Rachel E. Watson‐Jones

DELL (United States) — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

11h-index938citations21works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Cultural Differences and Values(11), Child and Animal Learning Development(8), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(7), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment(4), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion(4)

Publications21 total

Cognitive flexibility supports the development of cumulative cultural learning in children
Scientific Reports·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Explaining and Solving Practical Problems Supernaturally
Oxford University Press eBooks·2022· 1 cited
Fidelity
2022
The Psychological Foundations of Ritual Learning
2021· 5 cited
Cultural Variation in the Development of Beliefs About Conservation
Cognitive Science·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Fidelity
2018
Evidence from hunter-gatherer and subsistence agricultural populations for the universality of contagion sensitivity
Evolution and Human Behavior·2018· 39 citedOpen Access
Evidence from hunter-gatherer and subsistence agricultural populations for the universality of contagion sensitivity
2018· 5 citedOpen Access
Cross-cultural variation in the development of folk ecological reasoning
Evolution and Human Behavior·2018· 14 citedOpen Access
Cross-cultural variation in the development of folk ecological reasoning
2018· 2 citedOpen Access
The social functions of shamanism
Behavioral and Brain Sciences·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Does the Body Survive Death? Cultural Variation in Beliefs About Life Everlasting
Cognitive Science·2016· 99 citedOpen Access
The coexistence of natural and supernatural explanations within and across domains and development
British Journal of Developmental Psychology·2016· 53 citedOpen Access
The Social Functions of Group Rituals
Current Directions in Psychological Science·2016· 244 cited
The functions of ritual in social groups
Behavioral and Brain Sciences·2016· 13 cited
The Evolution and Ontogeny of Ritual
2015· 37 cited
In-Group Ostracism Increases High-Fidelity Imitation in Early Childhood
Psychological Science·2015· 194 cited
Interdisciplinary and Cross‐Cultural Perspectives on Explanatory Coexistence
Topics in Cognitive Science·2015· 36 citedOpen Access
Task-specific effects of ostracism on imitative fidelity in early childhood
Evolution and Human Behavior·2014· 170 cited
The ritualistic child: imitation, affiliation, and the ritual stance in human development
2013· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Cristine H. Legare(18), Justin T.A. Busch(8), Harvey Whitehouse(3), Jennifer M. Clegg(2), Coren L. Apicella(2), Paul Rozin(2), Paul L. Harris(1), Sarah Davis(1), Bruce Rawlings(1), Daniel Ikejimba(1), Andrew Whiten(1), Nicole J. Wen(1), Annette Henderson(1), Ben Kenward(1)