Anthropomorphism describes the tendency to imbue the real or imagined behavior of
nonhuman agents with humanlike characteristics, motivations, intentions, or emotions …

Religion is not an evolutionary adaptation per se, but a recurring cultural by-product of the
complex evolutionary landscape that sets cognitive, emotional, and material conditions for …

Online interactions have emerged as a dominant exchange mode for companies and
customers. Cultivating online relationships—defined as relational exchanges that are …

Best-worst scaling (BWS) is an extension of the method of paired comparison to multiple
choices that asks participants to choose both the most and the least attractive options or …

Honorable Mention, PROSE Award A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year A
Junto Favorite Book of the Year Beginning with metaphysical debates in the sixteenth …

Frank Furedi returns to the theme of Fear in our society and culture. In 1997, Frank Furedi
published a book called Culture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and …

Anthropomorphism is a far-reaching phenomenon that incorporates ideas from social
psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and the neurosciences …

In this new book, author Russell McCutcheon offers a powerful critique of traditional
scholarship on religion, focusing on multiple interrelated targets. Most prominent among …

How have human cultures engaged with and thought about animals, plants, rocks, clouds,
and other elements in their natural surroundings? Do animals and other natural objects …

People commonly anthropomorphize nonhuman agents, imbuing everything from computers
to pets to gods with humanlike capacities and mental experiences. Although widely …