About the Authors

Daniel Müllensiefen

d.mullensiefen@gold.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Bruno Gingras

Affiliation Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Jason Musil

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Lauren Stewart

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: The technical implementation of the large internet survey was carried out by BBC Lab UK. However, it needs to be noted that BBC Lab UK did not give any funding towards the research. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM BG JM LS. Performed the experiments: DM BG JM LS. Analyzed the data: DM JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM JM. Wrote the paper: DM LS BG.