Emmons examined the development of prelife reasoning in children to shed greater light on the sensation many people have of owning a particular, ineffable and fundamental core, which exists ...

Emmons tackled this question by focusing on "prelife," the period before conception, since few cultures have beliefs or views on the subject. "By focusing on prelife, we could see if culture ...

Do human beings share common, universal beliefs about prelife — before conception? To find out if people believe they existed before they were conceived, the researchers studied two groups of ...

He called this period prelife, and characterized it as a "generative system that can produce information." "All I need is some chemical system that produces all sorts of chemicals, and some have ...