Russell Jackson: CSU San Marcos Department of PsychologyDistance perception is among the most ubiquitous psychological phenomena known. Humans utilize distance estimation during all waking hours and even when sleeping. Distance perception likely takes place to this same extent in most other animals and distance perception also occurs in many non-animal species. Furthermore, distance perception is […]

Jessica Lynch Alfaro: UCLA Center for Society and GeneticsDespite growing interest in capuchin monkeys as model organisms for social learning and cultural evolution, comparative evolutionary study of Cebus behavioral traits across field sites and species have been impeded by the lack of a robust phylogenetic hypothesis for the group. Here I present the first molecular […]

Gary Charness: UC Santa Barbara Department of EconomicsWe conducted three field experiments to investigate how people schedule and complete tasks, providing some of the first data concerning procrastination and willpower under financial incentives. In our first study, we paid students $95 if they completed 75 hours of monitored studying over a five-week period. We also […]

Brooke Scelza: UCLA Department of AnthropologyAustralian Aborigines in the Western Desert have gone through a nutritional transition in the last 50 years; moving from a diet of mainly indigenous “bush foods” acquired during daily foraging trips to one that includes store-bought products delivered directly to community shops. Although store-bought foods are more convenient, their availability […]