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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

2023

2022

Hilton C.B., Moser C.J., Bertolog M., Lee-Rubin H., Amir D., Bainbridge C.M.
[et al.] Acoustic regularities in infant-directed speech and song across cultures. Nature Human Behaviour.

2022

Deutchman P., Amir D., Jordan M.R., McAuliffe K. Common knowledge promotes cooperation in the Threshold Public Goods Game. Evolution & Human Behavior.

2022

Frankenhuis W.E., Amir D. What is the expected human childhood? Insights from evolutionary anthropology. Development and Psychopathology.

2022

Amir D., Parsons W.S., Ahl R.E., McAuliffe K. Trustworthiness is distinct from generosity in children. Developmental Psychology.

2021

DeLouize A.M., Liebert M.A., Madimenos F.C., Urlacher S.S., Schrock J.M., Cepon-Robins T.J., Gildner T.E., Blackwell A.D., Harrington C.J., Amir D., Bribiescas R.G., Snodgrass J.J., Sugiyama L.S. Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology.

2021

Amir D., Parsons W.S., Ahl R.A., McAuliffe K. Children are more forgiving of accidental harms across development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 

2021

Ahl R., Amir D., Keil F. The world within: Children are sensitive to internal complexity cues. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

2020

2020

Amir D.,​ McAuliffe K. Cross-cultural developmental psychology: Integrating approaches and key insights. Evolution and Human Behavior 

2019

Amir D.​, Valeggia C.R., Srinivasan M., Sugiyama L.S., Dunham Y. Measuring subjective social status in children of diverse societies. PLoS. 

2019

Amir D.​, Jordan M.R., McAuliffe K., Valeggia C.R., Sugiyama L.S., Bribiescas R.G., Snodgrass J.J., Dunham Y. The developmental origins of risk and time preferences across diverse populations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

2019

Cepon-Robins T.J., Schrock J., Eick G., Bedbury A., Liebert M.A., Urlacher S.S., Madimenos F.C., Harrington C.J., Amir D., Bribiescas R.G., Sugiyama L.S., Snodgrass J.J. Soil-transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

2018

Amir D.*, Jordan M.R.*, Rand D. An uncertainty management perspective on long-run impacts of adversity: The influence of childhood socioeconomic status on risk, time, and social preferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 

2018

Bryant G.A., Fessler D.M.T., Fusaroli R., Clint E., Amir D., Chavez B., Denton K.K., Diaz C., et al. The perception of spontaneous and volitional laughter across 21 societies. Psychological Science.

2017

Amir D., Jordan M.R. The behavioral constellation of deprivation may be best understood as risk management. Response to Pepper & Nettle’s “The Behavioural Constellation of Deprivation: Causes and Consequences”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

2016

Jordan M.R., Amir D., Bloom P. Are empathy and concern psychologically distinct? Emotion.

2016

Polous A.M., Mehta N., Amir D., Zhuravka I., Reger M.L., Fanselow M.S. Conditioning- and time-dependent increases in context fear and generalization. Learning and Memory. 

Amir D., Jordan M.R., Bribiescas R.G. A longitudinal assessment of associations between early life environment, adversity perception, and economic status on fertility and age of menarche. PLoS.

2016

2016

Urlacher S.S., Liebert M.A., Snodgrass J.J., Blackwell A.D., Cepon-Robins T.J., Gildner T.E., Madimenos F.C., Amir D., Bribiescas R.G., Sugiyama L.S. Heterogeneous effects of market integration on subadult body size and nutritional status among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. Annals of Human Biology.

Amir D., Jordan M.R., Rand D.G. Cultural evolution need not imply group selection. Response to Richerson et al.’s “Cultural Group Selection Plays an Essential Role in Explaining Human Cooperation: A Sketch of the Evidence”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

2016

2015

Amir D., Ellison P.T., Hill K.R., Bribiescas R.G. Diurnal variation in salivary cortisol across age classes in Ache Amerindian males of Paraguay. American Journal of Human Biology.

2013

Amir D.*, Fessler D.M.T.F.*. Boots for Achilles: Progesterone’s down-regulation of cholesterol is a second-order adaptation. Quarterly Review of Biology. 

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