It's funny: the evolution and science of laughter Sophie Scott Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Laughter is a nonverbal emotional expression associated with play and joyful emotions. In this talk […]
At Face Value: The Role of Chimpanzee Facial Expressivity in the Evolution of Gestural Communication and Social Bonding Britt Florkiewicz UCLA Department of Anthropology Primates make frequent use of visual […]
Socio-cognitive mechanisms of fairness Nadia Chernyak UC Irvine Department of Cognitive Sciences One of the most critical societal issues is our perpetuation of inequality. One important quandary, however, is that […]
Rethinking stereotypes: Social perceivers as lay adaptationists Oliver Sng Department of Psychological Science, UC Irvine Individuals have evolved to adaptively allocate energy across different life tasks, such as mating effort, […]
How to Know Celeste Kidd Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley This talk will discuss Kidd’s research about how people come to know what they know. The world is a sea […]
Learning to forage in hunter-gatherer societies Sheina Lew-Levy Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University & Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University Studying how contemporary hunter-gatherer children learn to […]
Meaning-making, belief and world shaping as core processes in the human niche Agustín Fuentes Department of Anthropology, Princeton University Humans are not unique in the world. But we are quite […]
Indigenous STS, Governance, and Decolonization Kim TallBear Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta Like traditional […]
Physical and social cognition in a parrot (Cacatua goffiniana) and ape model species (Pongo abelii) Isabelle Laumer Department of Anthropology, UCLA The comparative approach is a powerful tool to deepen […]
The social minds of humans and other apes Chris Krupenye Department of Psychology, Durham University and Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Few traits characterise humans more […]
