Winter 2010 – “Culture, Evolution and the Brain”
Co-Sponsored with EHAP/Organized by Shinobu Kitayama, Randolph Nesse, Beverly Strassman and Carolyn Yoon
Patricia Greenfield
Mirror Neurons: The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Cultural Processes
January 11, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Henry Harpending
The Great Divide-The Big Picture
January 25, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Laurie R. Santos
The Evolution of Irrationality: Insights From Non-Human Primates
February 01, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Bruce E. Wexler
Biological Foundations of Cultural Evolution
February 08, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Shinobu Kitayama
Ethos of Independence Across Regions in the US: The Production-Adoption Model of Cultural Change
February 15, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Mark Thomas
Demography and the Origins of Modern Human Behavior
February 22, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Richard Sosis
Religious Ritual and Coping with Uncertainty
March 08, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Lee Cronk
Social Norms and Social Behavior: Experimental Results from Kenya and the US
March 15, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Me, Myself and You: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Admiration and Compassion Across Cultures
March 22, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
James K. Rilling
Comparative Higher Primate Neuroimaging: Insights Into the Evolution of the Human Brain and Mind
March 29, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Beverly Strassmann
Sex, Religion, and the Genetics of Culture
April 05, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Scott Atran
Listen to the Devil
April 12, 2010
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
