Gervais, Will M.

The cultural evolution of prosocial religions

Norenzayan, A., Shariff, A. F., Gervais, W. M., Willard, A. K., McNamara, R. A., Slingerland, E., & Henrich, J. (2016) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 934

Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief

Gervais, W. M., & Norenzayan, A. (2012) · Science

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyStudy and Philosophy of Religion

Cited by 589

Correcting for Bias in Psychology: A Comparison of Meta-Analytic Methods

Carter, E. C., Schönbrodt, F. D., Gervais, W. M., & Hilgard, J. (2019) · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsPsychology Research and Bibliometrics

Cited by 588

Do you believe in atheists? Distrust is central to anti-atheist prejudice.

Gervais, W. M., Shariff, A. F., & Norenzayan, A. (2011) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social and Intergroup PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 495

The origins of religious disbelief

Norenzayan, A., & Gervais, W. M. (2013) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Study and Philosophy of ReligionReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 320

Mentalizing Deficits Constrain Belief in a Personal God

Norenzayan, A., Gervais, W. M., & Trzesniewski, K. H. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyStudy and Philosophy of Religion

Cited by 297

Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists

Gervais, W. M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., van Elk, M., Buchtel, E. E., Aveyard, M., Schiavone, S. R., Dar-Nimrod, I., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A. M., Riekki, T., et al. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 292

The Zeus Problem: Why Representational Content Biases Cannot Explain Faith in Gods

Gervais, W. M., & Henrich, J. (2010) · Journal of Cognition and Culture

Study and Philosophy of ReligionReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 168

Everything Is Permitted? People Intuitively Judge Immorality as Representative of Atheists

Gervais, W. M. (2014) · PLoS ONE

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Cited by 151

Mentalizing skills do not differentiate believers from non-believers, but credibility enhancing displays do

Maij, D. L. R., van Harreveld, F., Gervais, W., Schrag, Y., Mohr, C., & van Elk, M. (2017) · PLOS ONE

Paranormal Experiences and BeliefsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 110

In Godlessness We Distrust: Using Social Psychology to Solve the Puzzle of Anti‐atheist Prejudice

Gervais, W. M. (2013) · Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Social and Intergroup PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 106

Analytic atheism: A cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon?

Gervais, W. M., van Elk, M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., Aveyard, M., Buchtel, E. E., Dar-Nimrod, I., Klocová, E. K., Ramsay, J. E., Riekki, T., et al. (2018) · Judgment and Decision Making

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 88

News of Ego Depletion's Demise is Premature: Commentary on Carter, Kofler, Forster, & Mccullough, 2015

Inzlicht, M., Gervais, W., & Berkman, E. (2015) · SSRN Electronic Journal

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsPsychology Research and Bibliometrics

Cited by 82

Parochial prosocial religions: Historical and contemporary evidence for a cultural evolutionary process

Norenzayan, A., Shariff, A. F., Gervais, W. M., Willard, A. K., McNamara, R. A., Slingerland, E., & Henrich, J. (2016) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 58

Good for God? Religious motivation reduces perceived responsibility for and morality of good deeds.

Gervais, W. M. (2014) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 18

How many atheists are there?

Gervais, W. M., & Najle, M. B. (2017)

Religion and Society InteractionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 9