David Liu – Asking
David Liu: UCSD Department of PsychologyMuch research and debate around theory of mind (the ability to attribute mental states to actions) have revolved around whether X have a theory of […]
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Catherine Reed – The Role of Specialized Body Processing for Embodied Social Perception
Catherine Reed: Claremont-McKenna College Department of PsychologySocial psychologists have embraced the tenants of embodied cognition to explain how we understand the emotions of others. They claim that the reinstantiation of […]
Adriana Galvan – Adolescence as a developmental period of increased risk-taking and reward sensitivity: Insights from Neuroimaging
Adriana Galvan: UCLA Department of PsychologyAdolescence is a developmental period marked by heightened sensitivity to reward and increased proclivity towards risk-taking behavior. These behavioral changes are paralleled by significant developmental […]
Lynn Fairbanks – Genetic, Maternal and Life History Influences on Sociability in Vervet Monkeys
Lynn Fairbanks: UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral SciencesThe ability to form and maintain social relationships is an important attribute that has broad implications for health and fitness in humans […]
Tim Waring – Do Ethnic Divisions Restrict Sustainable use of Natural Resources? A case study from Tamil Nadu
Tim Waring: UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and PolicyNumerous scholars have shown that increasing ethnic diversity is correlated with reduced cooperation and fewer public goods. This result has significant […]
Nameera Akhtar – Children’s learning from third-party interactions
Nameera Akhtar: UCSC Department of PsychologyParents and researchers in Western middle-class societies emphasize dyadic interactions and teaching children new skills directly. This emphasis obscures the fact that young children can […]
Eric Vilain – Gaynomics: The Biology of Sexual Orientation
Eric Vilain: Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Urology Director, Center for Gender-Based Biology, Chief, Medical Genetics - Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAHuman sexual orientation, […]
Karen Bales – Neurobiology of parenting in monogamous species
Karen Bales: UC Davis Department of PsychologyIn socially monogamous mammals like humans, many individuals such as mothers, fathers, and alloparents often display parenting behaviors. While the hormonal and neural basis […]
Peter Kim – The Manifestation of Mob Mentalities
Peter Kim: USC Department of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern CaliforniaThroughout history, people have faced the question of how best to respond to a wide […]
Russell Gray – The Pleasures and Perils of Darwinizing Culture (with Phylogenies)
Russell Gray: University of Auckland Department of PsychologyCurrent debates about “Darwinizing culture†have typically focused on the validity of memetics. In this talk I will argue that meme-like inheritance is […]