The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
(PHEIC) in January 2020. As of November 2020, over 54 million cases and over 1 million …

460 BUSS evolved solutions to the adaptive problems our species has faced over millions of
years. Because personality psychology is dedicated to studying human nature in all of its …

We propose a Survival Optimization System (SOS) to account for the strategies that humans
and other animals use to defend against recurring and novel threats. The SOS attempts to …

Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior
in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in
contemporary cognitive psychology known as" Theory of Mind" and discusses its …

In our response to the 28 (largely positive) commentaries from an esteemed collection of
researchers, we (1) consolidate additional evidence, extensions, and amplifications offered …

How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are
families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this …

The Shape of Thought: How Mental Adaptations Evolve presents a road map for an
evolutionary psychology of the twenty-first century. It brings together theory from biology and …

Evolutionary psychology has emerged over the past 15 years as a major theoretical
perspective, generating an increasing volume of empirical studies and assuming a larger …