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Clever vermin? Collective intelligence in rats and roaches (PDF)

Rawlings, B., Vale, G. L., Legare, C., Monfils, M. H., Proctor, D. P., & Brosnan, S. F. (2026). Clever vermin? Collective intelligence in rats and roaches. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 381. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0441

Locals know more than it seems: a new method for revealing collective understanding, tested in three African communities (PDF)

El Aissati, T., Goubraim, G., Erut, A., Servan-Schreiber, E., Tetteh, G., Legare, C., & O'Madagain, C. (2026). Locals know more than it seems: a new method for revealing collective understanding, tested in three African communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 381. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0453.

Dynamics of Contraceptive Methods Used Among Indian Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from National Family Health Survey 4 and 5 (PDF)

Singh, S. K., Sharma, H., Legare, C. H., & Mondal, S. (2023) Dynamics of Contraceptive Methods Used Among Indian Women of Reproductive Age: Evidence from National Family Health Survey 4 and 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4578189.

Latent Profile Analyses of Explanations about the Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Within and Across Countries. (PDF)

Peregrino, J. D., Kertesz, A. F., Lunkenheimer, H. G., Erut, A., Etz, A., Burger, O., Fong, F. T. K., Babaeva, N., Eder, S. J., Falade, B., Hashmi, F., Peñaloza, G., Kavanagh, C., Rawilings, B. S., Silva, H. M., Suzuki, Y., Goldwater, M. B., & Legare, C. H. (2026). Latent Profile Analyses of Explanations about the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 within and acros Countries. Collabra: Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.155621

Coexisting traditional and biomedical healthcare systems: a mixed-methods analysis of community health workers and traditional birth attendants’ contributions to perinatal health behaviors. (PDF)

Hashmi, F. A, Burger, O, & Legare, C.H. (2025). Coexisting traditional and biomedical healthcare systems: a mixed-methods analysis of community health workers and traditional birth attendants’ contributions to perinatal health behaviors in rural India. Front. Health Serv. 5:1623426. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1623426

The Development and Diversity of Cumulative Cultural Learning (PDF)

Legare, C.H. & Baniahmadi, M. (2025). The development of cumulative cultural learning in context. Human Development,69(3-4), 271–281. doi.org/10.1159/000549564

From counsel to consumption: Examining sociocultural influences on perinatal nutrition in rural India. (PDF)

Hashmi, F., & Legare, C.H. (2025). From counsel to consumption: Examining sociocultural influences on perinatal nutrition in rural India. Frontiers in Nutrition, 12:1645528. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1645528/full

Community health workers’ counseling is based on a deficit model of behavior change. (PDF)

Goldwater, M., Hashmi, F., Mondal, S., & Legare, C.H. (2025). Community health workers’ counseling is based on a deficit model of behavior change. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(7), e0004167. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004167

Lived experiences in action: Relations between community health workers’ and clients’ perinatal health behaviours in India. (PDF)

Hashmi, F., Burger, O., Mondal, S., & Legare, C.H. (2025). Lived experiences in action: Relations between community health workers’ and clients’ perinatal health behaviours in India. Global Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2025.2537697

Learning to control through culture: Explaining variation in the development of self-regulation (PDF)

Messer, E.J., Roome, H., & Legare, C.H. (2025). Learning to control through culture: Explaining variation in the development of self-regulation. Psychological Review, 132(4), 956–972. DoiAPA PsycNet