Michael E. W. Varnum

Arizona State University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Cultural Differences and Values(62), Social and Intergroup Psychology(41), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment(27), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior(20), Social and Cultural Dynamics(10)

Publications134 total

Crowdsourcing multiverse analyses to explore the impact of different data-processing and analysis decisions: A tutorial.
Psychological Methods·2025Open Access
Commonly observed sex differences in direct aggression are absent or reversed in sibling contexts
PNAS Nexus·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A unified framework integrating psychology and geography
Nature Human Behaviour·2025· 2 cited
On the importance of conceptual clarity and constraints in an ecological approach to culture
Evolution and Human Behavior·2025· 1 cited
Who has lucid dreams? Individual difference correlates of the frequency of lucid dreams.
Dreaming·2025
Supplementary Tables of Full Analysis Results from Fundamental Social Motives in Men and Women Across 42 Societies
Figshare·2025Open Access
Supplementary Tables of Full Analysis Results from Fundamental Social Motives in Men and Women Across 42 Societies
Figshare·2025Open Access
Large Language Models based on historical text could offer informative tools for behavioral science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-19-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility.
American Psychologist·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Sibling aggression is surprisingly common and sexually egalitarian
Evolution and Human Behavior·2024· 3 cited
The Cognitive Foundations of Fictional Stories
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
What Are Social Norms For?
2024Open Access
Winter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior
2023
When expert predictions fail
Trends in Cognitive Sciences·2023· 8 cited
When expert predictions fail
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
<i>Homo temporus</i>: Seasonal Cycles as a Fundamental Source of Variation in Human Psychology
Perspectives on Psychological Science·2023· 22 citedOpen Access
How much cultural variation around the globe is explained by ecology?
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 23 citedOpen Access
Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research
2023
Homo Temporus: Seasonal Cycles as a Fundamental Source of Variation in Human Psychology
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Igor Grossmann(23), Shinobu Kitayama(13), Jinkyung Na(8), Richard E. Nisbett(7), Daniel David(6), Alexandra S. Wormley(6), Shihui Han(5), Douglas T. Kenrick(5), A. Timur Sevincer(5), Ryan S. Hampton(5), Asuka Murata(4), Ahra Ko(4), Jung Yul Kwon(4), O Jiaqing(4), Thomas Talhelm(4), Oliver Sng(3), Cari M. Pick(3), Jaimie Arona Krems(3), Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat(3), Eduard Brandstätter(3)