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 …

Several disciplines have investigated the interconnected empathic abilities behind the
proverb “to walk a mile in someone else's shoes” to determine how the presence, and …

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 …

Researchers interested in testing mediation often use designs where participants are
measured on a dependent variable Y and a mediator M in both of 2 different circumstances …

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 …

During psychotherapy, patient and therapist tend to spontaneously synchronize their vocal
pitch, bodily movements, and even their physiological processes. In the present article, we …

Is the self already relational in its very bodily foundations? The question of whether our
mental life is initially and primarily shaped by embodied dimensions of the individual or by …

By grounding the self in the body, experimental psychology has taken the body as the
starting point for a science of the self. One fundamental dimension of the bodily self is the …

Our brain has developed a specific system to represent the space closely surrounding the
body, termed peripersonal space (PPS). This space has a key functional role as it is where …

In a classic theory, Durkheim (1912) predicted that because of the social sharing of emotion
they generate, collective gatherings bring participants to a stage of collective effervescence …