One of the most prestigious science journals in the world, PNAS publishes a huge variety of open access science with a particular focus on research of general interest to the public.

Articles Featured in our Library:

Short-Term Meditation Training Improves Attention and Self-Regulation (2007) – Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Junhong Wang, Yaxin Fan, Shigang Feng and others

Symbolic Gestures and Spoken Language Are Processed by a Common Neural System (2009) – Jian Xu, Patrick J. Gannon, Karen Emmorey, Jason F. Smith, and Allen R. Braun

Universals and Cultural Variation in Turn-Taking in Conversation (2009) – Tanya Stivers, N. J. Enfield, Penelope Brown, Christina Englert, Makoto Hayashi and others

Bodily Maps of Emotions (2013) – Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari K. Hietanen

Topography of Social Touching Depends on Emotional Bonds Between Humans (2015) – Juulia T. Suvilehto, Enrico Glerean, Robin Dunbar, Riitta Hari, and Lauri Nummenmaa

Unraveling the Evolution of Uniquely Human Cognition (2016) – Evan L. MacLean

Invariances in the Architecture of Pride Across Small-Scale Societies (2018) – Daniel Sznycer, Dimitris Xygalatas, Sarah Alami, Xiao-Fen An, K I Ananyeva and others

Pride is a highly pleasant emotion; this internal reward can incentivize people to undertake and persevere at costly but socially valued courses of action. Pride has a full-body display featuring an erect and expanded posture and gaze directed at the audience and thus it appears to generate common knowledge about the individual’s enhanced value. This display conveys achievement and dominance, is produced by congenitally blind individuals, and is recognized by young children and by adults across cultures.

Future of the Human Climate Niche (2020) – Chi Xu, Timothy A. Kohler, Timothy M. Lenton, Jens-Christian Svenning, and Marten Scheffer

All species have an environmental niche, and despite technological advances, humans are unlikely to be an exception. Here, we demonstrate that for millennia, human populations have resided in the same narrow part of the climatic envelope available on the globe, characterized by a major mode around 11°C–15°C mean annual temperature (MAT).

The Long-Run Effects of Religious Persecution: Evidence From the Spanish Inquisition (2021) – Mauricio Drelichman, Jordi Vidal-Robert, and Hans-Joachim Voth

Reducing Opinion Polarization: Effects of Exposure to Similar People With Differing Political Views (2021) – Stefano Balietti, Lise Getoor, Daniel G. Goldstein, and Duncan J. Watts

Eye Contact Marks the Rise and Fall of Shared Attention in Conversation (2021) – Sophie Wohltjen and Thalia Wheatley

Personal Experiences Bridge Moral and Political Divides Better Than Facts (2021) – Emily Kubin, Curtis Puryear, Chelsea Schein, and Kurt Gray

Political opponents respect moral beliefs more when they are supported by personal experiences, not facts.

How old are the oldest Homo sapiens in Far East Asia? (2021) – Jean‐Jacques Hublin

Talking With Strangers Is Surprisingly Informative (2022) – Stav Atir, Kristina Wald, and Nicholas Epley