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(Implicitly) found further support for the Paris School of cultural evolution from the father of memetics himself — his signature is low fidelity across copies Olivier Morin dan sperber @dansperber.bsky.social

Bonus EP OUT! Tanay Katiyar & Jay Richardson reflect on the journey of Cognitations so far PLUS We have some new members joining the Cognitations family as hosts, so that we can bring more episodes to you.. A 🧵 of updates + introductions open.spotify.com/episode/759hVh…

🚨New preprint 🚨 **A computational model of reward learning and habits on social media** 🧵 We develop a computational reward learning model of real-world social media data, which infers the separate goal-directed and habitual cognitive processes driving posting...

#AnthropologyTwitter How bored are individuals (esp children + teens) in contemporary small-scale populations? Is there good prior work/ethnographies? Does anyone have anecdotes/observations from their field sites? @kristensyme Ed Hagen Dorsa Amir sheina lew-levy Will

The thing that was admirable about Charles Darwin is not simply that he was right about natural selection, it was the methodology and care with which he approached the investigation. He made extensive and careful cross-species and cross-cultural comparisons. The comparative

Facial tattoos and decorations are a little known aspect of 17th century England. In 1653 John Bulwer tried to systematically document bodily decoration and how English fashions were influenced by New World societies. In "Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d: Or, the

Couldn't recommend this group more -- Adrian is absolutely brilliant

Successful evolutionary psychiatry trainee event with first ever role play in Cambridge today ⁦Derek Tracy⁩ ⁦Henry O'Connell⁩ ⁦Gurjot Brar⁩ ⁦Reem Abed⁩

New Evolving Psychiatry Episode! Relax over the weekend with the dulcet tones of Marco Del Giudice going deep on life history strategies and the evolution of individual differences & disorders! Intensity levels captured nicely in this screenshot. youtu.be/H_dTYnM3-sU

🎙️Season Opener EP OUT! Ever wondered what animals are really thinking? How do scientists uncover the secrets of their minds? Jay chats with Jacob Beck about the fascinating world of animal smarts and the methods used to study them. Don’t miss it! shorturl.at/PYBHb

"Screen time could mean a lot of things for different people. So it's analogous to asking the question for instance what is the effect of Life on mental health." -Tanay Katiyar Adam Hunt youtube.com/watch?v=aQkk8d…

New paper🎉 just published🎉 in Biological Reviews 🎉 We propose a new gold standard to avoid “just-so” storytelling in evolutionary inference & apply it to autism. It’s been 9 years (!!) in the making.

Tune into The Cognitations Podcast interview where Amy Orben unpacks the current understanding of social media’s impact on mental health, discusses some of her team's research, and suggests what parents can do in this uncertain landscape: tinyurl.com/4xcczc4n

One of the best cog sci podcasts (The Cognitations Podcast) recently had a superb interview (conducted by Tanay Katiyar) with Amy Orban: "Wish there was a position in this debate where you could be a scientist that doesn't compromise... I see my job as representing the data & the science"

less discussed thoughts about tech use by young people: 1/ what if the activities competing with screen time are the dubious ones? Your teen texting friends at a family party instead of chatting with your adult friends isn't truly a tech problem. In reality, it's more

New podcast episode out now! A special episode chatting with Randy Nesse about his journey building evolutionary medicine and psychiatry, and where we are going. Stories from the father of the field which will be fascinating to many! (also on Spotify etc.)youtu.be/VG1vSc3vjlg

🎙️ EP #16 Two people can hear different things when listening to the same sound (see 🧵): how does our auditory system really work? Cindy & Marius Mercier discuss this and much more with Daniel Pressnitzer open.spotify.com/episode/4DFQ2r…