A decade ago, Religion, Brain & Behavior (RBB) was still a dream in the minds of its founding editors, neuroscientist Patrick McNamara, anthropologist Richard Sosis, […]
Many people believe that religion teaches children to be just and moral. Even if adherents dispense with the unscientific dogma, there’s a lingering sense that […]
Bill Moyers once quipped, “Civilization is a thin veneer of agreeable behavior stretched across the passions of the human heart.” Among the most persistent of […]
It’s your first semester. Campus is crawling with nameless strangers. Totally invisible, you scan the chattering chaos – in a lame attempt to seem undaunted, […]
The anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, is tucked deep within the brain behind the frontal lobe, and its job is to make sure that reality […]
One of Benjamin Franklin’s most memorable – and most true – lines is “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death […]
Religious people aren’t risk-takers. Study after study has shown that if someone’s reminded about God or if someone’s more intrinsically religious, then they’re less likely […]
Conversion is a life changer. Converts can gain new social groups and family ties, different symbols and narratives that give life meaning, and new and […]
One of religion’s most important effects is that it fosters community. There’s a lot of ways it does this. It teach people how to get […]
After five years of working for Science on Religion, my time here is at an end. Over these five years, I have reported on a […]
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