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Steven Heine
@stevenheine.bsky.social
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Canadian social/cultural psychologist at UBC. Japanophile. Author of "Start making Sense," "DNA is not Destiny" and "Cultural Psychology."
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steven t. piantadosi @spiantado.bsky.social · 18d
"basic cognitive processes underlying explanatory reasoning give rise to a systematic inherence bias among practicing scientists—a tendency to explain phenomena in terms of their inherent properties rather than external factors"
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Jul 30
I reply here to Mickey Inzlicht’s critique of our assessment of the TMT literature -led by former grad students, Lihan Chen and Rachele Benjamin. We consider the question of how can we best evaluate a literature and, judging from his critique, reach a controversial conclusion.
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Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · Jul 30
Last week I declared terror management theory dead and accused my friend Steve Heine of motivated reasoning. Steve responded like the mensch he is with a solid rebuttal instead of blocking me. Read his guest post and tell us both who you think is right in the comments!
The Reports of Terror Management Theory’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Last week I declared the social psychology of death officially dead.
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jun 5
To be very clear, these kinds of polygenic scores are incredibly shit predictors of individual traits... HT @anjiolina.bsky.social #GATTACA
An ad for genetic customisation of human embryos
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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · May 22
Short piece in The Conversation about our recent PNAS paper on (even atheists') intuitive preferences for religion!

Enjoy & spread as you see fit!

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Did humans evolve to prefer religion? Research shows many atheists intuitively favour faith
Research highlights Atheists often believe religious faith is positive, even though they don’t hold it themselves.
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Anders M Fjell @andersfjell.bsky.social · May 13
Very nice in @pnas.org - people who slept closer to their own culture's norms for sleep duration had better overall health. Sleep duration is more complex than often considered in a strict neuroscientific or biomedical sense. @ChristineOuBC @stevenheine.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Healthy sleep durations appear to vary across cultures | PNAS
Past research finds that sleep duration is reliably linked with health yet sleep durations differ substantially between countries. We investigated ...
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UBC Psychology @ubcpsych.bsky.social · May 9
Think 8 hours of sleep is the magic number? Research from Dr. @stevenheine.bsky.social included the analysis of over 5,000 people in 20 countries, revealing that the hours of sleep required for good health varies significantly across different cultures. psych.ubc.ca/news/sleep-c...
What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another - UBC Department of Psychology
Your optimal amount of sleep may depend on where you live, new UBC Psychology research has found.
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · May 8
What’s a healthy amount of sleep? 😴

A new UBC study analyzed sleep data and health outcomes for nearly 5,000 people in 20 countries, which revealed that the hours of sleep required for good health varies significantly across different cultures.

Read more: bit.ly/4jEq3JG
What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another - UBC News
New research challenges the common belief that everyone needs the same amount of sleep for good health.
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David P. Schmitt, Ph.D. @psychoschmitt.bsky.social · Apr 18
"most [psychologists] thought ‘Homo economicus’ (self-interested rationality) poor model human behaviour...split on whether personality largely stable...researchers in evolution/comparative thought theories should focus more on evolution of mental faculties [evo psy]" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides - Nature Human Behaviour
Scientific disagreements are not just a matter of using different methods or having conflicting data. Sulik et al. surveyed psychological scientists and found that disagreements are also associated wi...
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Mar 26
Excellent critique of childhood development interventions: "The privileged of Global North & South can find solace in the idea they have little responsibility for inequality. If bad childcare & poor brain development are major contributing factors to poverty, then it's parents’ job to overcome it"
The problem with parenting interventions in the Global South | Aeon Essays
Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 25
I had a great discussion with Kurt and Tim at Behavioral Grooves. The Existential Playbook: How to Make Sense of Your Life behavioralgrooves.com/episode/the-...
Behavioral Grooves | The Existential Playbook
Dr. Steve Heine unpacks the psychology of meaning, connection, and existential anxiety—plus, practical tools for building a more fulfilling life.
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The Dissenter @thedissenteryt.bsky.social · Mar 17
New episode (1072), with Dr. Steven Heine (@stevenheine.bsky.social). We talk about his new book, Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times. #psychology #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/oQj1VpqU1kQ
Podcast: bit.ly/4iWQfOS
#1072 Steven Heine: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 18
I had a great discussion with Ricardo about how people maintain meaningful lives.
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The Dissenter @thedissenteryt.bsky.social · Mar 17
New episode (1072), with Dr. Steven Heine (@stevenheine.bsky.social). We talk about his new book, Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times. #psychology #Science

YouTube: youtu.be/oQj1VpqU1kQ
Podcast: bit.ly/4iWQfOS
#1072 Steven Heine: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
Ou, C., Lou, N. M., Maheshka, C., Shi, M., Takemura, K., Cheung B., & Heine, S. J. (in press). Healthy sleep durations appear to vary across cultures. PNAS. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
e) Individuals whose sleep duration was closer to their country’s norms reported better health. These findings suggest that the amount of sleep associated with optimal health varies across countries. There isn’t a global standard for healthy sleep durations.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
c) A quadratic relation emerged between sleep duration and health in all countries such that both too much sleep and too little sleep was associated with worse health; d) The turning points of these quadratic curves varied significantly between countries.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
b) People from countries with longer sleep durations were not healthier than from countries with shorter durations. We replicated this by analyzing national sleep durations from 14 past studies which also revealed no associations with national health.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
In a new paper in press at PNAS, we collected data on sleep duration and health from 5000 participants in 20 countries. There were several notable findings: a) First, average sleep durations varied substantially between countries (range = 1.57 hours).
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 14
Two common findings from sleep research are that 1) short sleep durations predict worse health outcomes, and 2) people from some cultures sleep much less than those from others. Do people from cultures with short sleep durations have worse health outcomes? 🧵
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 13
Today "Start Making Sense" was named Book of the Day by the Next Big Idea Club. bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/the-world-...
The World is Chaotic — Here's How to Find Meaning
How existential psychology can keep you steady in absurd times.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Mar 3
Here's a blogpost I wrote on the ironic challenges that we face from having too many choices in our lives. People tend not to appreciate how much anxiety comes with the responsibility of blazing your own trail.
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Embracing Our Freedoms, but at What Cost?
People in individualistic cultures celebrate their many choices. But we often fail to recognize the psychological costs that come with having to figure everything out on our own.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Feb 21
Thanks Beth for your thoughtful review!
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Beth Bonness @bethbonness.com · Feb 21
"Start Making Sense" I'd never heard of existential psychology & love David Lynch so bought the book. It did not disappoint.

"Meaning is ultimately about connections: the meaning in our own lives is determined by how well our lives are connected."

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Beth Bonness's review of Start Making Sense
5/5: When I read an article in Nautilus Magazine by Steven J Heine called, "David Lynch Opens a Portal to Our Minds" he reached out to me about his new book. "Start Making Sense: How Existential…
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Feb 19
I wrote a piece for Aeon's Psyche Guides on how to find meaning in your life as a buffer against anxiety – psyche.co/guides/how-t... via @aeon.co
How to make your life feel more meaningful | Psyche Guides
Existential psychology offers specific ways to find meaning, giving you a buffer against despair in these anxious times
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Feb 19
Here's a review of Start Making Sense by the Greater Good.

Seven Ways to Bring More Meaning to Your Life greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Seven Ways to Bring More Meaning to Your Life
A psychologist argues that asking ourselves existential questions and recognizing our values can make life more fulfilling and meaningful.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Feb 11
I had a really fun discussion of my book, Start Making Sense, with Kelly Leonard at Second City. www.secondcity.com/network/cate...
The Second City Training Center has the perfect class for everyone. Check out our overview for more information.
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Steven Heine @stevenheine.bsky.social · Jan 31
I'm thrilled that the
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How to Cultivate Meaning When Life Feels Absurd
Author Steven Heine shares 5 key insights from his new book, Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times.
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