Although abortion became legal four decades ago, Americans remain staunchly divided
over its acceptability. While researchers have been interested in the factors shaping abortion …

A leading psychologist explains why nearly all of us--including many of those who are
persecuted and powerless--so often defend the social systems that cause misery and …

For centuries, humans have contemplated the minds of gods. Research on religious
cognition is spread across sub‐disciplines, making it difficult to gain a complete …

A core tenet of the American ethos is that there is considerable economic mobility.
Americans seem willing to accept vast financial inequalities as long as they believe that …

This essay traces continuities and changes in focus of research and theory in my career. I
describe early work on insensitivity to role-conferred advantages in self-presentation (and …

Theoretical approaches that treat religiosity as an evolutionary byproduct of cognitive
mechanisms to detect agency may help to explain the prevalence of superstitious thinking …

In this study, we aim to replicate and extend the negative effect of red tape on procedural
satisfaction by conducting an experiment via the online crowdsourcing service MTurk. Our …

" Religion matters. It shapes the personal lives of the vast majority of human beings on the
planet and there's evidence its influence over global politics is growing, not shrinking. Yet …

One prominent theory is that prosociality is promoted by the belief in an authoritarian God.
Building upon this theory, we developed a theoretical model in which beliefs about the self …

Literature and art have long depicted God as a stern and elderly white man, but do people
actually see Him this way? We use reverse correlation to understand how a representative …