Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

Previous research has shown that victims display characteristic body language, specifically
in their walking style (Grayson & Stein, 1981). Individuals scoring higher on the …

It is adaptive to remember animates, particularly animate agents, because they play an
important role in survival and reproduction. Yet, surprisingly, the role of animacy in …

Adults tend to attribute agency and intention to the causes of negative outcomes, even if
those causes are obviously mechanical. Is this over-attribution of negative agency the result …

Although psychopathic traits have long been associated with predation and violence, it is
unclear how individuals high in psychopathic traits choose victims. Victim selection and …

This research examined the role of psychopathic traits in perceptions of victimization and
vulnerability. Community-member participants viewed video clips of victims, nonvictims, and …

As with any criminal behavior, the causes of intimate partner sexual coercion are likely
complex and multifaceted. This chapter focuses exclusively on the characteristics and …

Studies on early sociomoral cognition typically require infants to make sense of actions of
two or more agents across events. We examined under what conditions infants are likely to …

采用学习-测验两任务范式, 通过3 项实验探讨了社会行为的效价信息对注意捕获的影响.
在学习阶段, 被试观看具有积极效价的帮助行为(某智能体帮助另一智能体爬山) …

This chapter presents a series of studies describing the social perception of helping and
hindering—an ability that likely is integral to the maintenance of cooperative interactions …