HECC in the Media:

Psychology is WEIRD: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Slate, May 2013
Two Ways to the Top: Evidence That Dominance and Prestige Are Distinct Yet Viable Avenues to Social Rank and Influence: Joey Cheng gets international coverage, including CNN, BBC World Service Radio, and Business News Daily
Economistas vs. antropólogos: ¿quiénes son los tipos más raros del mundo?: Joe Henrich in La Nacion, Argentina’s main national newspaper, March 2013
We Aren’t the World: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Pacific Standard Magazine, February 2013
Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal: Harvey Whitehouse in Nature, January 2013
In Mauritius, religious locations increase generosity: Dimitris Xygalatas on Epiphenom, January 2013
The Invention of Gods: Ara Norenzayan in Der Spiegel, December 2012
From human sacrifice to Santa Claus: the cultural evolution of religious beliefs: Edward Slingerland on UBC Public Affairs, December 2012
Rituals: The Power of Pain: Dimitris Xygalatas on lexpress.mu, October 2012
Economic Markets and Human Fairness: Joe Henrich on Being Human, October 2012
The role of religion in the current unrest in the Middle East: Edward Slingerland on CBC radio:, September 2012
How Culture Drove Human Evolution: Joe Henrich on Edge.org, September 2012
God and the Ivory Tower: Joe Henrich and Ara Norenzayan in Foreign Policy, August 2012
Polygamy’s Rising Profile Has Encouraged Plural Families to Fight For Recognition: Joe Henrich in Time Magazine, August 2012
The Roar of the Crowd: Joe Henrich in The Economist, May 2012
Autism Study Strengthens Idea that we can Read God’s Mind: Ara Norenzayan in New Scientist, May 2012
Analytic Thinking can Decrease Religious Belief: Will Gervais and Ara Norenzayan in Los Angeles Times, CNN, Time
Pride, personality, and the evolutionary foundations of human social status: named in hottest articles on Evolution and Human Behavior for 2011
The Idea that Launched A Thousand Civilizations: Ara Norenzayan in New Scientist, March 2012
Is Polygamy Really So Awful?: Joe Henrich in Slate Magazine, January 2012
Prehistoric Human Social Networks much like Our Own: Coren Apicella and Joe Henrich in the National Post, January 2012
Tanzania’s Hadza Group Sheds Light on Ancient Social Networks: Coren Apicella and Joe Henrich in the LA Times, January 2012
More Rape and Violence Among Polygamists: Joe Henrich in The Toronto Sun, January 2012
Why We’re the Weirdest People in the World: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in The Toronto Star, March 2011
Weird Science: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Foreign Policy, January 2011
A Reason to Believe: Joe Henrich and Ara Norenzayan in The American Psychological Association Monitor, December 2010
Who’s the Oddball?: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in New Scientist, November 13th, 2010
Why Some Islanders Build Better Traps: Joe Henrich in The Wall Street Journal, October 2nd, 2010
Westerners vs. the World: We are the WEIRD ones: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Financial Post, August 21st, 2010
Two Routes to Social Status: Joe Henrich in Psychology Today, August 6th, 2010
Psychology Studies Biased toward Western Undergrads: Scientific American Podcast
What’s Really Human?: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Newsweek, July 23rd, 2010
A Weird View of Human Nature: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Science, June 25th, 2010
The university student as a model organism: Joe Henrich, Ara Norenzayan and Steve Heine in Nature Neuroscience, May, 2010
The Western/Eastern Mind Divide: Steve Heine in Vancouver Magazine, May 1, 2010
Fairness with Strangers May Be the Invention of Large Societies: Joe Henrich in Scientific American, Mar 22, 2010
Are Shoppers Fairer?: Joe Henrich in The New York Times, Mar 22, 2010
Adaption or Migration?: Mark Collard in Nature, Mar 18, 2010 [PDF]
The origins of selflessness: Joe Henrich in The Economist, Mar 18, 2010
Fairness is socially-learned, not inanate: Joe Henrich in USA Today, Mar 18, 2010
Evolution of Fairness Driven by Culture, Not Genes: Joe Henrich in Wired, Mar 18, 2010
Kindness down to social forces: Joe Henrich in The Financial Times, Mar 18, 2010
Why we trust people we don’t know: Joe Henrich in MSNBC, Mar 18, 2010
Markets make kinder, gentler societies: Joe Henrich in The Montreal Gazette, Mar 19, 2010
Farming’s Rise Cultivated Fair Deals: Joe Henrich in ScienceNews, Mar 18, 2010
Justice, medieval style: Ara Norenzayan in The Boston Globe, Jan 31, 2010
Five Emotions You Never Knew You Had: Jessica Tracy in New Scientist, Jan 13, 2010
Satan, the great motivator. The curious economic effects of religion: Ara Norenzayan in The Boston Globe, Nov 15, 2009
On the Origin of Religion: Ara Norenzayan in Science, Nov 2009 [PDF]
How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect: Steve Heine in the New York Times, Oct 5, 2009
Religions owe their success to martyrs: Joe Henrich, May 30, 2009
Human Nature – The Remix: Joe Henrich, Steve Heine and Ara Norenzayan in Nature, Feb 12, 2009
Exploring Hostile Worlds: Ara Norenzayan in the Vancouver Sun, Nov 23, 2008
Book Review: What Science offers the Humanities, Edward Slingerland in Science, Oct 10, 2008
Bridging universities’ two cultures: Edward Slingerland in the Vancouver Sun, Sep 19, 2008
Proud Is Proud, Sighted or Not, Researchers Find: Jessica Tracy in the New York Times, Sep 1, 2008
The God Effect: Ara Norenzayan in The New York Times, Dec 9, 2007

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