Thomas Talhelm

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Assistant Professor

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

http://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/thomas-talhelm

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Liberals Think More Analytically (More 'Weird') than Conservatives

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2015
Thomas Talhelm, Jonathan Haidt, Shigehiro Oishi, Xuemin Zhang, Felicity Miao and Shimin Chen
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, University of Virginia - Psychology, Beijing Normal University (BNU), University of Virginia - Psychology and South China Normal University
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politics, cognitive style, analytic, holistic, liberal, culture, categorization

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How Rice Farming Shaped Culture in Southern China

Talhelm, T., & Oishi, S. (2018). How Rice Farming Shaped Culture in Southern China. In A. K. Uskul & S. Oishi (Eds.), Socioeconomic Environment and Human Psychology (pp. 53–76). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas Talhelm and Shigehiro Oishi
University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Virginia - Psychology
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culture, rice theory, agriculture, farming, China, India

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Who Smiles While Alone? Rates of Smiling Lower in China than US

Talhelm, T., Oishi, S., & Zhang, X. (2018). Who smiles while alone? Rates of smiling lower in China than US. Emotion.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas Talhelm, Shigehiro Oishi and Xuemin Zhang
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Virginia - Psychology and Beijing Normal University (BNU)
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smiling, China, culture, observational study

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Emerging Evidence of Cultural Differences Linked to Rice versus Wheat Agriculture

Talhelm, T. (2019). Emerging Evidence of Cultural Differences Linked to Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture. Current Opinion in Psychology
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Jul 2019
Thomas Talhelm
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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rice theory, subsistence style, paddy rice, culture, China

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Residential Mobility Affects Self-Concept, Group Support, and Happiness of Individuals and Communities

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Thomas Talhelm and Shigehiro Oishi
University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Virginia - Psychology
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mobility, well-being, happiness, community, regional differences, geographic differences

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Culture and Ecology

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas Talhelm and Shigehiro Oishi
University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Virginia - Psychology
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culture, ecology, social ecology

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Ingroup Vigilance in Collectivistic Cultures

Liu, S., Morris, M. W., Talhelm, T., & Yang, Q. (2019). Ingroup vigilance in collectivistic culture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Jul 2019
Shi Liu, Michael Morris, Thomas Talhelm and Qian Yang
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Columbia Business School - Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Zhejiang University School of Medicine
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culture, China, rice theory, interdependence, self, collectivism, agriculture, farming, vigilance

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Moving Chairs in Starbucks: Observational Studies Find Rice-Wheat Cultural Differences in Daily Life in China

Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., & Oishi, S. (2018). Moving chairs in Starbucks: Observational studies find rice-wheat cultural differences. Science Advances, 4, eaap8469.
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas Talhelm, Xuemin Zhang and Shigehiro Oishi
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Beijing Normal University (BNU) and University of Virginia - Psychology
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Culture, China, Agriculture, Rice Theory

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Teens in Rice County Are More Interdependent and Think More Holistically Than Nearby Wheat County

Dong, X., Talhelm, T., & Ren, X. (2018). Teens in rice county are more interdependent and think more holistically than nearby wheat county. Social Psychological and Personality Science
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Dec 2018
Xiawei Dong, Thomas Talhelm and Xiaopeng Ren
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Institute of Psychology
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Rice, Culture, China, Farming, Agriculture

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Hong Kong Liberals are Weird: Analytic Thought Increases Support for Liberal Policies

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Thomas Talhelm
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
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politics, culture, Hong Kong, thought style, cognitive style