Tag: human behavior
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Janet Gibson, Grinnell College – Humor and Human Behavior
On Grinnell College Week: How important is a sense of humor? Janet Gibson, professor of psychology, explores how laughing can make a big impact on your psychological wellbeing. My main focus of research is on implicit memory, the influence of past experience that facilitates or biases current performance in the absence of conscious recollection. I…
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Patrick Forber, Tufts University – Evolution of Spite
Evolutionary theorists, by contrast, are studying what might be viewed as the brighter side of spite, and the role it may have played in the origin of admirable traits like a cooperative spirit and a sense of fair play – New York Times, March 31st 2014. Dr. Patrick Forber, associate professor of philosophy in the…