Pride, shame, and guilt color our highest and lowest personal moments. Recent evidence
suggests that these self-conscious emotions are neurocognitive adaptations crafted by …

Past research has shown the psychological benefits of gratitude on youth. While ample
evidence links gratitude to improved mental health and well-being in the literature, research …

College is filled with opportunity, challenge and growth–as students expand their
relationships and social capital, make formative life decisions, and overcome stress to …

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 …

Behavioral-immune-system research has illuminated how people detect and avoid signs of
infectious disease. But how do we regulate exposure to pathogens that produce no …

In engineering, form follows function. It is therefore difficult to understand an engineered
object if one does not examine it in light of its function. Just as understanding the structure of …

What is the trigger of shame? The information threat theory holds that shame is an evolved
adaptation that is designed to limit the likelihood and costs of others forming negative beliefs …

Trust-based interactions with robots are increasingly common in the marketplace,
workplace, on the road, and in the home. However, a valid concern is that people may not …

Social emotions are hypothesized to be adaptations designed by selection to solve adaptive
problems pertaining to social valuation—the disposition to attend to, associate with, and aid …

Archaeological evidence suggests that important shifts were taking place in the character of
human social behaviours 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. New artefact types appear and are …