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Devoted actors sacrifice for close comrades and sacred cause by Atran, Scott, Sheikh, Hammad, Gomez, Angel

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Sacred bounds on rational resolution of violent political conflict by Ginges, Jeremy, Atran, Scott, Medin, Douglas, Shikaki, Khalil

“…We report a series of experiments carried out with Palestinian and Israeli participants showing that violent opposition to compromise over issues considered…”
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Thinking from God’s perspective decreases biased valuation of the life of a nonbeliever by Ginges, Jeremy, Sheikh, Hammad, Atran, Scott, Argo, Nichole

“…Religious belief is often thought to motivate violence because it is said to promote norms that encourage tribalism and the devaluing of the lives of…”
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Memory and Mystery: The Cultural Selection of Minimally Counterintuitive Narratives by Norenzayan, Ara, Atran, Scott, Faulkner, Jason, Schaller, Mark

“…We hypothesize that cultural narratives such as myths and folktales are more likely to achieve cultural stability if they correspond to a minimally…”
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Cultural Mosaics and Mental Models of Nature by Bang, Megan, Medin, Douglas L., Atran, Scott

“…For much of their history, the relationship between anthropology and psychology has been well captured by Robert Frost's poem, "Mending Wall," which ends with…”
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Folk biology and the anthropology of science: cognitive universals and cultural particulars by Atran, S

“…This essay in the "anthropology of science" is about how cognition constrains culture in producing science. The example is folk biology, whose cultural…”
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The Native Mind: Biological Categorization and Reasoning in Development and Across Cultures by Medin, Douglas L, Atran, Scott

“…This article describes cross-cultural and developmental research on folk biology: that is, the study of how people conceptualize living kinds. The combination…”
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Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Sacred Values and Vulnerability to Violent Extremism by Pretus, Clara, Hamid, Nafees, Sheikh, Hammad, Ginges, Jeremy, Tobeña, Adolf, Davis, Richard, Vilarroya, Oscar, Atran, Scott

“…Violent extremism is often explicitly motivated by commitment to abstract ideals such as the nation or divine law-so-called "sacred" values that are relatively…”
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Predicting radicalism after perceived injustice: The role of separatist identity, sacred values, and police violence by Pretus, Clara, Sheikh, Hammad, Hamid, Nafees, Atran, Scott

“…Perceptions of injustice are central to fueling violent political action, though not everyone within a social movement will support violence in response to…”
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The price of your soul: neural evidence for the non-utilitarian representation of sacred values by Berns, Gregory S., Bell, Emily, Capra, C. Monica, Prietula, Michael J., Moore, Sara, Anderson, Brittany, Ginges, Jeremy, Atran, Scott

“…Sacred values, such as those associated with religious or ethnic identity, underlie many important individual and group decisions in life, and individuals…”
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The Cultural Mind: Environmental Decision Making and Cultural Modeling Within and Across Populations by Atran, Scott, Medin, Douglas L, Ross, Norbert O

“…This article describes cross-cultural research on the relation between how people conceptualize nature and how they act in it. Mental models of nature differ…”
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Willingness to sacrifice among convicted Islamist terrorists versus violent gang members and other criminals by Gómez, Angel, Atran, Scott, Chinchilla, Juana, Vázquez, Alexandra, López-Rodríguez, Lucia, Paredes, Borja, Martínez, Mercedes, Blanco, Laura, Alba, Beatriz, Bautista, Hend, Fernández, Saulo, Pozuelo-Rubio, Florencia, González-Álvarez, José Luis, Chiclana, Sandra, Valladares-Narganes, Héctor, Alonso, María, Ruíz-Alvarado, Alfredo, López-Novo, José Luis, Davis, Richard

“…Is terrorism just another form of criminal activity, as many nations’ justice systems assume? We offer an initial answer using face-to-face interviews and…”
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The Devoted Actor: Unconditional Commitment and Intractable Conflict across Cultures by Atran, Scott

“…Uncompromising wars, revolution, rights movements, and today’s global terrorism are in part driven by “devoted actors” who adhere to sacred, transcendent…”
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Reginaldo Chayax Huex (1939-2020) by Atran, Scott, Lois, Ximena, Vapnarsky, Valentina

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Religion, Group Threat and Sacred Values by Ginges, Jeremy, Atran, Scott, Coman, Alin, Sheikh, Hammad

“…Sacred or protected values have important influences on decision making, particularly in the context of intergroup disputes. Thus far, we know little about the…”
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Psychology of Transnational Terrorism and Extreme Political Conflict by Atran, Scott

“…Fear of transnational terrorism, along with a revitalization of sectarian nationalism, is sundering social and political consensus across the world. Can…”
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Neuroimaging 'will to fight' for sacred values: an empirical case study with supporters of an Al Qaeda associate by Hamid, Nafees, Pretus, Clara, Atran, Scott, Crockett, Molly J, Ginges, Jeremy, Sheikh, Hammad, Tobeña, Adolf, Carmona, Susanna, Gómez, Angel, Davis, Richard, Vilarroya, Oscar

“…Violent intergroup conflicts are often motivated by commitments to abstract ideals such as god or nation, so-called 'sacred' values that are insensitive to…”
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Reginaldo Chayax Huex (1939-2020) by Atran, Scott, Lois, Ximena, Vapnarsky, Valentina

“…Fig. 1 – Reginaldo Chayax Huex (photo David Tiago Ribeiro, San José, Petén, Guatemala, 2015) Yun Reginaldo Chayax Wex, a leader of the Itza’ people of San José…”
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The will to fight by Atran, Scott

“…As the Taliban rapidly crushed US-backed Afghan forces, many politicians, pundits, and military leaders expressed surprise at having overestimated an ally’s…”
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Sacred Values and Conflict over Iran's Nuclear Program by Ginges, Jeremy, Sachdeva, Sonya, Atran, Scott, Iliev, Rumen, Dehghani, Morteza, Medin, Douglas

“…Conflict over Iran's nuclear program, which involves a US-led policy to impose sanctions on Iran, is perceived by each side as a preeminent challenge to its…”
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