This meta-analysis explores the long-standing and heavily debated question of whether
religiosity is associated with prosocial and antisocial behavior at the individual level. In an …

Psychology has traditionally seen itself as the science of universal human cognition, but it
has only recently begun seriously grappling with cross-cultural variation. Here we argue that …

In times of crisis, humans have a tendency to turn to religion for comfort and explanation.
The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Using daily and weekly data on Google searches …

Awe is an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that transcend current frames of
reference. Guided by conceptual analyses of awe as a collective emotion, across 5 studies …

This Review summarizes and draws connections between diverse streams of empirical
research on privacy behavior. We use three themes to connect insights from social and …

It has been argued that children who possess an advanced theory of mind (ToM) are more
likely to act prosocially, yet the empirical findings are mixed. To address this issue …

Humility is a foundational virtue that counters selfish inclinations such as entitlement,
arrogance, and narcissism (Tangney, 2000). We hypothesize that experiences of awe …

Traditionally, ritual has been studied from broad sociocultural perspectives, with little
consideration of the psychological processes at play. Recently, however, psychologists have …

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 …

This article provides a conceptual framework for studying the effects of religion on consumer
behavior, with the goal of stimulating future research at the intersection of these two topics …