Author Page for Thomas Talhelm

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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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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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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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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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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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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People in Historically Rice-Farming Areas are Less Happy and Socially Compare More than People in Wheat-Farming Areas

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2022

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 17 Jan 2023

Cheol-Sung Lee, Thomas Talhelm and Xiawei Dong

Sogang University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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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 University - Columbia Business School, Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Zhejiang University School of Medicine

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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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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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Historically Rice-Farming Societies Have Tighter Social Norms in China and Worldwide

Talhelm, T., & English, A. S. (2020). Historically rice-farming societies have tighter social norms in China and worldwide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Sep 2020

Thomas Talhelm and Alexander English

University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Shanghai International Studies University

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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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Relational Mobility Predicts Social Behaviors in 39 Countries and Is Tied to Historical Farming and Threat

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 12 Mar 2021

Hokusei Gakuen University, Hokkaido University - Graduate School of Economics & Business Administration, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, College of William and Mary, Meiji Gakuin University, Bielefeld University, Universität Osnabrück, University of Toulouse, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Psychology, Sungkyunkwan University, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), University of Kent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Tartu, University of Oxford, University of Oxford, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), Catholic University of Milan, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka, Universidade do Porto, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Leiden University, University of Navarra, IESE Business School, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and VU University Amsterdam

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High-Status People Are More Individualistic and Analytic-Thinking in the West and Wheat- Farming Areas, But Not Rice-Farming Areas

European Journal of Social Psychology

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 May 2021

Haotian Zhang, Thomas Talhelm, Qian Yang and Chao Hu

Hangzhou Normal University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Zhejiang University School of Medicine and Hangzhou Normal University

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Residential Mobility and Low-Commitment Groups

Oishi, S., Talhelm, T., Lee, M., Komiya, A., & Akutsu, S. (2015). Residential mobility and low-commitment groups. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3(1), 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/arc0000013

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Sep 2020

Shigehiro Oishi, Thomas Talhelm, Minha Lee, Asuka Komiya and Satoshi Akutsu

University of Virginia - Psychology, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, Hiroshima University and Hitotsubashi University

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Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice versus Wheat Agriculture

Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., Oishi, S., Chen, S., Duan, D., Lan, X., & Kitayama, S. (2014). Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice versus wheat agriculture. Science, 344(6184), 603–608.

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Oct 2022

Thomas Talhelm, Xuemin Zhang, Shigehiro Oishi, Shimin Chen, Dongyuan Duan, Xuezhao Lan and Shinobu Kitayama

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Beijing Normal University (BNU), University of Virginia - Psychology, South China Normal University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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How Rice Fights Pandemics: Nature-Crop-Human Interactions Shaped COVID-19 Outcomes

Talhelm, T., Lee, C.-S., English, A. S., & Shuang, W. (2022). How rice fights pandemics: Nature-crop-human interactions shaped COVID-19 outcomes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 15 Dec 2022

Thomas Talhelm, Cheol-Sung Lee, Alexander English and Shuang Wang

University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Sogang University, Shanghai International Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University

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People from the US and China Think about Their Personal and Collective Future Differently

Deng, W., Rosenblatt, A. K., Talhelm, T., & Putnam, A. L. (2022). People from the US and China Think About Their Personal and Collective Future Differently. Memory & Cognition.

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 Jul 2022

Will Deng, Alexa Rosenblatt, Thomas Talhelm and Adam Putnam

Furman University, Furman University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Furman University

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Historical Rice Farming Explains Faster Mask Use during Early Days of China’s COVID-19 Outbreak

English, A. S., Talhelm, T., Tong, R., Li, X., & Su, Y. (2022). Historical rice farming explains faster mask use during early days of China’s COVID-19 outbreak. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, 100034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2022.100034

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Feb 2022

Alexander English, Thomas Talhelm, Rongtian Tong, Xiaoyuan Li and Yan Su

Shanghai International Studies University, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Washington, Shanghai International Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University

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University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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