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This project involves the collaboration of a large number of individuals working at institutions both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
The project is also highly interdisciplinary. Participants include researchers working in a variety of different disciplines, especially including anthropology, cognitive psychology, comparative (animal) psychology, developmental psychology, economics, and philosophy.
The project gratefully acknowledges the support of all the individuals, groups, and institutions participating in the project.
Participants are ordered alphabetically (in columns). For updates or corrections to this list, please contact the project director or the project's research associate.
Project Director and Organising Committee
H. Clark Barrett
Organising Committee
Anthropology
UCLA
Daniel Fessler
Organising Committee
Anthropology
UCLA
Joseph Henrich
Organising Committee
Psychology and Economics
University of British Columbia
Dan Sperber
Organising Committee
Anthropology
CNRS, Paris
Stephen Stich
Organising Committee
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Project Research Associates
Simon Fitzpatrick
Research Associate
Department of Philosophy
John Carroll University
Brenda Phillips
Research Associate
Department of Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Aimée Plourde
Research Associate
Department of Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Project participants
Elizabeth Abrams
Anthropology
UIC
Abeer Aljuhanay
Psychology
University of Sheffield
Daniel Andler
Philosophy
University Paris-Sorbonne
James Andow
Philosophy
University of Nottingham
Rita Astuti
Antrhopology
LSE
Renée Baillargeon
Psychology
Illinois
H. Clark Barrett
Anthropology
UCLA
Tanya Behne
Psychology
University of Manchester
Judith Bek
Communication
University of Sheffield
Will Bennis
Psychology
Northwestern University
Christopher Bennett
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Jesse Bering
ICC
Queen's Belfast
Susan Birch
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Angela Bird
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Kevin Birth
Anthropology
CUNY
Michael Bishop
Philosophy
Florida State University
Maurice Bloch
Anthropology
LSE
Paul Bloom
Psychology
Yale
Alexander Bolyanatz
Anthropology
College of DuPage
Matthias Bolz
Psychology
University of Illinois
Luca Bonatti
Psychology
SISSA-ISAS, Trieste
George Botterill
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Robert Boyd
Anthropology
UCLA
Adam Boyette
Anthropology
Wash State U.
Gabor Brody
Anthropology
Central European University
James Broesch
Anthropology
Emory University
Tanya Broesch
Psychology
Emory University
Tara Callaghan
Psychology
St Francis Xavier University
Malinda Carpenter
Anthropology
Max Planck Liepzig
Peter Carruthers
Philosophy
University of Maryland
Pedro Carvalho
Philosophy
University of Lisbon
Andrew Chamberlain
Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Michael Chandler
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Maria-Teresa Chu
Psychology
University of Sheffield
Maciek Chudek
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Eric Clarke
Music
Oxford University
Emma Cohen
ICEA
Oxford University
Mark Collard
Archaeology
Simon Frazer University
Armando Cortes
Department of Art
UCL
Alyssa Crittenden
Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny
UC San Diego
Lee Cronk
Anthropology
Rutgers University
Gergely Csibra
Psychology
Central European University
Gregory Currie
Philosophy
University of Nottingham
Fiery Cushman
Psychology
Harvard
Jules Davidoff
Psychology
Goldsmiths
Taylor Davies
Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Helen Davis
Anthropology
New Mexico
Greta Defeyter
Psychology
Northumbria University
Gil Diesendruck
Psychology
Bar-Ilan University
Carraig Dillon
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Martin Doherty
Psychology
University of Stirling
John Doris
Philosophy
Washington University
Richard Dub
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Nigel Duffield
Linguistics
University of Sheffield
Emmanuel Dupoux
Cognitive Science and Psycholinguistics Lab
EHESS, Paris
Carol Eades
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Samantha Ellis
Biology
UCLA
Natalie Emmons
ICC
Queen's University Belfast
Daniel Fessler
Anthropology
UCLA
Urs Fischbacher
Economics
University of Konstanz
Alan Fiske
Anthropology
UCLA
Lily Fitzgibbon
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Simon Fitzpatrick
Philosophy
John Carroll University
Emma Flynn
Psychology
Durham University
Graeme Forbes
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Dora Franko
Psychology
Central European University
Ori Friedman
Psychology
University of Waterloo
Peggy Froerer
Antrhopology
Brunel University
Judit Futo
Psychology
Semmelweis University
Simon Gächter
Economics
University of Nottingham
Jonardon Ganeri
Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Silvia Gennari
Psychology
University of York
Gyorgy Gergely
Psychology
Central European University
Tamsin German
Psychology
UC Santa Barbara
Marcus Giaquinto
Philosophy
University College London
Jeremy Ginges
Psychology
New School for Social Research
Herbert Gintis
Economics
University of Massachusetts
Juan Carlos Gomez
Psychology
University of St Andrews
Gabriel Greenberg
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Joshua Greene
Psychology
Harvard
Marissa Greif
Psychology
Florida Atlantic University
Michael Gurven
Anthropology
UC Santa Barbara
Reza Hadisi
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Edward Hagen
Anthropology
Washington State University Vancouver
Jonathan Haidt
Psychology
University of Virginia
Kevin Haley
Anthropology
UCLA
Defu Hang
Ethnology
Quinghai Academy
Gilbert Harman
Philosophy
Princeton
Paul Harris
Education
Harvard
Marc Hauser
Psychology
Harvard
Zijing He
Psychology
University of Illinois
Joseph Henrich
Psychology and Economics
University of British Columbia
Benedikt Herrmann
Economics
University of Nottingham
Peter Hewkin
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Barry Hewlett
Anthropology
Washington State University
Cecilia Heyes
Psychology
University of Oxford
Andrew Hirst
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Colin Holbrook
Anthropology
UCLA
Bruce Hood
Psychology
University of Bristol
Bailey House
Anthropology
UCLA
Rumen Iliev
Psychology
Northwestern University
Pierre Jacob
Institut Jean Nicod
Paris
Nuno Jerónimo
Philosophy
University of Lisbon
Maiya Jordan
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Alex Kacelnik
Zoology
University of Oxford
Charles Kalish
Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin
Tatsuya Kameda
Behavioural Science
Hokkaido University
Martin Kanovsky
Antrhopology
Comenius University
Rachel L. Kanter
Psychology
Emory University
Frank Keil
Psychology
Yale
Deborah Kelemen
Psychology
Boston University
Rosie Kingston
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Katherine Kinzler
Psychology
University of Chicago
Ildiko Kiraly
Psychology
Central European University
Michelle Kline
Anthropology
UCLA
Nicola Knight
Psychology and Anthropology
University of Michigan
Joshua Knobe
Philosophy
UNC Chapel Hill
Orsolya Koos
Psychology
HAS, Hungary
Hilary Kornblith
Philosophy
University of Massachusetts
Agnes Kovacs
Psychology
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Noemi Kovacs
Psychology
Central European University
Geoff Kushnick
Anthropology
The Australian National University
David Lancy
Anthropology
Utah State University
Michelle Landry
Psychology
Emory University
Stephen Laurence
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Jane-Suilin Lavelle
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Andrew Lawrence
Psychology
Cardiff University
Robert Layton
Anthropology
Durham University
James Lenman
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Pierre Lienard
Anthropology
University of Nevada
Angeline Lillard
Psychology
University of Virginia
Ulf Liszkowski
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leipzig
Suzanne Lock
Philosophy
University of Glasgow
Chengjun Ma
Nationality Studies
Qinghai University
Edouard Machery
History and Philosophy of Science
Pittsburgh
Jamie MacIver
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Vittorio Magnano
Anthropology
Durham University
Corey Maley
Philosophy
Princeton University
Ron Mallon
Philosophy
University of Utah
Jean Mandler
Psychology
UC San Diego
Michel Maréchal
Institute for Empirical Research in Economics University of Zurich
Eric Margolis
Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Michael Martin
Philosophy
UCL
Salvador Mascarenhas
Philosophy
University of Amsterdam
Oliver Mascaro
Psychology
Institute Jean Nicod, Paris
Kelby Mason
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Ayumi Matsuo
Linguistics
University of Sheffield
Richard McElreath
Anthropology
UC Davis
Douglas Medin
Psychology
Northwestern University
Sofia Miguens
Philosophy
University of Porto
John Mikhail
Law and Philosophy
Georgetown University
Olivier Morin
Institut Jean Nicod
Joel Mort
Cognitive Systems
Wright-Patterson AFB
Christine Moya
Anthropology
UCLA
Jennifer Nado
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Daniel Nettle
Psychology
University of Newcastle
Shaun Nichols
Philosophy
University of Arizona
Richard Nisbett
Psychology
University of Michigan
Ara Norenzayan
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Kata Ola'h
Psychology
Central European University
Harriet Over
Psychology
University of Cardiff
David Papineau
Philosophy
King's College London
Sandra Pellizzoni
Psychology
Univeristy of Trieste
Brenda Phillips
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Elizabeth Pillsworth
Anthropology
UCLA
Anne Pisor
Anthropology and Statistics and Applied Probability
UC Santa Barbara
David Pizarro
Psychology
Cornell
Aimee Plourde
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Claire Pond
Psychology
University of Sheffield
Jesse Prinz
Philosophy
UNC Chapel Hill
Kathy Puddifoot
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Jennie Pyers
Psychology
Wellesley University
Tage Rai
Psychology
UCLA
Peter Railton
Philosophy
University of Michigan
Hannes Rakoczy
Psychology
Max Planck-Leipzig
Peter Richerson
Environmental Science
UC Davis
Philip Robbins
Philosophy
University of Missouri
Norbert Ross
Anthroplogy
Vanderbilt University
Paul Rozin
Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
Sonya Sachdeva
Psychology
Northwestern University
Richard Samuels
Philosophy
Ohio State University
Gonçalo Santos
Philosophy
University of Lisbon
Laurie Santos
Psychology
Yale
Mario Santos Sousa
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Emma S. Satlof-Bedrick
Psychology
Emory University
Rebecca Saxe
Brain and Cog Sci
MlT
Robin Scaife
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Brooke Scelza
Anthropology
UCLA
Isaac Schamberg
Anthropology
UCLA
Kathy Schick
Anthropology
University of Indiana
Simone Schnall
Psychology
University of Plymouth
Mariah Schug
Psychology
Wesleyan University
Rose Scott
Psychology
University of Illinois
Gabriel Segal
Philosophy
King's College London
Karen Shanton
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Stephen Shennan
Archaeology
UCL
Michael Siegal
Psychology
University of Sheffield and University of Trieste
Joan Silk
Anthropology
UCLA
Edward Slingerland
Asian Studies
University of British Columbia
Stephanie Sloane
Psychology
University of Illinois
Brendan Smith
Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Beate Sodian
Psychology
LMU Munich
Richard Sosis
Anthropology
University of Connecticut
Paulo Sousa
ICC
Queen's Belfast
Elizabeth Spelke
Psychology
Harvard University
Dan Sperber
Anthropology
CNRS
Finn Spicer
Philosophy
University of Bristol
Kim Sterelny
Philosophy
ANU/Victoria
Stephen Stich
Philosophy
Rutgers University
Luca Surian
Psychology
University of Trieste
Paul Swartwout
Anthropology
University of Connecticut
Erno Teglas
Psychology
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Jamie Tehrani
Anthropology
Durham University
John Tooby
Anthropology
UC Santa Barbara
Nicholas Toth
Anthropology
University of Indiana
David Tracer
Anthropology
University of Colorado
Ayşe Üskül
Psychology
University of Essex
Naoki Usui
Philosophy
University of Sheffield
Rosemary Varley
Communication
University of Sheffield
Christopher von Rueden
Anthropology
UC Santa Barbara
Tom Walker
PEAK
Keele University
Bitung (Jess) Wang
Department of Anthropology
UCLA
Jianxin Wang
Anthropology
Sun Yat-Sen University
Jonathan Webber
Philosophy
University of Cardiff
Jonathan Weinberg
Philosophy
University of Indiana
Harvey Whitehouse
Anthropology and Mind
Oxford University
Andrew Whiten
Psychology
University of St Andrews
Gary Wood
Linguistics
University of Sheffield
Di Wu
Psychology
University of Illinois
Karen Wynn
Psychology
Yale
Fei Xu
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Yubin Ya
Philosophy
Sun Yat-Sen
Liane Young
Brain and Cog Sci
MlT
Wanying Zhao
Psychology
University of British Columbia
Jing Zhu
Philosophy
Sun Yat-Sen University
Antonio Zilhao
Philosophy
University of Lisbon
Culture and the Mind project babies
Delphine Boyette
Julian Broesch
Mabel Broesch
Josie Crittenden-Benyshek
Justin Duffield-Matsuo
Kyri Friedman
Aliza Gergely
Henry Scelza Hauser
Josh Henrich
Luca Froerer Killick
Sasha Froerer Killick
Freddie Kushnick
Mira Uskul Loizides
Louis Mallon
Felix McElreath
Penelope Fitzpatrick
Sophia Plourde Stabler
Lucia von Rueden
Matilde Webber
Alethea Webber