Morten Christiansen: Cornell University Department of Psychology Language is undoubtedly governed by innate constraints. Otherwise, it is difficult to account for the close match between the intricate structure of languages […]
Joseph Manson: UCLA Department of AnthropologyInbreeding reduces fitness in various taxa, and several behavioral and physiological mechanisms have evolved that inhibit fertile matings between close kin. Most commonly, members of […]
Antoine Bechara: USC Department of PsychologyFor a long time, the prefrontal cortex has been considered a “non-functional†brain area, and understanding its function has lagged behind nearly all other areas. […]
Susan Perry: UCLA Department of AnthropologyRecently, discoveries of site-specific behavioral patterns such as the use of hammers and anvils or stick tools in extractive foraging have been documented in wild […]
Francisco J. Ayala: UCI Departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and PhilosophyDarwin is deservedly given credit for the theory of biological evolution. He accumulated evidence demonstrating that organisms evolve and […]
Paul Zak: Claremont Graduate University Neuroendocrine Foundations of Trust Department of EconomicsThe traditional view in economics is that individuals respond to incentives, but absent strong incentives to the contrary selfishness […]
Margo Wilson & Martin Daly: McMaster University Department of PsychologyThe future is almost always worth less to organisms than the present, and evolved psychologies and physiologies 'discount' it accordingly. However, […]
Jeffrey Brantingham: UCLA Department of Anthropology How specialized is your average Los Angeles "auto boost"? This talk draws on both new and classic foraging models to examine the search strategies […]
Shinobu Kitayama: University of Michigan Department of PsychologyThere is a general consensus that the history of voluntary settlement in the western frontier constitutes a major element of American individualism. Yet, […]
Gregory F. Grether: UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyNormal development depends on specific environmental inputs. Consequently, when a species encounters novel environmental conditions, some traits may develop abnormally. Changes […]
