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  • February 2018

  • Mon 26
    February 26, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Matthew Zefferman – The Evolutionary Origins of PTSD and Moral Injury: Evidence from a Small Scale Society.

    Matthew Zefferman: Arizona State UniversityCombat veterans in western industrialized societies can develop a collection of symptoms classified as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The origins of PTSD are a mystery. Some […]

  • March 2018

  • Mon 5
    March 5, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Louise Barrett – Primates, Plasticity and (Un)predictability: A Pragmatic View of Social Evolution

    Louise Barrett: University of LethbridgePrimates are known for their large brains, behavioural flexibility and cognitive complexity. These, in turn, are argued to have been selected for by the complexity of […]

  • Mon 12
    March 12, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Michele Gelfand – Tight or Loose: A Fractal Pattern of Human Difference

    Michele Gelfand: University of Maryland Over the past century, we have explored the solar system, split the atom, and wired the Earth, but somehow, despite all of our technical prowess, we […]

  • April 2018

  • Mon 2
    April 2, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Simine Vazire – Safer Science: The Credibility Revolution in Psychological Science

    Simine Vazire: University of California, DavisA fundamental part of the scientific enterprise is for each field to engage in critical self-examination to detect errors in our theories and methods, and […]

  • Mon 9
    April 9, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Amy Boddy – Life History Trade-Offs in Reproduction and Cancer

    Amy Boddy: University of California, Santa BarbaraLife history theory is a powerful approach to study human health and disease. However, there has been little work in applications of life history […]

  • Mon 16
    April 16, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Zoe Liberman – Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Similarity Drives Reasoning about Affiliation and Social Group

    Zoe Liberman: University of California, Santa BarbaraSimilarity influences myriad social relationships. From group membership to friendship, to marriage, to mere proximity, people who are similar to one another tend to […]

  • Mon 23
    April 23, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Matthew Lieberman – The Brain is Social by Default

    Matthew Lieberman: University of California, Los AngelesOur social cognitive abilities can either be thought of like a piece of software that is written on top of existing general purpose hardware […]

  • Mon 30
    April 30, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Julie Miller – Collective Behavior in a Slave-Making Ant: Coordination and Decision-Making During Raids

    Julie Miller: University of California, Los AngelesThe slave-making ants are social parasites that steal their workers in coordinated raids on other colonies. Their parasitic lifestyle has made these ants a […]

  • May 2018

  • Mon 7
    May 7, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Cristina Moya – The Evolution and Ontogeny of Ethno-Linguistic Reasoning

    Cristina Moya: University of California, DavisWhile many social species are group living, linguistically or symbolically marked social groups, characterized by large repertoires of shared cultural norms and behaviours, are uniquely […]

  • Mon 14
    May 14, 2018 @ 12:00 am

    Amy Non – Stress, Resilience, and Embodiment of Cardiometabolic Risk in Children of Hispanic Immigrants

    Amy Non: University of California, San DiegoHispanic immigrants represent the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority in the US. Thus, an important research focus for the future health of the […]

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