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Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among U.S. Democrats but not Republicans by Samore, Theodore, Fessler, Daniel M T, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Holbrook, Colin

“…Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from…”
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Elevation, an emotion for prosocial contagion, is experienced more strongly by those with greater expectations of the cooperativeness of others by Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin

“…A unique emotion, elevation, is thought to underlie prosocial contagion, a process whereby witnessing a prosocial act leads to acting prosocially. Individuals…”
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Small-scale societies exhibit fundamental variation in the role of intentions in moral judgment by Barrett, H. Clark, Bolyanatz, Alexander, Crittenden, Alyssa N., Fessler, Daniel M. T., Fitzpatrick, Simon, Gurven, Michael, Henrich, Joseph, Kanovsky, Martin, Kushnick, Geoff, Pisor, Anne, Scelza, Brooke A., Stich, Stephen, von Rueden, Chris, Zhao, Wanying, Laurence, Stephen

“…Intent and mitigating circumstances play a central role in moral and legal assessments in large-scale industrialized societies. Although these features of…”
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Conflict, sticks and carrots: war increases prosocial punishments and rewards by Gneezy, Ayelet, Fessler, Daniel M. T

“…Unlike most species, humans cooperate extensively with group members who are not closely related to them, a pattern sustained in part by punishing…”
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Conceptual and Empirical Challenges to the "Authentic" Versus "Hubristic" Model of Pride by Holbrook, Colin, Piazza, Jared, Fessler, Daniel M. T.

“…An increasingly influential perspective in the study of pride holds that there are two distinct facets characterized by distinct ways of appraising the causes…”
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Moral parochialism and causal appraisal of transgressive harm in Seoul and Los Angeles by Holbrook, Colin, Yoon, Leehyun, Fessler, Daniel M. T., Moser, Cody, Delgado, Shairy Jimenez, Kim, Hackjin

“…The evolutionary fitness payoffs of moral condemnation are greatest within an individual’s immediate social milieu. Accordingly, insofar as human moral…”
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Negatively-biased credulity and the cultural evolution of beliefs by Fessler, Daniel M T, Pisor, Anne C, Navarrete, Carlos David

“…The functions of cultural beliefs are often opaque to those who hold them. Accordingly, to benefit from cultural evolution's ability to solve complex adaptive…”
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Weapons make the man (larger): formidability is represented as size and strength in humans by Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin, Snyder, Jeffrey K

“…In order to determine how to act in situations of potential agonistic conflict, individuals must assess multiple features of a prospective foe that contribute…”
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Progesterone's effects on the psychology of disease avoidance: Support for the compensatory behavioral prophylaxis hypothesis by Fleischman, Diana S., Fessler, Daniel M.T.

“…In the human menstrual cycle, luteal phase immunomodulation prevents the maternal immune system from attacking the half-foreign blastocyst should conception…”
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Friends Shrink Foes: The Presence of Comrades Decreases the Envisioned Physical Formidability of an Opponent by Fessler, Daniel M. T., Holbrook, Colin

“…In situations of potential violent conflict, deciding whether to fight, flee, or try to negotiate entails assessing many attributes contributing to the…”
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Electoral fortunes reverse, mindsets do not by Samore, Theodore, Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin, Sparks, Adam Maxwell

“…Conservatives and liberals have previously been shown to differ in the propensity to view socially-transmitted information about hazards as more plausible than…”
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Bound to lose: physical incapacitation increases the conceptualized size of an antagonist in men by Fessler, Daniel M T, Holbrook, Colin

“…Because decision-making in situations of potential conflict hinges on assessing many features of the self and the foe, this process can be facilitated by…”
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Men’s Physical Strength Moderates Conceptualizations of Prospective Foes in Two Disparate Societies by Fessler, Daniel M. T., Holbrook, Colin, Gervais, Matthew M.

“…Across taxa, strength and size are elementary determinants of relative fighting capacity; in species with complex behavioral repertoires, numerous additional…”
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Sizing up the threat: The envisioned physical formidability of terrorists tracks their leaders’ failures and successes by Holbrook, Colin, Fessler, Daniel M.T.

“…► The salience of bin Laden’s death diminished the envisioned physique of a generic terrorist. ► The salience of skillful leadership enhanced the envisioned…”
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Political Orientation Predicts Credulity Regarding Putative Hazards by Fessler, Daniel M. T., Pisor, Anne C., Holbrook, Colin

“…To benefit from information provided by other people, people must be somewhat credulous. However, credulity entails risks. The optimal level of credulity…”
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Subclinical primary psychopathy, but not physical formidability or attractiveness, predicts conversational dominance in a zero-acquaintance situation by Manson, Joseph H, Gervais, Matthew M, Fessler, Daniel M T, Kline, Michelle A

“…The determinants of conversational dominance are not well understood. We used videotaped triadic interactions among unacquainted same-sex American college…”
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Disgust as a Mechanism for Decision Making Under Risk: Illuminating Sex Differences and Individual Risk-Taking Correlates of Disgust Propensity by Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Fessler, Daniel M. T, Chan, Kai Qin, Ashokkumar, Ashwini, Holbrook, Colin

“…The emotion disgust motivates costly behavioral strategies that mitigate against potentially larger costs associated with pathogens, sexual behavior, and moral…”
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Ectoparasite defence in humans: relationships to pathogen avoidance and clinical implications by Kupfer, Tom R., Fessler, Daniel M. T.

“…Currently, disgust is regarded as the main adaptation for defence against pathogens and parasites in humans. Disgust's motivational and behavioural features,…”
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Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behavior by Schnall, Simone, Roper, Jean, Fessler, Daniel M. T.

“…Feelings of elevation, elicited by witnessing another person perform a good deed, have been hypothesized to motivate a desire to help others. However, despite…”
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The skin crawls, the stomach turns: ectoparasites and pathogens elicit distinct defensive responses in humans by Kupfer, Tom R., Fessler, Daniel M. T., Wu, Bozhi, Hwang, Tiffany, Sparks, Adam Maxwell, Alas, Sonia, Samore, Theodore, Lal, Vedika, Sakhamuru, Tanvi P., Holbrook, Colin

“…Disgust has long been viewed as a primary motivator of defensive responses to threats posed by both microscopic pathogens and macroscopic ectoparasites…”
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