Social norms are the glue that holds society together, yet our knowledge of them remains
heavily intellectually siloed. This article provides an interdisciplinary review of the emerging …

Humans are an ultrasocial species. This sociality, however, cannot be fully explained by the
canonical approaches found in evolutionary biology, psychology, or economics …

The replication crisis facing the psychological sciences is widely regarded as rooted in
methodological or statistical shortcomings. We argue that a large part of the problem is the …

In this article, we present a tool and a method for measuring the psychological and cultural
distance between societies and creating a distance scale with any population as the point of …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

Innovation is often assumed to be the work of a talented few, whose products are passed on
to the masses. Here, we argue that innovations are instead an emergent property of our …

From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce
and transmit culture is radically changing. Understanding the consequences of the massive …

It is often assumed in experiments and models that social learning abilities–how often
individuals copy others, plus who and how they copy–are species-typical. Yet there is …

To make good use of learning from others (social learning), we need to learn from the right
others; from agents who know better than we do. Research on social learning strategies …

Internet blogs have become an important platform for the discussion of many scientific
issues, including climate change. Blogs, and in particular the comment sections of blogs …