Religion explained: The evolutionary origins of religious thought P Boyer Hachette UK, 2007 | 5170* | 2007 |
The naturalness of religious ideas: A cognitive theory of religion P Boyer Univ of California Press, 1994 | 2098 | 1994 |
Precaution systems and ritualized behavior P Boyer, P Linard Behavioral and brain sciences 29 (6), 635-650, 2006 | 837 | 2006 |
Tradition as truth and communication: a cognitive description of traditional discourse P Boyer Cambridge University Press, 1990 | 779 | 1990 |
Religious thought and behaviour as by-products of brain function P Boyer Trends in cognitive sciences 7 (3), 119-124, 2003 | 737 | 2003 |
Cognitive templates for religious concepts: Cross‐cultural evidence for recall of counter‐intuitive representations P Boyer, C Ramble Cognitive science 25 (4), 535-564, 2001 | 704 | 2001 |
Evolutionary economics of mental time travel? P Boyer Trends in cognitive sciences 12 (6), 219-224, 2008 | 583 | 2008 |
What makes anthropomorphism natural: Intuitive ontology and cultural representations P Boyer Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 83-97, 1996 | 384 | 1996 |
Whence collective rituals? A cultural selection model of ritualized behavior P Liénard, P Boyer American Anthropologist 108 (4), 814-827, 2006 | 358 | 2006 |
Cognitive tracks of cultural inheritance: How evolved intuitive ontology governs cultural transmission P Boyer American Anthropologist 100 (4), 876-889, 1998 | 346 | 1998 |
Et l'homme créa les dieux-Comment expliquer la religion P Boyer, CC Farny Robert Laffont, 2021 | 309 | 2021 |
The detection of contingency and animacy from simple animations in the human brain SJ Blakemore, P Boyer, M Pachot-Clouard, A Meltzoff, C Segebarth, ... Cerebral Cortex 13 (8), 837-844, 2003 | 297 | 2003 |
Minds make societies: How cognition explains the world humans create P Boyer Yale University Press, 2018 | 289 | 2018 |
Religion: Bound to believe? P Boyer Nature 455 (7216), 1038-1039, 2008 | 286 | 2008 |
Functional origins of religious concepts: Ontological and strategic selection in evolved minds P Boyer Journal of the royal anthropological institute 6 (2), 195-214, 2000 | 274 | 2000 |
Cognitive constraints on cultural representations: Natural ontologies and religious ideas. P Boyer Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 264 | 1994 |
Domain specificity and intuitive ontology P Boyer, HC Barrett The handbook of evolutionary psychology, 96-118, 2015 | 263 | 2015 |
Evolutionary perspectives on religion P Boyer, B Bergstrom Annual review of anthropology 37, 111-130, 2008 | 263 | 2008 |
Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism P Boyer CUP Archive, 1993 | 259 | 1993 |
Explaining moral religions N Baumard, P Boyer Trends in cognitive sciences 17 (6), 272-280, 2013 | 255 | 2013 |