Morality and the Gods* from RCC's @bgpurzycki.bsky.social
www.academia.edu/126919815/Mo...
www.academia.edu/126919815/Mo...
January 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Pre-print *Morality and the Gods* from RCC's @bgpurzycki.bsky.social
www.academia.edu/126919815/Mo...
www.academia.edu/126919815/Mo...