Humans turn to the supernatural to explain both natural and social phenomena when we can’t point to a clear human cause. But supernatural explanations are more common for natural than for social phenomena. Why?
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for May 2021.
A conversation with the authors of “Minds Wide Shut” about how to avoid a destructive, and pervasive, mode of thinking that affects all of us.
Psychologists have long wondered whether religion makes us more or less moral. The answer is more complicated than it might seem.
New research identifies a reason people may flout COVID-19 restrictions around the holidays: because altering longstanding rituals is perceived as an affront to sacred values.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for October 2020.
In 1755, an earthquake in Lisbon forever changed the way we think about our place in the world and our obligation to others suffering, even in countries far away.
Building a livable world requires a new understanding of our species’ role on Earth. Reorienting this sense of self is something that all of us must confront. Easier said than done, perhaps. But here’s where it might start.
Too many people think evolution demeans our species. But maybe evolutionary theory indicates the opposite: our special place among life on Earth.
