Review
Biology
Alex Mesoudi
Summary: This article discusses two broad versions of human cultural evolution in the literature, one emphasizing cultural selection and the other biased transformation of cultural variants, pointing out that they are not mutually exclusive. Identifying cultural dynamics in real-world cultural data is challenging, but fine-grained historical analysis, experiments, and formal models offer the best way to distinguish them.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Michael Bauer, Mikhail Chernov
Summary: The conditional skewness of Treasury yields is an important indicator of macroeconomic risks, as it can predict future bond excess returns and interest rate changes. These predictions are consistent with the presence of one market participant having incorrect beliefs about consumption growth.
JOURNAL OF FINANCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew Jiwa, Patrick S. Cooper, Trevor T-J. Chong, Stefan Bode
Summary: Confirmation bias contributes to polarized echo-chambers of beliefs. The role of valence on information source selection is poorly understood. Experiment 1 found that source accuracy and positivity impacted participants' choices, with positively-biased information leading to increased belief in winning. Experiment 2 revealed that positively-biased sources were not perceived as more credible. These findings suggest that hedonic preferences play a key role in information selection and subsequent biased belief formation.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
K. Rasek, F. X. Bronold, H. Fehske
Summary: This study investigates the self-consistent ambipolar charge kinetics across a negatively biased semiconducting plasma-solid interface. By calculating and visualizing, the study shows that the current-voltage characteristic is influenced by the electron microphysics of the semiconductor, indicating that the perfect absorber model commonly used for plasma-solid interfaces cannot be maintained for semiconducting interfaces.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Talia Kustin, Adi Stern
Summary: RNA viruses exhibit a trend towards A-rich coding sequences during evolution, mainly influenced by selection pressures, which contribute to the advancement of genome evolution. Research findings suggest that single-stranded RNA viruses undergo selective pressure resulting in the presence of A-rich coding sequences in their genomes.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Review
Biology
Cara L. Evans, Simon J. Greenhill, Joseph Watts, Johann-Mattis List, Carlos A. Botero, Russell D. Gray, Kathryn R. Kirby
Summary: Modern phylogenetic methods are increasingly used in cultural evolution research to uncover historical patterns and evolutionary drivers of cultural traits. Researchers should rely on multiple lines of evidence and consider the different evolutionary histories of cultural traits across space and time for appropriate application. When used correctly, phylogenetic methods can offer valuable insights into broad patterns of human history.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Letter
Psychology, Clinical
Gul Deniz Salali, Mete Sefa Uysal
Summary: The study found that vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 is significant, especially in Turkey. Belief in the natural origin of the novel coronavirus is associated with higher acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. Wider communication of the scientific consensus on the origin of the virus may help address vaccine hesitancy.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cameron G. Ford, Laura G. Kiken, Ilana Haliwa, Natalie J. Shook
Summary: Mindfulness-based interventions are effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety. One possible mechanism for these benefits is a reduction in negatively biased cognition. The reviewed literature suggests that mindfulness is inversely associated with negatively biased cognition, and that this association indirectly reduces depression and anxiety symptoms.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Business
Madeline Werthschulte, Andreas Loeschel
Summary: The study found that participants with present bias are predicted to consume more electricity on average than those with time-consistent discounting. The impact on electricity consumption cannot be predicted by either the true marginal electricity price or the perceived marginal electricity price.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Charlotte O. Brand, Alex Mesoudi, Thomas J. H. Morgan
Summary: Prestige-biased social learning occurs when individuals prefer to learn from prestigious group members. While previous research has confirmed the adaptive use of prestige-bias, the domain-specificity and generality of this bias has not been explicitly addressed experimentally.Results from an online experiment suggest that individuals overwhelmingly prefer domain-specific prestige cues, but also show a preference for domain-general cues when only cross-domain cues are available. This indicates that people may vary in the extent to which they employ domain-specific or domain-general prestige-bias depending on their experience and understanding of different domains.
Article
Biology
G. L. Vale, C. Coughlin, S. F. Brosnan
Summary: Thinking about possibilities is crucial in human decision-making, but its influence on culture has been overlooked. This article proposes that the ability to reason about future possibilities has consequences for cultural change, potentially facilitating cumulative cultural evolution. By considering future costs and benefits, prospective cognition leads to a more flexible use of cultural behavior, even in species with limited planning abilities.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ebiere Okah, Peter F. Cronholm, Brendan Crow, Anitra Persaud, Andrea Westby, Vence L. Bonham
Summary: This study evaluates whether physicians' perspectives on the etiology of racial health differences are associated with their use of race in clinical practice. The results suggest that physicians who attribute racial differences in health to genetics or culture are more likely to use race-based practices. Further research is needed to understand how the belief in genetic or cultural significance of race influences its application in clinical care.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Danijela Vuletic Cugalj
Summary: This study investigates the persistent demand for postdoctoral training in science and whether biased beliefs contribute to it. Through a survey and field experiment, the study reveals that respondents have overly optimistic beliefs about their own and their peers' chances of obtaining a tenure track faculty position. The provision of historical placement information has an effect on respondents' beliefs about their own likelihood of obtaining a faculty position, particularly for those who initially held the most biased beliefs. However, there is no effect on the likelihood of doing a post-doc at four years post-intervention.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Sacha Altay, Yoshimasa Majima, Hugo Mercier
Summary: Research shows that people are more likely to share beliefs that make others happy to display their kindness. Sharing happy beliefs can spread because it allows the sender to signal goodwill.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Charalampos Chrysovalantis Galouzis, Benjamin Prud'homme
Summary: Sexual dimorphism in animals is a result of sex-biased gene expression patterns controlled by genetic sex determination. The study shows that male-biased wing expression of the Drosophila gene yellow is independent of sex determination hierarchy and involves a process called transvection. This transvection-dependent enhancer silencing is mediated by the yellow intron and chromatin architecture protein Mod(mdg4), potentially contributing to sex-biased expression of X-linked genes.
Editorial Material
Psychology, Biological
Joshua M. Tybur, Carlos David Navarrete
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES
(2015)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Melissa M. McDonald, M. Brent Donnellan, Joseph Cesario, Carlos David Navarrete
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2015)
Article
Neurosciences
Tanaz Molapour, Armita Golkar, Carlos David Navarrete, Jan Haaker, Andreas Olsson
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Michelle L. Lute, Carlos David Navarrete, Michael Paul Nelson, Meredith L. Gore
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Colin Holbrook, Daniel M. T. Fessler, Carlos David Navarrete
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2016)
Article
Neurosciences
Sylvia S. Fong, Carlos David Navarrete, Sean E. Perfecto, Andrew R. Carr, Elvira E. Jimenez, Mario F. Mendez
SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2017)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Melissa M. McDonald, Andrew M. Defever, Carlos David Navarrete
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2017)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Carlos David Navarrete, Melissa M. McDonald, Benjamin D. Asher, Norbert L. Kerr, Kunihiro Yokota, Andreas Olsson, Jim Sidanius
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2012)
Article
Biology
Melissa M. McDonald, Carlos David Navarrete, Mark Van Vugt
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2012)
Book Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
C. David Navarrete
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2018)
Article
Psychology, Social
John S. Kubinski, C. David Navarrete, Peter K. Jonason
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2018)
Article
Psychology, Social
Joseph Cesario, Carlos David Navarrete
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE
(2014)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
C. David Navarrete, Melissa M. McDonald, Michael L. Mott, Benjamin Asher
Article
Psychology, Social
Melissa M. McDonald, M. Brent Donnellan, Carlos David Navarrete
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2012)