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Latent profile analyses of explanations about the origins of SARS-CoV-2 within and across countries
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Jesse D. Peregrino, Ajna F. Kertesz, Hannah G. Lunkenheimer, Alejandro Erut, Alexander Etz, Oskar Burger, Frankie T. K. Fong, Nargiza Babaeva, Stephanie J. Eder, Bankole Falade, Faiz Hashmi, Gonzalo Penaloza, Christopher Kavanagh, Bruce S. Rawlings, Heslley M. Silva, Yota Suzuki, Micah B. Goldwater, Cristine H. Legare
Collabra: Psychology12
(
1
)
155621
2026
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The tragedies that bind us: Shared memories, identity fusion, and moral concern among Balinese Hindus following the 2002 Bali bombings
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Daniel Revach, Christopher Kavanagh, Barbara Muzzulini, Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Fajar Erikha, Ni Luh Indah Desira Swandi, Rohan Kapitany, Harvey Whitehouse
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
2026
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Social ecology of concealing prosocial behaviours: The role of relational mobility
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Wen-Qiao Li, Satoko Suzuki, Ami Ishiyama, Christopher Kavanagh, Masaki Yuki
Asian Journal of Social Psychology29
(
2
)
e70087
2026
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Children's belief in Santa Claus and moral behavior: A two-wave longitudinal study of children's prosocial behavior during Christmas
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Rohan Kapitany, Kathryn Francis, Matti Wilks, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse
Current Research in Behavioral Sciences9
100188
2025
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Identity fusion can foster intergroup trust and willingness to cooperate
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Jack W. Klein, Brock Bastian, Emmanuel N. Odjidja, Samhita S. Ayaluri, Christopher M. Kavanagh, Alimudin M. Mala, Harvey Whitehouse
Communications Psychology3
(
1
)
124
2025
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Bonding through adversity: Effects of Brexit and COVID-19 lockdown on identity fusion and pro-group behavior
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Michal Misiak, Christopher Kavanagh, Barbara Muzzulini, Harvey Whitehouse
Political Psychology46
(
6
)
2024
-
2043
2025
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Is there a language of terrorists? A comparative manifesto analysis
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Julia Ebner, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism48
(
6
)
601
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628
2025
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Assessing Violence Risk among Far-Right Extremists: A New Role for Natural Language Processing.
International journal
Julia Ebner, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse
Terrorism and political violence36
(
7
)
944
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961
2024
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Dance for the dead: The role of top-down beliefs for social cohesion and anxiety management in naturally occurring collective rituals.
International journal
Briar Irving, Christopher Kavanagh, Ronald Fischer, Masaki Yuki
PloS one19
(
3
)
e0291655
2024
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Outgroup threat and the emergence of cohesive groups: A cross-cultural examination
Martin Lang, Dimitris Xygalatas, Christopher M. Kavanagh, Natalia Boccardi, Jamin Halberstadt, Chris Jackson, Mercedes Martinez, Paul Reddish, Eddie M. W. Tong, Alexandra Vazquez, Harvey Whitehouse, Maria Emilia Yamamoto, Masaki Yuki, Angel Gomez
GROUP PROCESSES & INTERGROUP RELATIONS25
(
7
)
1739
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1759
10 2022
-
The socio-psychological predictors of support for post-truth collective action
International journal
Ali Mashuri, Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Christopher Kavanagh, Esti Zaduqisti, Fitri Sukmawati, Halimatus Sakdiah, Selviana Selviana
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY162
(
4
)
504
-
522
7 2022
-
The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity.
International journal
Suzanne Hoogeveen, Julia M Haaf, Joseph A Bulbulia, Robert M Ross, Ryan McKay, Sacha Altay, Theiss Bendixen, Renatas Berniūnas, Arik Cheshin, Claudio Gentili, Raluca Georgescu, Will M Gervais, Kristin Hagel, Christopher Kavanagh, Neil Levy, Alejandra Neely, Lin Qiu, André Rabelo, Jonathan E Ramsay, Bastiaan T Rutjens, Hugh Turpin, Filip Uzarevic, Robin Wuyts, Dimitris Xygalatas, Michiel van Elk
Nature human behaviour6
(
4
)
523
-
535
4 2022
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The QAnon Security Threat: A Linguistic Fusion-Based Violence Risk Assessment
Julia Ebner, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse
Perspectives on Terrorism16
(
6
)
62
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86
2022
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Reflections on the scientific study of religion after the first decade of Religion, Brain & Behavior
David Rohr, Wesley J. Wildman, Richard Sosis, Joseph Bulbulia, Uffe Schjoedt, Joel Daniels, Christopher Kavanagh
RELIGION BRAIN & BEHAVIOR10
(
4
)
359
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364
10 2020
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Ritual morphospace revisited: the form, function and factor structure of ritual practice
International journal
Rohan Kapitany, Christopher Kavanagh, Harvey Whitehouse
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES375
(
1805
)
20190436
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20190436
8 2020
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Replicating and extending the effects of auditory religious cues on dishonest behavior
International journal
Aaron D. Nichols, Martin Lang, Christopher Kavanagh, Radek Kundt, Junko Yamada, Dan Ariely, Panagiotis Mitkidis
PLOS ONE15
(
8
)
e0237007
8 2020
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Exploring the Pathways Between Transformative Group Experiences and Identity Fusion
International journal
Christopher M. Kavanagh, Rohan Kapitany, Idhamsyah Eka Putra, Harvey Whitehouse
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY11
1172
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1172
6 2020
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Ritual, identity fusion, and the inauguration of president Trump: a pseudo-experiment of ritual modes theory
Rohan Kapitany, Christopher Kavanagh, Michael D. Buhrmester, Martha Newson, Harvey Whitehouse
SELF AND IDENTITY19
(
3
)
293
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323
4 2020
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Ritual and Religion as Social Technologies of Cooperation
Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse
Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Models, and Applications
325
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361
1 1 2020
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Death anxiety, exposure to death, mortuary preferences, and religiosity in five countries (vol 6, 154, 2019)
International journal
Jonathan Jong, Jamin Halberstadt, Matthias Bluemke, Christopher Kavanagh, Christopher Jackson
SCIENTIFIC DATA7
(
1
)
154
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154
1 2020
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Is Japan Religious?
Christopher M. Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION NATURE AND CULTURE14
(
1
)
152
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180
2020
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Special Issue Introduction: Religious Diversity and the Cognitive Science of Religion: New Experimental and Fieldwork Approaches
John H. Shaver, Christopher M. Kavanagh
JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION NATURE AND CULTURE14
(
1
)
5
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11
2020
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The role of religious fundamentalism and tightness-looseness in promoting collective narcissism and extreme group behavior.
Peer-reviewed
Yustisia, W, Putra, I.E, Kavanagh, C, Whitehouse, H, Rufaidah, A
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.12
(
2
)
231
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240
2019
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Examining memory for ritualized gesture in complex causal sequences
R. Kapitány, C. Kavanagh, H. Whitehouse, M. Nielsen
Cognition181
46
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57
12 2018
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Too Much, Too Little, or the Wrong Kind of 'Theory' in the Study of Religions?
Christopher M. Kavanagh
METHOD & THEORY IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION30
(
4-5
)
463
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471
10 2018
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Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Robert Thomson, Masaki Yuki, Thomas Talhelm, Joanna Schug, Mie Kito, Arin H Ayanian, Julia C Becker, Maja Becker, Chi-yue Chiu, Hoon-Seok Choi, Carolina M Ferreira, Marta Fülöp, Pelin Gul, Ana Maria Houghton-Illera, Mihkel Joasoo, Jonathan Jong, Christopher Kavanagh, Dmytro Khutkyy, Claudia Manzi, Urszula M Marcinkowska, Taciano L Milfont, Félix Neto, Timo Von Oertzen, Ruthie Pliskin, Alvaro San Martin, Purnima Singh, Mariko L Visserman
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences115
(
29
)
7521
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7526
17 7 2018
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Positive experiences of high arousal martial arts rituals are linked to identity fusion and costly pro‐group actions
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Ryan McKay, Harvey Whitehouse
European Journal of Social Psychology49
(
3
)
461
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481
29 5 2018
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A ritual by any other name
International journal
Rohan Kapitany, Christopher Kavanagh
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES41
e79
2018
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Death and religion in a post-replication crisis world
Kavanagh, C.
Religion, Brain and Behavior9
(
2
)
185
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190
2018
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Culture and Group Processes
Invited
Peer-reviewed
Christopher Kavanagh, Masaki Yuki
Online Readings in Psychology and Culture5
(
4
)
6 2017
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The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Harvey Whitehouse, Jonathan Jong, Michael D Buhrmester, Ángel Gómez, Brock Bastian, Christopher M Kavanagh, Martha Newson, Miriam Matthews, Jonathan A Lanman, Ryan McKay, Sergey Gavrilets
Scientific Reports7
(
44292
)
44292
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44292
14 3 2017
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The event cognition “hammer” and the “nails” of experience
Kavanagh, C.
Religion, Brain and Behavior7
(
1
)
68
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70
2017
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On the necessity of “minimal” methodological standards and religious “butterfly” collecting
Kavanagh, C.
Religion, Brain and Behavior6
(
3
)
2016
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Developing the field site concept for the study of cultural evolution: The promise and the perils
Kavanagh, C., Nakawake, Y.
Cliodynamics7
(
2
)
272
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280
2016
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Shared Negative Experiences Lead to Identity Fusion via Personal Reflection
Peer-reviewed
International journal
Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse, Christopher Kavanagh, Justin Lane
PLOS ONE10
(
12
)
e0145611
12 2015
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Born idolaters: The limits of the philosophical implications of the cognitive science of religion
Peer-reviewed
Jonathan Jong, Christopher Kavanagh, Aku Visala
NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SYSTEMATISCHE THEOLOGIE UND RELIGIONSPHILOSOPHIE57
(
2
)
244
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266
6 2015
