Tag: Examined Lives

December 19th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: The Work and Legacy of Daniel Dennett (Session 51)

In the 51st session of Examined Lives, Andy Norman will lead an exploration of the work of the late Daniel Dennett

November 21st, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Siblings (Session 50)

Diane Sunar leads a discussion about sibling relationships.

October 17th, 2024 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Gossip (Session 49)

Gossip, often seen as trivial or negative, may have played a critical role in human survival and social cohesion.

September 26th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Live Fast, Die Young: Slow vs Fast Life History Strategies (Session 48)

In evolutionary psychology, life history strategies refer to the ways in which organisms allocate resources to growth, reproduction, and survival.

August 15th, 2024 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Social Norms (Session 47)

In this session of Examined Lives, we will explore social norms from an evolutionary perspective.

July 18th, 12-1pm

Examined Lives: Lonelineness (Session 46)

In this session, Steve Gilbert will lead us in a discussion about "loneliness" and what evolutionary thinking can tell us about it in the modern day.

June 20th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Empathy (Session 45)

Our next session of Examined Lives will be a conversation about the nature of empathy.

May 16th 2024, 12-1pm ET (11-12 CT)

Examined Lives: Disgust (Session 44)

The initial function of disgust was to avoid exposure to pathogens, but evolved to also regulate our sexual activity, morality and social interactions

April 18th, 2024 12pm ET

Examined Lives: Shame & Guilt (Session 43)

We will discuss how evolutionary psychology can help us better understand two common and closely related emotions: shame and guilt.

March 21st, 2024 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Mindfulness (Session 42)

We explore the concept of what is known in the West as "mindfulness", its evolutionary background, current scientific understanding, and practical use

February 15th, 2024 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Self-Esteem (Session 41)

What can evolutionary science bring to bear on the questions of what self-esteem is and what functions it performs?

January 18th, 2024 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Judgment under Uncertainty (Session 40)

How do how humans make decisions under uncertainty?

December 21st, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Misunderstandings & Misconceptions about Evolutionary Psychology (Session 39)

Misunderstandings & Misconceptions about Evolutionary Psychology (Session 40)

November 16th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: The Grandmother Hypothesis (Session 38)

The grandmother hypothesis is an attempt to explain the origins of reproductive senescence in Homo sapiens.

October 26th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: The Role of Gossip (Session 37)

Gossip as social regulator and gossip as interpersonal weapon

September 28th, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Family Conflict (Session 36)

Family Conflict: How does genetic relatedness help explain family conflicts?

August 24th, 12-1pm

Examined Lives: Evolutionary Aesthetics (Session 35)

What is the role of evolutionary theory in explaining aesthetics in nature and in human culture? How might we explain our own aesthetic experiences?

Thursday, July 27th, 12 - 1pm ET

Examined Lives: Adaptive Fictions (Session 34)

Thursday June 29, 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Human Synchrony (Session 33)

How does synchrony- the matching of actions in time with others- shape the human experience?

May 25th, 12-1 PM ET

Examined Lives: War (Session 32)

Each month in Examined Lives we have lively discussions about cutting-edge developments in—and applications of—evolutionary thinking.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 12-1PM ET / 4-5PM UTC

Examined Lives: The Execution Hypothesis and the Evolution of Morality (Session 31)

Thursday, March 16th, 12-1pm ET / 4-5pm UTC

Examined Lives: Positive Evolutionary Psychology (Session 30)

In our next Examined Lives on Positive Evolutionary Psychology we will explore what evolutionary psychology has to tell us about happiness.

Thursday, February 16 12pm ET / 5pm UTC

Examined Lives: Dual Inheritance Theory (Session 29)

In humans, genes and culture are intertwined streams of inheritance. Ours is a story of Dual Inheritance.

April 21st, 2022 12-1pm ET

Examined Lives: Honor Cultures (Session 20)

Honor culture is said to prevail in the American South; dignity cultures prevail in many cosmopolitan cities.