Abstract Theory of mind research has traditionally focused on the ascription of mental states
to a single individual. Here, we introduce a theory of collective mind: the ascription of a …

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a topic of increasing focus in the education sector. SEL is
the process by which children acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to effectively …

Deep Learning (DL), a groundbreaking branch of Machine Learning (ML), has emerged as a
driving force in both theoretical and applied Artificial Intelligence (AI). DL algorithms, rooted …

Why do humans make music? Theories of the evolution of musicality have focused mainly
on the value of music for specific adaptive contexts such as mate selection, parental care …

“This is an important book and likely the most thoughtful of the year in the social sciences...
Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thought-provoking books of the …

A radical exploration of how rituals have influenced history over thousands of years. From
infancy, we copy those around us in order to be like others, to be one with the tribe. Other …

New York Times Bestseller• Finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in
Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• Bloomberg Best Book of 2018• One of Bill …

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 …

We develop a cultural evolutionary theory of the origins of prosocial religions and apply it to
resolve two puzzles in human psychology and cultural history:(1) the rise of large-scale …

We meta-analytically investigated the strength of synchrony on four dimensions of
response:(1) prosocial behavior,(2) perceived social bonding,(2) social cognition, and (3) …