Search Results - "Barlev, Michael"

The Ecology-Culture Dataset: A new resource for investigating cultural variation by Wormley, Alexandra S., Kwon, Jung Yul, Barlev, Michael, Varnum, Michael E. W.

“…Scholars interested in cultural diversity have long suggested that similarities and differences across human populations might be understood, at least in part,…”
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A Feature-Based Approach to the Comparative Study of "Nonordinary" Experiences by Taves, Ann, Barlev, Michael

“…At the turn of the 20th century, researchers and clinicians compared case studies of patients diagnosed with hysteria and mediums who claimed to channel…”
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Minds, Bodies, Spirits, and Gods: Does Widespread Belief in Disembodied Beings Imply That We Are Inherent Dualists? by Barlev, Michael, Shtulman, Andrew

“…Belief in beings without physical bodies is prevalent in present and past religions, from all-powerful gods to demonic spirits to guardian angels to immortal…”
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Causal Judgment in the Wild: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election by Quillien, Tadeg, Barlev, Michael

“…When explaining why an event occurred, people intuitively highlight some causes while ignoring others. How do people decide which causes to select? Models of…”
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Beyond stereotypes versus preferences: sex, dominance, and the functions of leadership by Wiezel, Adi, Barlev, Michael, Kenrick, Douglas T.

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Rational reasons for irrational beliefs by Barlev, Michael, Neuberg, Steven L

“…According to many, we live in "posttruth" times, with the pervasiveness of falsehoods being an existential threat to democracy and the functioning of free…”
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Stereotypes versus preferences: Revisiting the role of alpha males in leadership by Wiezel, Adi, Barlev, Michael, Martos, Christopher R., Kenrick, Douglas T.

“…Why are women underrepresented in positions of leadership? According to the “think manager-think male” model, leaders are stereotyped as male—and, in turn, as…”
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The Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE): Evidence of validity in the United States and India by Taves, Ann, Ihm, Elliott, Wolf, Melissa, Barlev, Michael, Kinsella, Michael, Vyas, Maharshi

“…Researchers increasingly recognize that the mind and culture interact at many levels to constitute our lived experience, yet we know relatively little about…”
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Core Intuitions About Persons Coexist and Interfere With Acquired Christian Beliefs About God by Barlev, Michael, Mermelstein, Spencer, German, Tamsin C.

“…This study tested the hypothesis that in the minds of adult religious adherents, acquired beliefs about the extraordinary characteristics of God coexist with,…”
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She Told Me About a Singing Cactus: Counterintuitive Concepts Are More Accurately Attributed to Their Speakers Than Ordinary Concepts by Mermelstein, Spencer, Barlev, Michael, German, Tamsin C.

“…Communication is central to human life, yet it leaves humans vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. Humans have therefore evolved a suite of…”
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Strange Bedfellows and Their Irrational Pillow Talk by Barlev, Michael, Neuberg, Steven L.

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Representational coexistence in the God concept: Core knowledge intuitions of God as a person are not revised by Christian theology despite lifelong experience by Barlev, Michael, Mermelstein, Spencer, German, Tamsin C.

“…Previous research has shown that in the minds of young adult religious adherents, acquired theology about the extraordinary characteristics of God (e.g.,…”
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The Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences by Taves, Ann, Ihm, Elliott, Wolf, Melissa, Barlev, Michael, Kinsella, Michael, Vyas, Maharshi

“…Researchers increasingly recognize that the mind and culture interact at many levels to constitute our lived experience, yet we know relatively little about…”
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How much cultural variation around the globe is explained by ecology? by Wormley, Alexandra S, Kwon, Jung Yul, Barlev, Michael, Varnum, Michael E W

“…How much cultural variation is explained by the physical and social ecologies people inhabit? Here, we provide an answer using nine ecological variables and 66…”
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The Embodied God: Core Intuitions About Person Physicality Coexist and Interfere With Acquired Christian Beliefs About God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus by Barlev, Michael, Mermelstein, Spencer, Cohen, Adam S., German, Tamsin C.

“…Why are disembodied extraordinary beings like gods and spirits prevalent in past and present theologies? Under the intuitive Cartesian dualism hypothesis, this…”
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Weight Location Moderates Weight-Based Self-Devaluation and Perceived Social Devaluation in Women by Barlev, Michael, Ko, Ahra, Krems, Jaimie A., Neuberg, Steven L.

“…Overweight and obese (“heavyweight”) people devalue themselves because, it has been proposed, they are socially devalued. However, for women, social valuation…”
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Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation by Ko, Ahra, Pick, Cari M., Kwon, Jung Yul, Barlev, Michael, Krems, Jaimie Arona, Varnum, Michael E. W., Neel, Rebecca, Peysha, Mark, Boonyasiriwat, Watcharaporn, Brandstätter, Eduard, Crispim, Ana Carla, Cruz, Julio Eduardo, David, Daniel, David, Oana A., de Felipe, Renata Pereira, Fetvadjiev, Velichko H., Fischer, Ronald, Galdi, Silvia, Galindo, Oscar, Golovina, Galina, Gomez-Jacinto, Luis, Graf, Sylvie, Grossmann, Igor, Gul, Pelin, Hamamura, Takeshi, Han, Shihui, Hitokoto, Hidefumi, Hřebíčková, Martina, Johnson, Jennifer Lee, Karl, Johannes A., Malanchuk, Oksana, Murata, Asuka, Na, Jinkyung, O, Jiaqing, Rizwan, Muhammed, Roth, Eric, Salgado, Sergio Antonio Salgado, Samoylenko, Elena, Savchenko, Tatyana, Sevincer, A. Timur, Stanciu, Adrian, Suh, Eunkook M., Talhelm, Thomas, Uskul, Ayse K., Uz, Irem, Zambrano, Danilo, Kenrick, Douglas T.

“…What motives do people prioritize in their social lives? Historically, social psychologists, especially those adopting an evolutionary perspective, have…”
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Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography, written by Luther H. Martin and Jesper Sørensen by Taves, Ann, Barlev, Michael

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Sex Differences in Fearful Personality Traits Are Mediated by Physical Strength by Manson, Joseph H., Chua, Kristine J., Rodriguez, Nina N., Barlev, Michael, Durkee, Patrick K., Lukaszewski, Aaron W.

“…Across cultures, women reliably exhibit higher levels of Neuroticism than men. Recent work shows that this sex difference, particularly in Neuroticism’s…”
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How the Mind Builds Evolutionarily New Concepts by Barlev, Michael

“…The human mind is equipped with a variety of evolved mechanisms, each specialized for representing concepts from an adaptively important domain, such as…”
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