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Evan Westra

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2013
Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentCultural Differences and ValuesEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsLanguage and cultural evolution

Publications

35

Citations

845

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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Evan Westra studies how people understand and predict each other's minds and behavior, a field often called social cognition or 'theory of mind.' His work combines psychology and philosophy to examine how people form judgments about others' character, beliefs, and social norms, and how these judgments shape moral reasoning and social behavior. Prospective students would likely engage with both empirical cognitive science methods and philosophical analysis.

Theory of mind and mindreadingSocial norms and moral psychologyFolk psychology and character judgmentSocial cognition (including nonhuman comparisons)Philosophy of mind and moral philosophy

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade without a clear upward or downward trend, averaging about 2 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 6 publications6172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 6 publications6212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Synthese×4
  • Cognition×2
  • Communications Psychology×1
  • Review of Philosophy and Psychology×1
  • Philosophy &amp Public Affairs×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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