Manvir Singh

Most-cited papers

Universality and diversity in human song
Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh, D. Knox, Daniel M. Ketter +15 more
2019Science375 citations Open access
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Universality and diversity in human song
Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh, D. Knox, Daniel M. Ketter +15 more
2018315 citations Open access
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Form and function in human song
Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh, H. York, Luke Glowacki +1 more
2018Current Biology163 citations Open access
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Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures
C. Hilton, Cody Moser, Mila Bertolo, Harry Lee-Rubin +39 more
2020bioRxiv121 citations Open access
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Human social organization during the Late Pleistocene: Beyond the nomadic-egalitarian model
Manvir Singh, Luke Glowacki
2022Evolution and human behavior114 citations Open access
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Potential Leaders Trade Off Goal-Oriented and Socially Oriented Behavior in Mobile Animal Groups
C. Ioannou, Manvir Singh, I. Couzin
2015American Naturalist96 citations Open access
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Belief changes associated with psychedelic use
Sandeep M. Nayak, Manvir Singh, D. Yaden, R. Griffiths
2022Journal of Psychopharmacology84 citations Open access
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Self-Interest and the Design of Rules
Manvir Singh, R. Wrangham, Luke Glowacki
2017Human Nature61 citations Open access
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Small gods, rituals, and cooperation: The Mentawai water spirit Sikameinan
Manvir Singh, Ted Kaptchuck, J. Henrich
2019Evolution and human behavior60 citations Open access
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Magic, Explanations, and Evil
Manvir Singh
2021Current Anthropology52 citations Open access
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Universality, domain-specificity and development of psychological responses to music
Manvir Singh, Samuel A. Mehr
2023Nature Reviews Psychology42 citations Open access
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Subjective selection and the evolution of complex culture
Manvir Singh
2020Evolutionary Anthropology (print)41 citations Open access
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Supernatural punishment beliefs as cognitively compelling tools of social control.
Léo Fitouchi, Manvir Singh
2021Current Opinion in Psychology40 citations Open access
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Policing and punishment across the domains of social evolution
Manvir Singh, J. Boomsma
201538 citations
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Why do religious leaders observe costly prohibitions? Examining taboos on Mentawai shamans
Manvir Singh, J. Henrich
2020Evolutionary Human Sciences35 citations Open access
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Evidence for third-party mediation but not punishment in Mentawai justice
Manvir Singh, Zachary H. Garfield
2021Nature Human Behaviour29 citations Open access
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Beyond social learning
Manvir Singh, Alberto Acerbi, C. Caldwell, E. Danchin +7 more
2021Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences28 citations Open access
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Punitive justice serves to restore reciprocal cooperation in three small-scale societies
Léo Fitouchi, Manvir Singh
2023Evolution and human behavior26 citations Open access
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Universal interpretations of vocal music
L. Yurdum, Manvir Singh, Luke Glowacki, Tom Vardy +5 more
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America26 citations Open access
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The Sympathetic Plot, Its Psychological Origins, and Implications for the Evolution of Fiction
Manvir Singh
2019Emotion Review18 citations Open access
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Universals in Song
Ryan Watkins, Doug Leigh, Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh
201813 citations
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Commitment and impersonation: A reputation-based theory of principled behavior
Manvir Singh, M. Hoffman
202110 citations Open access
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Effect of Si substitution on the Structural, Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Ni–Mn–In Heusler alloys
N. Kumar, Manvir Singh, Vishal Mahey, Suyesh Nautiyal +3 more
2020Applied Physics A9 citations
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White Coat Effect: Is It Because of the Hospital Setting, or Is It Physician-Induced?
Manvir Singh, Navpreet Singh, Hardik Pahuja, R. Arora +2 more
2023Cureus8 citations Open access
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Data and Materials
Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh, D. Knox, Christopher Lucas +6 more
20166 citations
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Loss of dance and infant-directed song among the Northern Aché.
Manvir Singh, Kim Hill
2025Current Biology5 citations Open access
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Sound-induced motion in chimpanzees does not imply shared ancestry for music or dance
Mila Bertolo, Manvir Singh, Samuel A. Mehr
2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America5 citations Open access
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Cognitive and Evolutionary Foundations of Superstition and Paranoia
Manvir Singh
2022Current Anthropology3 citations
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Cultural Invariance in Musical Communication
L. Yurdum, Manvir Singh, Luke Glowacki, Tom Vardy +5 more
2022Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society3 citations Open access
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The Natural History of Song
Samuel A. Mehr, Manvir Singh, D. Knox, Daniel M. Ketter +6 more
20163 citations
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The Foundations of Shamanism and Witchcraft
Manvir Singh
20202 citations
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Self-denial, supernatural power, and religious credibility
Manvir Singh
20181 citations
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Supernatural beliefs encode knowledge about malaria but inhibit uptake of biomedical interventions among Siberut Mentawai
Dimas Iqbal Romadhon, Manvir Singh
2026Evolution and human behavior0 citations Open access
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Supernatural punishment beliefs as cognitively compelling tools of social control
Léo Fitouchi, Manvir Singh
20210 citations
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Self-denial by shamans promotes perceptions of religious credibility
Manvir Singh, J. Henrich
20190 citations Open access
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How do the abstract patterns of behavior resist being broken up by sel fi sh behavior ?
Manvir Singh, Luke Glowacki, R. Wrangham
20160 citations
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THE EFFECT OF INTERHEMISPHERIC COMMUNICATION ON MEMORY : LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
Sarah Ahmed, James Karivalis, K. Kothari, Kevin S Lee +10 more
20070 citations
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