So goes the chorus of Tom Paxton's charming folk song, The Marvelous Toy. The song
opens with a young boy's father coming home one night with a new toy. It was a wonder to …

Several months ago one of our graduate students... asked if I knew anything about the
impact of Darwin's theory of evolution on cognitive psychology. 1... suggested that he talk to …

Abstract Reviews the book, Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne (2009). In this book the
author undertakes a daunting task: to provide a thorough yet concise and readable account …

Geary (this volume) has provided us with a plethora of data about the evolution of brain-
cognition relations, approaching a précis of his excellent book on the topic (Geary, 2005) …

Abstract This essay discusses Cecilia Heyes' groundbreaking new book Cognitive Gadgets:
The Cultural Evolution of Thinking. Heyes' point of departure is the claim that current …

Appropriate as a textbook for graduate courses, The Evolution and Function of Cognition
provides a systematic and progressively inclusive integration of the facts and principles of …

Over the past few years, a discipline known as evolutionary psychology (EP) has become
increasingly prominent in the public imagination. Promoted by such popular and …

For many years after I decided to become a psychologist I was frustrated by my chosen field,
and fantasized about a day when it would satisfy the curiosity that first led me to devote my …

Lloyd and Feldman's (this issue) continuing commentary on our recent target article and
rejoinder (Ellis & Ketelaar, 2000; Ketelaar & Ellis, 2000) focuses on two overarching issues …

There is a close coincidence in time between the appearance of psychology as a science
and the rise of evolutionary theory. The first laboratory of experimental psychology was …