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L. Ian Reed – The communicative functions of facial expressions
The communicative functions of facial expressions L. Ian Reed Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, NYU Previous research suggests that some facial expressions of emotion serve a communicative function by […]
Heidi Colleran – Rethinking reproduction in human evolutionary research
Rethinking reproduction in human evolutionary research Heidi Colleran BirthRites Independent Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute […]
Nadya Vasilyeva – Structural thinking about social categories
Structural thinking about social categories Nadya Vasilyeva Postdoctoral Scholar, Geography of Philosophy Project, UCLA Department of Anthropology Categorical reasoning is one of the cornerstones of psychological functioning, supporting explanation, induction, […]
Tyler Marghetis – A history of our times
A history of our times Tyler Marghetis Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced & Omidyar Fellow, The Santa Fe Institute This is a talk about […]
Zaneta Thayer – How social inequities create health inequities: An integration of social and biological mechanisms
How social inequities create health inequities: An integration of social and biological mechanisms Zaneta Thayer Department of Anthropology and Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society Program, Dartmouth College A remarkably consistent […]
Samuel Mehr – Representation and understanding in music across cultures
Representation and understanding in music across cultures Samuel Mehr The Music Lab and Department of Psychology, Harvard University Discovering the universal features of human musicality is a prerequisite for explaining […]
Pascal Boyer – Why divination? A salient cultural attractor, an explanatory model, and some lessons for how to understand the generation of culture
Why divination? A salient cultural attractor, an explanatory model, and some lessons for how to understand the generation of culture Pascal Boyer Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Psychology and Henry […]
Willem Frankenhuis – Hidden talents in harsh conditions
Hidden talents in harsh conditions Willem Frankenhuis Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands It is well established that people living in adverse conditions tend to score lower on a […]
Hugo Mercier – Impression management as signaling
Impression management as signaling Hugo Mercier Evolution and Social Cognition and Collective Intelligence Teams, Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS, Paris I claim that impression management can be usefully understood as signaling. […]