Archivo de Tags ‘evolutionary psychology’

New study demonstrates human cognitive system that evolved to solve moral dilemas

Lunes, 7 Noviembre, 2022 |
Researchers Ricardo Guzmán (CICS) and Leda Cosmides (UC Santa Barbara) presented first evidence of a human system designed to make trade-offs between competing moral values in decision ...


[FullCICS] Understanding human behavior from a functional perspective

Miércoles, 1 Julio, 2020 |
Interdiscipline is the central axis for the work at the Research Center in Social Complexity (CICS) of the Faculty of Government, UDD. In this sense, its institutional ...


Strong presence of CICS researchers and DCCS students in the 31st version of the HBES 2019 Congress in Boston

Miércoles, 5 Junio, 2019 |
Presentations covered topics as diverse as the role of social joy in evolution, elicitation jealousy in the laboratory, demographic processes and adherence to social norms; and the ...


Isabel Behncke and her visit to the Congo: “It helped me a lot to have tolerance for uncertainty”

Viernes, 17 Mayo, 2019 |
With a full space with more than 100 people, Isabel Behncke, primatologist, PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and collaborating researcher at the Research ...


The effects demographic transition has on the social network, is the topic addressed by CICS researcher, Tamas David-Barrett, in his most recent paper

Martes, 26 Febrero, 2019 |
Why falling fertility, urbanisation, and migration leads to a major shift in the way our societies work.  Consequence: the traditional way of norms being enforced by close-knit ...


Researchers award funds for projects in neuroscience, evolutionary psychology and child welfare

Viernes, 19 Enero, 2018 |
Two Fondecyt were granted to researchers associated with our Center: "Modulation of proactive cognitive control through prefrontal oscillatory training", led by Pablo Billeke, and "Jealousy as an ...


Director of CICS awarded as co-researcher in FONDECYT project

Lunes, 10 Abril, 2017 |
Carlos Rodríguez-Sickert, Director of our center, will be a co-researcher on the FONDECYT project titled An evolutionary explanation to elucidate the common psychological root between cooperation and aggressiveness: The ...


“Evolutionary Psychology and the Design of Human Reasoning”. Leda Cosmides’s CICS Lecture

Domingo, 10 Agosto, 2014 |
CONFIRM YOUR ASSISTANCE HERE Leda Cosmides is currently Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California (UCBS), also founder and co ...