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  • In academic social psychology, "social glue" is the term to describe the mechanisms for the social connectedness of a group. Any behavior that causes members of a group to feel more connected can operate as social glue.
    Bruce M. Hood, The Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs (New York: HarperCollins, 2009), p. 23 (former title: SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable)

    December 26, 2016