Aiyana K. Willard

University of London — United Kingdom

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

27h-index4.6kcitations94works1.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation(37), Cultural Differences and Values(31), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology(29), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment(21), Religion and Society Interactions(15)

Publications94 total

Mysterious illnesses have supernatural and ritualistic cures: Evidence from 3,655 century-old Irish folk cures
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Belief as explanation: a motivation-based theory of agency and anthropomorphism in religious belief
Religion Brain & Behavior·2025Open Access
The varieties of nonreligious experience: meaning in life among believers, non-believers, and the spiritual but not religious
Religion Brain & Behavior·2025
Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
How Karma Harms and Helps Generosity Toward Those in Need
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
How karma harms and helps generosity towards those in need
2025Open Access
Witchcraft, Envy, and Norm Enforcement in Mauritius
Human Nature·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Victim blaming and belief in karma
Asian Journal Of Social Psychology·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
God, witchcraft, and beliefs about illness in Mauritius 
Religion Brain & Behavior·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
American mental models of scientific versus theological prestige: a freelist analysis
Religion Brain & Behavior·2024Open Access
The association between childhood trauma and emotion recognition is reduced or eliminated when controlling for alexithymia and psychopathy traits
Scientific Reports·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
‘But daddy, I love them!’: Changing norms in dating practices among UK migrant communities
2024Open Access
How Karma Harms and Helps Generosity Towards Those in Need
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
God, witchcraft, and beliefs about illness in Mauritius
2023Open Access
Witchcraft, Envy, and Norm Enforcement in Mauritius
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Open Access: Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation
2023
The religiosity gender gap in 14 diverse societies
2023· 6 cited
The moralization bias of gods' minds: a cross-cultural test
2023· 12 cited
Religion and prosocial behavior among the Indo-Fijians
2023
The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies
2023· 8 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Ara Norenzayan(30), Joseph Henrich(24), Rita Anne McNamara(20), Benjamin Grant Purzycki(19), Quentin D. Atkinson(17), Dimitris Xygalatas(17), Emma Cohen(16), Coren L. Apicella(15), Martin Lang(9), Cristina Moya(8), Azim Shariff(7), Carla Handley(7), Eva Kundtová Klocová(7), Sarah Mathew(7), Caitlyn D. Placek(7), Jonathan Weigel(7), Alexander Bolyanatz(6), Carolyn Lesorogol(6), Montserrat Soler(6), Adam Baimel(6)