Very happy to announce a new publication in Psych Review: Levels of Analysis & Explanatory Progress in Psychology: Integrating Frameworks from Biology & Cognitive Science for a More Comprehensive Science of the Mind shorturl.at/wIU14 Pls consider RTing for spread. Thanks!

Interested in emotions, evolution, & mental health? If so, here's a (freely accessible) public talk I delivered to the World Psychiatric Association: youtube.com/watch?v=ij5EfE…

In a new publication (led by Renae Marshall), we found that "bundling" climate policies with other policies did not help -- and in some cases hurt -- their popularity & voter support. More info here: x.com/matthewgburges… W/Dr. Sarah Anderson & Matt Burgess & L Van Boven.

"Neurochemical mind control is not just the stuff of science fiction. It’s a successful strategy that some parasites have turned into a finely tuned art." nautil.us/the-wizards-of…

"Evidence of cancerous tumors in dinosaur fossils from Jurassic period" "Give fever-suppressing drugs to infected rabbits...they're more likely to die." "Parasites that cause African sleeping sickness change their disguises to trick our immune systems " shorturl.at/dovF5

Interesting section here - how are hypotheses about mechanisms in evolutionary psychology tested? “Usually, the way one tests a hypothesis about the evolved function of a cognitive system or behavior is by testing the proximate predictions that the hypothesis yields. In other

Laith Al-Shawaf ليث الشواف in Rabat UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University w/ Ed Seabright & Sarah Alami | سارة علمي and the FGSES crew. Good times and great behavioral science.

I'm delighted to announce a new book coming out this month: The Oxford Handbook of Evolution & the Emotions (TOHEE)! t.ly/YKFyF This book took several years and a whole LOT of teamwork to put together. It's an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural effort. 👇🧵

Come work with us! Looking for a 👉PhD student interested in finding out what makes human cognition special, studying symbolic thought, compositionality, behaviour &🧠Paul Muhle-Karbe Sarah Beck School of Psychology, University of Birmingham The Centre for Human Brain Health Lab meetings in 🌳👇 reach out by 24/5 more in🧵Please RT! 1/n

The term "genius" is often used loosely, but not in this case. John Tooby was a true genius. There's less light in the world now that he's gone, less clarity. But he illuminated so much, and his cascading effect on human understanding will continue. A fractional peek at his

Kaitlyn White and I collaborated on a rebuttal to münecat’s video “debunking” evolutionary psychology. Hopefully this helps set the record straight! open.substack.com/pub/eliasaceve…

I'm grateful and flattered to have won two awards this year -- an Outstanding Research Award from the University of Colorado and the HBES Early Career Award. It's a treat and an honor to be part of this group of excellent scholars from around the world. Congratulations to my

If you stop to watch one thing today, let this be it.

Mind control is not just the stuff of science fiction. It’s a successful strategy that some parasites have turned into a finely tuned art. Laith Al-Shawaf ليث الشواف explains: nautil.us/the-wizards-of…

Why do people believe in things like psychics, mediums, and astral traveling? And what are the festivals devoted to these things like? I went "undercover" to a psychic-medium-chakra-astral projection-energy healing festival to try to find out. Here's what I found: