Publications

Barrett. H. C. (2020). Towards a cognitive science of the human: Cross-cultural approaches and their urgency. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(8), 620-638. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.05.007 PDF
Barrett. H. C. (2020). Deciding what to observe: Thoughts for a post-WEIRD generation. Evolution and Human Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.05.006 PDF
House, B. R., Kanngiesser, P., Barrett, H. C., Yilmaz, S., Smith, A. M., Sebastian-Enesco, C., Erut, A., & Silk, J. B. (2020). Social norms and cultural diversity in the development of third-party punishment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1925), 20192794. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2794
House, B. R., Kanngiesser, P., Barrett, H. C., Broesch, T., Cebioglu, S., Crittenden, A. N., Erut, A., Lew-Levy, S., Sebastian-Enesco, C., Smith, A.M., Yilmaz, S., & Silk, J. B. (2020). Universal norm psychology leads to societal diversity in prosocial behaviour and development. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 36–44. doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0734-z
Barrett, H. C. (2019). Selected emergence in the evolution of behavior and cognition. Behavioural Processes, 161, 87-93. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.04.019
Barrett, H. C. (2018). The varieties of foraging experience. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 12(3), 135-138. doi:10.1037/ebs0000146
Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Crittenden, A.N., Fessler, D.M.T., Fitzpatrick, S., Gurven, M., Henrich, J., Kanovsky, M., Kushnick, G., Pisor, A., Scelza, B.A., Stich, S., von Rueden, C., Zhao, W., & Laurence, S. (2016). Small-scale societies exhibit fundamental variation in the role of intentions in moral judgment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (17), 4688-4693.
Barrett, H.C., Peterson, C.D., & Frankenhuis, W.E. (2016). Mapping the cultural learnability landscape of danger. Child Development 87 (3), 770-781.
Apicella, C. L., & Barrett, H. C. (2016). Cross-cultural evolutionary psychology. Current Opinion in Psychology, 7, 92-97.
Fessler, D. M., Holbrook, C., Kanovsky, M., Barrett, H. C., Bolyanatz, A. H., Gervais, M. M., Gurven, M., Henrich, J., Kushnick, G., Pisor, A.C., Stich, S., von Rueden, C., & Laurence, S. (2016). Moral parochialism misunderstood: a reply to Piazza and Sousa. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 283(1823), 20152628.
Fessler, D. M., Barrett, H. C., Kanovsky, M., Stich, S., Holbrook, C., Henrich, J., Bolyanatz, A. H., Gervais, M. M., Gurven, M., Kushnick, G., Pisor, A. C., von Rueden, C. & Laurence, S. (2015). Moral parochialism and contextual contingency across seven societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 282(1813), 20150907.
Gaissmaier, W., Wilke, A., Scheibehenne, B., McCanney, P., & Barrett, H. C. (2015). Betting on illusory patterns: Probability matching in habitual gamblers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 1-14.
Wilke, A., Scheibehenne, B., Gaissmaier, W., McCanney, P., & Barrett, H. C. (2014). Illusionary pattern detection in habitual gamblers. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35(4), 291-297.
Broesch, J., Barrett, H. C., & Henrich, J. (2014). Adaptive content biases in learning about animals across the life course. Human Nature, 25(2), 181-199.
House, B.R., Silk, J.B., Henrich, J., Barrett, H.C., Scelza, B., Boyette, A., Hewlett, B., McElreath, R., & Laurence, L. (2013). The ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(36), 14586-14591.
Frankenhuis, W.E., Panchanathan, K., & Barrett, H.C. (2013). Bridging developmental systems theory and evolutionary psychology using dynamic optimization. Developmental science, 16(4), 584-598.
Barrett, H.C., Broesch, T., Scott, R.M., He, Z., Baillargeon, R., Wu, D., Bolz, M., Henrich, J., Setoh, P., Wang, J., & Laurence, S. (2013). Early false-belief understanding in traditional non-Western societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 280(1755): 20122654.
Frankenhuis, W.E., House, B., Barrett, H.C., & Johnson, S.P. (2013). Infants’ perception of chasing. Cognition, 126, 224-233.
Barrett, H.C. (2012). A hierarchical model of the evolution of human brain specializations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 10733–10740.
Barrett, H.C., & Broesch, J. (2012). Prepared social learning about dangerous animals in children. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33, 499-508.
Barrett, H. C., Stich, S., & Laurence, S. (2012). Should the study of Homo sapiens be part of cognitive science? Topics in Cognitive Science, 4, 379–386.
Bryant, G.A., Liénard, P., & Barrett, H.C. (2012). Recognizing infant-directed speech across distant cultures: Evidence from Africa. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 10, 47–59.
Kurzban, R., & Barrett, H.C. (2012). Origins of cumulative culture. Science, 335, 1056.
Barrett, H.C., & Kurzban, R. (2012). What are the functions of System 2 modules? A reply to Chiappe and Gardner. Theory and Psychology, 22, 683-688.
Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P.J., Ensminger, J., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Camerer, C.F., Cardenas, J. C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H.M., Gil-White, F., Gwako E., Henrich, N., Hill, K., Lesorogol, C., Patton, J.Q., Marlowe, F.W., Tracer, D.P., and Ziker, J. (2012). Culture does account for variation in game behavior (Reply to Lamba and Mace). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, E32-E33.
Henrich, J., Boyd, R., McElreath, R., Gurven, M., Richerson, P.J., Ensminger, J., Alvard, M., Barr, A., Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Camerer, C.F., Cardenas, J. C., Fehr, E., Gintis, H.M., Gil-White, F., Gwako E., Henrich, N., Hill, K., Lesorogol, C., Patton, J.Q., Marlowe, F.W., Tracer, D.P., and Ziker, J. (2012). Converging lines of evidence (Reply to van Hoorn). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, E1678.
Marlowe, F.W., Berbesque, J.C., Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Gurven, M., & Tracer, D. (2011). The ‘spiteful’ origins of human cooperation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 2159-2164.
Flamson, T., Bryant, G.A., & Barrett, H.C. (2011). Prosody in spontaneous humor: Evidence for encryption. Pragmatics and Cognition, 19, 248-267.
Barrett, H.C., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (2010). Coevolution of cooperation, causal cognition and mindreading. Communicative & Integrative Biology 3:6, 522-524.
Cosmides, L., Barrett, H. C., & Tooby, J. (2010). Adaptive specializations, social exchange, and the evolution of human intelligence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107, 9007-9014.
Henrich, J., Ensminger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J. C., Gurven, M., Gwako E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., and Ziker, J. (2010). Markets, religion, community size, and the evolution of fairness and punishment. Science, 327, 1480-1484.
Henrich, J., Ensminger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J. C., Gurven, M., Gwako E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., and Ziker, J. (2010). Response - Evolution of fairness. Science, 329, 389-390.
Panthanathan, K., Frankenhuis, W., & Barrett, H. C. (2010). Development: evolutionary ecology’s midwife. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 45-46.
Hagen, E. H., and Barrett, H. C. (2009). Cooperative breeding and adolescent siblings: Evidence for the ecological constraints model? Current Anthropology, 50, 727-737.
Wilke, A., and Barrett, H. C. (2009). The hot hand phenomenon as a cognitive adaptation to clumped resources. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30, 161-169.
Snyder, J., Kirkpatrick, L., and Barrett, H.C. (2008). The dominance dilemma: do women really prefer dominant mates? Personal Relationships, 15, 425-444.
Flamson, T., and Barrett, H. C. (2008). The encryption theory of humor: a knowledge-based mechanism of honest signaling. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 6, 261-281.
Barrett, H. C. (2008). Evolutionary psychology is a union of fields, not a subset. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 19-40.
Barrett, H. C., Laurence, S., and Margolis, E. (2008). Artifacts and original intent: A cross-cultural perspective on the design stance. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8, 1-21.
Bryant, G. A., and Barrett, H. C. (2008). Vocal emotion recognition across disparate cultures. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8, 135-148.
Marlowe, F., Berbesque, J.C., Barr, A., Barrett, H. C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J.C., Ensminger, J., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, J., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., McElreath, J., Tracer, D. (2008). More ‘altruistic’ punishment in larger societies. Proceedings of Royal Society B, 275,587-590.
Barrett, H. C., Frankenhuis, W., & Wilke, A. (2008). Adaptation to moving targets: Culture / gene coevolution, not either / or. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 511-512.
Barrett, H. C., Keller, M., Takezawa, M., and Wichary, S. (2007). Relationships and emotions in children’s understanding of social contract violations. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 5, 213-234.
Bryant, G. A., & Barrett, H. C. (2007). Recognizing intentions in infant-directed speech: Evidence for universals. Psychological Science, 18, 746-751.
Hagen, E., and Barrett, H. C. (2007). Perinatal sadness among Shuar women: Support for an evolutionary theory of psychic pain. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 21, 22-40.
Machery, E., and Barrett, H. C. (2006). Debunking Adapting Minds. Philosophy of Science, 73, 232-246.
Barrett, H. C., and Kurzban, R. (2006). Modularity in cognition: Framing the debate. Psychological Review, 113, 628-647.
Barrett, H. C., Frederick, D., Haselton, M., & Kurzban, R. (2006). Can manipulations of cognitive load be used to test evolutionary hypotheses? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 513-518.
Hagen, E. H., Barrett, H. C. and Price, M. E. (2006). Do human parents face a quantity-quality tradeoff? Evidence from a Shuar community. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 130, 405-418.
Henrich, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Ensminger, J., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cardenas, J. C., Gurven, M., Gwako E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D., and Ziker, J. (2006). Costly punishment across human societies. Science, 312, 1767-1770.
Barrett, H. C. (2005). Enzymatic computation and cognitive modularity. Mind and Language, 20, 259-287.
Barrett, H. C. & Behne, T. (2005). Children’s understanding of death as the cessation of agency: A test using sleep versus death. Cognition, 96, 93-108.
Barrett, H.C., Todd, P.M., Miller, G.F., and Blythe, P. (2005). Accurate judgments of intention from motion alone: A cross-cultural study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 313-331.
German, T.P., & Barrett, H.C. (2005). Functional fixedness in a technologically sparse culture. Psychological Science, 16, 1-5.
Barrett, H. C. (2004). Descent versus design in Shuar children’s reasoning about animals. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 4, 25-50.
Perry, S., Barrett, H.C., and Manson, J. (2004). White-faced capuchin monkeys exhibit triadic awareness in their choice of allies. Animal Behaviour, 67, 165-170.
Tooby, J., Cosmides, L., and Barrett, H.C. (2003). The second law of thermodynamics is the first law of psychology: Evolutionary developmental psychology and the theory of tandem, coordinated inheritances. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 858–865.
Barrett, H.C. (2001). On the functional origins of essentialism. Mind and Society, 3, Vol. 2, pp. 1-30.
Barrett, H.C. (2001). Is category specificity in the world or in the mind? (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(4), pp. 478-479.
Todd, P.M., Gigerenzer, G., and the ABC Research Group (2000). How can we open up the adaptive toolbox? (Reply to commentaries). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 767-777.
Barrett, H.C., and Fiddick, L. (1999). Evolution and risky decisions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, 251-252.