The in-group/out-group divide. Source: TherapyEverywhere/Open AI Human beings need to belong. From our earliest cave-dwelling ancestors, membership in a clan or tribe was a requirement for survival.

A new study sheds light on the effects of aloneness on group processes, demonstrating that simply being alone can significantly weaken group identity and esteem. Led by Prof. Liad Uziel, from the ...

A new study looks at the impact of group conformity on task performance in various environments and leverages insights from cultural evolution, social learning, and social psychology to experimentally ...

In tween and teen group chats, sometimes 30 or more participants text each other on a nonstop loop, everything from emojis and FOMO-inducing photos to cries for mental health help. For parents, ...

At the heart of D&D lies the power of imagination. The Dungeon Master (DM), who plays the roles of all non-player characters (NPCs) and monsters, sets the stage for various scenes and acts to open up ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 10 (March 9, 2021), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) The population structure of social species has important ...