Adaptive education: Learning and remembering with a stone-age brain
JS Nairne - Educational Psychology Review, 2022 - Springer
Educators generally accept that basic learning and memory processes are a product of
evolution, guided by natural selection. Less well accepted is the idea that ancestral selection …
evolution, guided by natural selection. Less well accepted is the idea that ancestral selection …
Disgust as a basic, sexual, and moral emotion
S Söylemez, A Kapucu - Cognitive Processing, 2024 - Springer
Disgust is a basic emotion that increases the organism's survival success by preventing the
transfer of pathogens. In this regard, it directs cognitive processes and motivates avoidance …
transfer of pathogens. In this regard, it directs cognitive processes and motivates avoidance …
[HTML][HTML] Same but different: The influence of context framing on subjective disgust, eye movements and pupillary responses
The adaptive value of disgust has been associated with situations of threat to our survival.
This study explored this topic using eye-tracking, which provides an objective measurement …
This study explored this topic using eye-tracking, which provides an objective measurement …
Previous experiences and regularity of occurrence in evolutionary time affect the recall of ancestral and modern diseases
Human beings have an adaptive memory that adjusts to different threats in the environment;
however, we know little about the factors that modulate this plasticity in memory. Using …
however, we know little about the factors that modulate this plasticity in memory. Using …
The impact of disgust learning on memory processes for neutral stimuli: a classical conditioning approach
S Söylemez, A Kapucu - Cognition and Emotion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Disgust is a basic emotion that promotes pathogen avoidance and can contaminate nearby
neutral stimuli. This study investigates how neutral stimuli, which have acquired disgust …
neutral stimuli. This study investigates how neutral stimuli, which have acquired disgust …
The contamination effect on recognition memory: adding evidence of an adaptive mnemonic tuning
Previous research has revealed enhanced free recall for neutral items previously associated
with disease-causing agents, compared to when they are associated with neutral …
with disease-causing agents, compared to when they are associated with neutral …
Why are we Afraid of Holes? A Brief Review of Trypophobia Through an Adaptationist Lens
The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview of trypophobia, or in other words the fear
of" clusters of holes". The first peer-reviewed paper on this curious phenomenon only …
of" clusters of holes". The first peer-reviewed paper on this curious phenomenon only …
Evolutionary Cognitive Enhancement: Stimulating Whole-Body Problem-Solving Capacities
F Malaei - Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2024 - Springer
This article argues that understanding the primary functions of cognitive processes in our
evolutionary past can help to develop effective cognitive enhancement methods. The …
evolutionary past can help to develop effective cognitive enhancement methods. The …
Pseudo-contamination and memory: is there a memory advantage for objects touched by “morphologically deviant people”?
Memory plays an important role in the behavioral immune system (BIS; Schaller in The
Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (2nd Edition), Vol. 1,(pp. 206-224). New York: Wiley,) …
Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (2nd Edition), Vol. 1,(pp. 206-224). New York: Wiley,) …
COVID-19 and memory: A novel contamination effect in memory
The Behavioral Immune System (BIS, Schaller & Park, 2011) is a defense system whose
function is to protect against pathogen exposure. Memory is an important component of this …
function is to protect against pathogen exposure. Memory is an important component of this …