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cognitive science, imagination, belief, memory, psychology, neuroscience
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Coventry University: Coventry, GB

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Oxford Brookes University: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2023-10-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (Centre for Psychological Research)
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Valerie van Mulukom

Oxford Brookes University: Oxford, GB

2023-10 to present | Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Faculty of Health & Life Sciences)
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Coventry University: Coventry, GB

2021-06-01 to 2023-09-29 | Assistant Professor (Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations)
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Coventry University: Coventry, Midlands, GB

2019-08-01 to 2021-05-31 | Research Fellow (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations)
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Coventry University: Coventry, West Midlands, GB

2016-03-01 to 2019-08-01 | Research Associate (Psychology Research Centre)
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2015-07-01 to 2016-02-29 | Postdoctoral researcher (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography )
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Aarhus Universitet: Aarhus, DK

2014-09-01 to 2015-04-01 | Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Culture and Society)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Auckland: Auckland, NZ

2009-11-01 to 2013-10-01 | PhD Psychology (Psychology)
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Universiteit Utrecht: Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

2007 to 2009 | MPhil Linguistics (UiL-OTS)
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Universiteit Utrecht: Utrecht, Utrecht, NL

2004 to 2007 | BA Language and Culture Studies (Humanities)
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Works (35)

Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton Maraldi; Miguel Farias
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Sense-sational acting: Intuition in actors is supported by interoceptive, exteroceptive, and immersive abilities.

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
2024-02-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom
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Bending and bonding: a randomized controlled trial on the socio-psychobiological effects of spiritual versus secular yoga practice on social bonding

Current Psychology
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Fraser Watts; Robin Dunbar; Miguel Farias
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Do you need religion to enjoy the benefits of Church services? Social bonding, morality and quality of life among religious and secular congregations.

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
2023-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer E. Brown; Valerie van Mulukom; Sarah J. Charles; Miguel Farias
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What do nonreligious nonbelievers believe in? Secular worldviews around the world.

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Hugh Turpin; Roosa Haimila; Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Dan Řezníček; Thomas J. Coleman; Kenan Sevinç; Everton Maraldi et al.
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Social bonds are related to health behaviors and positive well-being globally

Science Advances
2023-01-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Bahar Tunçgenç; Valerie van Mulukom; Martha Newson
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Atheism

2022-11-30 | Book chapter
Contributors: Thomas J. Coleman; Kyle J. Messick; Valerie van Mulukom
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The Nontheistic Sacred: The Psychological Functions of Metal Music and Artefacts

2022-10-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Kyle J. Messick; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias
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Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review

Social Science & Medicine
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Lotte J. Pummerer; Sinan Alper; Hui Bai; Vladimíra Čavojová; Jessica Farias; Cameron S. Kay; Ljiljana B. Lazarevic; Emilio J.C. Lobato; Gaëlle Marinthe et al.
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Social bonds are related to health behaviours and positive wellbeing globally

2022-05-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Bahar Tuncgenc; Valerie van Mulukom; Martha Newson
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Future orientation is associated with less lockdown rule breaking, even during large illegal gatherings

Futures
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Martha Newson; Valerie van Mulukom; Sarah E. Johns
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The evolution of music as artistic cultural innovation expressing intuitive thought symbolically

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom
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Examining the relationship between metacognitive trust in thinking styles and supernatural beliefs

2021-11-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Adam Baimel; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Miguel Farias
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Art performances and religious rituals: How transformative experiences can foster knowledge

2021-10-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Armin W. Geertz; Robert Clark; Miguel Farias
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What do non-religious non-believers believe in? Secular worldviews around the world

2021-09-25 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Hugh Turpin; Roosa Haimila; Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen; Eva Kundtová Klocová; Dan Řezníček; Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Kenan Sevinç; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi et al.
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The evolutionary functions of imagination and fiction and how they may contribute to psychological wellbeing during a pandemic

2021-09-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Mathias Clasen
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Shared Flashbulb Memories lead to Identity Fusion: Recalling the Defeat in the Brexit Referendum Produces Strong Psychological Bonds among Remain Supporters

2021-09-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Barbara Muzzulini; Valerie van Mulukom; Rohan Kapitány; Harvey Whitehouse
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Dual pathway model of conspiracy beliefs: Interactions between epistemic and socio-existential needs and resources

2021-09-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom
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The psychological impact of threat and lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic: exacerbating factors and mitigating actions

Translational Behavioral Medicine
2021-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J van Lissa; Miguel Farias
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Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: a systematic review

2020-11-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Lotte Pummerer; Sinan Alper; Hui Bai; Vladimira Cavojova; Jéssica Esther Machado Farias; Cameron Stuart Kay; Ljiljana B. Lazarevic; Emilio Jon Christopher Lobato; Gaëlle Marinthe et al.
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Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

Biology Letters
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: S. J. Charles; M. Farias; V. van Mulukom; A. Saraswati; S. Dein; F. Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar
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Broadening Your Mind to Include Others: The relationship between serotonergic psychedelic experiences and maladaptive narcissism

Psychopharmacology
2020-09-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Ruairi E. Patterson; Michiel van Elk
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Relational processing demands and the role of spatial context in the construction of episodic simulations.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
2020-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristina Wiebels; Donna Rose Addis; David Moreau; Valerie van Mulukom; Kelsey E. Onderdijk; Reece P. Roberts
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Distrust in scientists and trust in populist governments supports COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and misguided/self-serving behaviours

2020-08-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom
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The Psychological Impact of Threat & Lockdowns During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020-07-22 | Other
Contributors: Valerie van Mulukom; Barbara Muzzulini; Bastiaan T Rutjens; Caspar J. Van Lissa; Miguel Farias
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New Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Approaches on Atheism

2020-07-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Kyle J. Messick; Valerie van Mulukom
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United on Sunday: The effects of secular rituals on social bonding and affect

2020-06-27 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Jennifer Brown; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar; Miguel Farias
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Blocking mu-opioid receptors inhibits social bonding in rituals

2020-01-31 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Miguel Farias; Valerie van Mulukom; Ambikananda Saraswati; Simon Dein; Fraser Watts; R. I. M. Dunbar
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Religious Rituals Increase Social Bonding and Pain Threshold

2020-01-31 | Other
Contributors: Sarah Jane Charles; Valerie van Mulukom; Miguel Farias; Jennifer Brown; Romara Delmonte; Everton de Oliveira Maraldi; Leon Turner; Fraser Watts; Joseph Watts, Dr.; R. I. M. Dunbar
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Introduction to the Special Issue: What are Religious Beliefs?

2018-07-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Thomas Joseph Coleman, III; Jonathan Jong; Valerie van Mulukom
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Remembering religious rituals: autobiographical memories of high-arousal religious rituals considered from a narrative processing perspective

Religion, Brain and Behavior
2017 | Journal article
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Supernatural Belief Is Not Modulated by Intuitive Thinking Style or Cognitive Inhibition

Scientific Reports
2017 | Journal article
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An fMRI investigation of the relationship between future imagination and cognitive flexibility

Neuropsychologia
2016-11-28 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: R.P. Roberts; K. Wiebels; R.L. Sumner; Valerie van Mulukom; C.L. Grady; D.L. Schacter; D.R. Addis
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The degree of disparateness of event details modulates future simulation construction, plausibility, and recall

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
2015 | Journal article
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Contributors: van Mulukom, V.; Schacter, D.L.; Corballis, M.C.; Addis, D.R.
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Re-Imagining the Future: Repetition Decreases Hippocampal Involvement in Future Simulation

PLoS ONE
2013 | Journal article
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Contributors: van Mulukom, V.; Schacter, D.L.; Corballis, M.C.; Addis, D.R.
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Peer review (8 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC public health (1)
Review activity for International journal of behavioral medicine. (1)
Review activity for Journal of religion and health. (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)
Review activity for Scientific data. (2)
Review activity for The British journal of social psychology. (1)