Cohen Lab

The CARMA lab seeks to understand culture, religion, and evolution.

Here are some examples of the kinds of questions the CARMA lab is interested in:

What constitutes personhood? Do people from different cultures and religions see personhood differently? Is God a person?

Do people become fundamentalist because of the threats they perceive?

Do people become religious as a way to find mates?

Does listening to hip hop music or being religious make people sexist?

Does Pierce Brosnan’s average looking brother have better mating opportunities?

What counts as a culture in psychology, and what doesn’t? Is religion a culture?

What kinds of things can be forgiven, and what can't? Can slavery or the Holocaust ever be forgiven?

Why do religious Blacks and Latinos vote Democrat, but religious Whites and Asians vote Republican?

If you are interested in questions like these, we'd like to hear from you.

Department of Psychology