SBSI seminar Friday, January 18th 1:30pm – 3:00pm Claudia Cohen Hall, Room 402 Reception to follow Joseph Henrich Professor and Chair, Human Evolutionary Biology Department Harvard University W.E.I.R.D.: How Westerners became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous An accumulating body of evidence now reveals not only substantial global variation along several important […]
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Karolina Lempert Department of Psychology University of Pennsylvania Beyond dual systems: toward a more sophisticated understanding of intertemporal choice From deciding whether to wait in line at the store to deciding whether to pursue a PhD, many of the choices we make are intertemporal; that is, they involve consequences that unfold over time. […]
Natalia Komarova Chancellor’s Professor University of California, Irvine Mathematical methods in evolutionary dynamics Evolutionary dynamics permeates life and life-like systems. Mathematical methods can be used to study evolutionary processes, such as selection, mutation, and drift, and to make sense of many phenomena in life sciences. Stochastic analysis is an emerging tool to understand […]
Alecia Carter Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution Université de Montpellier, France Why don’t baboons have culture? Location: Tedori Family Auditorium, Levin Building lower level
MindCORE & CURF Present: Growing Up in Science Have you ever wondered what your professor struggled with as a student? Or what challenges your advisor faced before getting their PhD? “Growing up in Science” is a conversation-style event series about becoming and being a scientist. Faculty share their stories with a focus on the unspoken challenges […]