His research has appeared in Nature and Science, and his popular writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The American Scientist, Slate and The Atlantic. His article in The Atlantic, "Is God an Accident?" was included in The Best American Science Writing 2006. Bloom concludes that "the universal themes of religion are not learned." Taking his cues from Darwin, Bloom posits that our spiritual tendencies emerged somewhere in the evolutionary process, most likely as "accidental by-products" of other traits. He has had regular appearances on National Public Radio and Bloggingheads.tv. Books Bloom, P. (2023). Psych: The Story of the Human Mind. Harper Collins. Bloom, P. (2021). The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning. Harper Collins. Bloom, P. (2016). Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion. Ecco Bloom, P. (2013). Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil. The Crown Publishing Group. Bloom, P. (2010). How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. Bloom, P. (2004). Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human. New York: Basic Books. Bloom, P. (2000). How Children Learn the Meanings of Words. Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Press. Jackendoff, R.; Bloom, P.; & Wynn, K. (1999). Language, Logic, and Concepts: Essays in Honor of John Macnamara. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Bloom, P.; Peterson, M.; Nadel, L.; & Garrett, M. (1996). Language and Space. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Bloom, P. (1994). Language Acquisition: Core Readings. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Selected popular articles (March 2014). "The War on Reason", Atlantic Magazine. (November 2013). "Politicians Really Are Big Babies". (January 2012). "Religion, Morality, Evolution". Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 63. Religion, Morality, Evolution. (May 2010). "The Moral Life of Babies". The New York Times Magazine. (September 2009). "The long and short of it". The New York Times. (August 2009). "What's Inside a Big Baby Head?" (Book Review: The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik). Slate. (June 2009). "No Smiting". (Book Review: The Evolution of God by Robert Wright). The New York Times. (November 2008). "Does religion make you nice?". Slate. (November 2008). "First-person Plural". Atlantic Monthly. (June 2006). "Seduced by the flickering lights of the brain". Seed Magazine. (December 2005). "Is God an accident?" The Atlantic Monthly. References External links Paul Bloom's personal homepage Links to Bloom's articles and books at Yale Introduction to Psychology, video