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New paper shows epidemics of plague among hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago, likely from eating marmot. Suggests that high population densities may not be as important for epidemics such as the Black Death.
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New in @PNASNews: Interpersonal value regulates infection-risky social contact across 61 societies.
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Our team of 150+ scientists set out to answer a simple question: are we more willing to risk catching something from those we value? 🧵 (1/x)
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How did belief in harmful magic come to be so widespread the world over? In their recent article, Planer and Sterelny argue that, ironically, the road to sorcery is paved with shamanistic intent.
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« Theory-driven inquiry gives purpose to empirical research, it makes research generalist by default, and it generates meaningful disagreement. » The study of human cultures needs all that! I am really glad to be part of this group. zenodo.org/records/23494957
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In episode 624, I talk with Dr. David Leiser about his great book, How We Misunderstand Economics And Why It Matters: The Psychology of Bias, Distortion and Conspiracy. #Economics #Science
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Contrary to popular belief that they are muddled fantasists, children are naturalistic thinkers when left to their own devices. But they learn about supernatural possibilities, such as divine agency and the afterlife, from others in their family and immediate community.
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I wrote an R package that makes it much easier to use computational models of causal judgments.
You can also explore the associated interactive app: tadegquillien.shinyapps.io/c…
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In episode 435, I talk with Dr. Christopher Kavanagh about religion, rituals, belief in Japanese society, and WEIRD psychology. #Anthropology #Science
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In episode 422, I talk with Dr. Michael Tomasello about interdependence, shared intentionality, culture, and morality. #Biology #Psychology #Science
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We also built a website where you can browse these ingredients, annotate the stories you love and see what they are made of, psychologically. Website: motivational-ingredients.com
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Our paper 'Carving Stories at Their Natural Joints' is out in Psychological Review (@APA_Journals).
It means a lot to me, especially because I got to collaborate with many researchers from different disciplines whose work I truly admire.
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TT Psych job at UCSD: Assistant Professor in High-level Human Cognition apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF046…
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Nations with greater gender equality have a *lower* percentage of female STEM graduates.
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Similar to Bonobo cooperation. Ingroup cooperators are also more likely to cooperate with outgroup members. science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/…
People who trust and cooperate with ingroup members are very likely to trust and cooperate with outgroup members.
This general prosocial trust exists in every country it was assessed, but it is strongest in the Netherlands and weakest in Pakistan. It was also extremely high in the United States. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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People read my Free Press essay about this masterpiece on the horrors of communism and saw that it’s out of print. Used versions go for upwards of $100 on amazon. I got my copy 3 years ago for $40. Now working on trying to get it re-issued. Wish me luck. thefp.com/p/how-communism-ki…
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Humans and other animals fight over things and territory. How do we resolve these disputes? Common answers include: first/current possessor keeps & bigger animal gets it. What do very young children think? 1.5 years old or younger. New research at Evolution & Human Behavior!
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"One study found a near-zero effect of stereotype threat on girls’ performance in maths, science, and spatial tasks. When the authors statistically controlled for publication bias, the near-zero effect fell to zero."
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"Given that girls get better grades than boys in virtually every subject, if stereotype threat were a genuine phenomenon, it’d largely be an issue for boys."
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Here's Pinsof invoking the coordination approach to debunk doomers' tacit reliance on folk psychology: everythingisbullshit.blog/i/…