Abstract English is the dominant language in the study of human cognition and behavior: the
individuals studied by cognitive scientists, as well as most of the scientists themselves, are …

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

Marking a decade since the publication of “The weirdest people in the world,” this special
issue is dedicated to exploring how to improve the quality of the science produced by the …

Cultural psychology—the research field focusing on the mutual constitution of culture and
the mind—has made great strides by documenting robust cultural variations in how people …

Research in cultural psychology over the last three decades has revealed the profound
influence of culture on cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes shaping individuals …

Abstract Language can provide important insights into people, and culture more generally.
Further, the digitization of information has made more and more textual data available. But …

Social and personality psychologists aim to “understand individuals in their social contexts
for the benefit of all people”(Society for Personality and Social Psychology, nd). Though this …

Large language models (LLMs) have recently made vast advances in both generating and
analyzing textual data. Technical reports often compare LLMs' outputs with “human” …

A growing body of evidence suggests that many aspects of psychology have evolved
culturally over historical time. A combination of approaches, including experimental data …

Behavioral genetics and cultural evolution have both revolutionized our understanding of
human behavior–largely independent of each other. Here, we reconcile these two fields …