TY - JOUR
T1 - The Trojan horse of historical myths
T2 - Emotion-driven narratives as a strategy for coalitional recruitment
AU - Pelletier, Petra
AU - Fay, Nicolas
PY - 2025/1/2
Y1 - 2025/1/2
N2 - Sijilmassi et al. offer a cognitive account of historical myths, which they present as a cognitive technology designed to recruit coalitional support. We argue this account is incomplete, and that a comprehensive explanation of historical myths must include a central role for human emotions. In particular, emotion-driven narratives have the capacity to recruit coalitional support, which is critical to large-scale human cooperation and social cohesion.
AB - Sijilmassi et al. offer a cognitive account of historical myths, which they present as a cognitive technology designed to recruit coalitional support. We argue this account is incomplete, and that a comprehensive explanation of historical myths must include a central role for human emotions. In particular, emotion-driven narratives have the capacity to recruit coalitional support, which is critical to large-scale human cooperation and social cohesion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85214334861&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X24000694
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X24000694
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 39743821
AN - SCOPUS:85214334861
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 47
SP - e187
JO - The Behavioral and brain sciences
JF - The Behavioral and brain sciences
M1 - e187
ER -