Tage Rai – Incentivized punishers and moralistic offenders destabilize cooperation
March 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmDaniel L. Bowling – Music and Health: Biological Foundations and Applications *Rescheduled from 1/13/25*
March 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmMike Frank – Bridging the data gap between children and AI models
February 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmRyan Nichols – Lineage Fitness Theory and the Lineage Manipulation and Mutualism Mechanism: Bridging Evolutionary Social Sciences & Cultural Evolution
February 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmJustin Lund – Storytelling, sovereignty, and STEM
January 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture (BEC) unites scholars exploring the connections among evolution, culture, the mind, and society.
BEC provides a framework to facilitate research and training on the interaction among natural selection, cultural transmission, social relations, and psychology.
This web site provides an overview of who we are and what we do. For additional information about the Center, and to learn how you can get involved, please contact the Director, Clark Barrett.