Publications

Zhou, K., Baimel, A., & White, C. (2024). Outsourcing punishment to karma: Thinking about karma reduces the punishment of transgressors. OSF. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w5x23

Baimel, A. (2023). Environmentalism and the minds of gods. In Bendixen, Theiss & Purzycki, B G (Eds.), The minds of gods. Bloomsbury Academic.

Preston, J. L., & Baimel, A. (2021). Towards a psychology of religion and the environment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 145–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.013

Billet, M. I., Baimel, A., Milfont, T. L., & Norenzayan, A. (2024). Political Common Ground on Preserving Nature: Environmental Motives Across the Political Spectrum. Environment and Behavior, 56(7-8), 542-576. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241303315

Billet, M. I., Baimel, A., Sahakari, S. S., Schaller, M., & Norenzayan, A. (2023). Ecospirituality: The psychology of moral concern for nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87, 102001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102001

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., … Purzycki, B. (2022). Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: A cross-cultural investigation. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 12(1–2), 4–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006287

Cohen, E., Baimel, A., & Purzycki, B. G. (2018). Religiosity and resource allocation in Marajó, Brazil. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 8(2), 168–184. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267029

Purzycki, B. G., & Baimel, A. (2017). Examining the Minds of Gods. https://bgpurzycki.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/examining_the_minds_of_gods.pdf 

Purzycki, B. G., Henrich, J., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q. D., Baimel, A., Cohen, E., McNamara, R. A., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., & Norenzayan, A. (2018). The evolution of religion and morality: A synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 8(2), 101–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267027

Willard, A. K., & Baimel, A. (2018). Understanding the Evolution of Religion: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 4(1), 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.35729

Baimel, A., White, C. J. M., Sarkissian, H., & Norenzayan, A. (2021). How is analytical thinking related to religious belief? A test of three theoretical models. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 11(3), 239–260. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.1878259

Mulukom, V. V., Baimel, A., Maraldi, E., & Farias, M. (2023). Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs. Scand J Psychol.

White, C. J., Baimel, A., & Norenzayan, A. (2021). How cultural learning and cognitive biases shape religious beliefs. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40, 34–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.033

White, C. J. M., Willard, A. K., Baimel, A., & Norenzayan, A. (2021). Cognitive Pathways to Belief in Karma and Belief in God. Cognitive Science, 45(1), e12935. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12935

Willard, A. K., Turpin, H., & Baimel, A. (2022). Universal cognitive biases as the basis for supernatural beliefs: Evidence and critiques [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/aubem

White, C., Baimel, A., & Norenzayan, A. (2017). What are the causes and consequences of belief in karma? Religion, Brain & Behavior, 7(4), 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249921

White, C. J. M., Willard, A. K., Baimel, A., & Norenzayan, A. (2021). Cognitive Pathways to Belief in Karma and Belief in God. Cognitive Science, 45(1), e12935. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12935

Willard, A. K., Baimel, A., Turpin, H., Jong, J., & Whitehouse, H. (2020). Rewarding the good and punishing the bad: The role of karma and afterlife beliefs in shaping moral norms. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(5), 385–396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.07.001

Baimel, A., Juda, M., Birch, S., & Henrich, J. (2021). Machiavellian strategist or cultural learner? Mentalizing and learning over development in a resource-sharing game. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 3, e14. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2021.11

Birch, S. A. J., Li, V., Haddock, T., Ghrear, S. E., Brosseau-Liard, P., Baimel, A., & Whyte, M. (2017). Perspectives on Perspective Taking. In Advances in Child Development and Behavior (Vol. 52, pp. 185–226). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.acdb.2016.10.005

Birch, S. A. J., Severson, R. L., & Baimel, A. (2020). Children’s understanding of when a person’s confidence and hesitancy is a cue to their credibility. PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0227026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227026

Ghrear, S., Baimel, A., Haddock, T., & Birch, S. A. J. (2021). Are the classic false belief tasks cursed? Young children are just as likely as older children to pass a false belief task when they are not required to overcome the curse of knowledge. PLOS ONE, 16(2), e0244141. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244141

Baimel, A., Birch, S. A. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2018). Coordinating bodies and minds: Behavioral synchrony fosters mentalizing. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2017.10.008

Baimel, A., Severson, R. L., Baron, A. S., & Birch, S. A. J. (2015). Enhancing “theory of mind” through behavioral synchrony. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00870