Research Articles
Why Human Evolution Should Be Essential Learning for Every Health Professional
Discover why understanding human evolution is crucial for medicine and psychology students to diagnose, treat, and prevent modern diseases.
The Mind-Reading Machine: How Our Social Brains Became Fortune Tellers
Explore how the evolution of social predictive brains transformed humans into master forecasters of social interactions through theory of mind and cognitive development.
The Peaceful Pen: How Writing Can Heal Our Deepest Divides
Explore how reflective writing can help bridge philosophical and religious divides by calming our brain's threat response to conflicting beliefs.
Evolution is Everywhere: How a Simple Biological Idea Explains Our Entire World
Explore how evolutionary theory extends beyond biology to explain human behavior, culture, and society through engaging experiments and data visualizations.
Unlocking Behavior: How Genetics is Rewriting the Rules of Human Nature
Discover how behavior genetics is revolutionizing our understanding of human nature through groundbreaking research on genetic and environmental influences.
The First 60 Seconds: The Hidden Science of a Powerful Opening
Explore the cognitive science behind effective introductory remarks and how the first 60 seconds determine communication success.
The Learning Instinct: How Evolution Pre-Programmed Your Brain for Survival
Explore how evolution has shaped our learning capabilities through adaptive specializations, from taste aversions to fear responses.
The Battle of the Sexes: What Evolution Really Says About Men and Women
Exploring the evolutionary roots of human sex differences and separating scientific facts from common misconceptions.
The Science of Book Reviews: Why Your Brain Loves a Good Critique
Explore the fascinating science behind book reviews - from psychology and neuroscience to what makes critiques compelling and persuasive.
The Original Sin of Cognitive Science: Why Even Smart People Defend Irrational Beliefs
Exploring identity-protective cognition - the unconscious bias that makes us defend our tribe's beliefs against threatening evidence, regardless of intelligence or education.