Michael Arbib: USC NeuroscienceHuman language is far more than speech and its derivatives such as writing. Human signed languages like American Sign Language are fully expressive human languages, and speakers normally accompany their speech with facial and manual gestures. Thus any theory of language evolution must address these integral roles that manual signs and gestures […]
Russ Poldrack: UCLA PsychologyIt has become common practice amongst neuroimaging researchers to infer the presence of mental processes from activation in particular parts of the brain. The validity of this practice, which I refer to as "reverse inference", depends upon how selectively specific brain regions are associated with specific mental processes. I will present evidence […]
Richard Lippa: Cal State University, Fullerton Department of PsychologyBBC data from 53 nations and from more than 200,000 participants provide new insights into sex differences in: (1) sexual traits (e.g., sex drive and sociosexuality), (2) mate preferences (e.g., the value assigned to physical attractiveness, intelligence, honesty in a mate), (3) personality traits (e.g., extraversion, agreeableness, […]
