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Jordan Moon

@jordanmoon.bsky.social

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Social psychologist @ University of Southampton. Formerly at Brunel University of London and Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. PhD from Arizona State University. Religion, morality, etc. W: https://www.jordanwmoon.com

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS

There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press, that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...

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Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 23d

Excited to be co-organizing this year's religion and spirituality preconference with @ncaluori.bsky.social, Cindel White, and @jordanmoon.bsky.social. See Nava's great thread below for our awesome group of invited speakers. We are accepting applications for talks, data blitzes, and posters!

Nava Caluori @ncaluori.bsky.social · 23d

The @spspnews.bsky.social Religion & Spirituality Preconference is accepting applications for talks, data blitzes, & posters until 10/23! We're excited to hear from Kathleen Corriveau, @alexandraworm.bsky.social, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social & @joshcjackson.bsky.social. More info: tinyurl.com/33x9za7r

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Jim AC Everett @jimaceverett.bsky.social · Apr 24

There is a lot of hype about AI and empathy, but what role do we really want AI to play in enhancing empathy? 🤖 Here, Ethan Landes and I argue that AI should only develop human empathy as a tool for moral growth, not replace it 👇

osf.io/preprints/ps...
@ethanlandes.bsky.social

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

As others have pointed out, ppl who favor abortion are sometimes inconsistent—many say abortion should be legal for “bodily autonomy” but are okay with laws about seatbelts or food regulations. In short, we all probably choose nice-sounding moral principles when they’re available

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

Although abortion opposition is an interesting case to examine this, we don’t think this phenomenon is limited to opponents of abortion

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

These findings lend relatively more support to the strategic account--importantly, these results also hold when controlling for things like religiosity and conservatism, so they don't seem to be just group-based heuristics

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

Perhaps more importantly, if we look only at the strongest abortion opponents (who strongly agree that abortion is murder), these participants show pretty strong support for the punishment and abstinence-only policies, but significantly less support for comprehensive sex ed

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

The more people oppose abortion (that is, agree with statements like "abortion is murder"), the more they like policies like punishment and abstinence-only--but the *less* they like comprehensive sex ed

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

Notably, comprehensive sex education really only differs from abstinence-only education in not explicitly being against casual sex

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

In pre-registered studies, we tested between these accounts by experimentally assigning people to rate bills that propose to reduce abortions in different ways, e.g., punish women getting abortions, abstinence-only sex ed, or comprehensive sex ed

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

This “Strategic Account” would suggest that abortion opponents don’t just support any policy that prevents abortions, but they will especially favor policies that do so while simultaneously discouraging casual sex

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

But people might have other goals influencing judgments. People who disapprove of casual sex also tend to disapprove of abortion, and many people view abortion bans as being more about discouraging casual sex

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

If abortion opposition is all about reducing harm toward the unborn (what we call the "face-value account"), then we might expect people who oppose abortion to support whatever policies might reduce abortions

Jordan Moon @jordanmoon.bsky.social · Mar 17

New paper out in SPPS w/
@jaimiekrems.bsky.social
(open access)
doi.org/10.1177/1948...

People who oppose abortion typically suggest that their position is motivated by concern for the unborn. But is there more going on?

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Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social · Mar 10

Are women morally wonderful? Excited by this paper, with
@jowylie.bsky.social, @anagantman.bsky.social, @lianeleeyoung.bsky.social, Peter Mende-Siedlecki, and Heleni Singer.

osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Mar 11

1/ 🌟📢 Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture & Evolution at @brunelpsy.bsky.social @brunelgradschool.bsky.social are OPEN for 2025/26 🎓 📢

Ever wondered how culture 🌍 and evolution 🧬 shape human behaviour? 🤔 This interdisciplinary program might be for you 🧵

Psychology, Culture and Evolution MSc | Brunel University of London

A research-intensive psychology master's course, allowing you to understand how culture and evolution can influence human behaviour.

www.brunel.ac.uk

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Léo Fitouchi @lfitouchi.bsky.social · Feb 11

Where do moralizing religions come from? Useless cognitive by-products?Cultural group selection for complex societies?

Our Psych Review paper argues: neither. Let’s rethink their cognitive & evolutionary origins🧵
w/ @manvir.bsky.social @nbaumard @jbaptistandre.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1037/rev0...

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Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · Nov 27

The Manybabies4 paper is out! Infants' Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large-Scale, Multi-Lab, Coordinated Replication Study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 1000 babies tested in 37 labs; "Overall, 49.34% of infants preferred Helpers over Hinderers in the social condition"

Infants’ Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large‐Scale, Multi‐Lab, Coordinated Replication Study

Evaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluatio...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Maxime Derex @maximederex.bsky.social · Nov 19

1/ 🌟 @PNASNews Special Feature: Half a Century of Cultural Evolution 🎉

With @amesoudi.bsky.social, @glupyan.bsky.social & Pierce Edmiston, we review the field's key experimental methods, findings, and critiques—and present a new lab experiment. 👇

www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Sep 23

📢📢📢💫 CCE's seminar series is kicking off in November with some amazing speakers lined up 💫📢📢📢

These are 🔓 open to all - in person and online - joining information shared closer to the date 📅

⏲️ Talks are scheduled between 12:30 - 14:00
@Bruneluni

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Dr Emily Emmott @ehemmott.bsky.social · Sep 19

Our Evolutionary Anthropology seminars are starting up again in October at UCL Anthropology. Free/open to all, and we're a friendly bunch!

evoanthucl.wixsite.com/blog/post/op...

#EvoAnth #BioAnth

Open Events: UCL Evolutionary Anthropology Term 1 Seminars 2024

Join us for our UCL Evolutionary Anthropology in-person seminars this term! These seminars are free to attend & open to all, and takes place in the Daryll Forde Seminar Room on Floor 2 of the UCL Anth...

evoanthucl.wixsite.com

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manvir singh @manvir.bsky.social · Sep 17

My book SHAMANISM: THE TIMELESS RELIGION will be out on May 20, 2025! Shamanism characterized the earliest religions, echoes in often unappreciated ways in the world around us, and will long outlive us.

Pre-order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730339...

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Sep 16

✨📢 To all the new people joining 💙 BlueSky 💙 in recent days I think a introduction is in order

The Brunel Uni Centre for Culture and Evolution is a hub of world-leading (yes I do say myself 💅) researchers in evolutionary and cross-cultural approaches to psychology and behaviour

We DO IT ALL (ish)

Centre for Culture and Evolution (CCE)

Centre for Culture and Evolution (CCE) at Brunel explores powerful influences on human behaviour

www.brunel.ac.uk

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Centre for Culture and Evolution @brunelcce.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Applications for our MSc in Psychology, Culture and Evolution are open for 24-25 at Psychology in Brunel University

brunel.ac.uk/study/postgr...

interested in an interdisciplinary take on psychology and behaviour using cross-cultural and evolutionary approaches?

Then come study with us 🤓

Psychology, Culture and Evolution MSc | Brunel University London

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Jim AC Everett @jimaceverett.bsky.social · Apr 24

Come do a postdoc with me in beautiful Canterbury, England and do cool stuff about the moral psychology of trust in AI 🤖

jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...