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Grammer takes a perspective rooted in evolutionary theory. This means he tries to understand our modern-day traits and preferences by considering the pressures—such as the need to find a good mate or quickly detect a dangerous foe—that have shaped our ancestors over the millennia. Deception is a topic that interests ethologists like Grammer. Just l

dogs ranked highest in obedience or working intelligence, we find that 190 of the 199 judges ranked the Border Collie in the top ten. There

So-called lower creatures enjoy freedom from psychological fear. When a cheetah attacks a gazelle, it panics and fights for its life. But if no predator is present, the gazelle leads an untroubled life, so far as we know. We humans, however, suffer terribly in our inner world, and this suffering gets translated into physical problems. The stakes ar

Sam Barondes’ book Making Sense of People

Tajfel découvrit que ses sujets affichaient une nette préférence pour les membres de leur propre groupe, refusant d’adopter une stratégie de distribution égalitaire, et récompensant de manière disproportionnée ceux à qui ils s’identifiaient désormais. D’autres chercheurs ont réparti des individus dans différents groupes selon des stratégies encore

personal moral dilemma,

Regardless of how exactly one generates theories of other people's minds, it's clear that these theories profoundly affect moral decisions. Look, for example, at the ultimatum game, a staple of experimental economics. The rules of the game are simple, if a little bit unfair: an experimenter pairs two people together, and hands one of them ten dolla

grooming time, group size and brain size should all correlate with each other: