Selected Peer Reviewed Research Articles:
Cummins D.D. (2019) Dominance Theory (Cummins). In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2016). Emergence of deontic reasoning. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2629-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D.. (2016). Emergence of indicative reasoning. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2630-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D. D. (2016) Status and dominance hierarchies. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2968-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2016). Access to resources. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2969-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2014). The neural correlates of causal power judgments. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 1-5. Link: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01014
Spino, J., & Cummins, D.D. (2014). The Ticking Time Bomb: When the use of torture is and is not endorsed. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 5, 543–563. 10.1007/s13164-014-0199-y (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2014). The impact of disablers on predictive inference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 1638–1655. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000024 (pdf)
Fiddick, L., Cummins, D.D., Janicki, M., Lee, S., & Erlich, N. (2013). A cross-cultural study of noblesse oblige in economic decision-making. Human Nature, 24, 318-335. doi:10.1007/s12110-013-9169-9. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2013) Deontic reasoning as a target of selection. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 970-974. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2013). Deontic and Epistemic Reasoning in Children Revisited: Comment on Dack and Astington (2011). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 762–769. 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.01.003 (pdf)
Kundu, P., & Cummins, D.D. (2013). Morality and conformity: The Asch paradigm applied to moral decisions. Social Influence,
8, 268–279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2012.727767 (pdf)
Cummins. D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2012). Emotion and deliberative reasoning in moral judgment. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 3, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00328 (pdf)
Fiddick, L., & Cummins, D.D. (2007) Are perceptions of fairness relationship specific? The case of noblesse oblige. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 6-31. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2005). Dominance, status, and social hierarchies. In D. Buss (ed.), The evolutionary psychology handbook (pp. 676-697). New York: Wiley. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2004) The evolution of reasoning. In J.P. Leighton and R.J. Sternberg (eds.), The nature of reasoning (pp. 339-374). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2003). Innate modules vs innate learning biases. Cognitive Processing: The International Quarterly of Cognitive Science, 3-4, 1-11. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2003). Cognitive evolutionary psychology without representational nativism. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 15, 143-159. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2002) Adaptive cognitive mechanisms: Reasoning about social norms and other minds. In R.Elio (ed.), Common Sense, Reasoning and Rationality, Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science, vol. 11, (pp. 132-147). Oxford: Oxford University (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2000). How the social environment shaped the evolution of mind. Synthese, 122, 3-28. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1999). Cheater detection is modified by social rank: The impact of dominance on the evolution of cognitive functions. Evolution & Human Behavior (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (1999). Biological preparedness and evolutionary explanation. Cognition, 73, B37-B53. (This is a corrected version that includes errata not published by the journal.) (pdf )
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Dominance hierarchies and the evolution of human reasoning. Minds & Machines, 6, 463-480. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Evidence of deontic reasoning in 3- and 4-year-old children. Memory & Cognition, 24, 823-829. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Evidence for the innateness of deontic reasoning. Mind & Language, 11, 160-190. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1995) Naive theories and causal deduction. Memory & Cognition, 23, 646-658. (pdf) (errata)
Cummins, D.D. (1992) The role of analogical reasoning in the induction of problem categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18, 1103-1124. (pdf) (errata)
Cummins, D.D., Lubart, T., Alksnis, O., & Rist, R. (1991) Conditional reasoning and causation. Memory & Cognition, 19, 274-282. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1991) Children's interpretations of arithmetic word problems. Cognition & Instruction, 8, 261-289. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., Kintsch, W., Reusser, K., & Weimer, R. (1988) The role of understanding in solving word problems. Cognitive Psychology, 20, 405-438. (pdf)
Dellarosa, D. (1986) A computer simulation of children's arithmetic word-problem solving. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 18, 147-154. (pdf)
Dellarosa, D., & Bourne, L.E. (1984) Decisions and memory: Differential retrievability of consistent and contradictory evidence. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 23, 669-682. (pdf)
Cummins D.D. (2019) Dominance Theory (Cummins). In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2016). Emergence of deontic reasoning. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2629-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D.. (2016). Emergence of indicative reasoning. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2630-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D. D. (2016) Status and dominance hierarchies. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2968-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2016). Access to resources. In V. Weekes-Shackelford & T. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2969-1 (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2014). The neural correlates of causal power judgments. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 1-5. Link: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01014
Spino, J., & Cummins, D.D. (2014). The Ticking Time Bomb: When the use of torture is and is not endorsed. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 5, 543–563. 10.1007/s13164-014-0199-y (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2014). The impact of disablers on predictive inference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 40, 1638–1655. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000024 (pdf)
Fiddick, L., Cummins, D.D., Janicki, M., Lee, S., & Erlich, N. (2013). A cross-cultural study of noblesse oblige in economic decision-making. Human Nature, 24, 318-335. doi:10.1007/s12110-013-9169-9. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2013) Deontic reasoning as a target of selection. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 970-974. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2013). Deontic and Epistemic Reasoning in Children Revisited: Comment on Dack and Astington (2011). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 762–769. 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.01.003 (pdf)
Kundu, P., & Cummins, D.D. (2013). Morality and conformity: The Asch paradigm applied to moral decisions. Social Influence,
8, 268–279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2012.727767 (pdf)
Cummins. D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2012). Emotion and deliberative reasoning in moral judgment. Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science, 3, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00328 (pdf)
Fiddick, L., & Cummins, D.D. (2007) Are perceptions of fairness relationship specific? The case of noblesse oblige. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 6-31. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2005). Dominance, status, and social hierarchies. In D. Buss (ed.), The evolutionary psychology handbook (pp. 676-697). New York: Wiley. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2004) The evolution of reasoning. In J.P. Leighton and R.J. Sternberg (eds.), The nature of reasoning (pp. 339-374). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2003). Innate modules vs innate learning biases. Cognitive Processing: The International Quarterly of Cognitive Science, 3-4, 1-11. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (2003). Cognitive evolutionary psychology without representational nativism. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 15, 143-159. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2002) Adaptive cognitive mechanisms: Reasoning about social norms and other minds. In R.Elio (ed.), Common Sense, Reasoning and Rationality, Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science, vol. 11, (pp. 132-147). Oxford: Oxford University (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (2000). How the social environment shaped the evolution of mind. Synthese, 122, 3-28. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1999). Cheater detection is modified by social rank: The impact of dominance on the evolution of cognitive functions. Evolution & Human Behavior (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., & Cummins, R.C. (1999). Biological preparedness and evolutionary explanation. Cognition, 73, B37-B53. (This is a corrected version that includes errata not published by the journal.) (pdf )
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Dominance hierarchies and the evolution of human reasoning. Minds & Machines, 6, 463-480. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Evidence of deontic reasoning in 3- and 4-year-old children. Memory & Cognition, 24, 823-829. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1996) Evidence for the innateness of deontic reasoning. Mind & Language, 11, 160-190. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1995) Naive theories and causal deduction. Memory & Cognition, 23, 646-658. (pdf) (errata)
Cummins, D.D. (1992) The role of analogical reasoning in the induction of problem categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 18, 1103-1124. (pdf) (errata)
Cummins, D.D., Lubart, T., Alksnis, O., & Rist, R. (1991) Conditional reasoning and causation. Memory & Cognition, 19, 274-282. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D. (1991) Children's interpretations of arithmetic word problems. Cognition & Instruction, 8, 261-289. (pdf)
Cummins, D.D., Kintsch, W., Reusser, K., & Weimer, R. (1988) The role of understanding in solving word problems. Cognitive Psychology, 20, 405-438. (pdf)
Dellarosa, D. (1986) A computer simulation of children's arithmetic word-problem solving. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 18, 147-154. (pdf)
Dellarosa, D., & Bourne, L.E. (1984) Decisions and memory: Differential retrievability of consistent and contradictory evidence. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 23, 669-682. (pdf)