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  1. The evolutionary role of dance: Group bonding but not prosocial altruism.

    Article • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, July 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  2. Differential effects of film genre on viewers’ absorption, identification, and enjoyment.

    Article • Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, November 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  3. Laughter influences social bonding but not prosocial generosity to friends and strangers

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2021, PLOS

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  4. Religion, the social brain and the mystical stance

    Article • Archive for the Psychology of Religion, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  5. Emotional arousal when watching drama increases pain threshold and social bonding

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, September 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  6. Reply to Falcon

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  7. Do online social media cut through the constraints that limit the size of offline social networks?

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  8. Trust in relationships

    Article • ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, December 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor Robin Dunbar

  9. Grooming and social cohesion in primates: a comment on Grueter et al.

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Robin Dunbar