First article in TICS led by excellent YES Lab member and graduate student @avamadesousa.bsky.social Commentary on a recent cross-cultural work on conceptual representation of social relationships by @bruceyinwang.bsky.social kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

How does the human mind understand social relationships? This paper by Wang et al. discovers a universal conceptual structure across modern and ancient cultures, with five major dimensions and three core categories. https://www.nature.c...

Our human relationship project has been published in Nature Human Behavior nature.com/articles/s41.... Freely download rdcu.be/edpa2. We also wrote a behind-the-paper blog communities.springernature.com/posts/mappin.... Thanks to all co-authors & helpful editorial team @naturehumbehav.bsky.social

This research was a massive effort, in which I played only a small supporting role (though delighted for the chance to do so!). The leaders were Xi Cheng, @hpopal-brain.bsky.social (who also has fMRI data on this topic!), and Huanqing Wang, with @bruceyinwang.bsky.social shepherding the team.

It’s out! Our article in Nature Human Behavior led by Yin Wang on the conceptual structure of human relationships across cultures and time. This work is breathtaking nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...