Boyer, Pascal

The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion

Boyer, P. (1994) · University of California Press eBooks

Study and Philosophy of ReligionReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 780

Why ritualized behavior? Precaution Systems and action parsing in developmental, pathological and cultural rituals

Boyer, P., & Liénard, P. (2006) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 601

Evolutionary economics of mental time travel?

Boyer, P. (2008) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 413

What Makes Anthropomorphism Natural: Intuitive Ontology and Cultural Representations

Boyer, P. (1996) · The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionCategorization, perception, and language

Cited by 304

Explaining moral religions

Baumard, N., & Boyer, P. (2013) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Cited by 230

Folk-economic beliefs: An evolutionary cognitive model

Boyer, P., & Petersen, M. B. (2018) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 137

Precaution systems and ritualized behavior

Boyer, P., & Linard, P. (2006) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 76

Ritual Behavior in Obsessive and Normal Individuals: Moderating Anxiety and Reorganizing the Flow of Action

Boyer, P., & Liénard, P. (2008) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Cited by 65