Rita Anne McNamara

The cultural evolution of prosocial religions

Ara Norenzayan, Azim Shariff, Will M. Gervais et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2014 · 947 citations · Full text

Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality

Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Coren L. Apicella, Quentin D. Atkinson et al. · Nature · 2016 · 496 citations · Full text

Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies

Martin Lang, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Coren L. Apicella et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2019 · 195 citations · Full text

Evolutionary Game Theory, Large-scale Cooperation, Random Allocation Game +7

The cognitive and cultural foundations of moral behavior

Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Anne C. Pisor, Coren L. Apicella et al. · Evolution and Human Behavior · 2018 · 165 citations

Moral Philosophy, Psychology, Moral Issue +4

Weighing outcome vs. intent across societies: How cultural models of mind shape moral reasoning

Rita Anne McNamara, Aiyana K. Willard, Ara Norenzayan et al. · Cognition · 2018 · 133 citations · Full text

Moral Reasoning, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Decision Making +9