Thomas Talhelm

LIFE Fellow from 2010 to 2015, University of Virginia

PhD

Dissertation completed in April 2015

The Rice Theory of Culture

(Advisor: Shigehiro Oishi)

Recipient of LIFE Outstanding Alumni Award 2024

Selected Publications

Talhelm, T., & Dong, X. (2024). People quasi-randomly assigned to farm rice are more collectivistic than people assigned to farm wheat. Nature Communications, 15, Article 1782. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44770-w

Harati, H., & Talhelm, T. (2023). Cultures in water-scarce environments are more long-term oriented. Psychological Science, 34(7), 754–770. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976231172500

Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., Oishi, S., Shimin, C., Duan, D., Lan, X., & Kitayama, S. (2014). Discovery of large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice vs. wheat agriculture. Science, 344(6184), 603–608. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1246850