Josh Ackerman
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University of Michigan evolutionary social psychologist
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Josh Ackerman
UM_EHAP
1 day ago
The video from the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye award ceremony is now up! See Ed Hagen's award acceptance and lecture here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDI...
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Evolution in the Public Eye | Professor Edward Hagen | The Evolution of "Recreational" Drug Use
YouTube video by UofM Psychology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDI7O-msmE
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Josh Ackerman
UM_EHAP
24 days ago
If you’re in Ann Arbor on Oct 24th, come out to the library for the first Evolution in the Public Eye award address featuring Ed Hagen. Refreshments provided!
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Josh Ackerman
UM_EHAP
about 1 month ago
Very excited to announce the inaugural Evolution in the Public Eye Award Ceremony and Lecture. Our first winner, Ed Hagen, will be speaking about "The Evolution of 'Recreational' Drug Use" on Oct. 24 @ 5:30pm at the Ann Arbor District Library. More info:
sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/evoluti...
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Benjamin Zubaly
2 months ago
Coverage of our recent study about disgust and religiosity (work with
@karbeau.bsky.social
and Jaime Palmer-Hague) by
@psypost.bsky.social
. Check it out!
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Religiosity may function as a mating strategy shaped by disease avoidance psychology
Researchers have uncovered evidence that links disease-avoidance motives to religiosity. Rather than tradition or ethnocentrism, the findings point to sexual conservatism—specifically, a preference fo...
https://www.psypost.org/religiosity-may-function-as-a-mating-strategy-shaped-by-disease-avoidance-psychology/
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Josh Ackerman
Human Behavior & Evolution Society
3 months ago
Postdoc Opening | University of Arizona The SPECIEs Lab is hiring a 3-year postdoc. Focus: interdependence, cooperation, fieldwork w/ the Mayangna (Nicaragua), cross-cultural surveys, experiments. đź”—
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Postdoc focusing on interdependence and cooperation - University of Arizona - HBES
Dear colleagues, I wanted to circulate an opening for a postdoctoral position, and would like to kindly ask that you share this opportunity with grad students who may be interested in working with me…
https://www.hbes.com/postdoc-focusing-on-interdependence-and-cooperation-university-of-arizona/
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Benjamin Zubaly
5 months ago
A new piece in
@psypost.bsky.social
on our recent study published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. Check it out!
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https://www.psypost.org/fathers-with-more-dominant-looking-faces-are-more-likely-to-have-sons/
https://t.co/e7yThyN9hc
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Do you think you can tell if someone is sick with a contagious disease? What sensory information do people think is useful for detecting sickness in others — and is this universal across cultures? Our team of 115 researchers surveyed over 19,000 people in 58 countries. Here's what we found 👇
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This project was one of the first that Wilson proposed in grad school, and I think is a testament to his insight and perseverance (not to mention being a fine piece of work!).
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6 months ago
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Lots of lab member content at
#SPSP2025
! Posters from
@kaelynsabree.bsky.social
on "Ecology-driven Stereotypes," Savannah Adams on "Moral Judgments of Concealers of Infectious Illness," and Nicole Li on "Cultural Variations in Emotion Regulation through the Body: the Role of Cognitive Styles"...
9 months ago
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Josh Ackerman
UM_EHAP
9 months ago
Join EHAP tomorrow for our inaugural 2025 speaker - Manvir Singh. Looking forward to kicking off the series this year with a fantastic guest.
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Diego Guevara Beltran
11 months ago
Starter pack for evolutionary behavioral science! I know I am missing many ppl working in this area. Please add yourself and your colleagues!
go.bsky.app/Rt4Kh26
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Randolph Nesse
9 months ago
The chaos from Washington in the last week has made travel planning impossible for many scientists, so the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health meeting is allowing submission of talk abstracts until Feb 28. đź§Ş
#EvMed
@evmed.bsky.social
@evmed.bsky.social
evmed.org
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We’re transitioning the University of Michigan EHAP account to Bluesky! Follow if you’re interested in evolution and behavior, and stay tuned for an announcement about our Winter speaker series.
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UM_EHAP (@umehap.bsky.social)
Evolution and Human Adaptation Program at The University of Michigan | sites.lsa.umich.edu/ehap/
https://umehap.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Feeling a bit ingroupy these days? A little open to extreme punishments for certain crimes? A little down on sibling incest? Maybe living near family (or seeing them at the holidays) is shaping your psychology. New paper on the ecology of relatedness:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
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APA PsycNet
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-44748-001
12 months ago
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