And kudos to Melih Varol for presenting our lab’s theoretical projection:

🔹 The Future of Moral Psychology: A Multilevel Integrative Approach with Dual Inheritance Theory

Looking forward to more events that bring together researchers passionate about the science of morality! 🔬✨🙌

Thanks to my co-authors for their talks:

🔸 The Moral Intention–Behavior Gap in Religious and Non-Religious Individuals — @ilaydavelioglu.bsky.social

🔸 Authority Reminders and Prosocial Behavior — @rozelinvurgun.bsky.social

🔸 Religious Ingroup Bias in Anonymous Interactions — Selenay Keleş

I had the pleasure of presenting two of our studies:

🔹 Metaethics, Beliefs, and Prosocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Study

🔹 Divine Order and Human Justice: The Impact of Religious Identity and Cues on Third-Party Punishment

To broaden the conversation, we are now collecting perspectives across fields.

If you work in research, we would be grateful for your input.

📋 Survey: erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Thanks @duddaleonie.bsky.social, @mamsmandrill.bsky.social, @martakowal.bsky.social, @milkos.bsky.social, @moralnosc.bsky.social, @bzubaly.bsky.social and all co-authors (not on Blusky too)! Special thanks to @verheyensteven.bsky.social for leading this collaboration.

Grateful to be part of it!

We suggest:

• Integrating COI & bias discussions into training
• Encouraging everyday reflexivity
• Examining institutional incentives
• Using safeguards like preregistration & registered reports

We argue that simply declaring “I publish to advance my career” is not necessarily helpful.

Instead, we need better reflection on how incentives operate—not just more boilerplate COI statements.

Publishing matters for knowledge, but also for jobs, promotions, and stability.

This dual function creates incentives that can subtly shape decisions throughout the research process—often without being acknowledged.

3) Yes, reflection may manifest differently across groups. In this study, we measured it using standard techniques, such as the CRT, Raven's Matrices, and open-mindedness measures. Believers generally score lower on these measures than nonbelievers in the US.

Do these answer your questions?

2) While genetic modes are unclear, individual differences certainly exist. For example, quest religiosity is positively linked to cognitive reflection, whereas intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity are negatively linked.

Thanks for your questions!

1) Yes, cultural differences likely influence this relationship. Literature shows a positive relationship between reflection and religious belief in places like the US and China.

@scienceofreligion.bsky.social

Welcome!