To what extent do we know our own minds when making decisions? Variants of this
question have preoccupied researchers in a wide range of domains, from mainstream …

The scientific community has witnessed growing concern about the high rate of false
positives and unreliable results within the psychological literature, but the harmful impact of …

A large proportion of dryland trees and shrubs (hereafter referred to collectively as trees)
grow in isolation, without canopy closure. These non-forest trees have a crucial role in …

How incidentally activated social representations affect subsequent thoughts and behaviors
has long interested social psychologists. However, such priming effects have recently …

Understanding the division of labor between conscious processes and unconscious ones is
central to our understanding of the human mind. This article proposes a simple “Yes It …

What does it mean to identify with a social group? Are individuals' group attachments tied to
material or nonmaterial payoffs? What is the existing evidence for social identification due to …

How is it that the US Supreme Court is capable of getting most citizens to accept rulings with
which they disagree? This analysis addresses the role of the symbols of judicial authority …

Findings demonstrating decision-related neural activity preceding volitional actions have
dominated the discussion about how science can inform the free will debate. These …

The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp
communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species If a chimpanzee …

Human societies are examined as distinct and coherent groups. This trait is most
parsimoniously considered a deeply rooted part of our ancestry rather than a recent cultural …