Do you feel immortal? Chances are you did when you were born
Wired UK Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences According to a recent study led by Natalie Emmons of Boston University, the tendency to reason in...
View ArticleBelief in immortality hard-wired? Study examines development of children’s...
Science Daily Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences By examining children’s ideas about “prelife,” the time before conception, researchers found...
View ArticleAre we hardwired to believe we’re immortal?
Futurity News Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences Most people, regardless of race, religion, or culture, believe they are immortal. That is,...
View ArticleAre we hard-wired to believe we’re IMMORTAL? Belief that we are eternal is...
Daily Mail Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences People across the world, regardless of their religion or culture, believe that humans are...
View ArticleHumans Are Naturally Inclined to Believe We’re Immortal
Smithsonian Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences According to Roman Catholicism, existence begins at conception. But that’s far from a universal idea. Some indigenous cultures in the Amazon...
View ArticlePrelife reasoning: our belief in immortality starts young
Boston.com “Science in Mind Blog” Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences Is the desire for immortality something we learn as we grow older and fear death, or a core, universal intuition that we...
View ArticleHuman Belief in Soul is ‘Innate’, Say Scientists
International Business Times (UK) Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences We are born with a predisposition to believe in an immortal soul,...
View ArticleImmortality belief starts young, experts say
Boston Globe (subscription required) Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences Is the desire for immortality something we learn as we grow older and fear death, or a core, universal intuition that...
View ArticleIntuitions of Our Immortality: Visions of Life Before Conception
Pacific Standard Deborah Kelemen, College of Arts & Sciences Natalie Emmons, College of Arts & Sciences We’ve all ruminated about the possibility of life after death. But what about the notion...
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