In previous posts we introduced CMAC’s consulting arm, NexusSIM and some of the work it does. This post describes another area of NexusSIM’s work. NexusSIM offers services in computer simulation, data analysis, and machine learning, with an aim of assisting researchers…
In a previous post, we introduced NexusSIM, the consulting arm of CMAC. But what exactly is NexusSIM and what does it do? Broadly speaking, NexusSIM exists to offer some of CMAC’s unique capabilities to research projects with a prosocial impact.…
Just Horizons Alliance (JHA), which is now CMAC’s umbrella organization, contains many parts. While CMAC anchors the research side of JHA, another branch, Wildhouse Publishing, is currently the main promoter of “expansive spirituality” within JHA (while Wildheart Evolution, which will…
Through the Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion (IBCSR) and the journal Religion, Brain, & Behavior, CMAC has been a key player in the subfield known as cognitive science of religion (CSR). This subfield is sometimes also called the…
In a recent post, we shared some basic background to the scientific study of religion, which has been one major focus of CMAC’s work. If you want more introductory information on this area of research, check out what our collaborator…
At CMAC, our research focuses on the mind-culture nexus. A significant part of that research involves studying religion and its role within that nexus, but there are many ways to study religion. What does it mean to engage in the scientific…
In recent months, the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) has become part of a broader organization, Just Horizons Alliance. What is this new organization and how does CMAC fit into it? Just Horizons Alliance is a strategic change engine.…
We recently interviewed CMAC Postdoctoral Fellow Rachel Bacon and Research Assistant Abigail Wester about the LISDA project. In Part 3 of the interview, Rachel and Abigail discuss initial lessons from the project and its future aims. (In Part 1, Rachel…
The academic journal Religion, Brain, & Behavior, co-sponsored by CMAC’s Institute for the Bio-Cultural Study of Religion (IBCSR) since its founding in 2011, has had a major impact on the scientific study of religion. What does a typical journal issue…
We recently interviewed CMAC Postdoctoral Fellow Rachel Bacon and Research Assistant Abigail Wester about the LISDA project. In Part 2 of the interview, Rachel and Abigail describe the current workflow of the project. (In Part 1, Rachel described the history…