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RT @blissmonger "Coffee beans...No evolutionary psychology will ever account for the pull of that smell." ~Richard Powers
NatalieNews (Natalie Pasquarella) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:14:55 -0000
RT @blissmonger "Coffee beans...No evolutionary psychology will ever account for the pull of that smell." ~Richard Powers
...coffee beans... No evolutionary psychology will ever account for the pull of that smell. ~Richard Powers
blissmonger (Deb Schanilec) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:03:39 -0000
...coffee beans... No evolutionary psychology will ever account for the pull of that smell. ~Richard Powers
(video) Evolutionary Psychology, my thoughts pt 1 http://bit.ly/2nmADX
evolvethis (Evolve This) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:26:06 -0000
(video) Evolutionary Psychology, my thoughts pt 1 http://bit.ly/2nmADX
@stubbington scent marking is spot on (no pun intended!) just about sums it all up! evolutionary psychology is under-rated!
ajaybb (Ajay Burlingham-Böhr) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:16:40 -0000
@stubbington scent marking is spot on (no pun intended!) just about sums it all up! evolutionary psychology is under-rated!
Most interesting is Armstrong's consideration of evolutionary psychology's take on love, which says that the capacity for...
upbeatmag (Bridget Petrella) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:35:12 -0000
Most interesting is Armstrong's consideration of evolutionary psychology's take on love, which says that the capacity for...
How Cultural Evolutionary Theory Can Inform Social Psychology and Vice Versa: Publication year: 2009Source: Psy.. http://bit.ly/1iFxun
edjournals (EdPsy Journals) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:11 -0000
How Cultural Evolutionary Theory Can Inform Social Psychology and Vice Versa: Publication year: 2009Source: Psy.. http://bit.ly/1iFxun

 

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Matriarchy: Chapter 1 - Read the introductory chapter of Victor Woodhull's Sex and Matriarchy: Explorations of Male Sexual Deprivation and Other Social Ills, an entertaining blend of satire, parody, and evolutionary psychology.

Brain Development - A broadcast in RealAudio from the annual meeting of the AAAS: Marion Diamond and others on how genes and the environment work together to shape the young developing brain.
Meta Description: [ February 9, 1996, Hour One:Brain Development ]

Chimpanzees and Romans: Why Animals and Humans Make War - Paleopsychologist/mass-behavior specialist Howard Bloom explains the animal instincts that drove the ancient Greeks and Romans to make war.
Meta Description: [ the evolutionary roots of mass murder--an excerpt from The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, by Howard Bloom ]

Daniel J. Kruger: Evolutionary Psychology - This Research Fellow at the University of Michigan provides an online version of his work What is Evolutionary Psychology? published 2002.
Meta Description: [ The Homepage of Daniel J. Kruger, Ph.D. ]

Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man - Information about and from Andrew Brown's book on current debates between the Dawkinsians and the Gouldians over Dawkins' concept of the selfish gene and related matters.

Evolution's Voyage - Evolutionary Psychology For The Common Person. Includes articles, book reviews and reading lists.

Evolutionary analysis of depression. - Presents the niche change model of depression, proposing evolutionary adaptationist functions for minor and major depression to be considered by patients and their families, as well as mental health professionals.

Evolutionary Psychology - Papers on Evolutionary Psychology.

Evolutionary psychology - A comprehensive evolutionary psychology must be able to deal with our future psychological evolution as well as our past. This paper begins the extension of evolutionary psychology to our future evolution.

Evolutionary Psychology - Brief introduction to evolutionary psychology and sociobiology.

Evolutionary Psychology - Provides a concise definition of the field with links to related topics.

Evolutionary Psychology Challenges the Current Social Sciences - This article attempts to describe evolutionary psychology and the challenge it poses to traditional social science, and then discusses opportunities evolutionary psychology opens for Christian apologetics.

Evolutionary Psychology Primer by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby - An invaluable primer written by two of the founders of the field.

Evolutionary Psychology: An Emerging Integrative Perspective within the Science and Practice of Psychology - A article on the theory and implications of this theory by Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair.
Meta Description: [ Evolutionary Psychology (EP) is an emerging integrative approach to the study of Human Nature, founded upon evolutionary biological theory and cognitive science. This article evaluates the theoretical foundations and implications of EP from a Scientist-Practitioner perspective. EP is contrasted w... ]

Film Archive of Human Ethology - Videos and photography of people comparing different cultures.
Meta Description: [ Film, Video und Fotoarchiv zur Verhaltensforschung des Menschen im Kulturvergleich ]

Flight from Science and Reason - Paul Gross and colleagues take issue with what they see as a trend toward irrationalism in science and academia.
Meta Description: [ July 28, 1995, Hour Two:Flight from Science and Reason ]

Frank Sulloway - Audio interview with the visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, author of 'Born to Rebel'.

Frans de Waal - An audio interview with the primatologist and author.

Genetics, Ethics and Theology - Audio resources on genetics, ethics and theology.
Meta Description: [ Interview: Genetics, Ethics and Theology ]

Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution - Written by Charles R. Peters of Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Human Culture, Human Mind - A discussion about the minds of innovators and whether technological advances are a mixed blessing featuring Howard Gardner and Robert Ornstein.
Meta Description: [ December 15, 1995, Hour Two: Human Culture, Human Mind ]

Human Genome Project - Where does the push to sequence the human genome stand, and what's the outlook for the near future? And what will knowing the genome be able to tell us? A genetics update on this hour of Science Friday.
Meta Description: [ June 9, 2000, Hour One: Human Genome Project / Genetics Update ]

Human Origins Update - The recent discovery of 10,000-year-old rock paintings in a Brazilian cave has led scientists to question how early humans populated the Americas and what they did for a living. A discussion with Anna Roosevelt and Richard Klein.
Meta Description: [ May 10, 1996, Hour One:Human Origins Update ]

Identifying the accident prone - Your personality could determine how likely you are to be involved in an accident, say researchers.
Meta Description: [ Your personality could determine how likely you are to be involved in an accident, say researchers. ]

In Search of Human Origins: Classroom Ideas - Lesson Plans Introduce evolution, classify species, and write quizzes about early humans to get a better understanding of human origins.

Inside the Animal Mind - A superb website on animal intelligence.
Meta Description: [ Are animals really intelligent? Can animals feel stress, guilt, and other emotions? Are animals aware of their existence? ]

404 Jack Parsons Home Page - Comprehensive coverage of the scholarly work of the writer, lecturer, consultant on population, development, related social, political, ethical problems.
Meta Description: [ Parsons, Jack (1920-) Home Page ]

Jared Diamond - An audio interview with the author, physiologist, evolutionary biologist and biogeographer.

Koen DePryck - Links to publications on evolutionary advantages of learning disabilities and other items.

Language Gene - NPR interview with Steven Pinker on the discovery of the first gene linked to speech and language.
Meta Description: [ NPR's Joe Palca reports that scientists in England have come across a gene that may help humans talk. By collaborating with researchers in Germany, the scientists found key variations between the gene in humans and in chimpanzees - variations they say could determine the human ability to develop ... ]

Margaret Hagen - Audio interview with an expert on visual perception.

500 MFTSource Theory: Evolutionary Psychology - MFTSource.com Theory Page on Evolutionary Psychology organizes useful clinical resources for working from this framework on a variety of issues and diagnoses.

Monkey Math - What do experiments on mathematical ability in other species say about the fundamentals of math -- and of psychology?
Meta Description: [ Jan. 7, 2000: Hour One: Monkey Math / Moon Matters ]

Nature/Nurture Debate - Audio discussion featuring Dean Hamer.
Meta Description: [ \nGUESTS:\rDean Hamer \nAuthor, Living With Our Genes: Why They Matter More\nThan You Think [Doubleday, 1998] \nMolecular biologist \nChief of Gene Structure and Regulation, National Cancer Institute''s \nLaboratory of Biochemistry, National Institute of Health \r William Wright \nAuthor, Born Th... ]

500 No Nobels, One Failure, a Few Regrets - How did the Genius Sperm-bank Donors Turn Out? - The story of The Repository for Germinal Choice as told by David Plotz in Slate magazine.
Meta Description: [ Slate's "Seed" project is chronicling the history of the Repository for Germinal Choice, the "Nobel Prize sperm bank" founded by millionaire inventor Robert Graham in 1980. We have been searching for the 240-plus children conceived through the bank, their ]

NPR - Focus on Ordinary Behavior - Radio interview with the founder of The Journal of Mundane Behavior.
Meta Description: [ NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on The Journal of Mundane Behavior, a magazine on the Internet, which explores the ordinary. Founder Scott Schaffer got the idea after reading an essay by a fellow sociologist complaining that all the academic journals in the field focus on deviant behavior. ]

Origins of Language - When did we first start talking and how did language evolve over the millenniums into the diverse form of communication it is today? An audio debate.
Meta Description: [ September 8, 1995, Hour Two:Origins of Language ]

Orlando Patterson - Audio interview with the historical sociologist and Professor at Harvard University. He won the 1991 National Book Award for Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, appears regularly in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The New Republic. He also served as special adviser for social policy and development to Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley during the 1970's, was on the faculty at the London School of Economics, and has published three novels.

Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures - How much do our genes determine our behavior? Is there such a thing as genetic destiny? And is evolution merely a biological process, or is it a cultural process as well?
Meta Description: [ October 27, 2000, Hour Two: Paul Ehrlich: Human Natures ]

Pinker on 'The Language Instinct' - NPR audio interview originally broadcast on Fresh Air.
Meta Description: [ 2: STEVEN PINKER, a psycholinguist at MIT and director of its Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, has a new book on how language works: The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Morrow). He argues that language is not simply a cultural invention taught by parents and schools, but a bio... ]

Psychology, Culture, and Evolution - Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics, links to cultural-historical psychology, and links to articles about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.

500 Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses - Replicators are the fundamental units of any process of natural selection. They were first defined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins as any entities of which copies are made. The concept of replicators has diverse applications in a variety of areas, including biology, sociology, linguistics, and philosophy.

Research Group on Evolution and Higher Cognition - Center at Rutgers University provides faculty profiles, information on courses and conferences. Also offers an archive of papers.

Richard Wrangham - Audio interview with the Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. His book 'Demonic Males' popularized ideas he has developed in scholarly research focused on the influence of ecology on the evolution of primate social behavior.

Scientists 'Locate' Intelligence - British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain responsible for intelligence.ˇ=
Meta Description: [ British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain responsible for intelligence. ]

Secrets of the brain - The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series 'Brain Story'.
Meta Description: [ The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series. ]

Sex, Drugs, and Cults - An evolutionary perspective on sex, drugs, cults, religions, and ideologies by H. Keith Henson, including a hair-raising account of the author's encounters with the scientiology cult.
Meta Description: [ In the aggregate, memes constitute human culture. Most are useful. But a whole class of memes (cults, ideologies, etc.) have no obvious replication drivers. Why are some humans highly susceptible to such memes? Evolutionary psychology is required to answer this question. Two major evolved psychol... ]

So you think you're logical? - An online implementation of one of the most famous experiments in social/evolutionary psychology.

Sociobiology and the Meaning of Life - Essay presents an overview of the field of Evolutionary Psychology. Features links to related sites.
Meta Description: [ essay on sociobiology and the meaning of life ]

Stress and Disease - Audio discussion with Robert Sapolsky on the biology of stress.
Meta Description: [ December 22, 1995, Hour One:Stress and Disease ]

Sue Savage-Rumbaugh - Audio conversations with the noted primatologist.

Synaesthesia - Scientists are working to understand just how sensations are experienced and interpreted.
Meta Description: [ July 28, 2000, Hour Two: Synaesthesia / Sense of Touch ]

The Bio-Rational Institute - Articles, references and information about evolutionary influences on human experience.
Meta Description: [ The Bio-Rational Institute website offers original articles, article references, book recommendations, essays and information about the biological, behavioral, genetic and evolutionary influences on the human experience including the areas of personal freedom, mating, health, parenting, and self,... ]

The Dance of Consciousness - In an audio interview, neuroscientist Walter J. Freeman discusses his view that consciousness springs from action.

The Descent of Man - Covers the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's four-part radio series on neo-Darwinism.
Meta Description: [ The Descent of Man ]

The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program - Work by faculty and students at the University of Michigan in the area of evolution and human behavior, including work relevant to Darwinian medicine.

The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology.
Meta Description: [ Frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology ]

The Foundation for Humanity's Adulthood - FHA - Biological explanation of human nature, specifically biological exploration of the human condition, humans' capacity for good and evil.
Meta Description: [ The crux problem on Earth has always been the human condition, our capacity for good and evil. The discovery of its cause is the key to our freedom. ]

The Genetics of Complex Traits - Science Friday discussion on the genetics of complex traits.
Meta Description: [ February 14, 1997, Hour Two:The Genetics of Complex Traits ]

The Great Debate: Evolution, Human Nature and Autonomy - Wwb site of the debate between Sue Scott, Kenan Malik, Rita Carter and Christopher Badcock. There are useful links and contact information.
Meta Description: [ The Great Debate is an umbrella title for a series of courses, day schools, public discussions and workshops on topics including Darwinism, human nature, the human mind, consciousness, development, sustainability and environmental thought. The Great Debate is organised by director and cha... ]

500 The human species: our evolution and future - The human species in ecological perspective. A useful collection of links.

The Imagined World Made Real - Tom Dickins looks at Henry Plotkin's view on the natural science of culture.
Meta Description: [ Human beings like to spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to be a human being. Indeed, this self-absorption could act as a criterion to determine species membership. More often than not efforts in this domain result in statements about how different humans are from other primates and ... ]

The Origin of Language - UsingEnglish.com - Some thoughts on the 'origin of language' debate, and the arguments put forward by Steels and MacWhinney, in contrast to those put forward by Chomsky and Pinker.
Meta Description: [ Some thoughts on the 'origin of language' debate, and the arguments put forward by Steels and MacWhinney, in contrast to those put forward by Chomsky and Pinker. ]

The original 'rock music' - Many Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply be tools but could also be musical instruments.
Meta Description: [ Many Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply be tools but could also be musical instruments. ]

The Role of the Skeptic - A discussion including Eugenie Scott.
Meta Description: [ June 21, 1996, Hour Two:The Role of the Skeptic ]

The Science of Beauty - Nancy Etcoff, Doug Jones and Steve Gangestad discuss the science of beauty.
Meta Description: [ March 3, 1995, Hour Two:The Science of Beauty ]

The Undiscovered Mind - A conversation with John Horgan on his dismissive views of contemporary research.
Meta Description: [ September 24 1999, Hour 2: John Horgan ]

Turning the Tables on the Tabula Rasa By David P. Barash - A detailed commentary on The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker.
Meta Description: [ First, a confession of sorts: For some time now, I’ve been suspicious of anyone who comes to evolution some time after their primary training. After all, to paraphrase Winston Churchill’s observation about the British people and the RAF, never have so many said so much about something they unders... ]

Unlocking the brain's potential - Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows.
Meta Description: [ Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows. ]

What makes a good rumour? - A rumour spread by a small radio station saw UK motorists trying to beat a phantom fuel blockade. What makes a rumour so successful?
Meta Description: [ A rumour spread by a small radio station saw UK motorists trying to beat a phantom fuel blockade. What makes a rumour so successful? ]

When babies 'see' - Babies start to see complex objects in the same way as adults at the age of seven months, according to new research.
Meta Description: [ Babies start to see complex objects in the same way as adults at the age of seven months, according to new research. ]

Women's Choice of Men Goes in Cycles - The BBC reports that women are attracted to more hunky men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle - this may be part of an evolutionary explanation of infidelity.
Meta Description: [ Women are attracted to more hunky men at the most fertile time of their menstrual cycle - this may be part of an evolutionary explanation of infidelity. ]

World From Within - Explores the pathology of modern human language and social-cultural institutions.
Meta Description: [ Explores the evolution and pathology of modern human language and the adaptation of social and cultural institutions ]

Yahoo Groups : Evolutionary-psychology - Discussion group and archive.
Meta Description: [ evolutionary-psychology: Evolutionary Psychology ]