Josh Ackerman
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University of Michigan evolutionary social psychologist
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Benjamin Zubaly
23 days ago
Coverage of our recent study about disgust and religiosity (work with
@karbeau.bsky.social
and Jaime Palmer-Hague) by
@psypost.bsky.social
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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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Human Behavior & Evolution Society
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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
3 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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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"...
7 months ago
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UM_EHAP
7 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
10 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
8 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.
umehap.bsky.social
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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
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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
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