APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life Enhances Identification with Humanity
- James Cameron
Saint Mary's University
Abstract
Participants who read a news article describing the discovery of a new exoplanet (a world orbiting another star) identified more strongly with all humanity when the possibility of life on that planet was made salient, compared to when it was described as unlikely.
Social Groups/Social Relationships