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Mind

Jul 18, 2012

Boiling Blood

The physical experience of anger may be similar for all humans, but different cultures have different ways of expressing it.

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Jul 14, 2012

Hook-ups, Horror, and Human Evolution

It’s a good thing when pop culture and good science get together

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Jul 6, 2012

Bully Psychology: Where Evolution And Morality Collide

In the most basic terms, bullying is about dominating and we come from ancestors who were big into the dominance hierarchy.

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Jul 2, 2012

Lipstick, the Recession and Evolutionary Psychology

Our findings confirmed that the lipstick effect is not only real, but deeply rooted in women’s mating psychology.

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Jul 1, 2012

Morality: What is it Good For?

How evolution sculpts moral systems.

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Jun 26, 2012

Line blurs between man, animal: Monkeys do math, baboons seem to read, orangutans plan ahead

The more we study animals, the less special we seem.

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Jun 25, 2012

Evolution and Our Inner Conflict

Are human beings intrinsically good but corruptible by the forces of evil, or the reverse, innately sinful yet redeemable by the forces of good?

Apr 29, 2012

Who Is More Phobic About Science—Conservatives or Liberals?

The answer might surprise you.....

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Apr 20, 2012

Are Taboos Adaptive? Evidence from the Island of Fiji

Are taboos ignorant superstitions, do they contain adaptive wisdom, or are they a mixture of both?

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Apr 2, 2012

Why We Love to Lose Ourselves in Religion

Jonathan Haidt's journey from being an atheist to being a psychologist who thinks that religion was a crucial part of our biological and cultural evolution for morality.

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Mind

Jul 18, 2012

Boiling Blood

Jul 14, 2012

Hook-ups, Horror, and Human Evolution

Jul 6, 2012

Bully Psychology: Where Evolution And Morality Collide

Jul 2, 2012

Lipstick, the Recession and Evolutionary Psychology

Jul 1, 2012

Morality: What is it Good For?

Jun 26, 2012

Line blurs between man, animal: Monkeys do math, baboons seem to read, orangutans plan ahead

Jun 25, 2012

Evolution and Our Inner Conflict

Apr 29, 2012

Who Is More Phobic About Science—Conservatives or Liberals?

Apr 20, 2012

Are Taboos Adaptive? Evidence from the Island of Fiji

Apr 2, 2012

Why We Love to Lose Ourselves in Religion