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Candace S. Alcorta

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Publications

7

Citations

489

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Active since

2005

Affiliations

University of Connecticut(Current)

Candace S. Alcorta is an author at University of Connecticut specializing in ritual studies, anthropology, and religion studies.

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Ritual StudiesArtsEducationAnthropologySpiritualitySocial SciencesReligion StudiesCognitive ScienceMusicLanguage

Publications per year

2005–2013

7

Publications

7

Ritual, emotion, and sacred symbols

Candace S. Alcorta, Richard Sosis · Human Nature · 2005 · 356 citations

Christian Symbolism, Religious Symbol, Spirituality +5

The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of Religion

Candace S. Alcorta · International Studies in the Philosophy of Science · 2010 · 56 citations

Primatology, Believing Primate, Religion Studies +6

Decentralize, adapt and cooperate

Raphael D. Sagarin, Candace S. Alcorta, Scott Atran et al. · Nature · 2010 · 22 citations

Decentralized Security, Negotiation, Collective Action Problem +3

Ritual harmony: Toward an evolutionary theory of music

Candace S. Alcorta, Richard Sosis, Daniel Finkel · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2008 · 16 citations

Music, Proximate Mechanisms, Cognitive Science +13

Why ritual works: A rejection of the by-product hypothesis

Candace S. Alcorta, Richard Sosis · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2006 · 14 citations

Neuropsychology, Religious Symbol, Brain Mechanism +19

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