Zach Buck
Graduate Student
Psychological Sciences
Concentration
Ecological Psychology
Advisor
Edward Large
Anticipated Graduation
2031
Education
M.A. Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2020
B.S. Psychology Specialist, University of Toronto, 2025
B.A. English Literature, University of Toronto, 2013
Research Interests
- Evolved psychology of ritual,
- Religion & Aesthetics
- Collective behavior and social cohesion
- Physiological synchrony
- Altered states of consciousness
Recent Publications
Buck, Z. (2025). Neanderthal Burials. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_1337-1
Buck, Z. (2025). Durkheim’s Definition of Religion. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_1459-1
Buck, Z., Michalchyshyn, E., Nishat, A., Lisi, M., Huang, Y., Liu, H., Makarenka, A., Plyngam, C. P., Windle, A., Yang, Z., & Walther, D. B. (2024). Aesthetic processing in neurodiverse populations. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 166, Article 105878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105878
