– by Cari Pick For many people worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic created an evolutionarily novel set of pressures: extended social isolation as 57% of the world’s population was confined to full or partial lockdown measures. How would these pressures reshape our social lives? Did the social distancing affect our fundamental social motives: the suites of […]
– by Lei Fan Most people would rather touch flowers than wet rags, eat fresh foods than rotten ones, and drink water from one’s own bottle than from a stranger’s. These preferences seem to have straightforward functions: they protect us from the microbes that cause infectious diseases. Researchers suggest that we humans – like many […]
– by Xijing Wang Although there is a common saying that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, good-looking people still attract the public’s attention easily and are more favored by people across different social domains. For instance, it is not surprising that in the dating market, physical attractiveness is advantageous for both men […]
by Anastasia Makhanova The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected people’s psychology and behavior. At the grocery store, for example, people might avoid busy aisles. If a stranger is coughing, people may preemptively step away and walk in another direction. People may altogether avoid grocery stores—and the store’s other patrons—and order grocery delivery to their door. […]
HBES 2022 was a success! Many thanks to: Our hosting platform: ohyay The hosting committee: Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair (Chair), Norman Li, Jaroslava Varella Valentova The program committee: Bernhard Fink (Chair), Kelly Asao, Khandis Blake, Michelle Escasa-Dorne, Katrin Schaefer, Joseph Manson, Joshua Tybur The volunteers: Tara DeLecce, Tiffany Lussier, Saeed Rezvani-Nejad, Per Helge Haakstad Larsen, […]
by Aaron Sell In early July 2004, the lead singer of Misfits – Glenn Anzalone (better known as Danzig) got into an argument with a fellow musician Danny Marianino backstage after a concert. After some aggressive words, Danzig pushed Danny back. It is important to know that Danzig was widely known for his aggressive and […]
by Neil Caton, Samuel Pearson, & Barnaby Dixon The presence of dedicated pre-registered replication submissions in peer-reviewed journals is important for maintaining and improving the self-correcting tendency of the scientific enterprise. Replications inform us when we have (un)knowingly been led astray, and given the alarmingly high rates of false positives found in psychology to date, […]
by Mitch Brown, Donald Sacco, Nicole Barbaro, and Kelsey M. Drea In early 2021, the common professional wrestling trope of the “stable,” a group of wrestlers with a common goal of dominance within a wrestling promotion, returned to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) with William Regal allying with Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley. These scripted alliances […]
by Bastian Jaeger In his autobiography, Charles Darwin recounts the time he approached the captain of the HMS Beagle. Darwin was keen on joining the crew on an upcoming trip around the world as the expedition’s naturalist, but he needed the captain’s approval. Despite recommendations by friends, the captain was reluctant at first. He thought […]