Keeping God real takes work – Guelph Mercury

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Keeping God real takes work Guelph Mercury Scholars like the anthropologist Pascal Boyer, author of Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origin of Religious Thought, and the psychologist Justin L. Barrett, author of Why Would Anyone Believe in God? Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Interesting suggestion at the end of the article: prayer […]

Cognitive Scientist Jessica Cantlon Named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow – University of Rochester Newsroom

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution University of Rochester Newsroom Cognitive Scientist Jessica Cantlon Named 2013 Sloan Research Fellow University of Rochester Newsroom She explores both the development of mathematical aptitude as children mature and the evolutionary origins of… See on http://www.rochester.edu

Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain

See on Scoop.it – Cultural evolution Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, and Linguist at Harvard University How did humans acquire language? In this lecture, best-selling author S… Tom Uytterhoeven‘s insight: Steven Pinker always pushes your mind (no pun intended) a bit further… And some other interesting videos in the same YouTube-channel to! See on […]