Presentation

Gandhi Yetish: University of New MexicoShort sleep duration is associated with numerous, sometimes severe, negative health outcomes, and yet many people report regularly sleeping insufficiently. Part of the challenge in improving poor health practice lies in the fact that a consensus definition of “good” sleep remains lacking. In the scope of my dissertation research, I […]

Michelle Brown: University of California, Santa BarbaraGroup?level competition has important effects on individual fitness and is thought to be a crucial force in the evolution of complex social systems. However, such conflicts represent a collective action problem: if all group members share the spoils of battle but only a few incur the costs of fighting, […]

David Lawson: University of California, Santa BarbaraRecent years have witnessed a widening commitment to achieving gender equality at a global scale, with corresponding, and often controversial, shifts in international and domestic policy. In developing world regions, this includes efforts to abolish long-held cultural institutions that are ostensibly harmful to women. Yet such efforts are largely […]

Andrew Whalen: University of EdinburghSocial learning and asocial learning are sometimes seen as two conflicting ways in which individuals make decisions and learn about the world around them. Increasingly research has found that instead of being two conflicting learning processes, individuals, including children, will combine social and asocial sources of information to make decisions. One […]