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: 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: 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: 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: 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 […]
Peter Fashing: CSU Fullerton Department of AnthropologyGiven that animal societies represent a collection of genetically selfish individuals that have come together to live and reproduce as part of a group, […]
P. Jeffrey Brantingham: UCLA Department of AnthropologyIt is well known that victims of both violent and property crime experience an increased risk of being victimized again, especially during a brief […]
Peter Gray: University of Nevada-Las Vegas Department of AnthropologyHow does fatherhood impact men's sexuality? In this presentation, we review some of the core facets of paternal sexuality. Cross-cultural patterns of […]
Tom Griffiths: UC Berkeley Department of Psychology and Group Major in Cognitive ScienceLearning a language, a concept, or a social norm all require making an inductive inference, going beyond the […]
Justin Wood: USC Department of PsychologyAs social creatures, we wake up every morning to a dizzying array of actions from allies and competitors, in contexts that include cooperation, resource competition […]
