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 data provided by the behavior of other people. Such inferences are underdetermined by the available data, allowing people's biases to influence the conclusion that they […]

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 fertility beliefs suggest that a physiological basis of paternity is usually recognized, but without a link to mid-cycle ovulation. Male anatomy and semen components are […]

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 interval of time following the initial event. Ethnographic evidence suggests, in the case of property crime, that offenders seek out previous targets to replicate previous […]