Supernatural beliefs are ubiquitous around the world, and mounting evidence indicates that
these beliefs partly rely on intuitive, cross‐culturally recurrent cognitive processes …

People exhibit conflicting intuitions concerning the mind/body links. Here, I explore a novel
explanation for these inconsistencies: Dualism is a violable constraint that interacts with …

Belief in beings without physical bodies is prevalent in present and past religions, from all-
powerful gods to demonic spirits to guardian angels to immortal souls. Many scholars have …

Gratitude for another person's actions has received exponential attention from the scientific
community for its many benefits. Yet, this research is virtually silent on one key target of …

Robots are extraordinary, category-defying entities. Machines that move autonomously,
store and communicate information, display emotions, and cultivate social relationships …

Epidemiological models of culture posit that the prevalence of a belief depends in part on
the fit between that belief and intuitions generated by the mind's reliably developing …

The Developing Belief Network is a consortium of researchers studying human development
in diverse social-cultural settings, with a focus on the interplay between general cognitive …

The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or
“gods”, is underpinned by maturationally natural cognitive biases and systems (Natural …

This research is a search for spiritual intuition in the management literature. Spiritual
intuition research is slight compared with research into other types of intuition (creative …

Communication is central to human life, yet it leaves humans vulnerable to misinformation
and manipulation. Humans have therefore evolved a suite of psychological mechanisms for …