Invisible Forces and Powerful Beliefs: Gravity, Gods, and Minds

2. The social nature of humankind^*

^* The lead author is John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, and the Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He is a cofounder (with Gary Berntson) of the field of social neuroscience, a past president of the Association for Psychological Science, and a recipient of numerous awards, including the National Academy of Sciences Troland Research Award and the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Cacioppo’s research concerns ...