Editors; Saikou Y. Diallo, Wesley J. Wildman, F. LeRon Shults, Andreas Tolk About the book: This uniquely inspirational and practical book explores human simulation, which is the application of computational modeling and simulation to research subjects in the humanities disciplines.…
Five Intersex Stories of Sex, Gender, and Religious Faith September 4, 2019 NEWBURYPORT, MA – Intersex and Faith’s documentary film Stories of Intersex and Faith will be screened at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival on Saturday, September 14th, at 12:00…
Anyone Can Get Involved in Anti-Trafficking Efforts with the Latest High-Tech Tools May 17, 2019 BOSTON, MA – The Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) released “Counter-Trafficking Top 40: Tools Against Child Trafficking,” a white paper that serves as a…
Research Assistant Marqueze Kennedy May 2019 Introduction: Child trafficking has been a problem for centuries. The technological advancements of the internet era, however, have brought with them an alarming growth of trafficking. Traffickers now use technologies such as social media,…
After a winter break hiatus, CMACers are back to the grindstone. We had our first research meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, February 20, and heard from guest presenter and BU Psychology Masters student Khushboo Patel about her work with CMAC…
Does religion play a causal role in promoting anxiety between groups? In a recent paper published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, CMAC researchers collaborated with the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC) to study anxiety…
PhD. Candidate John Balch American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Denver, CO November 17-20, 2018 The American Academy of Religion brings thousands of professors and students, authors and publishers, religious leaders and interested laypersons to its Annual Meeting each year.…
Research Associate LeRon Shults, Research Associate Ross Gore, Executive Director Wesley J. Wildman, Collaborating Specialist Christopher Lynch, Post-Doctoral Fellow Justin E. Lane, and Collaborating Specialist Monica Toft Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Vol. 21(4) October 2018 Abstract: We propose…
Founding Director Patrick McNamara, Doctoral Fellow Kendra Holt Moore, Collaborating Specialist Yianis Papelis, Director Siakou Diallo, and Executive Director Wesley J. Wildman Dreaming, Vol 28(3) September 2018 Abstract: We pilot tested the efficacy of a virtual reality-based imagery rehearsal and rescripting…
It’s been a record hot summer in Boston and a red hot summer at CMAC too, with lots of projects heating up and a constant stream of activity. Research Manager John Balch and Office Manager Maggie Boyd have focused on…
7th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion August 12 – 15, 2018 It’s been a busy week of CMACer presentations & participation. Here’s a full listing of all that we were up to at…
Research Associate LeRon Shults and Ross Gore, Collaborating Specialist Carlos Lemos and Executive Director Wesley Wildman Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Volume 10 Issue 3 August 2018 Abstract: This article offers an affirmative construal of atheism: the attempt to make sense…
Dear Friends, June 30th, 2018 is the final day of the Modeling Religion Project. I’m writing to thank you for joining me on this amazing journey. At the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC), and its Institute for the Bio-Cultural…
Research Associate LeRon Shults and Executive Director Wesley Wildman Chapter in Religion, History and Place in the Origin of Settled Life, ed. Ian Hodder July 2018 Book Summary: This volume explores the role of religion and ritual in the origin of settled life…
Research Associate LeRon Shults Seventh International Conference of the Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought: Evolution and Transcendence June 20, 2018 Conference Summary: The theme of the 2018 IARPT conference is human transcendence considered in light of biocultural evolution. Central…
Founding Director Patrick McNamara and Co-Author Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences Special Issue: The Evolution of Language June 2018 Abstract: The mesocortical dopaminergic system innervates two major forebrain networks important in language processing: the frontal–parietal network (FPN) and the ‘social brain’…
Post-Doctoral Fellow Joel Daniels Chapter in Reasonable Radical? Reading the Writings of Martyn Percy 2018 Book Summary: One of the most interesting voices in the Academy and the Church today is Martyn Percy. Percy, the Dean of Christ Church Oxford and a…
Khatera Alizada Energy Research & Social Science Volume 44 October 2018 Abstract: This article examines the global diffusion of two dominant renewable energy policies: feed-in tariffs (FIT) and renewable portfolio standards (RPS). It focuses on four mechanisms of policy diffusion: emulation,…
Post-Doctoral Fellow Khatera Alizada 36th System Dynamics PhD Colloquium at SUNY Albany May 11, 2018 Colloquium Summary: The Colloquium will draw together junior and senior system dynamicists from MIT-RPI-UAlbany and other universities to share their projects. Learn More about the Colloquium…
Research Associate Megan K. DeFranza, Post-Doctoral Fellow Stephanie N. Arel, Doctoral Fellow Kate Stockly Theology and Sexuality Volume 24 Issue 2 (Special Issue) May 2018 Abstract: This collection of essays arose from the conference “Sex on the Margins: Navigating Religious, Social,…