So, too, did the human brain. Evolutionary psychology is the study of the ways in which the mind was shaped by pressures to survive and reproduce. Findings in this field often shed light on ...

Evolutionary psychologist Robert Wright explains what happens inside your brain when you sit to meditate and how it can change your perception of the outside world. Wright is the author of "Why ...

Tooby and Cosmides, “The Psychological Foundations of Culture,” in Jerome H. Barkow, Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture (New York, NY ...

3. Evolutionary Psychology: Surviving Better as a Team: From an evolutionary perspective, pairing with someone different can be a survival strategy. In ancient times, a couple with complementary ...

Anyone who has a dog as a pet knows that sometimes when they're fast asleep on the couch or plopped right next to you, they ...

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This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. Principles of evolutionary psychology. The nature and limitations of the human brain as an ...