Paul Bloom
Professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus at Yale. Author of Against Empathy, The Sweet Spot and Psych, and writer of the Small Potatoes newsletter.
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Reading broadly across many fields, not just one's own discipline, makes a person smarter and sparks better research ideas.
Reading broadly provides new ideas for studies, introduces you to new theories, and overall makes you smarter and more interesting.
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The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.
The burden of proof should be on the person proposing the ban.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.netSaid 14 Sept 2026This on korrents
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From one piece Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students 3 beliefs · smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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Being skilled in statistics makes a person more employable in tech and consulting, not just academia.Their words
Being proficient in statistics will make you more appealing to employers in tech, consulting, and other fields.
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For someone pursuing an academic research career, spending too much time on teaching is a poor use of time.Their words
But I'm here to help you, and I'll tell you that, in the long run, if you're aiming for a research career, spending too much time on teaching is a poor decision.
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Reading broadly provides new ideas for studies, introduces you to new theories, and overall makes you smarter and more interesting.
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From one piece Kids These Days, Part II 3 beliefs · smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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I think these considerations of flourishing matter more than the psychological studies that everyone, including me, is so obsessed with.
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The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.Their words
When it comes to the claim that smartphones are to blame, this skepticism should be reinforced by the failure to find robust evidence in its favor.
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The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.Their words
The burden of proof should be on the person proposing the ban.
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From one piece Do doomers believe what they say? 3 beliefs · smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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the fact that dommers don't believe what they say doesn't mean they are wrong. Some true things are very hard to believe.
Do doomers believe what they say?smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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my view is that social forces block the adoption of certain beliefs. We are natural conservatives in this regard, reluctant to diverge too far from the consensus, at least not when the stakes are high.
Do doomers believe what they say?smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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unless doomers act in ways consistent with their doomer views, it's fair to assume that they don't really believe what they're saying.
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Disputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them.Their words
the claim here is that arguments about smartphones, bullying, and homework are arguments about values, often moral values
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I think it’s entirely plausible that screens have a real negative effect on teenagers, but studies can’t find them because (a) the effects need not be dose-dependent (maybe two hours on your phone isn’t worse than one hour), and (b) given that everyone else is on social media, giving it up can have a negative effect.
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That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it.Their words
But it does suggest that the popularity of despair can’t be taken as good evidence that this despair is warranted.
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Are parents better people? Not really. Parental love directs enormous concern toward a few particular people, leaving less for everyone else.
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From one piece Death by AI 2 beliefs · smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
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I agree with Koopman that people really are swayed by such cases. I also think it’s a dumb-ass gut response that we should try our best to get over.
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The second failure of rationality is a status quo bias: an unseemly attachment to the way things currently are; an irrational overweighing of the cost of the new. We effectively end up comparing a new technology to perfection, so it’s no wonder it comes up short.
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The Sense of StyleTheir words
Steven Pinker goes deep, showing how understanding the science of memory, social understanding, and syntactic structure can really pay off in making one a better writer.
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The Writing WorkshopTheir words
I highly recommend this for graduate students and postdocs, but it’s useful for the rest of us as well.
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On WritingTheir words
But Stephen King has good war stories, and his book really is bullshit-free.
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Clear and Simple as the TruthTheir words
When I’m stuck and hate myself and my work, I pick up Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Tuner’s short and wonderful book
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In her wonderful first book, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't, Julia Galef appreciates where this Soldier Mindset comes from
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The Biggest BluffTheir words
The Biggest Bluff is a highly enjoyable book that chronicles Konnikova’s journey from a novice at poker to a world champion—but it’s not just that.
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Transformative ExperienceTheir words
This is a fascinating book on a fascinating topic—how we choose (and how we should choose) whether or not to make radical life changes, such as becoming a parent.
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Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define UsTheir words
This is a humane book—there is a warmth and wisdom to Roberts’ writing; he has a real affection for and curiosity about everyday decision makers—but it carries real bite.
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Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of SpontaneityTheir words
This delightful book isn’t so much about how to decide what to do; it’s more about how to be cool while doing it.
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Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and LifeTheir words
If I were teaching a course in decision-making and had to assign one book, it would be this one.
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The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of NeuroscienceTheir words
This is a great book for anyone interested in learning about neuroscience—and I’d recommend it as well for many of my more neuro-crazed psychology professor colleagues.
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Reading broadly across many fields, not just one's own discipline, makes a person smarter and sparks better research ideas.
Reading broadly provides new ideas for studies, introduces you to new theories, and overall makes you smarter and more interesting.
Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students Said 24 Sept 2026
For someone pursuing an academic research career, spending too much time on teaching is a poor use of time.
But I'm here to help you, and I'll tell you that, in the long run, if you're aiming for a research career, spending too much time on teaching is a poor decision.
Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students Said 24 Sept 2026
Being skilled in statistics makes a person more employable in tech and consulting, not just academia.
Being proficient in statistics will make you more appealing to employers in tech, consulting, and other fields.
Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students Said 24 Sept 2026
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The burden of proof for banning an activity should fall on the person proposing the ban, not on those opposing it.
The burden of proof should be on the person proposing the ban.
Kids These Days, Part II Said 14 Sept 2026
The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.
When it comes to the claim that smartphones are to blame, this skepticism should be reinforced by the failure to find robust evidence in its favor.
Kids These Days, Part II Said 14 Sept 2026
Considerations of what makes for a flourishing life matter more, in judging how teenagers should spend their time, than the psychological studies used to debate it.
I think these considerations of flourishing matter more than the psychological studies that everyone, including me, is so obsessed with.
Kids These Days, Part II Said 14 Sept 2026
Someone who claims doom is imminent but does not change their own life decisions to match probably does not really believe it.
unless doomers act in ways consistent with their doomer views, it's fair to assume that they don't really believe what they're saying.
Do doomers believe what they say? Said 6 Sept 2026
Social pressure to stay near the consensus stops people from adopting beliefs that diverge from it, especially when the stakes are high.
my view is that social forces block the adoption of certain beliefs. We are natural conservatives in this regard, reluctant to diverge too far from the consensus, at least not when the stakes are high.
Do doomers believe what they say? Said 6 Sept 2026
Not truly believing a claim, or failing to act on it, does not make the claim false.
the fact that dommers don't believe what they say doesn't mean they are wrong. Some true things are very hard to believe.
Do doomers believe what they say? Said 6 Sept 2026
That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it.
But it does suggest that the popularity of despair can’t be taken as good evidence that this despair is warranted.
Kids These Days Said 31 Aug 2026
Social media may really be harming teenagers even though the studies find almost nothing, because everyone is exposed and the studies compare harmed children with harmed children.
I think it’s entirely plausible that screens have a real negative effect on teenagers, but studies can’t find them because (a) the effects need not be dose-dependent (maybe two hours on your phone isn’t worse than one hour), and (b) given that everyone else is on social media, giving it up can have a negative effect.
Kids These Days Said 31 Aug 2026
Disputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them.
the claim here is that arguments about smartphones, bullying, and homework are arguments about values, often moral values
Kids These Days Said 31 Aug 2026
Having children does not make people better: parental love concentrates concern on a few and leaves less of it for everyone else.
Are parents better people? Not really. Parental love directs enormous concern toward a few particular people, leaving less for everyone else.
Are parents better people? Said 3 Aug 2026
A new technology is judged against perfection rather than against the thing it would replace, which is why it always comes up short.
The second failure of rationality is a status quo bias: an unseemly attachment to the way things currently are; an irrational overweighing of the cost of the new. We effectively end up comparing a new technology to perfection, so it’s no wonder it comes up short.
Death by AI Said 20 Jul 2026
One vivid, disturbing case outweighs all the statistics in how people judge a technology, and that instinct should be resisted rather than indulged.
I agree with Koopman that people really are swayed by such cases. I also think it’s a dumb-ass gut response that we should try our best to get over.
Death by AI Said 20 Jul 2026
Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better.
This seems like an easy yes. If you enjoy life right now, why not get more of it?
Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually Said 16 Jun 2026
A very long life would not grow boring, because pleasures spaced far enough apart do not wear out.
There are things that we naturally take pleasure in—such as friendship, sex, and Italian food—and while we can become sick of anything if continually exposed to it in large doses, we don’t get tired of these things if they are properly distributed in time.
Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually Said 16 Jun 2026
Mortality is not what gives life its urgency: the goals people actually pursue are not driven by knowing they will die.
But when I think about all the goals I have in my life right now—finish this Substack, get the house ready for some visitors, prepare a course for next year, write a paper, etc.—none of it is driven by an appreciation of my mortality.
Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually Said 16 Jun 2026
A human life has no overall narrative arc, so nothing is lost by refusing to see it as a story that needs an ending.
But there’s no overall narrative arc—it’s just been one thing after another.
Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually Said 16 Jun 2026
Empathy is a poor moral guide that leads to bad decisions.
My argument against empathy is limited. It argues that empathy is a poor moral guide. It leads to bad decisions.
Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Children, and the Morality of Empathy and Disgust (Conversations with Tyler, Ep. 218) Said 13 May 2024
People are nowhere near as good at empathy as they think they are.
But in general, we are nowhere near as good at empathy as we think we are.
Virtual Reality is a terrible empathy machine Said 2 Jan 2024
To understand people unlike us, listening to what they say works better than assuming we know what it is like to be them.
Instead of assuming that we can know what it is like to be them, we can focus more on listening to what they have to say.
Virtual Reality is a terrible empathy machine Said 2 Jan 2024
Virtual reality simulations are terrible empathy machines: you often come out understanding other lives less than before.
The various versions of VR out there, high-tech and low-tech, are terrible empathy machines. After using them, you often end up with less of an understanding of other lives than you started with.
Virtual Reality is a terrible empathy machine Said 2 Jan 2024
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Loved Clear and Simple as the Truth
When I’m stuck and hate myself and my work, I pick up Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Tuner’s short and wonderful book
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 13 May 2024
Liked On Writing
But Stephen King has good war stories, and his book really is bullshit-free.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 13 May 2024
Recommends The Writing Workshop
I highly recommend this for graduate students and postdocs, but it’s useful for the rest of us as well.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 13 May 2024
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Loved The Sense of Style
Steven Pinker goes deep, showing how understanding the science of memory, social understanding, and syntactic structure can really pay off in making one a better writer.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 13 May 2024
Loved The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience
This is a great book for anyone interested in learning about neuroscience—and I’d recommend it as well for many of my more neuro-crazed psychology professor colleagues.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
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Recommends Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
If I were teaching a course in decision-making and had to assign one book, it would be this one.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
Loved Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
This delightful book isn’t so much about how to decide what to do; it’s more about how to be cool while doing it.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
What others say about Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity →
Loved Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
This is a humane book—there is a warmth and wisdom to Roberts’ writing; he has a real affection for and curiosity about everyday decision makers—but it carries real bite.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
What others say about Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us →
Loved Transformative Experience
This is a fascinating book on a fascinating topic—how we choose (and how we should choose) whether or not to make radical life changes, such as becoming a parent.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
Loved The Biggest Bluff
The Biggest Bluff is a highly enjoyable book that chronicles Konnikova’s journey from a novice at poker to a world champion—but it’s not just that.
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
Loved The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
In her wonderful first book, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't, Julia Galef appreciates where this Soldier Mindset comes from
smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net 8 Apr 2024
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- Can chatbots cure loneliness? 16 Oct 2026 Podcast with Robert Wright
- Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans? 5 Oct 2026 My Chronicle op-ed, and an invitation to critics
- What I wish I’d said in my TED talk 30 Sept 2026 My 2026 TED Talk on AI companions and loneliness was just released.
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- Some non-obvious advice for psych graduate students 24 Sept 2026 [Originally posted last September; I’m posting it again with minor edits because it’s a new academic year.]
- Kids These Days, Part II 14 Sept 2026 More about smartphones, bans, and the good life
- Is AI a form of life? 7 Sept 2026 Podcast with Robert Wright
- Do doomers believe what they say? 6 Sept 2026
- Kids These Days 31 Aug 2026 What we are really arguing about
- 19 pieces of teaching advice 26 Aug 2026 Because it's a new semester
- Is (Human) Writing Doomed? 17 Aug 2026 Podcast with Robert Wright
- Are parents better people? 3 Aug 2026 Some pros and cons of the love we have for our children
- Death by AI 20 Jul 2026 We are asking the wrong questions
- AI Love! 13 Jul 2026
- Are Books Dead? 3 Jul 2026 Podcast with Robert Wright
- How to give a better-than-average talk 30 Jun 2026
- Immortality Sounds Pretty Good, Actually 16 Jun 2026 Responding to some counterarguments
- The God Test 10 Jun 2026 Podcast with Robert Wright
- Is parenthood selfish or selfless? It’s both. 3 Jun 2026 Guest post by Darby Saxbe
- Moneyball for book publishers and Substack writers 20 May 2026 Why it will never work
- The End of Loneliness 15 May 2026 A live performance of my New Yorker article
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- Fixed it. 5 Oct 2026
- AI and the End of Loneliness 2 Oct 2026 smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net
- After I wrote this, an editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education invited me to submit an op-ed arguing for AI reviewers. Here goes—it was fun to write, and I’m sure nobody will get upset with me. 24 Sept 2026 chronicle.com
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- I’ve given Claude Opus various published papers (and my own unpublished ones) and asked it to review them. (Don’t panic—I’m not uploading confidential manuscripts.) The reviews it produces are excellent. It finds statistical errors, internal contradictions, and conceptual confusions that human reviewers miss; it provides useful suggestions; it has a good sense of what counts as significant and novel and what doesn’t; and it’s generous in its appreciation for what the authors get right. And it doesn’t suffer from the strong “myside bias” humans have; it doesn’t recommend rejection because the… 17 Sept 2026
- This is the best thing to happen to the Effective Altruist movement ... ever. 17 Sept 2026
- I've been trying to figure out what I (and so many others) dislike about AI writing. It's very clear. It's good at getting the level right, not going over the reader's head but not talking down. Often it's clever, and sometimes even funny. (At least Claude is) ... 26 Aug 2026
- Toronto pals! If you have nothing to do tomorrow night ... 18 Feb 2026
- Since nobody else is talking about AI these days, check out my conversation w/ @azimshariff, sponsored by the International Telecommunications Society & the Munk School. It’ll be fun! (Azim and I disagree about a few things.) February 19, 9:30–10:30 AM EST 10 Feb 2026 eventbrite.ca
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- Choosing Not to Eat Meat: What Characterizes Independently Vegetarian Children? 6 Oct 2026 A growing body of research has aimed to map the characteristics of extraordinary altruists-such as those who have donated a kidney to a stranger. However, this research has primarily focused on adults, and we know littl…
- Diverging Effects of Deliberation: How Perceived Thoughtfulness About Political Issues Affects Character Judgments 3 Sept 2026 = 896), we examined the effects of perceived deliberation and political (dis)agreement on moral character judgments. We tested whether targets who agree or disagree with the participant on a political issue are evaluate…
- Against frictionless AI 24 Feb 2026 AI’s greatest strength—removing friction from work and relationships—is also a liability. Prioritizing outcome over process, it eliminates desirable difficulties that drive growth. By subtracting effort from life, AI ri…
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- Becoming Speciesist: How Children and Adults Differ in Valuing Animals by Species and Cognitive Capacity 10 Nov 2025 Children morally prioritize humans over animals less than adults do. Is this because children are less speciesist-meaning they place less moral weight on mere species membership? Or is it because they give less weight t…
- Developmental changes in the perceived moral standing of robots 9 Nov 2024 Emerging evidence suggests that children may think of robots-and artificial intelligence, more generally-as having moral standing. In this paper, we trace the developmental trajectory of this belief. Over three developm…
- Cross-cultural conceptions of third-party intervention across childhood. 1 Sept 2024 = 447) across four societies (India, Germany, Uganda, and the United States) reason about third-party intervention. To do so, we measured children's obligation judgments and unstructured descriptions of third-party inte…
- In praise of empathic AI 29 Dec 2023 In this article we investigate the societal implications of empathic artificial intelligence (AI), asking how its seemingly empathic expressions make people feel. We highlight AI's unique ability to simulate empathy wit…
- Who gives? Characteristics of those who have taken the Giving What We Can pledge 8 May 2023 OBJECTIVE: In the current project, we focus on another group of unusual altruists: people who have taken the Giving What We Can (GWWC) pledge to donate at least 10% of their income to charity. Our project aims to unders…
- Children prefer natural food, too. 6 Jun 2022 = 64) had a mean age of 29 years and 11 months, with 60.7% of the sample identifying as female and 59% of participants identifying as White/European American. We found that, like adults, American children of these ages…
- Why do children and adults think other people punish? 5 May 2022 Past research has demonstrated that both consequentialist motives (such as deterrence) and deontological motives (such as ‘just deserts’) underlie children’s and adults’ punitive behavior. But what motives do we ascribe…
- How development and culture shape intuitions about prosocial obligations. 7 Feb 2022 = 1140), we examined whether children (∼5- to ∼10-yos) and adults across five different societies consider social relationship when ascribing prosocial obligations. Contrary to the view that such discriminations are a n…
- Children Prioritize Humans Over Animals Less Than Adults Do 15 Dec 2020 = 622), 5- to 9-year-old children and adults were presented with moral dilemmas pitting varying numbers of humans against varying numbers of either dogs or pigs and were asked who should be saved. In both studies, child…
- Not Noble Savages After All: Limits to Early Altruism 22 Dec 2017 Many scholars draw on evidence from evolutionary biology, behavioral economics, and infant research to argue that humans are "noble savages", endowed with indiscriminate kindness. We believe this is mistaken. While ther…
- Do minds switch bodies? Dualist interpretations across ages and societies 2 Oct 2017 Researchers explain cultural phenomena ranging from cognitive biases to widespread religious beliefs by assuming intuitive dualism: humans imagine minds and bodies as distinct and separable. We examine dualist intuition…
- Why Do We Hate Hypocrites? Evidence for a Theory of False Signaling 1 Jan 2017
- Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident 13 Jul 2015 This chapter discusses how religious belief emerges as a byproduct of 'highly structured' systems, or preexisting adaptations in the social world.It starts by presenting evidence that argues that the universals of relig…
- Is It Oscar-Worthy? Children’s Metarepresentational Understanding of Acting 11 Mar 2015 Although it is an essential aspect of one of the most common forms of entertainment, psychologists know almost nothing about how children understand the act of portraying a character in a realistic manner-realistic acti…
- Fact or Fiction? Children’s Preferences for Real Versus Make-Believe Stories 1 Mar 2015 Some children and adults are more drawn to the imaginary than others. Here, we examine whether developmental differences also play a role in the degree to which individuals are drawn to make-believe stories over real on…
- Religion: More Money, More Morals 1 Jan 2015
- Physical contact influences how much people pay at celebrity auctions 24 Feb 2014 Contagion is a form of magical thinking in which people believe that a person's immaterial qualities or essence can be transferred to an object through physical contact. Here we investigate how a belief in contagion inf…
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