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Thomas T Hills

Professor of Psychology, University of Warwick

Thomas T Hills is professor of psychology at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. He lives in Coventry, UK.

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A child with an adult in tribal attire featuring feathers and a drum, outdoors with tents and hills in the background.

essaySocial psychology

Masters of reality

The trances and healing powers of shamans are so widespread that they can be counted a human universal. Why did they evolve?

Thomas T Hills

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ideaComputing and artificial intelligence

Does my algorithm have a mental-health problem?

Thomas T Hills

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ideaLanguage and linguistics

Porridge is funnier than oatmeal, and booby is funnier still

Tomas Engelthaler & Thomas T Hills