How negatively others will perceive them sets the level of shame people implicitly feel about a potential action
Center for Evolutionary Psychology
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The intensity of pride people feel for a given act or trait is set by an implicit mental map of what others value -
Support for redistribution is a function of compassion, self-interest and envy — but not fairness -
Humans correctly forecast the personal qualities valued in their local population and generate pride accordingly -
Research by UCSB scientists demonstrates that shame evolved as a mechanism for protecting social relationships -
Differences in political opinions engage the brain’s evolved circuitry for tracking alliances and coalitions -
Each element of the anger face makes the person expressing it appear physically stronger and more formidable -
Peaceful cooperation can reduce or eliminate the nonconscious tendency to categorize people by race, say UCSB social scientists -
In the animal world, it's pretty easy to predict who will come out on top when, say, a pair of lions go head to head over food or an attractive female.
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Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, UC Santa Barbara professors of psychology and anthropology, respectively, and co-directors of the campus's Center for Evolutionary Psychology, will give UCSB's 2012 Faculty Research Lecture on Wednesday, November 28...
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The faculty of UC Santa Barbara has bestowed its highest honor on Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, professors of psychology and anthropology, respectively.
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Imagine you're dining at a restaurant in a city you're visiting for the first –– and, most likely the last –– time.
