I’ve mentioned my undergraduate research in sex differences in cognition several times, and I don’t mind saying I’m pretty proud…
Category Evolutionary Psychology
Much like deniers of climate change, evolutionary psychology denialists rehash tired old arguments which have been effectively dispatched over and over again. For example, read the short rebuttal from the Center for Evolutionary Psychology (CEP) here, or read a fascinating 1996 exchange between Steven Pinker et al. versus Stephen Jay Gould here (pdf).
Back on December 13th I asked readers to submit questions and promised to answer at least the top five (by votes). I…
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging field, and one of my principle research interests. Evolutionary medicine helps explain many ailments and…
What’s the one thing a scientist absolutely has to have? Mr. Buhl, my high school biology teacher once asked the…
12/12/14 UPDATE Updated & expanded version of this essay is now online here. My response to Watson’s indirect reply to…
On the face of it, the job of evolutionary psychology seems impossible: to elucidate on the evolutionary history of brains…
During much of my higher education, I haven’t enjoyed the small-talk question acquaintances invariably ask: what’s your major? Until last…