Social norms are the glue that holds society together, yet our knowledge of them remains
heavily intellectually siloed. This article provides an interdisciplinary review of the emerging …

Winner of the William James Book Award “Magisterial... Makes an impressive argument that
most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general …

Highlights•Studies with children and adults show that prosocial behavior is substantially
influenced by both descriptive and injunctive norms.•Norms facilitate cooperation by shaping …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

The complexity and variability of human culture is unmatched by any other species. Humans
live in culturally constructed niches filled with artifacts, skills, beliefs, and practices that have …

Norms permeate human life. Most of people's activities can be characterized by rules about
what is appropriate, allowed, required, or forbidden—rules that are crucial in making people …

Although a substantial literature in anthropology and comparative religion explores
divination across diverse societies and back into history, little research has integrated the …

Previous studies have used various normative expressions such as 'should','appropriate'and
'approved'interchangeably to communicate injunctions and social norms. However, little is …

The ability to use symbols is the pinnacle of human intelligence, but has yet to be fully
replicated in machines. Here we argue that the path towards symbolically fluent artificial …

From an early age, humans exhibit a tendency to identify, adopt, and enforce the norms of
their local communities. Norms are the social rules that mark out what is appropriate …